Tasty Town

About

Tasty Town is a single-player simulation game with amazing graphics, where players recruit top chefs to cook delicious food, grow ingredients on a farm, and manage a restaurant. However, be prepared for lots of grinding, frequent advertisements, and encountering bugs in the gameplay. The goal is to create a successful and tasty restaurant empire, but bugs and ads might affect the overall experience. Nonetheless, cultivating a virtual farm and serving up delightful dishes can still be an enjoyable endeavor for patient gamers.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

57%

Audience ScoreBased on 996 reviews

graphics24 positive mentions

stability60 negative mentions

The game combines farming and restaurant management, providing a unique and engaging experience.
The graphics are appealing and the gameplay is fun, keeping players entertained for hours.
There are many features and mini-games that add variety and challenge to the overall experience.

The recent updates have drastically increased wait times for growing crops and cooking, making the game less enjoyable.
Players often experience glitches, such as freezing during tutorials or when trying to complete tasks.
The game heavily encourages in-app purchases for diamonds, making it difficult to progress without spending real money.

stability
60 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with numerous players reporting frequent freezes, particularly at level 8 during tutorials and when adding new chefs. Many users have experienced glitches that prevent progression, leading to frustration and negative reviews. Despite its enjoyable gameplay, the persistent technical problems have rendered it unplayable for many, prompting calls for urgent fixes and updates.
- “The screen keeps getting frozen, and even after closing everything back out and re-doing the tutorial, it freezes again in the same spot.”
- “Had to instantly change my review to 1 star... as soon as I stopped to review the game it messed something up... I returned to play and it had me link to my Facebook, no biggie I like to play with friends anyway, well then it busts into a tutorial that after a few steps freezes and won't let me do a thing... just an arrow bouncing around on the screen... I can't play anymore now... totally bummed I don't even know how to begin to get this fixed.”
- “It's been about a month and there are still a bunch of us who can't get past a bug that freezes the game on a tutorial for level 8 and cooking with friends. It's stupid and nothing is fixing it.”
monetization
51 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
6%
12%
82%
The monetization strategy of the game has drawn mixed reviews, with many players expressing frustration over the overwhelming presence of ads and the high costs of in-game purchases. While some appreciate the option to earn rewards through ads, others feel that the game has become a cash grab, requiring excessive spending or ad-watching to progress. Technical issues with ad playback further exacerbate the negative experience, leading to a general sentiment that the monetization model detracts from overall enjoyment.
- “Very fun, manageable challenges every day, ample rewards, no ads, I can't stop playing this game.”
- “I would like to see a double tap to confirm button for in-app purchases; it's too easy to slip up and buy something you weren't necessarily ready to buy.”
- “However, things take too long to load, so you can't get far in the game without in-app purchases.”
- “Uninstalled because it became a cash grab and therefore frustrating to play.”
- “It just becomes unenjoyable when you are constantly being bombarded with ads.”
- “This game is just a cash grab; 30 minutes into playing and my restaurant already is stale. It's next to impossible to serve my customers since one dish takes 30 minutes to complete and the table is requesting three of these.”
graphics
38 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
63%
29%
8%
Overall, the graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many players praising their quality and visual appeal, describing them as "good," "wonderful," and "beautiful." However, some users express dissatisfaction, citing issues such as lack of sharpness, crashes, and performance problems that detract from the experience. While the graphics are generally seen as a strong point, there are calls for improvements and optimizations to enhance gameplay further.
- “The game is great, I love the realistic feel to the game; the graphics are crisp and clear.”
- “Great game with beautiful graphics.”
- “Tasty Town is a fast-paced cooking game, with great graphics, rewards, upgrades, and expansions with the ability to hire chefs from around the world and open up more specialty restaurants.”
- “First of all, the graphics fail to be 'cute' and fail to be realistic.”
- “The graphics for planting the crops could be a bit sharper; the developers could work on that.”
- “This game is a huge downgrade from the original game World Chef, with a mix of Township and Farmville, featuring bad graphics and having to play hard levels for boring chefs.”
grinding
25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and often frustrating, particularly when it comes to acquiring gems and chef cards, which can feel overly reliant on real-money purchases. While the combination of farming and restaurant management is appreciated, many users express that the time required for farming and cooking tasks can be excessive, making the game more suitable for those with ample free time. Overall, while the game is engaging and offers a lot of content, the grinding mechanics detract from the experience for some players.
- “It gets tedious after a while and redundant; there's nothing that makes it stand out.”
- “Grinding for gold and especially gems is so annoying to get, since you think you can sucker people into spending real money to grind them.”
- “Farming takes a lot of time; in one word, the game is for non-working people, and in other words, the game is nonsense.”
gameplay
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
63%
16%
Overall, the gameplay has received mixed reviews, with many players praising its fun mechanics and graphics, while others criticize issues such as balance, grind, and monetization tactics. Some users appreciate the farming elements and potential for future updates, but frustrations arise from repetitive minigames and technical problems that hinder the experience. Additionally, there are complaints about misleading advertisements and the game's reliance on in-app purchases, leading to a lack of enjoyment for some players.
- “Absolutely love this gameplay.”
- “At the start when it first came out, it had great potential and I had high hopes for it. It had good graphics, good gameplay for a mobile device, and wasn't pay-to-win yet.”
- “Good graphics and fun gameplay.”
- “Could not even get past 1 minute of gameplay.”
- “It totally unbalances the whole gameplay.”
- “The gameplay is nothing like what is shown in the advertisements!”
story
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
19%
63%
19%
The story in "Bakery Story 2" is generally well-received, with players appreciating its engaging narrative and the integration of various cooking and farming elements. However, many users express frustration over the game's progression mechanics, particularly the long wait times and quest-related issues that hinder their ability to advance in the storyline. While the game offers a fun premise, some players feel that the story could be more developed and that the quest system needs improvement to enhance the overall experience.
- “It takes every other cooking game you've ever played and combines them into one giant tycoon, with that cooking rush minigame, farm your ingredients, and a story to go along with all that.”
- “It's got a great story to it, I love the extra games and I love that you can grow your own crops for a farm-to-table feel in your restaurant.”
- “Who wouldn't like that; and it also gives you that momentum and curiosity of wanting to know what's going to happen next in the storyline.”
- “I hate the tasty dash bit and it's got no story or fun to it.”
- “The storyline could be a bit more... just more.”
- “Always asks you to buy stuff and sometimes on the chillout area and often on the quests it's impossible to finish it and get anything out of them.”
music
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
38%
38%
Players have reported significant issues with the game's music functionality, noting that it often mutes or lowers the volume of their background music, such as Spotify, even when the in-game music setting is enabled. This has led to frustration among users, impacting their overall enjoyment of the game.
- “I've been playing Township for a long time and recognized the music and the whole structure of the game was similar.”
- “Starting Tasty Town application while Spotify is playing music results in Spotify audio to be lower.”
- “Why does the game mute my music???”
- “During gameplay, my music volume is cut in half.”
- “The only reason why I don't give it a 5 is because for some reason it lowers the volume of my music, say when I have Spotify on.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players express a strong emotional investment in the game, feeling heartbroken over wasted progress and resources. While some find the experience initially engaging, others report a decline in excitement, leading to feelings of boredom and frustration.
- “I don't know if I can continue playing at this rate because I really invested time into the game, and to see my gems be wasted like that is just heartbreaking to me.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is perceived as ironic, with players finding the monetization strategies—such as the difficulty in earning in-game currency and the reliance on real money purchases—amusingly frustrating. This has led to a negative reception, as players feel that the game's greed undermines its otherwise enjoyable elements.