Cooking Fever: Restaurant Game Reviews

by Reub619

The mechanics of this game were very fun and easy to progress while still being challenging, though the rate of gem rewards is very low compared to how quickly it starts requiring them to purchase even small upgrades - I would much prefer if they were tied to stage completion rather than levels. This was a little annoying and stalled my progress for a bit, but I still liked playing. However, the first time I saw a ‘challenge’ pop up that promised a reward of double the entry fee (which was somewhat high for where I was at that point, but not unreasonable), I decided to save up my gems to enter. It quickly became very clear that the challenge was impossible to complete without having multiple gem-costing upgrades, if not every single upgrade for that level, as otherwise you could not hit your coin goal on the upper stages even if every customer left with a full bar. I got all the way to the second-to-last stage before stalling out with no more gems for upgrades or cupcakes, and I had already spent over the amount I would have gotten as a reward. That was a whole lot of progress lost with no way to get it back. Nowhere was this mentioned when paying the coins and gems to enter - these challenges seem to be meant to gouge players for their coins in hopes they will spend more than the reward, or pay for more gems. That frustrated me enough to make me delete CookingFever . I’m going to find a different one that’s not pay-to-play.

by Noodle500

I love this game so much. It’s fun and has a really good concept with cool food and restaurants. That being said honest to goodness I’m so frustrated with the fact that it is nearly impossible to get gems unless I’m willing to sit and play over and over until I level up (which I’m not). If it wasn’t for the gems and the fact that everything is so pricey with gems I would 100% give this game 5 stars since it’s actually one of my favorite games. I just can’t get anywhere without gems since every stinking upgrade costs like 15 gems. A little note to the creators: people wouldn’t have to cheat the gems so much if you didn’t make them so necessary but at the same time so impossible to get. I’m not paying 100 dollars for a handful of gems that will only get me at most 3 restaurants with the upgrades of all the appliances, if that. It’s just not worth it to spend that kind of money on a game. It’s really sad too since I actually really really like this game just the gems ruin it for me. I really wish that the creators of this game would please just read over the reviews on their game and realize the main complaint in every single one of these comments is the stinking gems. Then they could fix the gem issue and make the game better. Until that happens I sadly have to delete the game the gems annoy me too much.

by Tmiez

I recommend finding another diner/cooking game in which you don’t have to spend nearly as much money or time as I did to play. It is a fun game, which is why I hung in so long. But it requires too much money and time to level up and expand on restaurants. As other reviewers have noted it is one of the stingiest games I have ever played. Everything costs coins, often a combination of coins and gems. Coins are earned every time you play a round and for watching a video or logging in, et al. That isn’t the problem. The problem is acquiring a reasonable amount of gems to use. Items can cost anywhere from one to 30+ gems in addition to the coins. And few gems are given freely. The gems are necessary to purchase upgrades to the restaurants’ interior decor, food quality, and to expand appliances’ capabilities. This is all necessary to pass levels in any restaurant. There is a casino in which you can bet, 100 or 500 coins, or view a video to spin for free. But I have only ever won coins after spinning more than 100 times—not consecutively. It is unfortunate. Greed is killing these games. Over the course of a week, I have spent too many hours playing, paid over $45 (something I never do), and opened about seven restaurants. More people need to stop playing these games so developers will understand they can’t fleece us for every penny. It is designed to be addictive, like gambling, and preys on our natural tendencies. Gamer beware.

by Bootz22

Honestly I love the game function and overall idea, but it is almost impossible to play without paying for diamonds. As a game pure-it’s who doesn’t spend money on games it is a real bummer. I have been trying to play this game for literally 3 1/2 years and the only way I make progress is getting the daily log in to max so I get 2 diamonds and then just log in for a month without playing then I can upgrade like 2-3 things and beat a few levels then wait to build up diamonds again. Also I get excessive amounts of money which is worthless without diamonds. They have a slots to get diamonds, every so often I spend 10 whole min spending like half my million dollars to maybe get 15-30 diamonds. Which is a joke because the slots is rigged where you will never get the 2-3x diamond only the single and even then it is time consuming and pretty frustrating. Also the addition of the ads you have to watch when you beat a level is pretty unclassy. I don’t mind having ads available to get free stuff but the game just is trying to find more ways to make money and doesn’t really care about the users expirence. Last pet peeve, when you start unlocking a lot of restaurants you have to click each one to collect your money. Why is there not like a collect all button?!!! Like seriously, never trying to make the game more user friendly.

