Last updated on December 1st, 2025 at 06:46 pm
Cafe Panic: Cooking game – Simulation Game Review
Cafe Panic: Cooking game is a Simulation/Food & Drink/Casual game from BOOMWARE TECHNOLOGIES SAC, first launched in 14th December 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 870+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Cafe Panic: Cooking game Stand Out
Start your adventure in the culinary world, have fun opening restaurants from different parts of the world, cooking authentic recipes with the best ingredients you can find. Delight everyone with your food and become a cooking star.
KEY FEATURES
-NEW MODE! Participate in the WEEKLY PVP BATTLE TOURNAMENT.
-MORE THAN 700 LEVELS! Experience an ADDICTIVE AND CHALLENGING gameplay.
-MORE THAN 360 RECIPES! Merge ingredients and make a complex mix.
-GACHA AND MINIGAMES! Collect free rewards and have fun.
-OPEN NEW COFFEE STORES! Japanese, Korean, French? Try different cuisines.
-CUTE DECORATIONS! Add an aesthetic decor and turn your cafe into a dream dating point.
-ENHANCE YOUR MACHINES! Buy new machines and upgrade them.
-CUSTOMIZE YOUR CHARACTER! Makeover your character and dress up with fashion.
-GROWING DIFFICULTY! Every level is a test to your mind, serve them fast.
-MONITOR THE WIFI AREA! Fix the Wifi zone when it goes down.
NOTE: NO INTERNET CONNECTION IS REQUIRED TO PLAY
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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/cafepanic/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/cafe.panic/
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Cafe Panic: Cooking game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 1st November 2025
Recent improvements include:
NEW RESTAURANT: SWITZERLAND
-Enjoy 40 fun levels and 20 "Road to Fame" challenging levels.
-Fondues, Chocolates, Raclettes and 10+ traditional Swiss Recipes.
NEW SWISS OUTFIT!
Discover the new traditional outfit from Appenzell, a true display of colors and fabrics.
Minor bug fixes and improved overall performance.
Download & Availability
Cafe Panic: Cooking game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Cafe Panic: Cooking game on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Ive really enjoyed Caf Panic its cute, fast-paced, and genuinely fun. But Im also really disappointed, because it feels like the game is set up to make you spend money instead of rewarding you for actually playing well. On level 30 in our second (or third) restaurant, we were just about to earn our third star. We still had 10 seconds left on the clock and was handing in our last order to collect our money but suddenly the game just stopped and said the level was finished. The time didnt run out it just ended early. It really felt unfair, like it was designed to make us lose. Ive even spent a little money on the game because we wanted to support it, but it didnt make things any better. At this point, it honestly feels like you cant move forward unless you keep paying. What makes us sad is that we would gladly pay if the game were more upfront about it. If the developers just charged a one-time price or even offered a fair subscription something that made it clear youre paying for a complete, balanced experience Id probably keep playing. Its one of those games that could easily last for months, and we think people would happily pay for that. But as it is, we dont feel respected as a player. Its a shame, because Caf Panic could be such a great, long-term favorite, but we dont think Ill keep playing if it stays like this.
We love the game. We have been playing off and on for years. Its challenging and fun. The only disadvantage is not getting enough free stuff in game play. Daily rewards dont help much.
Ok so we like this game and its very fun but having to either watch and add or buy things to get them is kinda annoying and its two adds in one when you watch them. We do like that the levels get harder as you go so if yall could make more things less limited that would be awesome but great overall to get.
9x out of 10 the ad is stupid long and you have to close out the ad 3x before you even get your reward.
This game is fun and all but we find on a couple restaurants that we have to hit the screen a bunch of times to get it to actually select the food etc, so Im constantly stuck on levels because the time runs out.
Dissatisfied. Each time we update an appliance it wont upgrade. Youre basically busting your butt saving coins and gems for nothing.
We downloaded this game a couple of months ago, we became addicted and we actually completed all levels. We were extremely happy when we saw this update so we decided to play the new Christmas level but when we opened the game it never loaded. It froze and it shut down multiple times. We really dont want to uninstall it but we might have to do it. Please fix this since this is a great game (actually our favorite)but this failure is actually making the game imposible to play.
The Game crahses often and we inatalled that yesterday on 6s the game screen just freezes when there's a game center badge on the screen.
Ive got all stars on all levels in all cafes, including the Halloween house. How do we get that last empty plot/level? We want to finish! Love the game. It was hard to get through a few of the 40 levels, but persistence paid off. Now let us do that last one, please.
