What are the dishes that earn the most money

[jay1314]

Im lvl 89 but yet seem to run out of money all the time what are some of the dishes you make that earn a lot thanks

[queentina3]

Profit wise would be Peking Duck (48 hrs) and Stuffed Mushrooms (22 hours), both only sell at $4 per plate though. Many people just try to cook Roast Chicken ($8 per plate) and Apples Pies ($8 per plate). Since the quantities are low for Roast Chicken and Apple Pies, unless you have a good stock right now to offer your customers, you may want to just use a few ovens to make those while your other appliances are cooking stock to sell.

[lilacpear]

Im lvl 89 but yet seem to run out of money all the time what are some of the dishes you make that earn a lot thanks

Yes, that happens to me all the time. I'm at level 48 and I've never been able to accumulate more than $1,000,000 coins, despite my constant cooking. My restaurant spends more time closed than open, while I stockpile food that seems to disappear as soon as I reopen the doors. And I seem to be stuck making the same amount of money each day, regardless of which recipes I choose to cook.

A previous post about my perennial poverty in RS...



I would love to see that. I take that back... I would pay to see that. Considering the already ridiculous plates-per-batch-cooked rates (275 plates for an 8-hour recipe? Seriously?) and the fact that those recipes sell for a meager $4 coins per plate, I foresee a riot starting in the RS threads if they double the prices of everything.

One of my favorite items on RS is the black Lounge Chair (retails for $19,000). After playing RS for almost three months, I've only been able to purchase one. ONE.

My restaurant looks a mess because:

1. I never have enough coins to decorate properly.
2. I never have enough coins because my restaurant is almost always closed.
3. My restaurant is closed because my counters are frequently empty.
4. My counters are empty because I sell out of food constantly.
5. I sell out of food constantly, despite cooking ALL THE TIME, because of the low yield per recipe.
6. The low yield per recipe generates low revenue and low profits.
7. Low revenue and low profits = not enough coins.

This is starting to sound like a modern-day Greek tragedy.

-lp


Today I decided to spend two hours cooking nothing but French Toast, repeatedly. It's all been sold now, and it made no difference to my coin count - I'm still stuck at ~$300,000 coins.

Is there anything similar to Red Velvet Cake in RS? High yield recipe that sells for a high coin amount?

-lp

[lilacpear]

Ah, from the chart it seems as if Roast Chicken and Apple Pies are the best options. These calculations are based on a single oven so, in the end, the final numbers must be multiplied by however many ovens you have.

Roast Chicken
2 days (46 hours)
$2,500 coins per batch
1,500 plates per batch
314 XP
$12,000 coins gross revenue
$9,500 coins net profit

Apple Pies
2 days (46 hours)
$2,600 coins per batch
1,250 plates per batch
230 XP
$10,000 coins gross revenue
$7,400 coins net profit

But I'm not sure those 46 hours are well spent with these recipes. Compare those results to a guerrilla-style continuous cooking of French Toast.

French Toast
1 minute
$10 coins per batch
30 plates per batch
6 XP
$30 coins gross revenue
$20 coins net profit

All figures above are, then, multiplied by 46 hours to achieve a side-by-side comparison.

46 hours = 2670 minutes (46 hours x 60 minutes)

French Toast, Guerrilla-Style
2,670 minutes
$26,700 coins per 46-hour batch
80,100 plates per batch
16,020 XP
$80,100 coins gross revenue
$53,400 coins net profit

If only I had 46 continuous hours to dedicate to this... I could take my 12 ovens and cook French Toast non-stop. I'd end up with... only about $640,000 coins.

This game has serious economy issues.

-lp

[JohnDede]

This game has serious economy issues.

Only cure for that, IMHO, is more slots. That was the only thing I purchased gems to do. The closer to the start of your game you add slots, the better it is. Fortunately, I got mine prior to the price of slots doubling.

[queentina3]

Only cure for that, IMHO, is more slots. That was the only thing I purchased gems to do. The closer to the start of your game you add slots, the better it is. Fortunately, I got mine prior to the price of slots doubling.

