Cooking Diary® Restaurant Game User Reviews

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This is 2nd time I’ve -layer this game from beginning and it is great but very addictive.
However the cost is silly. I can buy a x box game for £50-£80 yet I have spent hundreds of pounds on this game and only covered 2 sections where money changes so you can’t Cary any money across that you have earned or paid for so start again trying to build profit. I gave up 1st time after spending over 300 and I’m good t the game so I don’t squander my money or rubys but I hit ga,es that without them I can not get through sometimes using more than one booster. Electric and gas going up among lots of other things this year I’ll prob have to stop again.
Interestingly there are lots of apps from this game company all cost a fortune to play. I have a pc that I pay a monthly subscription to the I don’t have any cost when I down load the games but the provider of the games seem set on app customers and not pc customers. The cooking,hotel,fashion etc I’m lucky if they put one on a year. I’m now thinking of closing my to gaming accounts there only any good if you play, fid the hidden objects etc. not my cup of tea. Susan
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Response from developer

Hi Chef! We would like to apologize for your negative experience with our game. We will consider your feedback in the next updates. Thank you!

Used to enjoy the game but not anymore…

Like the other reviews mentioned earlier…. I used to enjoy this game a lot… but since they updated the game it makes it a lot harder to pass the levels. The problem is that even you have upgraded everything in the restaurant, the speed of stoves/knifes/drink dispenser are not fast enough to complete the level. Especially those Difficult levels which require certain amount of smiley face…. the character or equipments just not fast enough before the customer patience dropped. Hence it is like a “must” that you have to use Booster (sometimes multiple boosters) In order to pass a level (e.g, speed boots + candies). Turns out you may need to use rubies to buy boosters or pay to buy rubies/boosters. It’s ok to have some difficult levels, but I noticed those “Super Difficult” levels come up quite often. I feel like this is a way to push players to buy boosters but I found that rather discouraging. I think I’ll give this game a break until the issue is resolved.
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Response from developer

Hi Chef! Please note that the higher your level in the restaurant, the harder stages get. We recommend you to join the guild and use one of your guildmates as an assistant while playing to earn more coins. You can try using different boosters to help you pass stages, as well as upgrading your restaurant's interior and the kitchen in order to get more tips!

Best game ever.

Just one thing, I was really upset when I saw that different districts have different coins. Could you pretty please add a feature where you could you trade coins? For example: 20 Yellow coins —> 5 pink coins. Please… I just hate it when games do that 😭 because I often have a lot of coins (like 50,000) and then it resets. Please do something. Other than this, this game is really good. Compared to lots of other good cooking games I have played, (like cooking fever and cooking madness) this is the best cooking game. In fact, my favourite game I have on my iPad. Thanks for making this masterpiece game, MYTONA!
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Response from developer

Hi Chef! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas! We value any and all participation in making our game better, and will take your feedback into consideration!

Very good but some complaints

The only reason I am not giving this a five stars is because some things in the game are really annoying. Earning rubies is really hard unless you pay money, and even when you watch adds, you only get 1! I have three pets in the game, but they don’t help much. They just give me a couple banknotes and maybe some other things, but pretty much never give me rubies! So I am just spending a bunch of rubies to make them happy, even though I could be using those rubies to help me! Also, I don’t like how the pets can lose happiness even when you aren’t playing. That makes it virtually impossible to make them happy and still upgrade your restaurants without spending a bunch of money to buy rubies. If you could make the pets useful, like have them help you in the kitchen or at least get rubies from them, the game would be a lot better. Once every like 3-4 weeks you get a large gift of rubies, but that is really rare. If you could make it easier to get the things that the pets need, that would be really helpful. Overall, it is a good game, but if you could make the pets more useful, make it easier to get rubies without spending a bunch of money, and not have the pets lose happiness when you aren’t playing, this would be an excellent game. Honestly, I would rate this game 3 1/2 stars if I could, but I have to settle for this. Please fix this!
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Response from developer

Hi Chef! We appreciate your feedback and will take it into account for future updates. Thank you for being part of the community.

