Diner Dash Help!!!

[Princess8284]

Hey guys, I've been at this game for a few nights and just lastnight I saw this forum and it helped me through 2 restuarants, but now I'm stuck again. I'm on res. 5 and level 8. It seems impossible!

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

[Princess8284]

Yay!! I beat it, after 2 nights spent playing on a role, I finally got past it all. Its happy and sad at the same time.....

question now is, what game next?
any suggestions?

[Princess8284]

Im not sure how to do it, the highest I got was 11..Im not sure how you're supposed to get 12.

[meravsul]

if u have the game code, please please please send it to me by email

[tcrazys]

I BEAT THE GAME! Because of your advice. Every tip helped but I always double clicked a table. Instead of doing that I collected the checks first and then cleaned the tables. THANK YOU

[jannl4]

hi there i have been playing diner dash for some time now i am stuck on 3 th rest 4 Level i have tryed every thing and can not get past it i will get up too 7450 and it say i need 8000 on this level plzz can you help me email is jannL4_ca********com thank you

[lilwifey]

Wow!!! I finished the game! My last shift I got 63,000! Thank you sooooooo much erinreid, stephanology, and Ashen. If it wasn't for you, I wouldnt have gotten past the third resturant. Everything you need to know is in there blogs. Oh, and i beat it with the free trial!!! GO me! Thank you all again.PS...the most important thing i found was being carful seating people. Read a file to see what types go togther. Love ya'll... Peace.

[AlyBelle]

I am totally suck on this level .. I have been stuck for months and I have tried someone's sugestion but it didnt' work for me ... help!

[Stephanology]

YAY!

I just finished the Diner Dash last night and boy, it WAS a marathon, just like Flo said!

I thought I'd throw in my personal strategies. Sorry, but this is a really over-written post, and I haven't got the brains to edit it down.

On the last level of the fifth restaurant, I felt like the two most important things are the podium and the choice of who you seat together.

First off, you want to be at the podium ALL the time. Obviously, you can't be there all the time, but that's the attitude you want. To that end, I always tried to seat patrons in groups of four tables, ending up at the lower Left hand corner. For instance, 2 groups on the bar, and 2 groups on the left side tables, making one group of four, and 2 groups along the bottom edge, and 2 on the right side, making a second group of four. (I wasn't able to do it by seating 12 at a time, as I could never get matching groups, so I couldn't sync the groups up.) By seating patrons that way, you can run down an aisle and hit 4 tables quickly and end up back at the podium to spread a little love. (Going to the podium will NOT break a chain!) Also, this way, the 2 groups of four are near one another, which helps for the all important "Check chain". I was able to ALWAYS deliver all checks in one chain. (remember, don't check and pick up dishes, just drop the check!) The precise placement will depend on the sizes of the groups, but always keep an eye on building little "aisles" so you can hit 4 tables at a time QUICKLY!
I'm not 100% sure, but i think you at least maintain the love of the people on line by standing at the podium, even if you don't see that heart on the podium. It's critical that your patrons have a LOT of love when you seat them, because they will be waiting a lot, so you can always get four-chains, or six-chains, or 8-chains (or 12-chains, if you're erinreid!)

You should go for 2 groups of 4 at all times. Sometimes, though, I had to sacrifice and seat SIX people instead of 8 because I always sat like groups of 4 or 2. In fact, I even did rounds of just ONE group of four because I didn't want to seat dissimilar groups. By seating like groups, you will have an easier time pickup up 4 orders, dropping 4 foods, etc. By syncing the 2 groups, you can easily get 8-chains.

BUT remember, you have to KEEP going back to that podium, or you'll lose customers while serving 8 at a time! Watch the seated diners and let them sit around a while, as long as they have a couple of hearts when they get their check, you're ok. After you get them eating, you should usually be able to stand at the podium until you get TWO podium hearts, which should make the waiting customers very happy.

Also, be careful what types you have in the diner at once. Businesswomen should take precedence in seating, since they're probably least patient, but only seat them with Young Girls or Hotshots, or you'll wind up with one group too fast and one too slow. Seniors and College Boys eat at a similar rate, (though COllege boys seem to order faster) If you don't keep the standees happy, you'll be tempted to seat impatient business women with impatient college students- DISASTER!

