# The Tale of Food — user reviews > 64 indexed App Store user reviews of The Tale of Food by Madfun Game Limited, rated 4.57/5 from 380 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-tale-of-food/id6445908677/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-tale-of-food/id6445908677.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 299 · 4★ 41 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of The Tale of Food? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Engaging gameplay - 👍 Visually stunning - 💡 Inclusive character selection - 👍 Generous gacha system - 🚀 Efficient resource management **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔋 Performance issues and lag - 👎 Limited voice language options - 👎 Repetitive resource grinding **Commonly reported bugs** - Failed to decompress resource packs - Item shop not showing in-game items - Inability to use certain resource stages **Most requested features** - Ability to change voice language without changing text language - Sweep/auto-clear option for resource stages - More female food soul characters ## Newest reviews (17 of 64) ### 4/5 — Mostly Good *2024-11-20* The game is beautiful, with lots of different characters. Voice acting is good, and the storyline is intricate. There’s extra events with side stories that happen about once a month. Gatcha style card collecting by summoning food souls. There’s just a few things that would make the game better. I wish there were more female food souls. Even ones that dress like females aren’t females. I’ve only seen one female food soul, and I don’t even know if she has a card we can use. Suggestion: It would be a lot easier and time effective for the Resource Stages to have an option to just spend Stamina on the stage level and earn rewards, without going through a whole battle. The game has x2 battle tickets, but you still need to go through an entire fight before earning anything, and the tickets are limited. Takes grinding to the extreme. I end up breezing through the main storyline, and dredging along to level up enough for the next chapter of the storyline to unlock. Going through the Resource Stages is such a huge chore, and I really don’t want my games to feel like a chore. There’s so many fun things to do in the game, but the Resource Stages and needing to level up to even be allowed to get to the next part of the storyline even though your team is capable of defeating the next enemies, is very time consuming and takes away form the joy of the game ### 4/5 — Great Gacha Game *2024-01-16* As a female gamer, I get tired of seeing female characters in scantily clad clothes. This is a great change of pace and I enjoy that this game is visually stunning and has so much to do! They give you a ton of stamina and the quests are extremely tame in the amount of stamina you spend, which is a huge plus. There are ample opportunities for rewards and free character spins as you progress in the game. As a casual gamer and a penny pincher, I appreciate the fact that you get opportunities for discounted in-game purchases, and the prices themselves aren’t bad if you are looking for a more natural, casual gaming experience without breaking the bank. Overall, highly enjoying the game so far. The drop rates for high tier characters have been pretty decent compared to other gacha games. Only downside is that the game will sometimes crash unexpectedly, but it really is fun to play and I appreciate the time and effort they put into making the characters :) ### 5/5 — Generous Gatcha! *2023-05-11* It might just be because it’s starting out but the game is very generous in giving you chances for high-tier rewards if you’re willing to put in some attention (once you can auto-battle it helps a lot in mining). There are lots of events and things to keep you occupied all day which is great for a desk jockey like me who needs a break from the workday. If you played the old Food Fantasy on Facebook in the early 2010s this seems to be the same team - just all the good souls are male this time. It seems there will be lots of content to come so if you’re looking for a long-term attention investment this is a good bet! ### 5/5 — . *2023-05-11, version 1.0.3* . ### 4/5 — pretty good except for some QoL features (or lack of) *2023-05-11, version 1.0.3* pretty characters, pretty art, interesting enough story just wish you could “sweep” levels instead of having to go through the battle every time… ### 5/5 — Great Characters! *2023-05-10* I love the focus on Chinese food and all the characters have great design and their stories are all unique and interesting. Usually for games like this, I stop playing after a while but I’ve been playing this game non-stop! Can’t wait to see what other characters they will add to the game and how the story will continue! The only thing I wish for is the ability to change the language of the characters. I wish there is an option to have Chinese dub so that I can hear Chinese but have the game in English. ### 5/5 — Bình luận *2023-05-10, version 1.0.3* Tôi muốn voice China ### 5/5 — Fun and Gorgeous Game *2023-05-10, version 1.0.3* I was initially drawn to this game because of the art style but the gameplay itself is actually really fun. There’s enough to do without feeling overwhelming and the progress is steady without being too easy. I love the designs for the different food souls which makes me want to keep collecting more of them. If you like pretty-boy gacha and interactive stories I’d highly recommend this game! ### 5/5 — Love the game! *2023-05-10* It’s a pretty good game. Only con is the English voice acting which are sometimes horrendous but definitely not worth taking a star off! ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2023-05-10* The story is so cute and engaging! Thank you for localizing this game 😊 ### 5/5 — Cute and Fun *2023-05-10, version 1.0.3* I pre-registered based on the ads on Insta and fell in love the first day. Love the art, food history and the game play is fun too! ### 5/5 — Should play *2023-05-09, version 1.0.3* I really love and enjoy playing the game 🥰 ### 5/5 — Nice game *2023-05-09, version 1.0.3* Don’t need to spend a lot of time on this game. So far so good right now except the 50/50 rate! ### 5/5 — Best and only Husbando Gacha Gaming *2023-05-09* Tale of Food is one of the most amazing games that’s underrated and definitely a hidden gem. The reason why I say this is because I have played a few gacha games and always end up quitting them at some point, mainly because a lack of a sense of community when it comes to these games and getting the actual help I need. I can proudly say that this game is different and something that I would play long-term on a daily basis with the people on the game’s Official Discord. I also love this game because it doesn’t immediately try to tell you that rainbow units are the only way to progress in PVE content. Instead, it tells you how to play and beat the game using R and N units. It also provides a VARIETY of pricing options for those who are looking to invest into the game’s longevity, but is also playable for people who are FTP. ### 5/5 — 2D husbandos *2023-05-09* So far so good💕💕💕 ### 5/5 — I LOOOOOVE TALE OF FOOD *2023-05-09* It’s really fun! There’s so much to do! The game has a lot of potential, I’m excited to see what the future may hold for us content wise! I’m hoping guilds will have more of an impact as well! Like maybe there can be guild events where in the end, depending on the amount of points each guild gathers they win a prize! That’s always made guilds fun and competitive in past games I’ve played! ### 5/5 — so much fun! 😆 *2023-05-09, version 1.0.3* im so happy the global server has finally been released!! ive been a bit addicted to playing this game ever since the launch, and im really looking forward to all the future events :D ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Becoming almost unplayable *2023-07-05* Since the arrival the of “Invitation to Wine” event, there’s been many bugs in the game like the item shop not showing in-game items, or the inability to use some resource stages (ex. selecting “Grove of Harvest” will immediately make the game crash for me). This makes it extremely hard for me to play the game now since the story mode for this game sometimes has level requirements, which you have to grind in order to get. It’s a great game overall before these issues arrived though. The gameplay is simple to understand and it’s fair for both free-to-play and pay-to-win players, you even get rewards simply for playing the for a certain amount of time. The art is beautiful and the characters have rememberable designs. I just wish that the devs will work on patching bugs rather than pushing more events out. I love the events but it’s hard to play it when using simple mechanics in the game will cause the game to just crash over and over again :[ ### 2/5 — Error *2023-04-21* I haven’t been able to start playing it as it doesn’t wanna update the resource pack and keeps closing the app. Is it just for me? ### 3/5 — Trouble shooting the game *2023-11-01* I have played Tales of Food before and everything worked out great. The character design is really nice and it’s kinda easy to grind. However, when I try to redownload the game now, I can’t get pass the starting page for some reason. I always get stuck on “Failed to decompress resource packs” no matter what. Tried redownloading the game and even using different Wi-Fi, yet nothing has worked. Also tried to follow the “failed to decompress file” advice, I ended up crashes multiple times. ### 3/5 — VERY LAGGY *2023-05-26, version 1.0.3* I enjoy this game and it has great graphics, but one thing that’s preventing me to be able to actually play it is the lag lately. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s a new game snd the server is being overwhelmed, but I cannot play a peak hour in the restaurant without constantly getting the loading icon and miss almost every customer during peak hour. There’s also lag here and there when I’m just simply navigating from place to place. It’s too bad, I hope they fix this soon. ### 3/5 — Voice pack bug? *2023-05-01* I wanted to hear the voices in Chinese but it completely glitched out my game and I can’t open it anymore despite the fact I’m still getting notifications for what’s going on in game, and the app wont delete even if I restart my device- so I cant even delete and reinstall the game to try and soft restart it ### 3/5 — Force cancel automatically battle *2023-04-30, version 1.0.3* Seriously why the game force me to do the manual battle when a food die. I don’t care I still have 3 left this is nonsense. ### 3/5 — English sub on other Dubs Please *2023-04-29* I just started this game and am loving it so far. I cried in the prologue it was that good. The game play is amazing as well. But the only reason I’m not giving this game 5 stars is because there isn’t an option to have the Dub/voices in a different language unless you know how to read Korean or Chinese. I really hate the English dub in these games because I feel like it kills the atmosphere. I don’t understand why I can’t change the Dub without the sub changing to. I hope you make an update to make this possible please and thank you. If you don’t then I don’t see myself playing this beautiful game much longer. ### 3/5 — Error code *2023-04-26, version 1.0.3* Can’t get into game keep getting error code 502. ### 3/5 — Great game! But… *2023-04-24, version 1.0.3* On all the ads I see “50 free wishes”! I have entered all the codes and they gave what they promised but nothing gave