Flambé®: Merge And Cook Customer Service

Flambé®: Merge and Cook Positive Reviews

Love this game!!! BUT…Let me start by saying I love this game! No Ads just semi continuous play one of the best in my little rotation. Though I stand ten toes down, with every great game they have also have flaws. I’ve managed to obtain ALL the cards in my Harvest Collection with the exception of ONE CARD ( Nigerian Adventure : Lagosian Luxury ) and of course there is only 7 hours and 17 minutes left before it resets and they will not give me the card. Unbelievable. I’m one who pays for certain things in the game at times as I hate the waiting (which many other complain about as well) for the rejuvenation process. It’s always to good to be true and they all require purchases to can to the higher level. It’s unfortunate. I’ll update if things change within the next few hours but don’t hold your breath… Update: Well I must say there is a reason I love this game! With less than an hour left to claim my prize I made it! No money spent just pure fun. Still had to wait forever for the rejuvenation but all in all the unexpected happened and I’m happy..AbundantIAMVersion: 1.31.1

Love the game but needs improvementI really love this game, I had three merge games downloaded at one point including this one and lost interest in the other ones. They became too complicated and messy and I wasn’t interested in the dumb story lines. I like that there’s no storyline in Flambé and it’s only food. Once I get into a good streak of completing orders and getting bonuses and what not it’s awesome and so satisfying. However I really wish it was easier to play at times, I hit ruts a lot where I can’t get ANYTHING done because the generators take forever to recharge and it takes forever to gain more energy (1 energy per two minutes and it caps out at 100 which really isn’t a lot as you progress in the game) and I have been willing to spend a little money here and there to get an energy boost but that runs through so quickly! I’m always scouring the app for ways to get more energy and being strategic about it but it’s at times almost made me lost interest in the game. I’ve even visited the Flambé Facebook page a couple times because there’s giveaways and chances to win large amounts of energy. Overall that’s my only complaint with the app and I really wish the developers would do something about it because it would make the gameplay experience so much better if it were easier to get energy or the generators didn’t have to cool down for an hour after putting out like 10 items..Rachelscott119Version: 1.35.1

Most I’ve ever played!I’ve been playing this game for the better part of a year and I am soooo addicted! I’ve never had so much fun playing a game on my phone. unfortunately, I have officially run out of days. I am on day, 1140 and now instead of trying to cook dishes to move onto the next day you’re in a never-ending perpetual cycle of “cooking dishes for likes”, which means you never get Flambé mode anymore and the prices of all of the energy packages have all gone up to minimum $20 each. I never thought the day would come that I wouldn’t play it at this point. I’m very sad to say I’m going to stop. It’s not fun anymore, I run out of time with each of the spawners so fast. It takes me DAYS to cook most dishes, and I’m going to go broke to keep purchasing energy and gems. It’s almost worse than a gambling habit at this point with these prices to play. *updated* I’ve since updated my star rating because you guys are continuing to create more places to explore and I’m happy again. I do still wish the prices on in app purchases weren’t so jacked up, it just makes me not buy them as often. I feel it would be more lucrative for you guys to make them more affordable for us. Disposable incomes aren’t made the same anymore :/ I wish the updates weren’t so long in between but I’m happy you’re at least doing it..LacyymarieVersion: 1.43.1

Could Be A Great Game, But…The short of it is it takes entirely too many merges to get to the products you need. It draws out the game unnecessarily and it gets boring when you have to wait hours to finish a day if you refuse to pay. The plus is it only takes one energy per product. Like everything these days, all everyone is focused on is greed and trying to get you to spend copious amounts of money on a game by frustrating you. But I’ll leave the same feedback I left for another game. I will not purchase in any game where the name of the game is greed. When the game gives enough to keep you playing and it doesn’t frustrate you into trying to buy, that’s when I buy extra. In games like this where they could be good, but everything takes so long to get to the reward and the refills and recharges take even longer the only place they end up is deleted. Update: Ironically I deleted this today and this very same day I received a response from the developer. My original review remains but having played the game for more than a month now, I can say that after playing the same day for three days and still not completing it, I was over it. They can learn from other merge games. Bubbles should convert to energy. The side games to get energy or gems take way too long and almost never complete even one full energy run. At a certain point the multipliers should just stick. Single energy takes too long to get to more expensive products. The game does not replenish gems as they want you to buy them. And you end up with a ridiculously crowded board of things you don’t need and cooking tools?! Could be a good game with lots of improvements. As for now, it’s a distant memory..WizebkgirlVersion: 1.37.1