Fairly fun to play… while you can

This game is fun, and I get how it’s “equal” in your minds as to free to play versus pay to play. But it’s not.
This game is so glitchy. Watch an ad to speed up (dozens of times), to unlock decorations etc. yet the ads barely work. You end up watching about 5+ ads that don’t count to anything, and crash your game, and don’t get any reward. At one point I quit the game in a rage after 7 ads in a row screwed up. You also end up spending over 80 gems in order to “upgrade” as needed and it still won’t pass. Those 80 gems, without money, would’ve taken days, weeks, super luck etc. and that’s just to pass one level! It’s definitely weighted to make people spend money, which is disgusting. Over all, fix the ads, allow people to enjoy your game with or without extra money….
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Response from developer

Hi Chef! We regret to hear that you encountered this situation. Please contact us via the "Helpt" button in the game settings, explain the situation in detail, and attach a screenshot if necessary. We will definitely help find a solution!

Worth it but one issue

This game is absolutely the best! I love cooking games and once I found this game I couldn't stop playing. I lose track of time all the time and have gotten yelled at by my parents but this game is so worth it. I could play this all day long and I love how you don’t always have to worry about gems. We can watch an add and get a gem, spin the wheel and get a gem, play events and open chests and get gems. This game is seriously the best game I have EVER played! They say that teens shouldn't play games but I am obsessed with this game and the creators were really creative and put a lot of effort into this amazing game. Just one issue I have is that it says inviting friend's gets you gems. I invited 5 friends but after my first friend, it stoped giving me gems. I got really frustrated because I wasted my friends time and they did it again and again. They even played 6 levels so I can get the gems but I never did. At last they said it’s just a scam for people to get to play the game. I love the game but maybe that could be worked on and I could be the happiest person with this game. Thank you so much for reading this. And hope you consider my suggestion.
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Have to spend money if you want rubies and to advance

Either you spend money the further you advance or your going to be waiting awhile or losing a lot of lives just trying to get 1000 drinks to collect them a few rubies. As soon as you purchase a large amount of rubies don’t expect free lives by watching ads they stop giving them to you they want you to spend your rubies instead to get you to want to buy more. My account alone today has told me my accounts been logged into on another device 4 times even though I’ve only ever played this game on my phone so now I’m worried about being hacked. I enjoyed this game for awhile and put alot of money into and now I’m starting to regret it. Sometimes you watch an ad for no reason because somehow you didn’t get that free life or speed up like your suppose to. After you move to the next area your coins are pointless can’t use them for the wheel of fortune so you collect for no reason. You can’t request lives from your guild mates like you can in other games only Facebook or friends you invited so get ready to sit and wait for lives if you don’t have or use Facebook. The further you get the more expensive everything gets and the more rubies needed and they like to give you 1-3 at a time after beating 20 levels.
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A Must-Have Cooking Game!

I love this game and I totally recommend it! My friends and I all have a guild and play together all the time. There are fun characters with different personalities, like a forgetful customer, a rushed customer, and one that takes forever. I also like how there is a TastyMe. With that, you can visit your friends' restaurants and get rewards. There are also daily rewards. It's also nice how it is quite easy to get rubies (in-game currency) which helps complete levels. I just wish that they would make it so that you could see all restaurants that there are so far. This game is a very good pastime for me and my family as well. I made a special guild just for my friends and family. There is also practically limitless restaurants and challenges to do. There is always something to do. My personal favorite is the Path to Glory, which is where you serve special customers and get special tokens for prizes. I also like the Food Truck, which is where you get 15 levels and after completing them all, you get a big reward. For every individual level you pass, you get a reward. All in all, this game is awesome and is a must-have in apps and cooking games. It's also a great pastime for friends and family to play alike. Thank you very much MyTona!
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Response from developer

Hi Chef! Thanks for leaving us such a great review. We appreciate your kind words and will do our best to meet your expectations in the future as well!

Pay to Win

I really enjoyed playing this game, that was until I got stuck on the same level and couldn’t progress without upgrading my restaurant. That wouldn’t be a problem except for the fact that you have to pay for the currency used in upgrading. Big red flag.

Response from developer

Hi Chef! We are sorry you had negative experience with our game. We appreciate your feedback and will pass it on to the development team.

Inappropriate in game ads

Even though this game is rated 12+, they allow very inappropriate in game ads. The last one I just saw included bondage and S&M. Not appropriate for children.

Response from developer

Hi Chef! We would like the opportunity to investigate your feedback further. Please contact us via the "Help" button in the game settings or via email: support@mytona.com. We'll work with you to resolve any issues as quickly as possible.

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