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After doing the things you've outlined the problem has slightly improved yet the restaurant still is not operational. I created a new game after removing mods and repairing the game and opened a restaurant on the same lot. Now, the correct chef and waiter appears but there's no sign of the host. Firing and rehiring does not fix this, nor does the position of the host station.
@Quezare I'm not sure that this is the issue, but I have restaurants that I have played over the last year and a half, and I have always had a few issues in my game. I will include a few things I do that have helped in the past:
- The host occasionally does not show up. If this happens try:
1. ...Exit the game without saving and re-enter the game and try opening again and see if they show up this time.
2. ...Close the restaurant, go home, and try opening again and see if they show up this time.
3. ...Close the restaurant (staying on the lot) and re-open and see if they show up this time. - Same thing occasionally happens with one of the chefs, or both, or they just stand outside. In this case try the same things as above, or just run the restaurant if one of the chefs is in the kitchen.
- Last I knew the waiters were buggy. One or more may not show up, one or more may leave, and on a regular basis one will leave for a run and return. If you have your owner stop the waiter and say something to them before they leave the lot they reset and go back inside.
Bottom line... You can run the restaurant with one chef and one waiter and you have to have a host. If the host does not show up, nothing will run. If the chefs or waiters bug out in some way, as long as one of them is okay, you can manage. It sounds worse than it is, and once things are underway well if you hire one more waiter than you need you should be okay. You will just have an occasional day where someone is buggy. As I said, though, it may be better recently, as I have not played my restaurants for a while. I only mention these as things to try if you have issues.