Fun, no ads, mtx optional!You can totally play this game for free without feeling like you have to pay for microtransactions just to progress. Lots of little features to keep the fun going! The cooking feature is cute and I really like that when a certain producer has multiple ingredients available in its pool, the “rarer” ingredient doesn’t seem unreasonably rare. For example the coffee pot gives coffee ingredients *and* tea leaves at what feels like a 70/30 split instead of 90/10 (or worse!) like some other games. If I had one complaint it’s that there’s no customization for the restaurant decor but it’s really about the cooking element. Plus the gameplay is really balanced so I wouldn’t even knock a star for that..MscherrykVersion: 1.27.0

Love this game !I really enjoy this game. Originally I played Gossip Harbor by the same company and I still do - I like it, but in Gossip Harbor you run out of energy far too fast. Here, there are ways (without paying actual money) that you can get around the energy deficiencies to continue with the fun game play. While I like the aspect in Gossip Harbor of being able to decorate the place how you want, I love the colors Flambé uses, even if I’m not the one picking them. It’s also so much easier to make progress in Flambé than in Gossip Harbor, so you can play so much longer and make progress so much faster, which I thoroughly enjoy. I’ve only been playing Flambé for two days and already I like it better than Gossip Harbor, though I didn’t give it 5 stars because it is still semi-hard to get ways around the energy or diamond crisis which is frustrating. If this wasn’t the case, it would gladly get 5 stars..TtreeneeteeeVersion: 1.29.1

Love it but it’s pay to play…I love this game. I’ve spent real money on this game, and didn’t really mind when it was a few dollars here and there. The further you get though, the more it becomes 100% pay to play. Past a certain day, they no longer offer the tiered, cheaper energy options to buy. Nope, instead it’s just $20+ bundles and those are your only options for energy unless it’s a special event. It’s really sucky when I have to either lose at special events because I can’t complete orders in a timely manner (due to barely any energy & long cooldowns) or spend $20+ (which I’m simply not doing). To the devs, please think of alternatives. For someone to be far along in your game, they must be enjoying it. You’d probably actually make money off of me if the microtransactions were more reasonable like at the beginning/middle of the game. Now, it all feels greedy and annoying, so I’m debating deleting it entirely..Tumblr is...Version: 1.33.1

Can only play for 10 minJust discovered this game and love it, I am very addicted. But I realized you can only play for like 10 min since the energies go down so fast. And then have to wait 2 hrs for them to come back. I spent money so I can keep playing but it just got ridiculous. A game should be playable without spending money every 20 min. This game should at least be playable for a whole day without having to wait for energies to fill up every hr. All other app games I play, I can play no problem and then spend money if I want to go extra. This game Is just unplayable without spending money everyday. Even the charge boxes take forever once they are out so if you need that to finish a level, you have to wait even more. Dumb developing and people will stop playing once they figure out how little you can play.CooldgtfhgVersion: 1.23.1

Excellent merge game1) NO ADS! Ever! Not even optional ones for rewards (at least not anywhere I can find)! NONE! 2) Cute, nice looking graphics. 3) Fun, consistent theme. So many merge games can feel like collecting random objects. This one really makes sense with it being all cooking themed. The recipe system keeps things interesting with having to put certain objects together and create certain dishes. The different restaurant themes and renovating the restaurants is fun. It’s really engaging especially if you’re interested in food and cooking. I agree with other reviews that your energy runs out pretty quickly, and it’s not as generous with the gems and free energy as some other merge games I have played. However, the quality of this game outweighs all of that. And sometimes you get lucky with events and get several energy refills! I started playing this through one of those cash rewards apps, and this is the single one that I have kept after the rewards period was over. It’s just fun and a great way to pass the time while on my stationary bike, waiting in line, or whatever. I love this game!.LydiamaycroweVersion: 1.36.1