by Brittney Patrick

I’ve been playing this game on and off and Everytime I stop playing is because of all the gems you need to get in order to even think about beating one level with 3 stars.
There is very few options into getting the gems all in which resorts into buying them..and well even buying them you get barely any if you aren’t considering paying half a fortune!
It makes me super sad because I remember first playing this game when it first really came out and it was easy to upgrade stuff due to me being such a low level so I was always constantly getting a gem flow going on...now, it’s so hard to come by for gems. It makes me super sad because I can almost feel the greed of the game developers...every review I’ve seen so far (especially recent ones) have talked nothing but about the gems! I feel like you guys are ignoring it and not really listening to the customers all for a few dollars from us....it pretty much makes the game nearly impossible to play if you want anything better than a two star...because you’re constantly having to use gems to upgrade items such as furniture for your customers, upgrade the tiers for the food and equipment..., unlocking restaurants....it’s super upsetting especially when this game was fun for such a long time. I’d appreciate if you guys would actually listen to the people who are downloading your guys game.

by Sylvie Wells

I have been playing this game for about 2 months. When you download the game you think that you’ll just be able to hop from restaurant to restaurant and play as you wish. Then you figure out that restaurants cost GEMS. And next you find out that you need those for upgrades too. The ways to acquire gems are by 1) visiting CookingFever every day in row for 9 days and so on. This is hard to remember to do. If you miss a day, you have to wait for 8 or so more days until you get the two gems. 2) Leveling up on experience. This requires you to play levels SO MANY times. You get 7 for that after a certain level. 3) The Casino. It is a rip off if you don’t know that you can only get gems on the 500 coin option RIGHT AFTER collecting your daily coins from the restaurants. You still end up spending between 5,000and 50,000 coins. That is around 5-50 levels worth. A level takes around 3 minutes so that is around 15 to 150 minutes (2.5 hours) of playing just to get the FIFTEEN GEMS. That it is only enough for a low end restaurant or about 3 upgrades. It is so time consuming just to buy upgrades and more restaurants that I was spending more and more time on it, even upwards of 4 hours some days. It got more and more frustrating. It doesn’t bring me joy anymore so I’m deleting it. I’ll find a game that you don’t need to spend so much time on.

by Stephaniegunnison

This game is great and I absolutely love playing it, BUT I am seriously reconsidering finding a new cooking game to play. The gems are basically what run this entire game and are EXTREMELY hard to come by. You only get them for logging in every single day(only after a week of doing so daily) and then you only get 2 each day, or by leveling up which can take quite some time depending on your levels and restraint upgrades, or trying your luck at the casino and lastly by buying. Basically you have to buy them. You get TONS of coins upon coins upon coins but can’t do anything with them except play the casino or go towards buying a new restaurant(along with 20-30 gems). There needs to be a way to buy gems with the coins or more ways to earn coins easier. I have bought over 1200 gems during sales when you can buy 300 for $9.99 but it still hasn’t gotten me very far. I have already unlocked two whole other worlds with new restaurants and am still stuck playing the same levels because I don’t have enough gems to level any of my food/kitchen equipment or the interior of my restaurant lobby. Some of the simple upgrades for kitchen stuff take up to 20 gems just to upgrade one level out of three for each ingredient and cooking item. Please seriously consider making some changes to this because I don’t want to stop playing but I will be forced to like my son because of lack of gems. I don’t want to spend cash all the time just to be able to play this.

by Keylume😜

Don’t get me wrong, this game is amazing! I’ve been playing it for 7 years since I was 5. And it’s an amazing game and all but..... they could make it better. I really don’t like how fast the customer wants something, it’s to fast and I think the time span for them to wait should be longer. I’m only one person working on a restaurant game. I have anger issues and ADHD so I would really like at least one game that was just perfect and fun that doesn’t make me explode with anger🤯😤🌋 lol, but seriously. I constantly have to be doing something and multitasking Bc that’s just how I’m built. So I would love to come back and give the best review ever! If the creator’s of the game would just make small adjustments that would be absolutely amazing! And also a ice-cream station would be great! Like just ice cream and stuff, not any other desserts 🍨. Please please take my suggestions or I’m gonna have to delete CookingFever. Not Bc I’m a sore loser, like I said I have anger issues and I can’t control them very well so when something makes me mad I do things without thinking. So please listen to me! Sorry if this came off as rude or anything! Just gotta tell the truth sometimes even if it’s hard to hear. God loves when we tell the truth, so everybody should do it more. 😊! No hate! 😊🤪 And remember I’m only 12. 😄 Bye! Kaeleigh out ✌️

