Restaurant City – Maximum Level Strategies

This is a continuation from this article

I’ve gotten a number of questions regarding what the maximum of this or that is. As well as just what is the best strategy to use once you have the maximum number of employees. So to begin with the following are the relevant current maximums in Restaurant City.

Current Maximums

# of Employees	8 (reached at restaurant level 17)
Popularity	50
Restaurant Level	27
Dish Level	10 each
Restaurant Space	17 squares by 17 squares (289 total squares of  interior space)

Recommended Maximums

Cooks	4/5*
Waiters	3
Tables	12/15*
Toilets	6/40*
Waiting Chairs	4/5*

*depending on if you use an employee as a cleaner or not.

Now, I’ve seen a lot of ideas of what is “the best” once you get your 8th employee and I must confess that I disagree with most of what I’ve read. Many of the strategies try to implement a 5 cook, 2 server, 1 cleaner arrangement. However, as discussed previously this is a non-ideal setup. This is because 2 servers can only handle 6 tables each (12 total) in an efficient manner. More then this will slow down how quickly your meals get served, thus causing your overall efficiency to decrease.

I gave this some thought and even tried a few unusual table set ups and had some limited success. The thought then occurred to me that with enough toilets in place I would not need a full time cleaner. So, I took some measurements and found that each cook causes 10 people to need to use a toilet for every 5% of the cook’s energy. Since a toilet can be used 5 times before it has to be cleaned and cooks we apply the following equation

# toilets = (# of cooks)x(number of uses required)x(# of time increments)/(times toilet can be used)

# toilets = 5×10x4/5 =40

So this tells us we need approximately 40 toilets. While this may seem excessive keep in mind that by the time you hit level 17 (when you get your 8th employee) you will have sufficient room to place this many toilets. However, you will not be able to do so and keep your restaurant aesthetically pleasing at level 17.  So, I would recommend doing 20 to 30 which will allow you to go until 85-90% at which point they will need to be cleaned. Thankfully, their specific location/arrangement does not matter. Customers just need access to all of them.

Now that we no longer need a cleaner we can have a 5 cook, 3 waiter combination. This is an efficient combination allowing all 5 cooks to prepare meals continuously. Below I have put together some efficient arrangements. These are not the only ways to setup your tables, they are simply examples that follow the guidelines given in the previous articles. Keep in mind that just because you have 5 cooks, you do not have to use the 5 cook arrangement. You could do a couple 2 cook arrangements with a 1 cook arrangement or a 2 cook and a 3 cook, etc. If for some reason waiters are not appearing where they should be, rest your waiters and swap around your ovens, keep doing this until the waiters are properly assigned. The reason this works is because waiters always appear next to ovens when initially placed.

* => oven
- => seat or cook
| => seat or cook
0 => table
# => Empty space

1 cook, 1 waiter, 3 tables

		|
		0
-	0	#	0	-
		*
		|

2 cooks, 1 waiter, 6 tables

	|	|	|
	0	0	0
-	*	#	*	-
	0	0	0
	|	|	|

3 cooks, 2 waiters, 9 tables

		|	|	|
-	0	0	0	0	0	-
-	*	#	#	#	*	-
	-	0	#	0	-
	-	0	*	0	-
			|

4 cooks, 2 waiters, 12 tables

		|	|	|
-	0	0	*	0	0	-
-	0	#	#	#	0	-
-	*	#	#	#	*	-
-	0	#	#	#	0	-
-	0	0	*	0	0	-
		|	|	|

5 cooks, 3 waiters, 15 tables

	|	|	|	|	|
	0	0	*	0	0	|	|
-	0	#	#	#	|	0	0	0	-
-	*	#	#	#	*	#	#	*	-
-	0	0	*	0	0	0	0	0	-
		|	|	|	|	|	|

In the last arrangement it is important that the 2 waiters are in the left hand area. If waiters are not appearing where they should swap the oven on the far right for the one of the 3 on the far left and re-assign your waiters (setting them to rest and then back to the waiter position), this should correct the problem. Once again, while the above  arrangements are  efficient they are not the only efficient way to arrange things. So long as your waiters can reach at least 6 tables each without having to walk more then 2 steps then your arrangement is fine.

In any case, after your employees reach 80% you will want to then shut down the restaurant (this is done by blocking or removing the front door) and then putting everyone on cleaning duty for a little bit. Once the toilets are clean (which shouldn’t take long with 8 cleaners) you will set them to rest and then start all over again once they’re back at 100%.

Part 1: Restaurant City by Playfish

Part 2: Restaurant City – By the Numbers

Part 3: Restaurant City – Money Making Strategies

Part 4: Restaurant City – Customer Flow

Part 5: Restaurant City – Maximum Level Strategies

Part 6: Restaurant City – Ingredients

Part 7: Restaurant City – Ingredient Trading and Ratings

Part 8: Restaurant City – G.P.S (Gourmet Positioning of Stuff)

Part 9: Restaurant City – 50 Popularity and No Toilets

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