From reading around, there are no hard and fast rules, these are just the concepts I used and I won with about a $51,000 score on the final round. And be aware, you don't have to be a perfect machine to win this level, you CAN make a little mistake here and there and still win, so don't get discouraged. If you only seat 4 once in a while, it's fine, if you lose a group or 2, you can still win!

And yes, ignore the snacks! I did occasssionally use the drinks when I was messing up and let a table get too unhappy, but it's hardly ever worth the time, and it's NEVER worth breaking a chain over!

REMEMBER:
Keep your standees happy!
Try to keep your diners in like groups!
Keep your diners close to each other!
Sync your 4-groups to build 8-chains or even 12-chains!
Don't rush, let the diners spend their time seated while you...
KEEP YOUR STANDEES HAPPY!

Thanks everyone who posted, i'd have given up in Restaurant 3 if not for y'all! And thanks to the guys at gamelab and playfirst!

Steph

[Stephanology]

Hi again, just realized another important tip on my third time through Diner Dash: an easy way to use the color bonuses, which can be pretty powerful.

If I try to set groups in the most color-matched arrangement, it always takes forever and i wind up losing the timing of the table. Instead, just look for the highest color bonus flag, and look at the standees. If a group you want to seat has a person of the same color, put your hand on that person, and drop him/her right on the chair he/she matches. 90% of the time, that person will land in the right chair, adn get the bonus. You will usually only get one bonus per seating, but if you can do this a few times for each table, you'll up your score substantially.

Steph

[Ashen_]

Yay!!!!! I FINALLY BEAT THE GAME!!! The last level is so cool, lol... I'm afraid that I couldn't wait for stoopid oberon to email me back wif my reg details again, so I found a crack for the game.. it closed itself down a few times tho, which was frustrating.

I got a grand total ooofff... wait for it lol: 593,380... I got the highest score of the ppl on the high score board at the time (Dani) out of curiosity, what were other ppls final scores?
On the last level I got 74,995, but it didn't let me pick up the last plate, it did that a few times, why is that? It totally would have been over 75 thou if I could have done!

Anywayz, I have a few tips, sorry if I repeat anyone here:

1. Once the ppl in the cue's hearts get below 4, it's hard to keep them up, so seat them quick and serve them drinks to raise their hearts.

2. Inbetween EVERY chain action, go to the podium to keep the ppl in line happy. (I don't know what I ever did without the podium in the earlier levels! Lol)...
So, seat as many as you can handle (on the last level I managed to seat EVERY table and chain them all..) but don't do more than you can handle, you will lose tables and liners...
So basically:
*seat them
*go to the podium
*take orders
*go to the podium
*give food
*go to the podium, get the idea? you should also be able to chain longer if you do this, bc their hearts will be full enough to allow for it.

LEAVE SNACKS unless you NEED the points, or you need to keep hearts up... BUT, having said that, the hearts should be SO full from keeping them happy in line, that you shouldn't need to.. if you can handle it and are looking to expert scores, then give snacks, but don't let snack giving break your chains! They try to catch you out with that.

3. At the start of a level, don't start to seat ppl until there's at least 4 or 5 ppl in the line, just stand at the podium and increase heart-levels.

Btw.. some of these tips contradict erins tips, but this is what worked for me, I guess everyone has to find their own way, it just helps to have a few tips.. try both ways, see what suits you! You'll probably find your own way somewhere inbetween

Anywayz, I hope that helps and I hope you beat the game too! I do have more, I'll come back later and post them.
Now finally the angry business women in my head have stopped leaving in a huff and they're going off with smiles!

[LisaREcharge]

Can anyone send me the registration code or a crack for this game?

[Rita]

I'm at the third restaurant in Diner Dash on level 4. I've tried many times to beat it but can't seem to. How could you possibly reach the goal?

[frecsue]

I've been stuck on level 5-7 FOREVER, and by following the "rules" you posted, I beat it on my first try!! Thank you!

[debris]

yeah!!! i finished res 5 with a score of 74990.!!! with all thanks to many ppl who provided the tips in this forum. now i'm going to try the endless shift. wish me luck!!