by Ur Math Teachr

its a great game and all, but the thing is i never have enough gems. the only way i can get some is by buying them. but im not about to spend money on a game like this. I keep being stuck on level 7 just because of how i dont have another almond mixer machine. If i buy something, then i would need to buy another thing to balance and win a level. but i need diamonds for both of those things. Also the casino, i have many coins just earned from replaying some of the fast food levels. i cant get all 3 stars for level 40. i always need to buy cupcakes all the time which is why i lose gems. the main source of fun in this game is to have gems and gems are the thing that you can never find and thats the bad thing. The most thing you need is the thing you never have. Ive spun the casino over 30 times and only got 3 diamonds over 2 times. The game is rigged because the casino never matches and if it does it always gives me the coins or just nothing at all. i even got an achievement to spin it 15 times and still lose. ITS THAT RIGGED. and it doesn't matter how much times you spin or how much money you spend. you cannot win multiple times. at this point i cant do anything until the daily thing the next day. i have too many coins and 0 gems. if there was a machine that could turn coins into gems. it would definitely make me love the game. maybe 1k for 2 gems. because the easiest thing to make in the game is coins.

by Saige Torres

I have been stuck to the screen for hours playing this game. It really is such a fun game to play, and it’s a nice way to spend the time. All of the details that the game has to offer are incredible. My one concern though, is the gems. I understand that every game has a gem, point System but this one is just too complicated. We use gems in this game for many things. For example you use them to upgrade items, or to open places. I just feel like getting gems in this game is so hard considering we have to use a lot of them. I understand that buying gems is an option but for me I just don’t find that useful. I just wish they had more opportunities to get more gems. I would really enjoy this game 10 times better if it weren’t for me having to constantly deal with the gems. To open a new place it takes gems, but it’s very expensive. I as one who doesn’t have very much gems find it hard for me to constantly be dealing with this problem. I just wish that the system that you guys have to offer was more thought through. With all that said, this game is personally a fav of mine. All the details that it has are truly amazing. I spent hours on this game serving my customers and it truly is such a fun challenge. I get to level up my items and make food to serve happy customers. Totally recommend to download CookingFever! I would like it if the gems were a little more useful though.

by Sierrafaith24

This game is great but I have one issue that causes me great pain in getting new restaurants and levels. It’s the gems, they are hard to get and just happen to be the main way to unlock stuff. I don’t think it’s that bad if a mechanic except for the fact that you can only get them by leveling up (which can take forever depending on your level) and going to the casino and spending money to get a slim chance of getting it.

I’ve been trying to upgrade my stuff, repeating the last level on my starting restaurant which gives the most money and experience but I’m still low on gems to get what I need. I think the amount of gems needed to level stuff up needs to be lower because not a lot of people are going to spend money on a game that they just want to play in their spare time. Maybe 5 gems max for the price of new customizations. The amount of gems for buying restaurants I feel are okay but if you are willing to change it I think at most 20 gems would be good.

Also I think the achievements should give you some gems as well, it’s not fair to get a bunch of coins and not be able to use them when you don’t have enough gems which are also required for upgrades. I think the achievements should give at least one or two gems each time you complete one. Thank you for reading.

by Squid Kiddo

I really like this game a lot as it is high paced and addicting. But the flaw that I am going to mention in this review is that literally most of the kitchen upgrades need gems. And I am NOT just talking about like three, I’m talking like TEN! I realized this after I beat the fast food restaurant, then decided to move onto the bakery, it was fine at first, until level 6, I got 2 stars (and I always go for 3) so I decided to upgrade some stuff and try again, but then I was UNABLE to buy anything! It was not because I was broke in coins’ but in gems. I just hate how annoying it is to have to save up gems just to get a level 3 milkshake mixer. I’m not writing this review because I’m not a person who is like…”REMOVE GEMS OR I RATE ONE STAR!!!” I just want to let people know that they should look out for this. PTS… you cannot replay levels to get gems because the only way to earn gems is to either level up (and you cannot level up by replaying a finished restaurant FYI) or daily rewards. Overall this is a great game and I would really recommend it to people who love high paced games (which are also known as rushing games) and I would really like it if somebody told me how I could boost the amount of gems I get. PTS (again) I could just play the game more and complete quests for exp to level up, but those gems…those gems…

by Peytie Puppy

Been playing this game for about a decade now on my old iPad so I don’t have an issue with gems like most people do. I have over 500 of them at the moment and able to buy all the upgrades in a new restaurant right away, even the wait times for interior upgrades. You need about 700 gems for each restaurant so if you don’t have enough in the bank, just be patient. It’s a fun game anyway.