Same. I also used some of my gems to get the sonic oven & sonic stove. I can have my other appliances cooking stock while they are cooking Roast Chicken, Apple Pies, or Stew. LOL

[revort]

If you sort the google doc (linked above) by profit per hr. then you can see which recipes will work best for your. Personally, Kiwi & Cake works well for me because it is a six hour recipe but if you are a zombie you can just cook French Toast all day long.

[lilacpear]

Only cure for that, IMHO, is more slots. That was the only thing I purchased gems to do. The closer to the start of your game you add slots, the better it is. Fortunately, I got mine prior to the price of slots doubling.

How does opening more slots help? I doubt having more ovens will increase the ridiculously low profit per recipe and that's really one of the two main problems with the game. The other problem is, of course, low recipe yields per batch (i.e. a 12-hour recipe that only yields 500 servings).

I'm not sure how opening more appliance slots (with gems) resolves what is fundamentally a coin issue.

-lp

[queentina3]

How does opening more slots help? I doubt having more ovens will increase the ridiculously low profit per recipe and that's really one of the two main problems with the game. The other problem is, of course, low recipe yields per batch (i.e. a 12-hour recipe that only yields 500 servings).

I'm not sure how opening more appliance slots (with gems) resolves what is fundamentally a coin issue.

-lp

Because if you have more slots/appliances out, then you can cook the Apple Pie & Roast Chicken without having to worry about running out of stock, since those are low serving recipes but high profit ones.

[lilacpear]

Because if you have more slots/appliances out, then you can cook the Apple Pie & Roast Chicken without having to worry about running out of stock, since those are low serving recipes but high profit ones.

Well, yes, you will have more stock at the end of the two days needed for these recipes to cook but the profit margin and the yield per oven will still be the same.

Also, because the yield is really, really low, it's likely you will run out of food anyways while you wait another 46 hours for the second batch of Roast Chickens and Apple Pies to cook. Unless you have a significant number of ovens? Say maybe 36, which is double the limit and would cost a fortune.

Having lots of ovens takes care of the running out of stock issue, but does not resolve the low profit and low yield issue.

-lp

[queentina3]

Well, yes, you will have more stock at the end of the two days needed for these recipes to cook but the profit margin and the yield per oven will still be the same.

Also, because the yield is really, really low, it's likely you will run out of food anyways while you wait another 46 hours for the second batch of Roast Chickens and Apple Pies to cook. Unless you have a significant number of ovens? Say maybe 36, which is double the limit and would cost a fortune.

Having lots of ovens takes care of the running out of stock issue, but does not resolve the low profit and low yield issue.

-lp

Which is why in my first post in the thread I said you needed to have some stock built up first or only use a few of your ovens/stoves for those recipes and the others to either continue to stock while their cooking or cook the other high cash flow recipes that also give decent servings, especially if you don't want to have to be in your game all the time cooking French Toast or Chicken Salad.

[phatmama08]

Ok I may be way off base with this, but in the original post jay1314 says
Im lvl 89 but yet seem to run out of money all the time what are some of the dishes you make that earn a lot thanks There is no mention of running out of food. The problem might be getting enough customers in a day to gain the profits. I found an older thread entitled most Efficient RS design (without maths). It talks about how the layout of your restaurant can effect this. http://forums.teamlava.com/showthread.php?23320-most-Efficient-RS-design-(without-maths)/page2&highlight=walking+distance Now I know am nowhere near level 89. I am only on level 38 and until yesterday was cooking on only nine appliances. I put this layout idea into place using the orginal door placement design (as stated on page 2 in the thread) and have made over $700,000 in profits in less than a week. It takes only a few monments for the seats to fill and once they do the sales are every few seconds. I started with 21 tables and was getting the occasional sad face so I added 1 more. I consider I'm doing pretty good. I am not sure what a good day is when you get to the higher levels so this may not help. I just figured I would put it out there.

