# cafe city — user reviews > 98 indexed App Store user reviews of cafe city by chien lin, rated 2.18/5 from 11 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cafe-city/id379569685/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cafe-city/id379569685.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of cafe city? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🌟 Similar to Cafe World - ✨ Potential for a good game **Cons** - 🐌 Extremely slow performance - 🐛 Frequent freezing and crashing - 🗑️ Game often disappears or resets - 🚫 Difficult to control/move items - ❌ Poor graphics and aesthetics - ❓ Lack of clear instructions - 📉 Progress loss/resetting - 😠 Food spoils quickly - 😵 Annoying text overlays - 💸 Unclear purchase management - 🚫 Unable to sign in/register - 👎 Boring gameplay - 🔋 Drains phone battery - 🚫 Cannot turn off music/sound - 🚫 Cannot delete purchased items - 🚫 Waiter issues/not serving - 🚫 Cannot hire staff - 🚫 Game doesn't operate when app is closed - 🚫 Cannot buy items - 🚫 No customers entering shop - 🚫 Cannot add neighbors/see community - 🚫 Poor user interface - 🚫 Requires constant attention - 🚫 Music is annoying **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes frequently - Game crashes often - Restaurant disappears - Cannot move or rotate furniture - Food spoils quickly - Progress is lost or resets - Cannot sign in or register - Username already taken issues - Waiters not serving customers - Cannot hire staff - Game stops working when app is closed - Purchased items disappear - Cannot buy items - No customers appear - Cannot add neighbors - Interface is difficult to use - Game requires constant attention - Music cannot be turned off - Cannot delete purchased items - Loading times are excessively long - Game closes when trying to hire employees - Game doesn't load properly - Graphics overlap - Cafe disappears after reinstallation - Kitchen lost - Cannot uninstall to fix issues - App closes when trying to get a waiter - Game won't open - Game crashes when trying to open - Cannot rotate a chair - Cannot get a waiter without friends - Game doesn't work as advertised - Cannot adjust sound levels - Cook time for recipes too long - Game requires strong Wi-Fi connection - Menus are disorganized - Cannot see community members - Cannot hire first employee - Game is too slow - Food cooks and spoils in less than an hour - Food spoils in a few minutes - Game takes forever to load - Game randomly re-registers user - Cannot move around the shop - Cannot buy new tables - Cannot tap to make character walk - Username is a bunch of letters - Cannot decor cafe - Food only sells when app is open - Cannot buy anything - No customers enter shop - Cannot move around objects - Cannot play for more than a couple of minutes - Game crashes when trying to load - Cannot hire a person - Game crashes when trying to start - Cannot do anything - Cannot hire someone - Game crashes when trying to hire someone - Game won't load properly - Game is not fun **Most requested features** - Update and fix the game - Add sound settings (on/off) - Make waiters faster or hire more - Allow game to continue when app is closed - Improve cook time display (show time left) - Allow deletion of purchased items - Improve graphics and aesthetics - Add more instructions - Fix username issues - Improve control/movement of items - Make game less boring - Add dark mode - Improve cook time for recipes (under one hour) - Make game playable offline - Improve interface and mechanics ## Newest reviews (18 of 98) ### 2/5 — Not happy *2020-09-28* I just started playing this game and already annoyed put a 3hr dish to cook only to find in less than 1hr it had cooked and spoiled, not helpful when you have other things to do. ### 1/5 — Terrible, glitchy *2016-05-01, version 2* I got it bc it looked very similar to cafe world and played very similar until it glitched and froze and my restaurant disappeared. Deleted it less than 12 hours of playing. I do not recommend getting this app. Find something else because this app is crap. It had so much potential😡 ### 1/5 — I did not enjoy it *2016-04-20* I did not enjoy the music the look or really anything very disappointed ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2016-01-27, version 2* I figured since the last review was back a couple years ago I'd give the game a try. The game didn't even work. Downloaded the game and froze within 10 seconds. Disappointed, would love to find a cooking game close to Cafe World. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2016-01-01* I am very disappointed. Wasn't clear had no instructions and asked for to much private information. ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2015-09-27, version 2* This game is very far from complete. The interface is especially lacking and the mechanics seem under developed. I'd suggest avoiding this game, at least until a bit more effort was put into it. ### 1/5 — Buggy/glitchy *2015-07-12, version 2* Game is crap. Just play cafe world on facebook. Can move stuff right, freezes and I got an iPhone 5. Should run this cheap game no problem.... ### 1/5 — The Facebook game was better *2015-06-17, version 2* I hated this it had terrible graphics and just the Facebook game was better and I deleted this app after like 30 seconds ### 1/5 — Nope! *2015-05-10, version 2* I didn't have any technical problems but that's just because I played for like a minutes and decided I didn't like it. 