Food Truck Chef Reviews

Let me start by saying I really enjoyed playing this game. I never read the reviews but I wish I had read the reviews before purchasing gems. I purchased 125 gems so that I would have enough to enter the carnival (14 gems). Before entering the carnival I noticed you couldn’t go forward without upgrades. I was able to earn a few gems throughout the levels so I had no clue the carnival would be the gem drainer. My 125 gems went in less than 10 of the 15 levels. Outside the carnival I am 3 star every level player (with some upgrades). In the carnival I served every customer and provided as many desserts as requested. I could not go pass level 8 without more upgrades. My timer still had time on it at the completion of every level. All of my appliances were upgraded. The ingredients were more than 60% upgraded. This game requires a lot of gems that you have to pay for. Earning two or three after watching hours of ads isn’t worth it.

First mistake is you make it harder to get gems. With the recent update you took away the option to get 6 gems from the party bus. Second mistake is you make it so that we have to watch an ad to send out the party bus. I don’t mind watching the ad. My issue is THE ADS DONT WORK!!!!! For two days now I’m not able to watch an ad on the party bus. The button is gray. But I can still watch an ad to get the one gem located at the top right. How???? And actually I should’ve said the first mistake was making everything attainable only with gems. What are the coins for? I have well over a million coins and could have more but I see no use for them so I don’t even waste my time collecting them from my food trucks everyday. Lower the need for gems and add more reasons to use coins. Otherwise is would be one of my favorite games of all time. Look at everything your other users are saying!!! Probably 95% (or higher) of the complaints about this game are about the gems. That’s ridiculous. People have been complaining for over a year still nothing has improved. So that proves that you don’t care about your customers. I really hate to say it but after having this game myself for so long, I’m seriously considering uninstalling. 😭

So I have been playing this game for awhile now and loving it but I began to notice that when I stopped buying the piggy bank and allowed it to just pile up. That once it was full the gems were suppose to come back to me as it had earlier but no longer was happening. Instead it is showing it just magically disappears. That’s impossible to Happen.. since that piggy bank is maxed out at 60 gems and I am not able to buy the bank, so any gems after the bank is full is suppose to go back to the player as it had done before because the bank can’t hold it and you have earned them from playing the game and upgrading all of your steps. So how are they just disappearing ? They shouldn’t be this is beyond weird and strange to me. Also, I know something isn’t right because when I play the delivery part it’s suppose to go from 5, to 10 and then it’s a longer gap to 20 but it does stop to a 15 mark where you just don’t receive as much but on mine it’s now. Going to 4-9 -14 and 19.. so obviously something has began to malfunction. And once I began to record these errors happening then the patience on all of my customers started to dwindle down extremely fast and it has never ever done that before. So not sure what is going on with the game but something isn’t right. And I have loved this game up till now. Very weird stuff happening

Gems are too hard to get. I’m on XP 27 and it takes 8500 XP to get 7 gems.... 7?!?! However, you need gems to upgrade equipment or you can’t pass a a level and you need gems (lots of them: 20, 30, 35 gems) to get to another street. Ridiculous. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t try to make money off people buying gems, but at least make it possible for those of us who refuse to buy gems to play a game. I’m on Oriental street and it will take me 8 gems.... 8! just to upgrade the dumpling maker and there is no way to pass the level without spending those gems... and the tea takes forever.... can’t upgrade the tea maker without 7 gems. I have 80,000 coins because I am replaying levels to get the XP to get the gems, but don’t know if I should spend it on upgrades or save it to open a new level. Really, I’m at the point where I am gonna delete the game and look for another game that isn’t trying to force me to buy gems. The information for this game should say DO NOT PLAY UNLESS YOU PLAN TO BUY GEMS.... I gave it 2 stars because the game is really good, graphics and all, but the lack of care given to keep people playing by providing opportunities to get gems makes this game terrible. Reviews I’ve seen mention a Casino, and I don’t have one... which would be great to have since I have 80,000 coins.

