How To Make Money Running A Restaurant?
I am having a blast with this game. I have a 4.5 star restaurant. But I am losing money. It's bad...my Sims are working like 12 hour days & not making a profit. I haven't figured out the formula y...
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I've spent a few days running a restaurant from the ground up and I'm now making $4000 a day on it so thought I'd share what worked for me :)
• Start off small - I had 5 tables with 2-4 seats per table up until very recently when I noticed lots of Sims waiting round to be seated. Even now I only added 3 more tables.
• Pay for staff training at the end of every shift until they reach full skills. DON'T PROMOTE THEM!
• Only promote staff when they become "Unsatisfied" - you can check this in your staff settings. My staff are all neutral, don't focus on making them happy. My max skilled chef is on level 4. More pay = more wages to deduct from profits!
• I used the Chef's Kitchen trait from City Living which means all food comes out excellent quality.
• At the beginning I used 200% markup and only had food within my chef's skill range.
• Now he is at max skill the food is 5 difficulty (and earning more money!), price markup is 300% and I use fresh organic ingredients.
• NEVER ADVERTISE. I never have or needed to. Get plenty of Sims coming through each day.
• I unlocked these perks in this order:
1) Patient patrons
2) Inspirational speech (I deliver this to each member of staff every day)
3) Ingredients discount small, then large
4) Well funded foodies
5) Tidy tippers
• Only serve one round of customers then close. My restaurant is never open more than 8 hours, you'll lose money.
Hope this helps someone as I spent a few hours on forums at the beginning, frustrated that my restaurant wasn't turning a profit!
• Start off small - I had 5 tables with 2-4 seats per table up until very recently when I noticed lots of Sims waiting round to be seated. Even now I only added 3 more tables.
• Pay for staff training at the end of every shift until they reach full skills. DON'T PROMOTE THEM!
• Only promote staff when they become "Unsatisfied" - you can check this in your staff settings. My staff are all neutral, don't focus on making them happy. My max skilled chef is on level 4. More pay = more wages to deduct from profits!
• I used the Chef's Kitchen trait from City Living which means all food comes out excellent quality.
• At the beginning I used 200% markup and only had food within my chef's skill range.
• Now he is at max skill the food is 5 difficulty (and earning more money!), price markup is 300% and I use fresh organic ingredients.
• NEVER ADVERTISE. I never have or needed to. Get plenty of Sims coming through each day.
• I unlocked these perks in this order:
1) Patient patrons
2) Inspirational speech (I deliver this to each member of staff every day)
3) Ingredients discount small, then large
4) Well funded foodies
5) Tidy tippers
• Only serve one round of customers then close. My restaurant is never open more than 8 hours, you'll lose money.
Hope this helps someone as I spent a few hours on forums at the beginning, frustrated that my restaurant wasn't turning a profit!