Fave game right nowI really love this game! Very easy to progress for quite a while. Also, as another review said, it has a great balance. Oftentimes, on the brink of completing an order or finishing a day but then running out of energy, I'll somehow get a gift or bonus that lets me complete the order/day, and regain more energy/rewards. It feels so exciting and obviously entices me to play longer! Now I am on day 48 and I do sometimes wish the game had the same pace as before. I also accidentally hit the gem option to get an item in a bubble that I didn't actually need instead of removing it and used like 50 gems:/ wish there was an oopsie button for that.CyannabreanneVersion: 1.41.1

The game is fun BUT....To the devs of this game... If you want your players to keep playing the game then some changes must be made to keep them entertained. When looking to merge for orders, too many times the ingredients needed hardly come up in later stages of the game. This results in the board being filled with unnecessary ingredients and hardly any room to get the required ones to merge. So I have to delete them to clear up the board. As an example, the orders that require poultry, I have had more red meat such as bacon or links as ingredients than the eggs needed to merge. This happens often. Also, I don't understand why upgrading some of the tools that prepare orders still get level 1 ingredients. A level 8 produce or net should only put out level 3 ingredients at the minimum, not level 1 items. Otherwise, what point is there to upgrade them? It takes way too long to complete orders this way. If an order requires a low level ingredient, create a tool that can split a merge or break them down to those lower level ingredients. Or cap a universal tool at level 3 and allow me to select which level 1 or 2 ingredients I'll need. On the 75 or 76th day, I have had 2 simultaneous orders requiring a major merge of a new order, one with the new order and another with that same order as an ingredient!! This took forever to complete. So I had to wait to refill energy to try merging again. This isn't fun. And the more I play, the more I become less interested to continue. And it would be a shame because this is one of the better merging games I have found. Hopefully, devs can strongly consider my suggestions to tweak or improve the merging gameplay. I'll gladly change my rating if I enjoy the game the way I did when I first started playing..HunterB3oVersion: 1.36.1

Cool downs are terribleI like the game. Some of the positive aspects are that there’s a lot of receipts and different events. However the cool downs on the things that produce items are way too long. Over an hour on some and they produce 20 item and have to cool down again. And because you split the customer request into completing “days” sometimes there’s only one item to create. In some cases this has taken me 3 days to do. Which in turn means some events, specially ones competing against other players or team events, I can’t even join. I’ve made purchases with real money for energy and find myself only able to play for a few minutes before every item is on cool down. I stopped buying. It’s just not worth it. I’ll just play once in a while with my free energy..DidnotlikethisVersion: 1.43.1

Increase energy storage as you level (PLS NO ADS)I love this game and am completely obsessed. However, when you finish a complete level, your energy storage should increase as well. This way, it makes more sense since as you level up, you require more energy to make higher level items. I think this would really be necessary, otherwise high level players will lose interest in the game. But plrase please please DONT add ads. What I love about this game is that there are 0 interruptions and adding them on an involuntary basis would completely ruin it for me. Some people are saying to add ads for more energy, but if that means that I’m signing up for ads when I am not asking for them then I would rather not have ads..3resssVersion: 1.29.1

I am and I am not ashamed by how much I play this game.It’s really addictive, as most games like this are… but I do enjoy how it seems so much easier to keep this one going for longer periods of time before there’s no further for you to progress without having to spend money. I know you can always just close the game for an hour and have a full recharge of energy, but it seems like this game rewards you with energy a lot more than other games like this, allowing you to get much more satisfaction before hitting a paywall. Probably one of my favorite pass time apps for sure..BreeaugVersion: 1.43.1

It’s good but there’s some troubles..Flambé has a fun concept and a lot of potential — the visuals are vibrant, the gameplay loop is engaging, and the theme is creative. However, the overall experience is seriously held back by the energy system and long loading times. The main issue is that energy takes far too long to recharge, which limits how much you can actually play at once. It’s frustrating to wait just to keep progressing, especially when you’re enjoying the game. During Flambé Mode, the problem gets worse — the timers run down quickly, but you can’t keep going because there’s no unlimited energyoption or way to earn it through gameplay. This makes the pacing feel uneven and discourages extended play sessions. On top of that, the loading screens are noticeably slow, which breaks immersion and makes short bursts of gameplay feel even more tedious. If the developers adjusted the energy system (like offering faster recharge, optional unlimited energy passes, or better rewards) and optimized the loading times, Flambé could easily be a much smoother and more enjoyable experience..Zebras foreverVersion: 1.29.1

