# Diner Out: Merge Cafe NETFLIX — user reviews > 197 indexed App Store user reviews of Diner Out by Netflix, Inc., rated 4.42/5 from 1,007 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/diner-out-merge-cafe-netflix/id1669107434/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/diner-out-merge-cafe-netflix/id1669107434.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 741 · 4★ 111 · 3★ 58 · 2★ 32 · 1★ 65 ## What do users think of Diner Out? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🎮 Addictive gameplay - 🍔 Fun cooking/merge concept - 💰 No microtransactions or ads **Cons** - ⏰ Limited energy/playtime - 🐛 Recurring bugs and glitches - 🔍 Lack of developer responsiveness **Commonly reported bugs** - Reward containers not opening - Timed side games not working properly - Energy not replenishing as expected **Most requested features** - More ways to earn/replenish energy - Expand storage and inventory space - Fix issues with reward containers ## Newest reviews (15 of 197) ### 4/5 — Eclairs are killing me *2025-06-19* I love this game! It’s been a huge source of entertainment that I’ve found relaxing and enjoyable. I’m on season 2, and the enjoyment is slowly getting zapped by the eclairs! Every level requires them, high level eclairs too, but they drop as such an absurdly low rate I feel stuck. They also never show up as rewards for the side challenges or as prizes for the county fair - occasionally they will surface in the daily deals. This is not helpful to progress in the levels and is just causing frustration! I am on level 86 and I am considering quitting all together :( ### 4/5 — Fun while it lasted *2025-05-04, version 4.15.2* The game stops at level 130 and the club feature is nonexistent ### 3/5 — Fun game but constantly plagued with issues *2025-04-25, version 4.15.2* This game is constantly having bugs/issues that you report to the developers but see no fixing/results for weeks. It’s a very fun game - when it works ### 4/5 — Finally a free merge game *2025-04-14, version 4.15.2* I love merge games but the majority of them are full of in app purchases where it’s almost impossible to progress after a certain point unless you spend a lot of money on it. This game scratches the itch while being free as it’s a Netflix game, not the best merge game I’ve played in terms of story (not that there is one really) or the mechanics which are quite buggy and it gets very grindy when you get to the higher levels but it’s good enough. ### 4/5 — Fun but getting boring *2025-04-12* I really enjoy this game it’s mindless fun. I like that the bugs are out but it’s becoming very redundant at this point. I’m at level 45 and nothing new or exciting is happening anymore. I love the events that pop up but those are the same pretty much so I’m thinking of deleting the game soon even though I’ve made so much progress. I like that there aren’t any in app purchases even though I hate running out of energy. That’s ok though because there are plenty of ways to get more. All in all I wish the developers would switch it up a little and also finally do start the clubs feature or take it down. **Developer response:** We recently released an update that fixes the problem you encountered. Please update to the latest version of the game. Thank you so much for being patient with us! ### 3/5 — Energy/Timers are super punishing for a non-IAP merge title *2025-03-31, version 4.15.2* The game is just way too slow and the rewards aren’t rewarding enough—they don’t unlock movement during stagnant stretches. I’m actually not even sure why there’s an energy limit in a game that also has timers on the suppliers. ### 2/5 — A bug *2025-03-28, version 4.15.2* I do enjoy this game but I’m at a point where It’s not accepting the items now. It’s acting like I don’t have items it’s asking for. So the update did fix it but its literally doing it again Thanks ### 4/5 — Won’t complete order *2025-03-23, version 4.15.1* Since the last update I’m stuck on level 114, two orders that requires dry preserve and preserve won’t register has having them even tho I have them. ### 2/5 — Like the game but *2025-03-23* I’m on Level 114 which should tell you how much I enjoy the game. However this game is awfully buggy. Here is a list of the major bugs: the timers do not show correctly with the textures being sideways, certain items aren’t acknowledged as gotten by the game so some orders are impossible to fulfill, and some machines have been stuck in timer limbo for days now. This makes playing the game impossible and generally unfun at later levels. **Developer response:** Hello mitsuchio! Thanks for your detailed feedback and for playing up to level 114. We’re sorry for the bugs you’re experiencing. Please update to the version 4.15.2 in the store and let us know how it goes. Thanks! ### 3/5 — Bugged *2025-03-13, version 4.15.1* Great game, but once you hit a certain level (level 8 for me) it’s bugged. The screen just shows the background photo with no gameplay and the menu glitching at the bottom. ### 4/5 — Great app but… *2025-03-13, version 4.15.1* The only issue I have is now at level 