Make your sim’s eatery the toast of the town with the help of these Restaurant Perk cheats!
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The Sims 4 Dine Out Game Pack has been a source of ire for players since it launched. While fun & exciting in theory, it’s proven to be a bit of a difficult pack to work with mainly due to how long the dining experience takes. Despite this, Restaurants are a popular venue for sims to visit, as they’re a great gathering place and allow your characters to try new & exciting foods they might not otherwise have access to.
If you want to try playing the Restaurant aspect of this pack it’s certainly worth a go, if not for any other reason than to get a new gameplay experience. It’s also a great option for sims with a Culinary Aspiration, allowing them to have an even more fulfilling career! You can make things a little easier on yourself with the help of Perks, and you can immediately unlock them with the help of Restaurant Perk cheats.
What Are Perks?
Perks are unlockable advantages your sims can earn by advancing their talents in a particular line of occupation. Not merely exclusive to Restaurants, Perks can be unlocked for a variety of situations such as Retail scenarios or the Fame mechanic as well. Each situation has its own separate Perks though, and today we’ll be focusing specifically on Perks for Restaurant owners.
Before you start experimenting with Restaurant Perk cheats, your sims will need to own a Restaurant and you will need to have TestingCheats active. Your sim will have to be at the Restaurant venue to use the cheats though the business doesn’t have to be open.
More on SNOOTYSIMS: Just imagine how much more fun your Sims 4 gameplay would be if you added more restaurant mods to spice things up!
All Restaurant Perk Cheats
Here is the complete list of Restaurant Perk cheats and how they will affect your sim’s Restaurant performance:
| Cheat Code | Restaurant Perk Effect |
| bucks.unlock_perk InspirationalSpeechSocial true | Inspirational Speech – Managers unlock a new Inspirational Speech social which will inspire their employees to work harder. |
| bucks.unlock_perk LowerEmployeeTrainingCost true | Lower Employee Training Costs – 50% lower fees for sending employees to additional training outside of work. |
| bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalWaiter_1 true | Additional Waiter #1 – Owners can hire another Waiter to serve customers. |
| bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalWaiter_2 true | Additional Waiter #2 – Owners can hire a second additional Waiter to serve customers. |
| bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalChef true | Additional Chef – Owners can bring on a second Chef. |
| bucks.unlock_perk IngredientQualityOptions true | Ingredient Quality Options – Managers can choose the quality of the ingredients used in Restaurant dishes. |
| bucks.unlock_perk IngredientCostDiscount true | Surplus Harvest – Ingredient costs are 50% cheaper for a limited time. Can be used once a day. |
| bucks.unlock_perk CheaperIngredients_1 true | Small Ingredient Discount – Ingredients are permanently 20% cheaper to purchase. |
| bucks.unlock_perk CheaperIngredients_2 true | Large Ingredient Discount – Ingredients are permanently 40% cheaper to buy. |
| bucks.unlock_perk RecommendDishSocial true | Curious Customers – Sims are slightly more likely to ask the manager for a dish recommendation. |
| bucks.unlock_perk RecommendDishFrequency true | Curiouser Customers – Sims are very likely to request meal recommendations from the manager. |
| bucks.unlock_perk MoreCustomers true | Meal Rush – Twice as many customers will visit the Restaurant for that day. Can be used once daily. |
| bucks.unlock_perk LengthenImpatienceTimeout true | Patient Patrons – Customers will wait longer for service before growing frustrated. |
| bucks.unlock_perk EatFaster true | Fast Eaters – Customers will finish their meals more quickly, opening up tables for even more patrons. |
| bucks.unlock_perk ExpensiveOrders true | Well Funded Foodies – Patrons will lean towards ordering more expensive dishes. |
| bucks.unlock_perk RiskFreeMarkup true | Tidy Tippers – Meal prices will have a temporary boost to their markup price. This Perk has a cooldown period but can be stacked for even better markups. |
| bucks.unlock_perk LowerChanceBadEvents_Small true | Well Managed – The Restaurant will run smoothly even without the Owner there to micromanage everything. |
| bucks.unlock_perk ChefsHat true | The Chef’s Hat – Unlocks a new Chef hat in CAS for use in Employee uniforms. Despite being the most expensive Perk on the list, it offers no gameplay advantages! |
Using Perks To Improve Your Restaurant
As you can see, there are a lot of useful Perks you can use to really elevate your sims’ Restaurants. Though it might be tempting to unlock them all at once, you’re better off strategizing and deploying them at specific times. For example, you probably don’t want to use the Meal Rush Perk until you’ve unlocked extra staff, and you’d likely benefit by sending them to training with the Lower Employee Training Costs Perk first so they’re better equipped to handle all those extra visitors.
Additionally, training your staff before hiring more means you can worry about fewer employees and keep your focus on the newbies while your seasoned crew keeps the business going. Try out different combinations of Perks and see how smoothly you can get your eateries running!
Closing Time
Now that you know how to access all the Perks that Dine Out has to offer, it’s time to set your chefs loose in the kitchen. Use your newfound knowledge of Restaurant Perk cheats to hone & craft a well-running crew to keep your patrons full and happy, and then watch those simoleons come rolling in! What kind of Restaurant are you going to create first? Sound off in the comments, and have fun!