We are really enjoying this game so far. We love that there are so many other restaurants to open up once you can afford them. We just really hope that the developer doesnt give up on this one. It is really fun.
Too expensive to buy some upgrades at least we enjoy for a little bit.
We really enjoyed playing this game because its fast paced and addictive. However, we hate how each restaurant says you can get 150 stars, but in reality you can only get 142 stars. Its annoying.
This game is very fun and addicting.
We like that theres no limited energy.
Dont understand the banging for guy on the computer in the background but the game is enjoyable. Dont like having to stop to cancel ads though.
Wish it had more restaurants as you go along and more opportunity to buy restaurant upgrades with coins. We have 600,000++ coins with nothing to buy.
This game really addicting and fun, but our complaint is that when we completed level 34 serving all the costumers but end up not having to complete all 3 stars maybe we have to upgrade our tipping rate but we still dont have enough gems to purchase, so we did try watching ads to gain bars for an upgrade but ended up still having the same points from the last attempt after all the minutes we wasted on watching all the ads just for a bar and its lowkey upsetting.
Would you be so kind to tell how we can stop ads its just to many when we play our games we would appreciate it.
This game gets too hard way too quickly. We played for maybe an hour before we started to have to re-play the levels to get to 3 stars. It is not a natural progression of difficulty.
This game is pretty cool. We love the graphics and how easy it is to complete the customers orders.
We have been playing this game since it first came out on our android phone and love, love it we just wish we could have our points and restaurant on all our devices instead of different login settings.
This game is really fun but our only complaint is the angry customers that wait less time leave even though it isnt our fault because the timer of the food takes time and so its like bruh. We would also like to update that the timer especially on the Japanese restaurant is to unrealistic we be only having 3 minutes for the orders to be really complicated and then they have a million combos(like the curry, rice, and meat) and we be only have 2 fryers its like wayy too much going on we just wish it was a bit easier to separate the combos because Ill have a customer ask for two items that make combo but they want it separate and so we have to do it one by one and that wastes more time.
It is the most useless phone, we have to say, compared to androidscant believe we were bullied into this mess, one of the reasons we feel like this is because apple lacks gamesat least the VARIETY that androids are able to give, AppleCANNOT. We missed this game (we had an android), and searched for it here, but didnt find it..we came back to look for it again (app store) and viola its here! Im so happy. We hate games to be fr, but this one is super good. Anywho, we havent been paid besties, trust us. Toodle-loo (ew).
We are super into time management games to the fullest , there are new 2024 updates not to to many ads but there are ads great game most time management games are super easy this one is more complex because of the combinations which we really enjoy 10/10.
We dont like the fact that the appliances take so long to upgrade. And that it takes coins and diamonds instead of either or.
El juego est muy bien, es genial y divertido, el problema es que las gemas y el dinero que ganas no son suficientes para mejorar los equipos y las agilidades del jugador, es casi imposible mejorar todo y comprar ms restaurantes y mejorarlos, es demasiado frustrante y hace que el juego pierda el inters.
We love this game and the holidays they have wonder if the developers ever thought/considered doing the 4th of July.
Love the game but theres a glitch. Level 40 of the Halloween level is impossible to get 3 stars because there are no extra customers coming in the background to use wifi, arcade games…etc. So you cant earn extra money. Same for the valentine level, season 3 level 30.
You should be able to buy groceries with your money so you can continue to play. The money adds up and you cant spend it on anything other than that five stars.
We absolutely love this game! It's fast pace, which we love and they have different stores from different countries that show the food that is most popular for that region; we found that quite interesting! Our ONLY complaint is we cannot buy the last (6th) store! It shows the land to build on but there is no way to purchase. We have upgraded every option and our friend upgrade everything and got all the stars and still nothing! Please tell us why.
Love this game but upset that we cant purchase the last restaurant if anyone know how to get it please advise.
Would have given it five stars but recently we had to reset our iPad and lost all progress….wish there was a way to recover it…money spent and gone.
We got this game bc we like restaurant/coffee shop games but…..when you get to the last game of the restaurant the fast day it purposely slows down so you keep failing and playing a certain amount of time to see if you will buy more coins plus as you advance it requires more coins like 20 out of the 50 that you have. We little sketchy in that way. Our honest opinion.
