Dine Out nearly unplayable

dine out as been riddled with bugs since release.
same bugs in PS4 :#

The only time I really have a problem with it is when there is snow. Everyone ( staff and patrons ) think they just have to stop whatever they are doing to go shovel snow. This includes the sim I am playing.

Does anyone know how to get food from other Expansions to show up in the Dine Out menu? I recently installed Sulani and I was hoping to see new food items pop up in the Dine Out menu but they're not there. I can only get them from the food stalls. Is this how it's supposed to be? If there is a cheat out there or this is simply a bug, please let me know.

"logion;c-17342087" wrote:

"feenalockheart;c-17341984" wrote:
Does anyone know how to get food from other Expansions to show up in the Dine Out menu? I recently installed Sulani and I was hoping to see new food items pop up in the Dine Out menu but they're not there. I can only get them from the food stalls. Is this how it's supposed to be? If there is a cheat out there or this is simply a bug, please let me know.

You can't.

I never even thought about or noticed this @logion and @feenalockheart . Now that I know, it’s super irritating! There’s zero reward in TS4 for being a loyal buyer of packs. They miss all the opportunities to make them meaningfully interconnect.

@troshalom I think the wonder is if the game includes food from recent packs into that feature. For example, can you add the Sulani dishes to your restaurant menus or the new DU pizzas. I haven’t tried yet to find out.

@popstarissa you should be able to. I have seen recipes from City Living in the menu list. I just started playing Island Living, so not sure what their dishes are called. But, I don't see why they would not be listed.

This is a guide from 2016 that EA made: https://ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/sims-4-dine-out-restaurants

This guide from the Sims VIP states that food and drink from other packs are available to add to the menu: https://simsvip.com/sims-4-dine-out-guide/

"popstarissa;c-17349317" wrote:
@troshalom I think the wonder is if the game includes food from recent packs into that feature. For example, can you add the Sulani dishes to your restaurant menus or the new DU pizzas. I haven’t tried yet to find out.

I've got the various dishes from City Living and Kalua Pork (Island Living) available at my restaurants. Dine Out works pretty well I my computer, though (knock on wood).

My sims won't eat and drink food anymore in restaurants, they just chat

I have never tried to own a restaurant, but I find visiting them to hit and miss. It used to be that my sim could make it though a meal with only minimal annoyances, but now I have to fight the game to get through a meal. The worst is that my dining companions no longer finish their meals, second issue is the waiters leaving dirty dishes all over the place instead of washing them, and third is other diners distracting my sims or their dining companions. So, yes, this pack could really use some debugging.

lately visiting a restaraunt works quite well for me, but I haven't tried running one since I first got the pack a couple years back, maybe it's time to try again.