Pretty dang decent!I’ve had this game for a while now, and it’s honestly one of my favorites. it’s the only game i have notifications on for. when they say no ads, they mean no ads!! but that also means there’s no way to get more stuff besides paying, or waiting. you can either wait hours and hours for your energy to build for a few minutes of gameplay, or pay for diamonds to buy energy in game. i wish there was at least some ads i could watch to re-up my energy, especially since flambé mode doesn’t allow enough time to actually fully get your energy back before it goes. also can’t opt out of some of the time sensitive games, which just leads to too many update tabs to close out when i open the game next. i know i ran out of time for that mission, just let me click on the dang pieces!! that being said, i do love the complexity of some of the dishes, i like that you have to make/cook stuff, and i do really appreciate that it tells you what you won’t use so you can shelve some generators and not take up needed space..BadpsychonautVersion: 1.30.0

Fun and Different Merge GameI just started playing this game after getting multiple ads in my other games. So yes, it did get me! But I was glad that I finally downloaded it. It is different enough from all of the other merge games because you have to make the recipes and let them cook. It feels like there is enough of a twist to keep it interesting. And I’ve been able to play without paying for anything. I play a lot of merge games and this one is a new favorite. Maybe as time goes on my opinion will change but right now it’s keeping me interested..Mkhart2Version: 1.18.5

No ads and fun but that’s itLove the fact that there’s no ads, but the pricing on everything is insane. For a company that responds to every review, they seem to not read them. Frequent updates that don’t result in accommodating for complaints. Seems like paying players have the same problems with no energy/spawners dying and charging slowly so what’s the point of paying for a better experience? I’ve currently been stuck on a level because I’m waiting an hour and a half for a spawner to recharge, just to be able to use it 10 times before it dies again. The events are nearly impossible to complete as well. A game this simple should not be relied on insane tactics to move forward.Kramer the holy diverVersion: 1.36.1

Overall pretty good.I like that completing the little renovations get you energy, it’s a nice touch that makes the game much more enjoyable. The progression is a little slow, and the orders ramp up in the necessary ingredients a little fast, but it keeps me invested, so it’s good. The only thing I don’t necessarily enjoy is that the generators have harshly varying cooldown times, and using the gems to recharge them only yields like eight taps until it’s recharging again. You also wait the hour for it to recharge, and it only gives you a little bit. But that’s really the only bad thing. (Using it offline would be cool.. especially because it’s a no-ad game, but that’s whatever.).Caelus9010Version: 1.30.0

Good but not perfectI have been playing this game for a few weeks and it’s pretty fun one of the only games I know that’s actually good and doesn’t have adds however it does have in app purchases and I understand the need for in app purchases because they help support the team but I do think that the energy is to slow to regenerate I think one minute per energy is much better and the pop ups every time you play is pretty annoying but besides that it’s a fun game just know if you don’t want to spend money and you can be important it’s probably not worth it to play thank you for reading this have a great day bye.Stella880Version: 1.36.1

FIX THE GENERATORS !!!!I have been playing this game every single day for the past 4 months. I LOVE that it has no ads! But I swear to christ if you guys don't fix how long it takes for generators to recharge... I can deal with the fact that energy takes awhile to replenish. It keeps me from playing on my phone a ridiculous amount of time. BUT THE GENERATORS DRIVE ME CRAZY !!!! You can barely get anything out of them before they need to recharge!! I am on day 75 and it is virtually impossible to complete any items over a level 5. Sometimes it will take literal real life days just to get one item because the generators need to recharge. Idk how long I can take it..JandmfnsofVersion: 1.28.1