[phatmama08]

The above link takes you to the second page on the thread. Check page one for the details about it how and why it works
http://forums.teamlava.com/showthread.php?23320-most-Efficient-RS-design-(without-maths)&highlight=walking+distance

[Tronedor]

I hear grilled portobellos are a great choice to cook for high profit per hour, right now I cook shrimp kabobs and it's definitely an item you can cook over and over, pretty hard to run out of.

[queentina3]

I hear grilled portobellos are a great choice to cook for high profit per hour, right now I cook shrimp kabobs and it's definitely an item you can cook over and over, pretty hard to run out of.

The cash flow on those are a bit low though. Portabello = $500 and Shrimp Kabobs = $400. I know some people have been doing the Bruschetta (3hr and $4 plate) because the cash flow is $1,100 and it serves 725 plates. I don't have a problem with food at the moment, and I'm just trying to master recipes, then I'll go back to just doing the longer-timed high cash flow food choices.

[debgal]

I made a chart to work out recipes that made the best quantities (not sales) to try to keep my counters full - top of the list are French toast (if u could possibly sit there cooking over & over!) and other quick recipes like chicken salad, clam chowder and fruit salad. The top longer recipes are quesadilla (4hrs), plum pudding (8hrs), olives & cheese (12hrs), and pork buns (1 day). I found that if I bake mostly these kinds of recipes I can keep my counters full, then bake the better sales recipes or recipes I want to master for the rest.

[moda999]

Yeah, I did something similar using Sehana's charts so I get a gd mix of quantity plus $ or mastering new low yield recipes. At level 97 I was still running out of food and took action.

[jamesdean1957]

Stew defanatly stretches your buck.

[Cr8zyC8tL8dy]

I really had hoped this was more like BS, because I can't make or keep any money.

[lynniefish]

Biscuits and gravy, surely one of the ugliest recipes to ever fight its way out of the RS designers' prolific minds, is my go-to dish for bulking up my counters. It has incredible specs...costs 550, serves 1250, and grosses 5000, all in just three hours.

[rilind123]

Can somebody tell me what should i cook to get the most coins I'm currently lvl 33 so i dont have many options and whatever i cook it just sells out fast. If you could tell me that would make me day😀

[AnnirasSweets]

Can somebody tell me what should i cook to get the most coins I'm currently lvl 33 so i dont have many options and whatever i cook it just sells out fast. If you could tell me that would make me day😀

I looked through the CookBook thread, located here: https://forums.storm8.com/showthread.php?98519-RESTAURANT-STORY-CookBook

And here's the top 4 recipes with the highest yields I could find for level 33 and under:
Basic Oven - 2 Days - Peking Duck - 3,675
Basic Oven - 12 Hours - Chicken Tenders - 2,900
Drink Machine - 2 Days - Lemon Lime Soda - 2,625
Basic Grill - 22 Hours - Cheesesteak - 2,475

As you can see, most of the higher producing recipes have a long cooking time. Since you're still leveling up, it won't make much sense for you to only cook these recipes and nothing else as there will be long periods where you've nothing on your counters while you wait for the recipes to finish which is exactly what you've mentioned you're trying to avoid.

What I suggest is that you go about your normal cooking, focusing on the recipes/ovens you want to master but keep several Basic Appliances set aside and always have them cooking the longer recipes. This way, you'll have food on your counters from the quicker recipes you're mastering and once you get a few of the higher yielding recipes on your counters, they won't sell out so quickly.

I'm a long time level 99, but I still always make sure to keep 4 appliances cooking the longer, higher yielding recipes. The only recipes I have to master are the ones from the newer goal ovens which have terribly small yields and sell out very quickly but because I have those few regular recipes going, there's always at least some food on my counters.

Perhaps you could look through the CookBook thread yourself to see if there are any other recipes that appeal to you more or that will better fit your style of playing. A lot of picking recipes depends on how often you can check in, how much money you want to spend/make, etc. The amazing VanaCatu has included all the stats of the basic recipes so you'll have no trouble picking and choosing what works best for you.

Good luck and I hope I've helped!

[rilind123]

Thank you so much for your reply :)