Server Shift

ServerShift

A restaurant game · made by a working server

Take orders, run plates and keep every guest happy, from a run-down diner to the finest restaurant in town.

Table 5 · paid+$18.40 tip
Order up · T22 burgers
Play free now

In your browser · no download · Android soon

How a shift works

Run the floor.

Four tickets from one night at the diner. Every table runs the same loop, and the better you run it, the bigger the tip.

  1. Step 16:04 PM

    Take the order

    Table 2 · 2 guests

    • 1 Diner Burger12.00
    • 1 Pancake Stack9.00
    • 2 Fountain Soda6.00
    • Guests read the menu first. When the order bubble pops up, tap the table.
    • Food goes to the kitchen, drinks go to the bar.
    • One stove cooks one plate at a time. Add stoves and cooks to cook more at once.
    Order$27.00
  2. Step 26:19 PM

    Run the plates

    Table 5 · 2 guests

    • 2 Diner Burger24.00
    • 1 Wrong plate · remakefree
    • 2 Fountain Soda6.00
    • Grab what is up at the kitchen and the bar and carry it to the right seat.
    • A better tray carries more plates per trip.
    • About 1 plate in 15 comes out wrong at first. Send it back: the remake costs nothing, and trained cooks slip up less.
    Order$30.00
  3. Step 36:41 PM

    Bus the table

    Table 4 · 2 guests · paid

    • 2 Pancake Stack18.00
    • 2 Fountain Soda6.00
    Check$24.00
    Running costs 30%-7.20
    Your tip 25%+6.00
    • They ask for the check, you tap the table and get paid.
    • A paid table stays dirty until you clean it. The host never seats a dirty table.
    • Spilled drink? Tap it and mop it before someone slips.
    To the restaurant+$16.80
  4. Step 411:00 PM

    Close out

    Shift 2 · 14 tables served

      Tips tonight$48.60
      Tip out · bar 10%-4.86
      ★ Serve 12 tables+25.00 cash
      ★ Earn $40 in tips+5.00 you
      ★ Nobody walks out+20.00 cash
      • The clock hits zero and the shift is over.
      • You tip out the bartender 10% of your tips, once.
      • Finish tonight’s 3 goals for stars and bonus cash, then spend it all in the shop.
      You take home$48.74

    Swipe for all four tickets

    Where the money goes

    Two wallets.

    The restaurant’s cash fixes up the place and hires your crew. Your tips are yours and you spend them on you.

    The diner after renovating: checkerboard floor, red chairs and a neon sign. The diner before renovating: a scuffed wood floor and peeling green paint. BeforeAfter

    Drag across the screen · same diner, four renovations later

    70%

    Restaurant cash

    of every check. The other 30% covers running costs. Spend it on the crew and the room.

    Hire

    • A second cookTwo plates cook at once$180
    • A bartenderMore drinks poured at once$180
    • A serverWorks her own section$250

    Build

    • Second stoveRoom for another cook$120
    • Extra bar tapRoom for another bartender$120
    • Another tableMore guests, more checks$150

    Fix up

    • FloorsWorn to polishedfrom $60
    • WallsPeeling to paneledfrom $60
    • SeatingGuests wait longerfrom $90
    • Décor & lightsPlants, art, neonfrom $80

    Diner prices. Each extra one of the same costs 25% more, and fancier restaurants charge more.

    100%

    Your tips

    stay yours, minus the 10% tip-out to the bar. They follow you to every job.

    • Better shoesWalk fasterfrom $15
    • Better trayCarry more, fasterfrom $30
    • TailoringA sharper fit, bigger tipsfrom $25

    Spend your tips

    Dress for the tip.

    Every uniform makes guests a little happier and your tips a little bigger, for as long as you wear it. Some jobs have a dress code: a vest at the steakhouse, a tailored suit at the bistro, a tuxedo for fine dining.

    • The server in a stained shirt
      +0%Stained shirtFree · Day one
    • The server in a clean uniform
      +5%Clean uniform$20 · Lv 2
    • The server in a matching polo
      +10%Matching polo$45 · Lv 5
    • The server in a shirt & vest
      +15%Shirt & vest$90 · Lv 8
    • The server in a tailored suit
      +20%Tailored suit$160 · Lv 20
    • The server in a tuxedo
      +25%Tuxedo$240 · Lv 24

    Plus themed uniforms that pay a big bonus at their own restaurant: a taco-shop tee, a home-team jersey, a trattoria apron and a chophouse vest.

    Seven restaurants

    Move up.

    You never start over: your level, tips, gear and uniforms come with you. Each job is busier, pickier and pays more. Swipe through all seven.

    Every day

    Come back tomorrow.

    • Gift
      Daily gift. Something for every day you play, building to a big day-7 prize.
    • 2× XP
      First shift of the day. Double XP and bigger tips.
    • Special
      Special of the day. Sell the special and guests tip more.
    • Trophy
      Daily challenge. Rush Night, VIP Night, Critic Night and more. Win it for a trophy.

    Clocking in?

    Your section
    is open.

    Play free now