114, I have all the ingredients for the order but they aren’t recognizing the ingredients. So now I can’t complete the order and level up. Booo ### 2/5 — New update, still unplayable *2025-03-12* I have the newest update and I still have the same problem. Update 4.15.1. I’m stuck on level 119. I have the final ingredient of pickled peppers and the game still will not recognize it as the ingredient I need. I let the game update and then I closed it and opened it again. Same issue. I’m afraid to delete the game and redownload it because I don’t want to lose my progress. I really wish you would roll back the last two updates so that the game is playable again. *cry* **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear about the issue. Could you share more details at https://games-netflix.helpshift.com/hc/en/17-diner-out-merge-cafe/ That way we could look into the issue and do our best to help you out. Thank you! ### 2/5 — It's perfect until it glitches:( *2025-03-11, version 4.15* I made it to level 13 and all my items i had in my storage bar completely disappeared. random items from the game keep popping up, and then i get kicked out of the game. i hope it gets fixed soon since this is a game i like to play daily. ### 3/5 — Love the game but… *2025-03-11* This game is super good! I really like all parts of it. love that you can play mini missions while also being able to play your daily task. It is very good although there are things that can be improve. I would like to point out that I had to reset my game because when I wanted to play my main mission or daily mission the game just crashed, although I could still play the mini missions. Right now I am still playing the game but it’s like freezed in some parts. So I ask the creators to please fix these bugs for us to have a better experience playing the game. Thanks! **Developer response:** We recently released an update that fixes the problem you encountered. Please update to the latest version of the game. Thank you so much for being patient with us! ### 2/5 — Good in theory *2025-03-11, version 4.15* The game freezes, items get stuck, the timed quests are glitched out, and the store isn’t even operational and it gets stuck on the store screen so I have to restart the game. I got a moving cart with boxes and it’s been stuck to the centre of the game screen since it appeared, I can’t tap on it, move it, or anything. Motions are slow, choppy and glitchy. This game needs a serious overhaul. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Feels like one of those games that only exists to make money *2025-04-16, version 4.15.2* If I was told this game had ads every 30 seconds and you had to pay real money to play it for more than 5-10 minutes I would believe it. It costs energy to get thing to merge and even if you have energy everything needs to “recharge” and if you want it to recharge immediately you need to use in game cash that’s hard to get. It’s super unbalanced considering you get so many silver coins which are quite useless. It being on netflix is probably the only thing stopping it from being an ad party cash grab disguised as a game. ### 1/5 — Bug *2025-03-22, version 4.15.1* It won’t let me finish level 120. It’s saying I don’t have the item yet even if I do and even had 3. ### 1/5 — Still not fixed *2025-03-18, version 4.15.1* Getting pretty impatient waiting for this to be fixed. I reported the bug before the last update but the update didn’t fix it. The glitch/bug- I have the items needed to fulfil orders on level 114 (pickled peppers and jamon) but it will not recognise them so I cannot complete the level. ### 1/5 — Bad *2025-03-13, version 4.15.1* Disappointed to see this is an EXACT replica to the game merge inn. ps since we are here why isn’t temptation island working for some of us it said it would be released on the 12th ### 1/5 — Glitching on level 7 *2025-03-11, version 4.15* This seems to be a common issue. Perfectly functional until that point. Other elements still work but not the level. Followed support steps but no improvement. Fix bug please! ### 1/5 — Game froze *2025-03-11, version 4.15* Seen other reviews and my game froze too on 2 different accounts, level 6 and level 18. Support in the app said they have been looking into it but still haven’t fix it after 2 weeks ### 1/5 — Completely Unplayable 🪦 *2025-03-10, version 4.15* This game used to be so fun but has been plagued by a glitch which prevents opening the main game board for nearly 2 weeks now! No sign of a patch to fix the glitch in sight. 🥲 ### 1/5 — slow updates *2025-03-09, version 4.15* can they hurry up and fix the bug already 😭 it’s been months ### 1/5 — Glitches after L6 *2025-03-09, version 4.15* Great game but stops working after L6! Support please fix! ### 1/5 — Game freezes at level 7 *2025-03-09, version 4.15* The game freezes at level 7. Even after redownloading the game I can’t get past level 7. