Learn the cafe as a repeatable service route. Speed arrives later; your first goal is to make every handoff obvious and every order exact.
The cafe becomes difficult when players discover stations only after a queue forms.
Use this seven-step pass until you can perform it without improvising.
Interact with the register and accept the order. Do not start from the customer’s spoken request alone.
Confirm the base food and every topping on the ticket or kitchen display.
Gather the ingredients required by the current tutorial recipe and combine them at the correct station.
Use the matching appliance and complete the cooking interaction before plating.
Add only the toppings shown. Butter and maple syrup are separate choices, and a plain order should stay plain.
Carry the finished dish to the matching waiting customer.
Pick up the used dish and clean it before you return empty-handed to the service line.
The same cafe loop works at every group size, but only if the team knows who owns the next handoff.
Keep intake deliberately small. Complete the whole ticket, clear the dish, then accept the next customer. Stop routine prep immediately for a cafe-wide interruption.
Player one owns register checks plus serving; player two owns prep plus cooking. The first free player handles dishes or the active hazard.
Split register/check, hot line, and runner/cleaner. A fourth player floats between gathering ingredients and service-blocking hazards.
Accept the customer’s order at the register. The printed ticket and kitchen order display are your source of truth—do not cook from memory.
Prepare the requested base item, cook it fully, then add only the toppings shown on the order. A correct-looking dish can still be wrong if one topping is missing.
Match the finished plate to its waiting customer. Clear used dishes promptly so the next rush does not bury the team in cleanup.
Compare the customer you see with the available camera view. If the live check or CCTV shows a clear abnormal sign, use the cafe’s shutter instead of processing the order.
Restore sanity with the staff coffee, respond to fires or power failures, and return tools and ingredients to a predictable workflow before the next customer.