😑 the app has A LOT of work to be done. Help it help you. ### 2/5 — App kept Freezing and Crashing *2014-11-22, version 2* This app is very similar to Zynga's Cafe World, but it lacks the image quality and aesthetics. Overall, the gameplay was nice, but it kept crashing and freezing which made the game impossible to play for more than a few minutes at a time. I would not recommend it. ### 2/5 — Waste of time *2014-10-02, version 2* When this game was cafe world it was fun but now, NOTHING WORKS you buy things n when u rearrange it goes right back to the way it was, waste of time to download this version ### 2/5 — Worst Bugs Ever *2014-08-08* This is by far the worst game ever, I meen whenever u try 2 drag something it ends up dragging something els, u have to drag like hundreds of things 2 be able 2 do what u want. ### 1/5 — Wow *2014-07-24* Make the waiters faster or make us able to hire more ### 2/5 — Needs work *2014-03-01* Not to bad although needs a lot of work... Very similar to cafe world on Facebook which is what I wanted but when phone is locked the game seems to stop, only runs when app is open. The wording above dishes is annoying and once uve purchased something u can't delete it... Def has potential though ### 1/5 — Simply awful *2014-02-12, version 2* This is the worst app ever! terrible graphics,glitchy,and it crashes all the time. Don't get it. ### 1/5 — Worst game *2014-02-02* This is the worst game every I downloaded it and right when I was on it I deleted, get restaurant story instead! ### 1/5 — Terrible *2014-01-21* TERRIBLE THE WORST GAME IN THE INTIRE WORLD ### 1/5 — Hate *2013-12-31* My waiter won't serve my coustomers, I can't move around the shop and there hasn't been an update in like 4 years!!! 👎👎👎👎👇👇👇😡😠😡😠😤 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worse game app I ever seen *2021-09-10, version 3* As long as this game been out it should have been recreated updated and fixed this game is not worth downloading its very slow despises the freezing anybody else out there who wants to play cafe games please don’t download this one please use Cafeland and cafeworld those two I play you will not be disappointed ### 1/5 — User name *2021-02-25* Cant set an new application as all I get is, choose different user name. I mean how many times is blop used as a user name. 🙄 Deleted it now. ### 1/5 — Couldn’t even sign in *2020-04-20* When I got this game I read the reviews and the ratings and I thought it was going to be a decent game, then I download it and I could even register. I kept trying and trying and then I finally had enough I deleted the game, re-downloaded it and trued again. Still doesn’t work ### 1/5 — ☹️ *2019-11-22, version 3* Very slow game kind of boring lags alot ### 1/5 — Cafe city *2019-07-13, version 3* It won’t even last me get past my name and login part ### 1/5 — Bad! *2019-01-17* Slow and stupid ### 1/5 — HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE *2017-11-25, version 3* I have never played a game that was so terribly made. It's like playing frogged but frogged was better designed. I deleted it after 1 minute and I'm surprised I gave it that long. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2017-07-30, version 3* This game is terrible!! Had to delete it. If you leave the game it takes you back down levels you've already completed, the the food you have going, supposedly for three hours has spoiled in the few mins you are gone. If I could give it negative stars I would. ### 1/5 — Sucked *2016-06-11, version 2* Could not get anything to work. Removed it from my system ### 1/5 — Cafe world *2016-05-28* Needs to be updated. Have downloaded twice. It seems to fail shortly after starting. Like the game but seriously needs to be looked at. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Creative *2014-07-20, version 2* This game is so much fun to play and to make something amazing. This game can bring your kid to an amazing would and give them a bright future. So I give you the creaters 5 amazing stars. ### 5/5 — Awesome meh *2013-06-16, version 2* Can't stop playing ### 5/5 — Stupid app *2013-02-27, version 2* Sorry I hate this app I Proubly could find a better app just like this This app is💩. I only played 2 mins and it stared to get boring since I could not buy any food sorry this app is horrible ### 5/5 — Great *2012-02-11* This is the best game ever, graphics are great and a really fun game.... I haven't been on it yet, I'm waiting for it to download ### 5/5 — Good game *2012-01-06* Good game ### 5/5 — It's the best game ever *2011-08-04* I just love cafe city so many things to cook and buy I love it xx ### 3/5 — Disappointed *2015-11-27, version 2* I downloaded this app be cause it seems very similar to "Cafe World" from Facebook. I thought I was going to really enjoy this app but, it freezes way to often😑 and you can't move your characters at all😑 and then it started to bore me ! ### 3/5 — BOOOOOOOOORING *2013-12-26* This is so laggy and boring, I warn everyone not to download it. ### 3/5 — Realy *2013-10-03, version 2* People just don't get it when it crashes it's your device not the app ### 3/5 — Ummm... *2013-08-17, version 2* Well, I would be totally obsessed with this game if it wasn't for the fact that its slow, it crashes, and I can't buy new tables for some reason. Also, I'm disappointed by the fact that I can't tap to make my character walk, and my name is a bunch of letters, even though I typed in something different to register. Fix this, and I may redownload this app --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*