@MandatoryIDtag Congrats! I think you'll have fun with this pack! A few things that are helpful to keep in mind as you run your restaurant:
- Your sim will be the manager of the restaurant, and it will run better if they're on-site. I oftentimes even take a couple of my sims to the restaurant to manage things. The manager will have greeting and additional interactions that come up which will increase the quality of the customer's experience. As you do better, you earn more perks/points, and can hire additional staff or add other features or interactions that will enhance the restaurant's quality, efficiency, and customer experience.
- Start off slowly. Stay a bit behind what your staff is skilled for in work load and food offerings (skill needed to offer which items on the menu). Your staff will slowly increase in skills, and you can gradually enhance your offerings. Your customers will be far more impressed with high quality food that requires a lower skill level than poorly prepared fancy food.
- Also interact with the staff. Encouraging them, paying for training, etc., goes a long way. Don't forget to give them raises, and don't keep them there overly long or they will be unhappy.
- Help with clearing tables and keeping things neat.
- Make sure you are not overloading the staff. Greatly reduce the tables available at first and slowly increase them as you can add more staff. For instance, I think each waiter can only handle 3-5 tables. You will have to test to see. And you will need additional cook(s) if you increase tables, also.
- Customers enjoy a pleasant atmosphere. If your sim sings well, I have even added a mic or karaoke machine and have my sims sing, play an instrument if they have skill, etc. sometimes. Or you can add speakers for music, a fireplace, etc.
- Lock the kitchen to customers or they will pester your chefs.
- You may want to add a separate employee bathroom with a door locked to customers.
- Don't put any tables in a break room or they may count as a restaurant table that the customer cannot reach.
That's all that pops in my mind for now. If I think of more I may edit it into this comment. Have fun! 🍽️
Oh... I love Carl's Guides, so here is a link to the pack 'general' guide. At the end of this article is a list with a bunch of links to other Dine Out guides he made also!: https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/gamepacks/dineout/
