Miss any features of the sims 3.

I do dislike business in sim4 for the fact you can't just ser open closing times and have it just prompt you if you wanted to stay open later like it does with vacations.  If i was at my vet store physically i would forget i opened it and all my staff would be upset for because they had to work 60 hours straight.

Yeah that's fair enough. But the restaurants i'm talking about are the ones you can get from the sims 3 store. They allow you to own your own, set the menu, hire sims to work there, and choose when it opens and closes. Not as in depth as the ones in previous games or even sims 4 as it's kind of a set it and forget it type of deal. You can't choose who gets hired or actually work there yourself in any way but you do get paid for the sims that eat there at the end of the day and can take your sim to eat there as well so they do exist.

I basically don't count rabbit holes for anything. Also the counter "restaurants" in World Adventures don't really count for much either 

Some of things from the sims 4 you mentioned would make the game better if they were in the sims 3 actually were in the sims 3.

• You can get jewelry making with a set from the sims 3 store. 
• Same with non rabbit hole restaurants. 
• Hotels came with Island Paradise although they were bugged and never fixed.
• Multi purpose lots were kind of a thing. They had multi purpose community lots but they were all rabbit holes. It started with Late Night. They combined lots like the book store and spa, the office building and the rabbit hole restaurant were together, and city hall, the police station and the military base were combined in to one building. These were also a little buggy too though.

BRING BACK DOORBELLS

I love the list of things, especially having the CAS options of Sims 3. However, I think wexxam​ is right. I want to believe that is due to the team not wanting to price out the vast majority of the fan base. We're not getting open worlds because it requires more powerful hardware or something and apparently Sims 5 is going to be "open." I have told myself that is also the reason for not having a Sims 3 like CAS.

EDIT 11-4: Seasoned salt to the spice list

Another thing I liked was being able to skate on frozen lakes. 

Would be nice to have an entire ice hotel, to be honest. Give us ice beds and tables with seats covered in fur and ice sculpting hobby with the option to add light and colour to the ice sculptures and I could have fun with that. 

I think at this point you need to play Sims 3 there's no way we will get even half of that to be honest.

I would love to have an Ice lounge but only if it is A. You have to change into cold weather gear to go in because it is cold inside B. we have the Ice Furniture & Bar 

I miss these from Sims 3...

• The Color Wheel 
• Channels on just about every Buy/Build  Item to recolor or change the pattern 
• Create A Pattern 
• Open World
• Hair having 3 sections to be able to customize
  • Root
  • Shaft
  • Ends
• Better Vacation Worlds that feel more thorough and make sense with the activities 
• Specific Community Lots to attract specific Sims 
  • EX: Vampire Lounge 
• Precious & Semi-Precious stones being mostly called their proper names 
• Unicorns
• Martial Arts and Tai Chi from Sims 2 
• Magicians 
• Doorbells 
• Bands 
• Drums 
• Pool Tables
• Spiral Stairs 
• Seasonal Carnivals 
• Scuba Diving 
• Vehicles 
• Zombies but NOT the eating of the plants 
• The Deer & the Wolf, Raccoon from Sims 2 
• Flame Color 

Things from Sims 4 that if were in Sims 3 would have made it an even better game 

• The Day Spa & Mani-Pedis - It was a Rabbit Hole which was rubbish
• The Occult Power Systems especially the Vampires 
• Werewolves
  • The Packs
  • The Customization - Although I wish Sims 4 looked more sinister less like a furry  
• The amount of Cooking Recipes & the Baking Skill 
• Jewelry Making 
• Knitting 
• Restaurants - They were Rabbit Holes too, for all the issues Sims 4 restaurants are better  
• Hotels - The hostels sucked although the Base Camp in Egypt made sense 
• Skiing 
• Multi Purpose Lots 
• Oh and if the houses didn't have the holiday light feature like Sims 4 does then that too 
• Candy Making 
• Sims 2 version of writing Books 
  • Being able to choose covers and the icons that become thought bubbles when the book is read (This goes for Sims 4 too)

Things I think would drastically improve the current game (not bug fixes and not mentioning the current situation with the sale) 

• Making Baking a Base Game skill and shifting Recipes to categories that make better sense 
• Full Service Luxury Hotels
• Specificity in Community Lots 
  • Types of Bars 
  • Types of Restaurants 
• Pet Store & Groomers 
• Additional Dog Breeds Listed Here
• CAS & CAP Improvements 
  • Costume Tab
  • Heterocromia
  • Rain Gear Tab
• Casinos
  • Games
  • Entertainment 
    • Bands 
    • Comedians 
    • Magicians
  • Casino Hotels 
  • High End & Low Casinos 
  • Buffets and exclusive restaurants 
• The Fortune Teller - abilities 
  • Aura Reading 
  • Charms & Talismans 
  • Palm Reading 
  • Psychic Conventions 
  • Tasseography
• Grocery Store not a kiosk 
• Amusement Parks & Carnivals 
• Weather Updates 
  • Deep Snow 
  • Fog - Light & Thick 
    • Eclipsing Fog from Sims 3 as a Master Vampire Power 
  • Hail
• These Careers
  
  • Fashion Designer 
  • Fireman
  • Fortune Teller 
  • Magician 
  • Medical Careers
    • Dentistry 
    • Nursing 
    • Veterinarian - Not just a skill 
  • Private Detective 
• These Buy/ Build Items 
  • Apple Bobbing Tub
  • Carousel 
  • Casino Games 
  • Drawbridge that raises and lowers 
  • Flying Buttresses 
  • Full Mirror Hidden Door 
  • Library Ladder 
  • Magic Mirror 
  • Painting with removable eyes for Spying 
  • Pool Table with Accessories 
  • Roller Coaster Build Pieces 
  • Sewing Machine 
  • Spiral Stair Case 
  • Topiaries - update current version with holiday lights 
• These Harvestables & these Purchasable Spices 
  • Harvestables 
    • Butternut Squash
    • Celery 
    • Cucumbers 
    • Dill
    • Lime Tree
    • Orange Tree
    • Peach Tree
    • Rosemary
    • Thyme
  • Spices 
    • Allspice
    • Cardamom 
    • Cinnamon
    • Ground Ginger 
    • Nutmeg
• These Skills 
  
  • Cello 
  • Drums
  • Hidden Skills 
    • Billards
    • Casino
  • Martial Arts 
    • Fencing 
    • Karate
  • Scuba Diving & Deep Dive Spots 
  • Sculpture Making 
  • Sewing & Fashion Design 
  • Tai Chi 
  • Weaving 
• Update these Skills with more options
  • Flower Arranging 
    • Wedding Bouquets 
    • Corsages 
    • Leis 
    • Wreaths 
  • Jewelry Making 
    • High End Jewelry 
  • Knitting 
    • Holiday Sweaters 
    • Pet Sweaters 
• Vacation Zones 
  • Egypt
  • France 
  • Greece 
  • Italy