Frustrating gameI do enjoy the game, but it just causes more frustration than it entertains. The cool down for generators are just ridiculous, having to wait for a long time. Even when the minute it is ready again, it immediately shut down again after throwing out a few items. Another frustrating thing is that generators give out so little of their secondary group of products, forcing me to deplete my energy on items I don’t need! I have spent quite a bit of money on this game, just for them to keep pushing me for more money rather than giving me enough to play that would feel worth my money. Very exploitative. I probably will quit and delete this game soon..JdconradVersion: 1.24.1

Intricate and FunUsed to be really hard to play but recently the mini games and side quests have become SO fun and the best way to earn energy. If you do treat yourself on payday, the diamonds and energy packs are reasonably priced for a one-off. The UI is very bright and animated and I can tell a lot of effort was put into it compared to other cook & merge games. What’s really impressive is the intricate world-wide recipes and research that went into to developing them. Outstanding coming from a 13+ year cook. Keep at it devs, this is a beautifully made game!.SkinnywingsVersion: 1.36.1

Hard to continue playing in higher levelsI LOVE this game. One of only 2 merge games I haven’t gotten rid of. With that being said, I have found it much harder to progress in the last few weeks without paying money. I am currently on Day (level) 138, and I’m only able to play the game once or twice a day for 5 minutes because the reload times are insane & there isn’t enough gifting of Items at the end of each day to merge and have more than one or two producers at a time. Also maybe an unpopular opinion, but non-required video ads for extra energy would be cool too!.PeytcordVersion: 1.33.1

Love it BUT...I love this game but I can only play for like 2 minutes at a time it seems. The energy runs out way too fast and there's not enough ways to get more unless u use gems but u rarely ever even win gems! I want to play it longer. They should have it so u can get like 3 gems if u watch an ad or something. That way at least they still get money and we can then play longer if we want. We also should be able to win gems more often. Makes me wanna just find another merge game that I can play longer. Hopefully they make that better since its seems to be everyone's issue with the game!!.Kat4819Version: 1.25.5

Love and hateI absolutely love this game, it’s addictive since I’ve been at home sick and can’t cook anymore, but, the downside is, it costs so much money, I have to delete it and find something else comparable. Or you just have to wait and wait and wait for about 24 hours to get 100 energies which last about 3 minutes… I do love this game but they should have more options than just paying and paying and paying. Most games usually will give you extra energy or coins. This one just robs you. Be careful. Don’t get suckered in. In hindsight, I wish I never came cross it. Be careful. Otherwise, if they changed, I would most likely give them 5 stars..Hutch012020Version: 1.23.1

ExpensiveThis is game is fun,addictive for sure and expensive. I’ve already spend some money on this game just so I can get xtra energy when the flambé mode is on, which pisses me off. They turn the flambé mode most of the time when your energy is low and when you only have 2 dishes to finished. On top of that it takes 3 hrs to regenerate your energy. And when you spend your diamond so you can make something it doesn’t even give you enough time to merge what you needed. I wished they add more extra stuff to earn energy. I like that this game doesn’t have ads. So don’t change that..Buttons80Version: 1.26.1

Absolute breath of fresh airLike most of the four star reviews, I agree with everything said. The game has been developed fantastically. Super creative, lots of great thought into every detail. It is so rewarding to play and I personally like the fact that your energy recharges without having to watch adds or be interrupted by ads. The downside that kills is the weight time is so so long only to recharge to 100 energy bolts. As your levels increase, the energy gains don’t. It stays at 100 which takes days to finish levels or you have to end up buying which is too crazy..Zipdoo2000Version: 1.27.0

Similar Vibe to Gossip HarborThis game is by the same makers as Gossip Harbor and it’s really similar, which I like. It’s cool that you can generate ingredients to prepare them different ways instead of just continuously merging items. Now, I don’t really like that I can’t choose any of the decorations. I’m pretty much just here for the cooking aspect because the decoration aspect leaves a lot to be desired. There’s no choices. It just does the remodel and you keep merging. It’s still a fun and unique game though. I recommend if merging games are your thing but you’re tired of the same tapping and merging routine..WeirdlyheavenVersion: 1.28.1