We got this game for our daughter because she loves these type, its great and all and fun for her, but we are very disappointed about the ads that pop up. Im actually in complete shock about one in particular called dragon something or another, but it had this elf girl half naked and showed a hand with the pointer finger touching her chest and shed turn sideways and giggle then showed the hand touch her directly in between the legs and she blushed and giggled and it made some fancy stuff happen. For real? If the game is Ages 4+ then the ads shown should be for that age as well. Have we crossed every line that can be crossed when it comes to technology and our childrens innocence. Come on.
Last restaurant cant get through the level 40 on it as they have fish and sausages that both need beans and salad and theres no way you can go fast enough. So even after that there is nothing else to do or play. Dont waste your time.
Ads arent intrusive, and you can get things from them that actually benefit your gameplay. Theres also a very forgiving mechanism for like, the currency that lets you play.
The pros are that the game itself is fun. There is enough variety in food choices and cafes to keep you interested. We like that you can customize your person to a degree. The decoration part isnt explained well and although we upgraded nothing changed. The cons unfortunately are more than frustrating. Im all for a game to be challenging. Even if that means grinding on one level until we get 3 stars on that level. What we dont like is the upgrades needing so many diamonds and you only earn 1-3 diamonds per level IF you get all 3 stars only! We get that this is designed for you to spend money. You would have to in order to progress but we feel like we probably will just stop playing. It may not make sense but we will spend money on a game we enjoy that challenges us but doesnt try to force us by frustration. Its a shame because this could be enjoyable. The other huge issue is very glitchy controls. Sometimes you are making a dish and try to pick it up and it will take 3 tries to successfully grab it. Not great because levels are timed. The other issue is that you have to be careful how you grab ingredients or you will end up with an entirely different dish.
We love it tbh, Theres not too many ads, if u want gems to upgrade stuff to make it easier to complete levels then u have to watch an ad to earn a gem. But Ive had this game for a long time and its still satisfying and fun to play. We like that u can open different coffee shops from different countries and/or different themes, and change ur character. This is One of the few games we havent deleted off of our phone :P.
We got the Christmas store and the churro maker machine is not showing on the game. Please fix this issue as we play everyday and really enjoy the game.
The game was great when we were able to play it, but now it will not load completely and just shuts off. We have tried redownloading and restarting phone. Been this way for 5 days now.
This game is so much fun and addicting. We wish they had India, Bangladesh, Chinese restaurants available. We really hope they add more restaurants.
We love this game! Its different than other cooking games because you dont have to spend real money to advance. Provided you get 3 stars on your levels youre able to collect enough gems for future upgrades. It can be challenging sometimes, but we like a challenge. Its definitely addicting. Keep up the good work.
This game ridiculous we lose because of the inadequent waitress that you got she dont win when she is against other you tap on what she needs to do she just stand there and cant get the right order fix her or get a better waitress.
This is definitely a pay to play game, but the gameplay is so much fun that we really dont mind. At least so far (Im at the French restaurant) it seems you can do well without spending too much – but youll definitely need to spend some just to get gems and upgrades! If we get further along and realize that its unplayable without paying Ill update our review, but right now its super fun gameplay! Even if we have to spend a little bit. If you dont want to spend anything this definitely isnt the game for you! Edit – this is definitely a pay to play game. And you have to spend A LOT to play once you get past a few restaurants. We are going to uninstall the game because its just greedy! You shouldnt have to spend $30 per restaurant after you get to a certain level.
So the game was super a BLAST and EASY! And we also beat a lot of rounds.
This game we had for like 3 years we started playing it and liked it. Then our mom caught on and was the best at it. So keep it up.
GAME IS FUN … We ONLYON LEVEL 18 WITH FEW UPGRADES IF EQUIPMENT.. AN ALMOST FAST COOK.N..SPEED MODE. IT MAKES SEVERAL DRINKS.
Family gameplay invites kid participation but game constantly shows ads for the game choices showing a woman reading a positive pregnancy test and wondering who the father is, or female police with lascivious thoughts. Really? On a kids game? This is irresponsible. Ads are an economic reality. But be careful to suit them to your games audience.
Fun and addictive game! Great developers.
Its really fun beautiful and no necessary in app purchases but its gotta a lot harder to pass the levels and its less relaxing and more frustrating to complete levels. It used to be more fun but they updated and made it a tad too hard on the levels in our opinion.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 6.0.0
- Size: 314.77 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: BOOMWARE TECHNOLOGIES SAC
Last updated: 1st November 2025 | Genre: Simulation, Food & Drink | Developer: BOOMWARE TECHNOLOGIES SAC