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Please tell me how not getting my gems is challenging and makes the game fun! Support told me ( after 3 emails to them) to give it 36 hours and then send another support ticket.... yes challenges in games are fun... but 30 gems to update something in a part you paid to open for a discount is not a challenge it’s greedy!! Thanks for the basic response... and almost all reviews say gems are too much!

Game is fun but there are a few issues... it is definitely a pay to play game which is fine. But when you offer other incentives then you should follow thru.. if you go to earn free gems there are different ways to earn them... most is signing up for things and getting spammed but hey if it gives you 25-30 gems which is basically what you need every time you upgrade or open a new area then so be it! I did this and of course did not receive my gems so now I’m being spammed and it wasn’t worth it. I spend here and there but this has discouraged me not to even bother. Two emails to support and no response. Hopefully if you spend you do not go thru the same thing because they won’t get back to you! I play a lot of these games and this one is fun but a little drastic with how many gems they require! Also even if you take advantage of buying a new spot.. it’s already high gems to upgrade... so why take that deal if you have to spend tons of money on gems right at the beginning

I’ve spent $130 buying over 7000 gems for this game and it still wasn’t enough to buy all of the updates you have to have to make 3 stars on all levels. I have made 3 stars on most levels and have played for months, but still impossible to upgrade everything. The carnivals are only offered on levels you haven’t fully upgraded to get you to spend more gems because they are impossible to win unless it is completely upgraded. So, I suggest you skip the carnivals if winning gems is your goal. This game is fun to play, but a total scam with how greedy they are. No gem reward incentive for making 3 stars and they will tell you there are lots of ways to earn gems, but the amount of gems it takes to upgrade is ridiculous! It takes about 400 gems to fully upgrade most levels! Even with the party bus making you 5 gems every 3 hours, it takes forever to earn enough gems to be able to progress.

Love the game so far! Have even made an in app purchase for gems. 2 things that make this 3 stars is how hard It is to acquire gems. I feel as though the rewards system there needs to be revamped. There is also an issue with the star tournaments... at the end of the level before I collect money on my last customer, it says I have to add time or quit because I didn’t meet the tournament goal.. although I still end the level with 3 stars either way which is how you score points for this tournament.. needless to say this issue has set me way behind in the tournament and I’m not getting the rewards that I technically earned. Other than those 2 things, the game is amazing and I’m still in love! I hope you guys see this and maybe improve this in the future.

FoodTruckChef is fun to play and not at all impossible with some patience. You can earn gems every few Hours from the party bus and watching a video. This is a good way to stock pile gems, also you get 7 gems every time you level up. The one thing I would change is that, when you beat every level with 3 stars, I feel like you should get 10-20 gems (there is no way to get 3 stars on every level without spending a TON of gems, it’s nice we can get them free over time but a little heartbreaking to not even be compensated for it in the end) on that note, I think if you go through and fully upgrade the interior of your truck you should be awarded 25 gems, same for the outside of the truck, another 25 gems. There is no incentive for me to go back and earn 3 stars, if I can make it through the section without fully upgrading or getting 3 stars why should I waste gems (unless there is a hefty gem reward for doing so). Just a suggestion. Other than that, the game is fun! I would rate it 5 stars if the incentives for maxing out were better.

I’ve been playing this game for about a month. I love it! However, I agree with most of the other reviewers, that it takes an INSANE amount of gems to advance. For instance, I’m on level 14 of Breakfast Street and to upgrade my table top, it’s 30 gems???? Or to get a guitar in order to increase customer tip amount, it’s 25 gems???? For a guitar? That wouldn’t increase too amount THAT much?!?!? That’s crazy. There ARE ways to get gems, but, frankly, the number of gems given per action is ridiculous. One gem for watching a 30-second video every THREE hours? Seriously? (Maybe if it were every hour.) And two gems from the Party Bus every THREE hours? If I spend $4000 coins???? Wow!!! 🙄 🙄🙄 That should be eight or ten gems. The daily prizes are pretty good, but if there were gems (and not coins) given every day, that would be so much better. It’s very easy to earn enough coins to advance in the game, so why offer them as daily prizes? I don’t need help with coins. However, it’s VERY difficult to earn enough gems...