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very fun, sad to see it leave *2025-07-06* I love cooking games and although this isn’t a conventional way, it was surprisingly fun to play. I originally had an issue with running out of energy and restocking in the very beginning of the game. But as I played more it wasn’t as big of an issue anymore. I normally have access to a lot of different ways of earning more energy that I just choose to wait for my energy to charge up instead of charging it up instantly, which is great. And now that I have higher level items, the restocking doesn’t take that long so I just wait a bit. Really fun game. If you’re having issues with energy and restocking, just wait it out, it’s gets better. My advice would be, always buy an energy bulb and energy charges every time is gets restocked in the shop and horde them until you need them. Don’t worry about money so much so you can open up your storage to store the energies. Just as a warning, NEVER SWITCH PROFILES. I switch Netflix profiles so I can play the game again while waiting for the new update and it completely deleted all my progress from my official profile… I don’t know if this is a bug or what but thats just horrible. I decided to delete the app and reinstall it to see if it would fix the problem and it did bring back so much of my progress but still a lot of progress was still gone… **Developer response:** Hey RTAT71, thanks for the detailed and thoughtful review! It's awesome to hear you’re enjoying the game and found a good balance with energy and restocking. We’re glad you appreciate Diner Out's overall experience! Great advice for other players—happy merging and cooking! ### 5/5 — Please? *2025-05-23, version 4.15.2* Love this game, I’ve now completed it but I’d really like more levels please! Also I think it would be good to be able to spend the coins? Maybe make it so you can exchange them for energy or cash? I’ve got over 100k sitting there in coins because I’ve rarely needed to use them. Great work, thanks guys! ### 5/5 — Fun! *2025-05-01, version 4.15.2* Great game, hoping for new levels soon! ### 5/5 — More Levels Please *2025-04-29* I just finished level 130 and the app says to check back soon for more levels. Please give us more levels, I have really enjoyed playing this game as a way to relax after work. I’m still playing the daily side games but I miss having new orders to fill consistently. **Developer response:** Awesome to hear that you're having a blast! We're always working on new updates, so stay tuned! ### 5/5 — Great game. Bugs fixed quickly. *2025-04-12, version 4.15.2* Thanks for fixing previous issues quickly. One more thing, once you move to season two there is now way to get more seeds and complete the horticultural set. Please fix, then the game would be perfect. ### 5/5 — New update, NOW PLAYABLE! *2025-03-28* UPDATE: Game fixed and I’m on level 123! Yay! I have the newest update and I still have the same problem. Update 4.15.1. I’m stuck on level 119. I have the final ingredient of pickled peppers and the game still will not recognize it as the ingredient I need. I let the game update and then I closed it and opened it again. Same issue. I’m afraid to delete the game and redownload it because I don’t want to lose my progress. I really wish you would roll back the last two updates so that the game is playable again. *cry* **Developer response:** Hi three, your progress is impressive, and we appreciate your updated feedback. We're glad to hear that you're continuing to enjoy the game! ### 5/5 — Game crashes at level 8 *2025-03-17* I truly love this game, but for some reason, when I collect the level 8 package, it crashes. No matter how many times I refresh the game or reinstall it, it still crashes at level 8. (The new update fixed everything, thank you ) **Developer response:** Hi there, thanks for updating the review! We're glad that the new update fixed the issue you experienced. Hope you continue to have fun playing! ### 5/5 — glitch out at level 7 (Fixed) Within 2 days *2025-03-14* i enjoyed the game up till than but now i cant even play it because ever time i click level 7 the screen is the background except for the sliver of glitching game background hoping the developers can fix it for me would love to play this game more **Developer response:** Thanks for the update! We're glad to hear you're now back in the game. Happy gaming! ### 5/5 — Love it but glitches and can’t play *2025-03-13, version 4.15.1* I love merging games but I reached level 7 and every time I go to play the game glitches before I start and I can’t go in. No update is available so I don’t know what to do at this point. After the update, the game is working again and I’m loving it! ### 5/5 — bugs out at level 7 *2025-03-13* it’s definitely a fun game but as soon as i get the dolly with boxes reward for going to level 7, it won’t let me open that and collect anything and when you exit out of the game screen, the red dolly with boxes stays in many of the other screens although not all EDIT: the developers fixed the bug (really quickly too) so I am changing the review to be 5 stars **Developer response:** Thank you for the update! We're pleased to know you're back in action. Enjoy your gaming! --- *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.*