me 50 free wishes even though I pre registered and played for hours on end. Please fix this!!! ### 3/5 — Pretty good so far, huge potential *2023-04-21, version 1.0.3* I also lament the lack of having a choice of changing the voice language rather than it being stuck to the system language (you have to start the game over and read from that language which is fine if everything was voiced but it’s not 😀). Also I’d love if they hire a better localization team to fix up those typos rather than letting it go through the cracks because even the voice actors have to read the typos?? It’s not egregious though and you can understand enough, it just gives off Machine Translated Vibes rip ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Dezhou is so hot. *2024-06-25* Great game 10/10 recommend <3 ### 5/5 — Engaging play, great community *2024-06-24* Found out about this game due to some people on Reddit that mentioned it after the last few HSR patches have been filled with non stop waifus and it no longer felt as welcoming to anyone that wasn’t that target audience. Playing this game makes me feel wonderfully catered to in the best way, the story is engaging, there’s tons of engaging game play and of course the male character are many and varied. Re: the community, it’s been very welcoming- mainly there’s a guild system as well as an open comment area for each character where people can leave helpful tips and/ or just notes chatting about their favorite characters. Love the game, definitely see myself continuing playing as I take a break from other mobile games. ### 5/5 — Better change that age thing to a 12+ or even a 17+. /j *2024-03-28* Listen , I really enjoy the game , the characters , the story , the plot , the designs , they’re all amazing but the thing that quite make me curious are the voice lines of the characters. In the original country who made the game , which is China , had made some of the character’s voice lines and words more flirty ( and a little freaky. (·ω<)☆) but in the English server , they change it into a more appropriate version and I just wanted to know why ? It’s not a big deal for me but it does make me curious about why ? ( better change it back. /joke.) ### 5/5 — HOW IS THIS GAME NOT POPULAR *2023-12-03* I have played bunch of games similar to this, and this is actually the first time I play a game that let you choose your char’s gender. Great for LGBTQ+ community and I love it for being so inclusive. The game plot is 10/10, design and graphic 10/10. It’s easy to understand the system setting, also plot is definitely unique compare to other games too. Not a P2W, mostly F2P but ofc it will be faster to progress if you top up, I think this is very common, not a problem to me. LOVE IT! ### 5/5 — Hidden gem?! *2023-07-10* I downloaded this based on positive reviews and I have slowly grown to really like this game!! For fans of Touken Ranbu, this is basically a food version but with a MUCH better game (sorry TKRB but your app is just so outdated still love you though). Voice acting is solid! Characters are fun. Battles are a tad boring but honestly I’m not playing the game for the combat system anyway haha. Story is pretty fun too, and the individual stories aren’t too long so reading through them isn't too tiring. Game mechanics are pretty easy to understand and get the feel of if you have played stamina-based material collecting games before. Also there’s gacha but so far it seems really hard to save up for pulls? Still early game though so not sure. Would recommend!! At least give it a couple days worth of trying out. Love Oyster Omelette!! ### 5/5 — Engaging, Fun, and GENEROUS! The best mobile game I’ve EVER played. *2023-06-07* I’ve yet to ever play a single mobile game whose devs actually cared about their players… until now. Every single mobile game I’ve played until now has felt like a money grab, but Tale of Food absolutely isn’t one of those games. They are so generous to their F2P players, and even more generous to their paying players. What’s more, the story is so fun, the gameplay is actually deep and requires strategy (but you can auto-battle, too!), and the BEST part of all is just how much this game tries to teach us about Chinese history and culture through FOOD! THEY EVEN HAVE CHINESE FOOD RECIPES YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IN YOUR OWN KITCHEN!!! For anyone thinking, “Eh, I’ll stick with Genshin (or Honkai), please give this game a chance. It’s 100,000,000 times better than either of those games, and yes, I absolutely used to play Genshin religiously. This game treats you so much better, and is so fun AND delicious! Thank you so much, devs, please keep doing what you’re doing. I’ll be playing and supporting you for as long as you guys keep this game in America! ### 5/5 — 264757 Sea *2023-05-16, version 1.0.3* Thank you ### 5/5 — Really great game :) *2023-05-12* Every now and then I would want to play Food Fantasy, but some much happened, and feel like it became very heavy in the gacha. When I saw this game, it reminded me of it, so I downloaded it. It’s really great so far. No problems with the story, and they do have a section to replay it. Lots to do in the game like your typical farming for materials, making sure you have food for those restaurant requests, and they reward you if you play for 80minutes daily. They do have a auto-battle option if you like that. They offer a weekly pack for reclaiming free stamina if you missed the claim time and a few other things for $0.99. ### 5/5 — Fun. Comparable to Epic7 *2023-05-11, version 1.0.3* Really great game. Drop rates are more generous but you need multiple of the same characters to be competitive ### 5/5 — Best *2023-05-11, version 1.0.3* Highly recommend --- *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.*