I have 3 restaurants that earn at least. 1450 XP every game so it doesn’t take me long to level up and collect more gems. I got a new iPad for my kid and downloaded this game fresh. I soon realized that the XP you get in each restaurant is tied to your XP level, as well. My gourmet restaurant in my old iPad earns at least 1200 XP but in the new profile, it only earns 250. Huge difference! The XP should be tied to the type of restaurant and not the game level.

As with gems, I used to get 45 gems in the casino back when this game was new. Now, you can only get 15 every 12 hours. Since I have about. 15 million coins now, how about putting an automatic spin on the casino so you don’t have to tap every single spin? Also, if you force the ads to us, at least give a gem for it, not 200 coins. You’re already making money out of these ads so let your players enjoy it.

by T_powu3a_[h

This is personally my favorite cooking time management game. Whenever I come back home I click on this game and play for hours. It’s also not totally impossible to pass levels, unlike other cooking games which require you to have a certain amount of customers to win, and that they don’t give you! And I really like the visuals and sound effects on this game. However, one annoying thing about this game is GEMS! I wish there could be other ways to add gems, like watching ads or getting 3 stars on a level. It’s also so annoying when I want to buy restaurants but then have to use my gems for upgrades instead (they make upgrades way too expensive, most of the upgrades require gems)! But for people who are impatient for me, you can earn gems by playing the last level of a restaurant over and over again, which I love to do with the fast food court. You can also earn 2 gems after checking in for 7 days, and 2 gems for each day after the 7th day. However, I DON’T recommend the casino unless you have a lot of money! I’ve tried it before many times by spending many coins and have only gained gems 1-2 times.
Overall, besides the problems with gems and upgrades, this game is really fun and addicting! Even though gems are an annoyance, I still really enjoy playing this game!

by Meg65432

This was my favorite game until they switched to a calendar system for rewards and made it impossible to get gems both there and in the casino. Still like it and the airplane version, but I definitely don’t just sit and play anymore because it’s boring being stuck in the same spot and waiting until they grace you with more gems. You used to have to work a bit for gems but it wasn’t horrible because if you had a daily check In streak, you would earn 2 gems a day or you would occasionally get a winning spin in the casino. Having played it for years now, I can afford the higher wager in the casino per turn and you used to be able to get a gem-winning spin regularly enough to afford updates and you could advance play, now they don’t even seem to allow that winning spin to ever come up but they’ll hand out coins all the time. Once in awhile there will be a major prize for a major item but I have been gypped by the calendar system and what they call a day versus what I call a day especially as the months switch. The designers obviously want people to invest in the in-app purchases and it is definitely not worth wasting my money just to do that, so I guess both sides will just be stuck being stingy.

by SoftballHayHay23

Great game! Honestly I really like this game. I really do but there are so many little things that are ruining the fun like expenses. I love unlocking new restaurants and foods but lots are very expensive maybe not in coins but definitely in diamonds. I mean, why do you need so many diamonds just to upgrade or something. In the Sports Bar, the almond drink mixer is super slow and even though I’ve had the Sports Bar for about 3 weeks, I haven’t even upgraded that mixer because you need 7 diamonds and something like 3000 coins! That’s the thing that really drives me nuts. 👎👎👎
Also what would help is more patience the customers have. Sure, the higher the level to harder it is but in like Level 6 I lost 2 customers just because of the mixer. 😑😠 Lastly, I think that you need to fix the casino. I’ve played it probably about 50times and I’ve only won about 4 and no, I’m not kidding. If you think I am try it for yourself 😤😤. You should add more “luck” to the casino.
I think those 3 things could definitely be fixed. And there are more minor things but since these are major I'll only include those. Please consider fixing these problems.

by Squirrel4ever

This seems like one of those games that’s gonna be kinda buggy, not well made, lots of ads, semi fun for an hour or so and then you delete it, you know the kind of game I'm talking about. But this game absolutely nothing like that. There are never any ads unless you choose to watch one to get a free spin in the casino, and the game is super well made. The graphics are clean and detailed, it’s well designed, overall it’s a great game. The gameplay is super fun, and don’t get me wrong, some of the levels as you progress are difficult, and you get frustrated or stuck, but that’s because it’s challenging, which makes it all the more fun. And if you’re really stuck, you can upgrade your appliances to make it easier. This game doesn’t seem like it’s trying to steal your money or anything, there aren’t constant pop ups for “deals!” Or “premium!”. They clearly did their research because all the cultural foods seem pretty accurate, or at least as accurate as they could be in a video game. I’ve downloaded and deleted this game countless times but every time I reopen CookingFever it seems 10 times better. Anyway, my point here is, I love this game, and to the creators, well done!

