Official Anomaly Cafe artwork showing cafe service and a dangerous customer
Beginner route · about 5 minutes

Your next move:
learn one clean ticket.

Do this before chasing anomalies: accept one order, build the exact plate, serve the right customer, then learn the safety check that interrupts the cafe loop.

Start here even if friends are waiting. One accurate ticket teaches the route every later system depends on.
The game in one glance

Serve the cafe. Interrupt the threat. Resume the line.

Normal service and anomaly response are not separate games. They collide inside the same shift, so a reliable team learns exactly where to pause and how to restart.

Normal serviceKEEP THE TICKET MOVING
1

ORDER

Accept at the register and read the ticket.

2

PREP

Gather ingredients and make the requested base.

3

COOK

Finish the waffle, pancake, or currently unlocked item.

4

FINISH

Add only the listed toppings.

5

SERVE

Deliver to the matching customer and clear the dish.

Anomaly interruption REC · ACTIVE
VERIFY

Observe directly and use the available camera view.

RESPOND

Use the shutter or repair the service-blocking hazard.

RESUME

Restore sanity and restart from the oldest verified ticket.

Choose your current problem

Where is your shift breaking?

Skip the generic table of contents. Start with the problem you can see right now, fix it, then return to the loop.

Read the room

The customer in front of you is only half the picture

Current official media supports direct observation and a CCTV view. Use the images as scene context—not as a guessed master list of every anomaly.

Official Anomaly Cafe image of two customers at a cafe table
NORMAL SERVICEKeep order accuracy boring.

Use the ticket, finish the plate, match the customer, clear the table.

Official Anomaly Cafe image of a suspicious orange customer at the register
DIRECT CHECKLook before accepting.

Attach the safety check to the register instead of remembering it only when the queue is quiet.

Official Anomaly Cafe CCTV view of the dining room
CAMERA CHECKCCTV is part of service.

Compare the available camera view, respond to a clear abnormal sign, then resume the verified queue.

Build the next skill

Turn one calm ticket into a resilient team

Accuracy first, fixed stations second, clear exception callouts third. The goal is not maximum speed—it is recovering without losing the queue.

TEAM ASSIGNMENT · NIGHT SHIFT
REGISTER / CHECK

Own intake and customer verification.

HOT LINE

Own exact prep, cooking, and toppings.

RUNNER / RECOVERY

Own serving, dishes, hazards, and team handoffs.

Quick answers

Before the bell rings

Short answers for the questions that stop new staff mid-shift.

What should I do first in Anomaly Cafe?

Follow Bonnie’s tutorial, learn the register-to-kitchen route, and complete one exact order at a time. Accuracy matters more than speed while stations and toppings are still unfamiliar.

How do I know what a customer ordered?

Accept the order at the register, then use the printed ticket and the kitchen order display. Read the base item and every listed topping before cooking.

How do I handle a suspicious customer?

Check the customer directly and use the camera view when it is available. If the live check or CCTV shows a clear abnormal sign, close the cafe shutter instead of continuing the order.

Is Anomaly Cafe better solo or with friends?

The official description emphasizes teaming up with friends. Current gameplay shows several simultaneous jobs, so a group can split register checks, cooking, serving, dishes, and hazard response.

Source-checked field guide

Official listing and current alpha gameplay were reviewed. Exact rates, exhaustive recipes, and complete anomaly lists are not guessed.

See what was verified Official game page