I really like this game and have played it off and on for a couple of years. I agree with many others that the gem requirements are a bit excessive. As an “over achiever” I simply must get 3 stars on every level or I am dissatisfied. I don’t mind spending $5 to $10 bucks every couple of weeks. It’s no different than paying for any other kind of entertainment. But $50 to hundreds is simply out of the question. There should be a way to buy gems with coins or some alternative. Also, what happened to the casino? I see it mentioned in other reviews and on the website but I do not see it in game.

The graphics are good and smooth but it is hard to distinguish between the different side items in some of the different venues. My favorite venue is the bbq place. I absolutely hate the ice cream venue.

I would really like to know if the casino has been retired or if it is missing from my app.

It’s fun and I do like the challenges this game has but as you get more trucks and leveling up, the upgrade prices increase and the prizes we receive from the party truck and level up award stay the same and it’s not enough. Example, I had gotten the sandwich truck, the first upgrade for the bread cost 30 gems and coins of course. (I have a lot of coins from replaying levels but the gems are hard to come by.)

I want more events to happen a lot more or even up the prize because I can finish a carnival in two hours and once I get that 30 gems- it’s immediately gone because I gotta upgrade for another truck. Also, there are levels when the timer ends WAY too early, it’s not enough time and it’s even worse when the customers don’t come in till 5-10 seconds AFTER the level begins. I’ve played levels where I’ve had 5 customers left and there is only 25-30 seconds left on the timer.

**This is the second time I’ve had my upgrades just disappear! The first time, I thought it was a fluke so I used gems to get some upgrades back; but it’s happened again since the update and I’m over it.

While it’s a problem throughout the game, it doesn’t start to have a significant impact until you’re into higher levels; but it’s really annoying that, when you’re trying to put food on a plate or give customers their food, if you don’t hit it in just the right spot, it doesn’t perform the task. There are I am, trying to go along quickly, and then I realize the bread didn’t make it to the plate, or the customer’s plate is still sitting on the table. Annoying AF! Making sure it gets right in the vicinity of the person should be enough to serve. It shouldn’t need to go directly in their face! I’m not spending real money on a game that makes me work twice as hard even though I’m doing what I’m supposed to do. Sorry.

FoodTruckChef has some defect that I am not sure that you guys are aware of. The issue that I am experiencing is on the TEX MEX level 9, while trying to reach some of the lower level food items like the Spanish rice or any other food item located towards the bottom/side edge of the phone (in landscape position) it causes you to continuously swipe up into the open/running apps section of the iPhone and causing the game to pause. It is nearly impossible to access these food items without this happening. I have decided not to play this game any longer Bevause I cannot complete this level without pausing the game over and over. Are you guys able to fix this issue? Would it be possible to automatically dis able the swipe up feature when playing the game? Or maybe move the food items to a more acceptable place on the game. I love this game and want to keep playing it. Thanks you

I've played this for quite some time and have 3 stars in every level in every location. I stayed when the party bus quit rewarding, I stayed when the daily quests required things that couldn't be accomplished, I stayed when the Star Chef pop up magically made 45 of my gems disappear, and I stayed when last week's update promised 2 challenges a week but actually provided 0. However, the update that I just installed today won't allow FoodTruckChef to open at all. The 3rd time the "loading" message was still showing after 5 minutes, I decided to come here prior to deleting it.
Update: As suggested by the developers, I redownloaded the game to see if that would solve the problem. I was able to access the game at that point. I was shown the tutorial and I had zero stars and zero gems. I'm not starting over.

One of my favorite games, I barely play anything else. However... for Tex mex street the rice is in the same place where my iPhone screen goes back to home. So I can’t put rice on anyone plate. If I could tap it like the red plate it might not be a problem but because I have to drag it my iPhone thinks I want to exit FoodTruckChef and go back to home.