Like the ads , HAS NO ADSI’m super addicted to this game . i downloaded after playing the ads and it’s the same . its not like other merge games where it’s 20% merging and 80% random side-quests like building . they give lots of daily rewards and free stuff and the events are worth playing for the items they give you ! it feels like the levels progress at a good pace and aren’t too easy or too hard . ive spent money on the game because of how much i enjoy it . would recommend 5/5.Wren🐣Version: 1.35.1

I love this game. Miss the old VIP pass thoughI’m obsessed with this game and have been for awhile now. I play every day, with few exceptions. Every month I pay for the VIP climb, and I’ve always felt it was so worth it and allows you to spend more time playing. But recently the format was changed and it feels almost impossible to complete in the allotted time. I miss the old format where it was more manageable to complete all the levels. I do not think I’ll be purchasing the monthly VIP pass for $8 if I can’t even come close to finishing. Bring back the old VIP climb!!!!.Kaybreezy22Version: 1.33.1

Too long for energy, cool down, cookingI like the game a lot but it seems like everything takes too long unless you want to spend money. You fly through the energy to get the materials you need for the tasks. Cool downs can be up to more than an hour long. Also the cooking can take up to 30 minutes to an hour for tasks. You don’t get new tasks until you finish “the day.” It also takes forever to accumulate gems. I really like the game but I wish there was more options to keep the game flowing for free to play players..OmgbjonesVersion: 1.40.1

Option to watch ad for energyThis game is really great. The only thing is the energy takes so long to rebuild and it stops at a certain limit rather than just continuously building. This leads to a lot of time waiting for it to rebuild or spending money (not doing that- it would require so much money to complete certain levels). I wish the game had an option where if you wanted to watch ads to gather more energy uou could. if there was an option to earn energy without spending money, this would be five stars..Monkey MonroeVersion: 1.27.0

Ok but….Overall it is a fun game but there are some issues. It takes forever to rebuild energy. In order to build something you will quite a substantial amount of coins… I mean 700 coins to clear a portion of a room?!? It takes forever to get lobster, catfish etc., more than 100 energy. It doesn’t help that every time you attempt to get it from the net it’s giving every thing but what you actually need. Mystery gifts don’t help because they keep changing into something you don’t need or could use. I will not spend another dime on this app. I will delete it before spending any additional money..Tippy30Version: 1.34.1

FrustratingAt first, I thought I was seeing things, but I’ve noticed the app has a couple of issues and bugs that might need to be worked out. For example, one of the daily tasks asks you to receive card collections, but even after I collect them, it sometimes doesn’t count toward the task completion for some reason. I’ve also noticed moments where gems don’t collect properly or just disappear. The energy regeneration also takes forever compared to the amount of energy the game consumes. Some of my friends play similar energy-based games and seem to regenerate way more energy than I do. Another weird issue I’ve noticed is with cooking/production items. Sometimes I’ll start making something, leave the app, and when I come back later, the item is completely gone like I never produced it in the first place. I enjoy the game overall, but these bugs definitely make the experience frustrating at times..ViankaalareinaVersion: 1.42.1

Two annoying things that’s made me stop playingI enjoy the game and have been playing it for a hot minute. however, it gets very annoying when you have energy but the product provider needs to recharge but it’s the only provider that you can use to finish the day off. it gets very annoying. along with that, the provider will typically have maybe ten more product before needing to wait again for possibly over an hour and a half just for the same thing to happen. i’ve gotten stuck at the end of days multiple times because of this and it’s made me want to switch over games which i might just after it’s happened again. i know you can skip it with diamonds or money but no way am i spending money i work hard for on a game that cant even care to have the reloads be a full amount of products. so yeah you could be a few merges away from completing the day but the game decides “actually no go away”.PsharmssssVersion: 1.36.1

Fun!Just downloaded this game, im guessing it’s new as i haven’t advanced very far, but i am very much enjoying the game so far. Graphics are lovely. Excitedly waiting for the newest update 😁.AnnasophiamoonVersion: 1.0.0

It’s cool!It’s fun.YeisiliousVersion: 1.43.1

Literal Energy Burnout :(I love this game, it really is addicting, however, I got so energy in the beginning but it takes forever to recharge now and it gets to a point where I’m waiting 20 minutes to recharge for 10 energy. It’s kind of frustrating..LidlordVersion: 1.36.1