by Sisiasisi

I have had this game since I was six. I’m ten now, and I still have it. I’ve made lots of progress, but for the past 4 years, I’ve been resetting. I tried to stop resetting and actually found that I made progress. It’s such a great app, and it’s so relaxing and addictive. But I have a few suggestions. I noticed that every time you get a level up, you get a new restaurant, but sometimes they come before other restaurants that cost less. And that’s because of the difficulty. But it’s hard to remember. The latest one that I unlocked was the Sushi Restaurant. It costs the same amount as the Breakfast Cafe AND the Chinese Restaurant, and yet it’s SO hard. Plus, the upgrades for every single restaurant costs a lot of gems, so I usually upgrade everything to two to fit my budget, and it still annoys me. And when I’m out of gems, I have to play levels to earn coins and XP. I use the coins for the Casino and it takes WAY too long to get 15 or 2 gems, plus it takes a while to get to a new level once you get to level 28 because you have to get TEN THOUSAND points of XP. I’m just saying, gems to be easier to gain and their should be clarification on the order of buying restaurants, from easiest to hardest. I did the Rock and Roll bar in more days that I did the breakfast cafe and yet the breakfast cafe cost more. But overall, I really like this game and it’s one of the best games that I have played.

by Girl Playa

I’ve been playing this game for years, and I appreciate the entrepreneurial spirit of the way the game is structured financially. Cooking fever continues to make it more difficult for us to enjoy the game without being forced to watch videos or use an increasing amount of diamonds. In addition, it is much harder to win diamonds through playing the game. Could you please add more Diamond incentives for watching more videos, playing the game, and daily challenges? Specifically getting a diamond for some of the daily challenges would be incentive to engage more in playing them. 250 coins and similar awards are not worth the time it takes to engage with them. We also miss the holiday themed characters coming through. Could you bring back some festive or surprise enhancements to the game sometimes? Aside from seeing the developers face as a mechanic when something breaks down, we haven’t seen an changes. I like the way the lands rotate in the game to access our restaurants. Nice change. I also like some of the special effects like water moving or clouds and things happening to enhance the special effects. Good job. Please just add more opportunities to gain diamonds because we need to many to be competitive.

by Allison Fink

To be honest, this is one of my favorite games on my iPad and it’s really fun. And one thing I love about is that your get too cook and it’s a challenge. But when I unlock a new restaurant I get so excited but it cost lots of money. And some times you have to redo levels, so if you do get this game you will have to work harder. And remember you will have to redo levels sometimes and stuff. But I love that in the game at a certain level you get the automatic cook machine this is really helpful if a lot of the times you have like a lot of customers, I think it’s way more faster when you have Max upgrade for the hotdogs or burgers. I would highly recommend and I think you really should get it when you have your gems. Save up because this is really helpful if you like to play the game a lot and you like really wanna do you like upgrades and you wanna unlock new places so far before I had it I didn’t have a lot of money but now I have a bunch because the machine. This game has so much stuff and I’m really happy because it doesn’t have a bunch of ads and it’s really realistic to bunch of like real life. But I feel like the cupcakes should be like you can spend money on them like for the upgrades because the germs and stuff I don’t think so. This is my review and I really really like the games please get it if you have a chance.

by MsJackson41

For the first time ever, I played the casino twice in one day (12hrs apart) and got 15 gems each time. This game is highly addictive. I played it obsessively for awhile but when they started with the ads after every level, I fell back. So then I started closing CookingFever out after every level which I thought would become annoying but it’s 2nd nature now. Another tip that works great for me, I don’t open a new restaurant until I’ve collected 300 gems. It takes time, but it’s so worth it when you can breeze through and make all of the upgrades and purchases you want immediately!! Just save about 100 gems at least for levels 20-30 so that you can purchase whatever automatic cooking machine is available. They’re usually worth it. A good website for tips and tricks is noodle arcade (google it). Just type in cooking fever and you’ll learn all kinds of stuff! The best restaurants to boost your XP points are Sirtaki Tavervna (1300XP points on level 40) Hell’s Kitchen (1100XP points on level 40) and the Sandwich Shop (1100 points on level 40). This is the only game I play on my phone now since candy crush became too difficult at level 2000+ but I love this! Hope this helps... happy gaming!!