Also, in the upper right corner where you get to watch a video to get 1 purple gem, sometimes it makes you watch the video like 3 times before you can get the gem and then you have to wait the allotted time to get 1 more. Unfair. Maybe it’s a glitch idk.

Lastly, for the carnival I get pretty far maybe up to level 13/14 and then it becomes literally impossible to win even with all the kitchen appliances, ingredients I have and special items I give away. So I’m wasting all my gems during the carnival in order to get 30 gems but it’s like I’m spending that much just to win the carnival in the first place

It would be nice to have more fun ways to win gems besides just the videos and occasional star haul! I have tons of coins and can’t do anything with it .

I really love this game but I’m having a problem with parts of it. Why is it that I have to buy treats for the customers with my diamonds before I can get 3 stars? Seems kinda unfair when it takes forever to get any diamonds.
Why does it have to be timed and a certain amount of customers? It should be one or the other. Cause I may have 30 seconds left and one customer away from getting 3 stars.
Another thing, I just bought the waffle restaurant and I can’t get 3 stars on any of the levels. Not even the first one. I don’t think the customers are giving enough money in order to get 3 stars. I have 3 customers left before I can even get 1 star. The other restaurants aren’t like that. These things need to be fixed. Thanks

I really love this game and I’ve even spent money to purchase gems to advance. I like the carnival bus that rewards gems every two hours for coins. But I don’t understand with the new space station update why I have to get 3 stars on every level to advance. It’s so unfair. When I started this station I had over 200 gems. Now I’m down to about 50 because I have to update in order to get three stars. Now I’m updating the exterior also in order to pass levels. And I’m only on level 11 and having this much trouble. I can only imagine how hard level 30 will be. This should not be I can get 2 stars and almost three. That should be enough to pass like on all the other streets. It should be my choice to try to achieve three stars. Please don’t make any new streets you plan to include so frustrating. I really enjoy this game and would hate to delete it

I enjoy this game and purchase gems every now and then. I just went in and purchased a pack of 35 for the $3 and all of a sudden it started going nuts and telling me I repeatedly bought gems, and somehow I went from 13 (before the one time purchase) to 11,000 gems. I’m sketched out because I better not be charged for those gems since i did not make that many purchases. So i closed FoodTruckChef out. Now when i got back in it tells me i have to choose which game I’m playing, the one with 13 gems or 11,000, i cant get to support email because it is making me choose before I can do anything. Not to mention it usually takes two days before iTunes bills your account. I’m concerned I will see some crazy draft in my account for something I didn’t do.

Update: Party bus is back!!! The quests are still there but I just don’t pay attention to them. Great game once again. You just need to be patient with the upgrades.

Creators- please listen: THE UPDATE IS HORRIBLE. You went from letting players advance if they’re just patient enough (cue the BRING BACK THE PARTY BUS protest) to basically forcing us to pay for gems, in a really skeevy way, by the way. The quests are ridiculous. Explain why the first quest on my agenda today is to update a kitchen appliance twice (which will cost me 30 gems at the very least due to where I am in the game), and for it, I’ll earn ONE GEM since each task is only worth ONE. And I can’t even try to accomplish a different task because they have to be done chronologically! I’m assuming that a cash influx was desperately needed for y’all, but the execution in getting it was in poor taste.

Hello, devs. I have been playing game since the first day it came out. I didn’t save the progress, when I had to get a new iPad, so I had to start over. That’s why it didn’t show a lot of game progress. I saved it now though & I have the best connection & WiFi available. Others are also experiencing the same as me, but I know your working on it. My name is Candie. I would like to thank you for the game, I absolutely love it & will stick by you & game forever. This is one of the best cooking games in the world & again, thank you so kindly 😍🥰🌸🌹🌻💐🌺 God Bless Y’all lotsa love your way, Please be safe out there. 🙏🤗😍😀