Restaurant Story 2

I've just started this game yesterday. And I'm level 13 now! :) (No, I insist that I'm not addicted...just curious.)

Realising that it's a new game and there are no tips whatsoever on this game, I'm gonna try writing some.

How to earn experience points?

First off, I would like to clarify that customers coming into your restaurant does not give you any experience points. Yup, you've heard me correct. Next, neither does does buying items or decoration or any sort awards you with experience points.

So here comes the question, then how do you earn experience points?

You can earn it by:

1. Completing the quests given. Look at the top right of your screen for the face of a lady. Clicking on her will land you to the quest page. Complete the mentioned quests for bonus experience. Eg, Quest Fixer Upper will require me to "restore the veggie market" and it awards me with +250 coins and +8 EXP.
   
2. Cooking items. General rule of thumb is the longer the item takes to cook, the more the EXP awarded. You will receive your EXP when the item finishes cooking.
   
3. Visiting your neighbours.

How to earn coins?

1. Turn on the game and let it run. For the same period of time, say an hour, letting it run actually reaps you maybe 100 times of what you'll earn than if you were to exit app. Just let it run and you can do your stuff.
   
2. DIY the drinks for your customers. Each time you give your customers drinks, they will tip you. Tips run from 2 to even 110 coins (that's the highest I've seen thus far).
   
3. Completing the quests given. Completing quests will award you with coins.
   
4. Cooking items. Cooking items will earn you money when the item has finished cooking and when the customers have finished eating.
   
5. Visiting your neighbours.

Random tips

1. Always utilise the Butcher to the best you can. Cream takes 20 min to stock up, and Beef takes an hour.
   
2. Upgrade your butcher. Many recipes for Conventional Oven uses Cream. Thus, it would be advisable for you to upgrade it so that it can carry more items per basket.
   
3. Cook recipes that requires the least ingredients but takes the longest time. This ensures that you'll need to do minimal shopping.
   
4. For recipes that you always cook, keep a stock of the ingredients needed.
   
5. Keep your warehouse busy. Make it stock up nails (every 10 min) or wooden planks (5 hours) or blueprints (12 hours). Make an order for blueprint before you sleep and an order for wooden plank while you go off for work. Those items are required for building shops / upgrading shops / upgrading your restaurant / upgrading pantry.
   
6. Upgrade your pantry. The larger space you have, the more items you can stock up.
   
7. Purchase one kind of grocery at a time. Buying 1 pasta takes you 2 minutes and buying 3 pastas cost you 2 minutes, too. However, if you buy pasta and cheese in the same basket, it's gonna cost you 3 minutes instead (2 minutes for pasta and 1 minute for cheese).
   
8. The more ovens / stoves you have, the better. I have 2 diner stoves. andI normally use one to cook something slow (eg, 6 hours) and another to cook something fast (eg 1 hour). The amount of time it takes to cook the dish = the amount of time the dish will last when it's cooked.
   
9. Your customers and staff need space to walk. Yes, they need one square's worth of space. So there isn't an empty square that leads to your chair directly, be assured that nobody will be sitting on it and it won't land you coins.
   
10. Have a dish that takes longer preparing time cooking at all times. Having one 6-hour dish at the counter (ie, your restaurant only sells 1 type of dish) and having one 6-hour dish and another 10-min dish (ie, your restaurant sells 2 types of dishes) essentially last you for the same amount of time. Ie, the rate of your dishes diminishing is the same regardless of how many different types of dishes you sell. The only reason why you should cook more dishes is that they give you more coins.

Food for thoughts

I've got no idea for the questions below. 

1. Does the number of tables and chairs / star rating affect the rate that you're earning coins?
2. Does having more dishes prepared by the counter means more coins / customers since the rate of diminishing is the same? 

Conclusion

It's a rather participative game that requires you to switch the game on and allow it to run if you wanna earn some coins. If you're looking for a game that is less participative, ie, you can actually turn the game on and earn some game coins, then this isn't the game for you. Otherwise, it's quite fun, with the option for you to customise your restaurant. Hateful part of it is that there is a lot of waiting time, EXP is tough to earn, and that if you want matching furnitures, you'll have to spend gems on buying either that chair or that table. Also, the gem beside every single waiting time annoys the hell out of me.;I almost always press it by accident when in fact, I wanted to press the item next to it.