Addictive and fun but…Surprisingly addictive and fun. Appreciate that there aren’t constant ads and ways to play for free. That said, as you progress, everything “costs” more to really incentive spending real money. I get that development costs and ultimately you’re trying to make money, but to have the conversion of money to tokens increase more and more feels low..Jpan117Version: 1.43.1

I love this gameAwesome.CampbehaVersion: 1.43.1

BestAddicted.Love253Version: 1.42.1

Great Game J5Keeps my focus. Good for keeping busy..Johnny Five04Version: 1.42.1

Good game but could be betterI really like this game but it’s frustrating to wait an hour + to spawn items and they only give you around 10 items and then you have to wait another hour :/ makes it hard to play.Pleasefixthis:(!!Version: 1.42.1

An actually good mobile game?! impossible!A genuinely fun and enjoyable game. i initially downloaded gossip harbour and really enjoyed that game, then this game was released and i gossip harbour offered rewards for how far along you got. i started playing it for just that reason, but ended up loving it more than GH. only thing is i wish there was a customizable part. maybe for each restaurant you finish you are able to get tokens or something for your own restaurant, a permanent location that you can customize and change to your liking. as well as a feature to change your character would be cool!! (an avatar creation menu?) safe to say i love this game and would be incredibly excited to see it expand and grow!.The freak?Version: 1.41.1

AmusantJe trouve le jeux très amusant.Permel84Version: 1.41.1

FunIt’s addicting but a lot of waiting in between.Maybes101Version: 1.41.1

YeahYeah it’s fun ok whatever.Spotify: SADBOYVersion: 1.39.1

One of my favorite games ever!I don’t usually stick with a game for months because they get boring, but not this one!! It is fun and challenging and all the mini games within the game keep my interest and keep me playing. I have been playing it for 434 days straight! There are no ads except if you want to watch some for extra rewards, but you don’t have to. It is pretty genius of them, because although I hate ads,I still watch the ones for extra energy because the game is so fun to play. Otherwise there are no ads that interrupt your play. It is awesome!.2025ipadVersion: 1.39.1

No Ads Fun GameThis game is great multiple games within one game and no ads..KauaigrrlVersion: 1.38.1

MannuI love this game, keeps me busy and excited.Mannu_kVersion: 1.38.1

Pretty good and satisfyingFun & relaxing. Satisfying..REALLY RIGHT NOW?Version: 1.37.1

I want to rate this a 5 so bad!!!But I can’t because it’s so purchase heavy. I’ve been playing this game for a while and have even tried the monthly pass… but even then, there are very limited lives and no opportunities to earn more without spending more. Other merge games have fairer opportunities to earn lives but so sad this one doesn’t ! I love this game so much..PotatoGamer12597Version: 1.38.1

FunAddicted.ShiekapVersion: 1.37.1

Love itThis game is awesome!.HippieWomynVersion: 1.35.1

Enjoyable but three problemsI genuinely enjoy this game and it’s a fun 10 minute thing to do every couple of hours, and that’s problem one and two. Energy and food spawner energy runs out so fast. You can play it for all of 10 minutes every couple of hours unless you get lucky and get a Flambé boost or something. I really enjoy the art. It’s smooth. The colours are good. The shapes are nice. Whatever the person you hired did, It looks great. HOWEVER…. The art for the cards in the card collecting events feels off to me. I kind of wonder if it’s AI. And if it is, that’s just really lame. AI takes a lot of water and energy, and it takes jobs from artists. Just hire the same artist you hired to draw everything else in the game. Or if that’s too pricey or the schedules don’t lineup, then just find a different artist. There are tons of them. But don’t use AI. It undermines anything that’s good about the game. But if you’re not using AI, then that’s my bad, disregard this..ELVEBIVersion: 1.37.1

It’s a good gameIt’s a good game.Dreamers&schemers07Version: 1.35.1

LOVEI absolutely love this game, I get annoyed at the wait time for things to recharge and the energy refill but I just get multiple good merge games and I wait :) but this is literally my favourite merge game I’ve ever downloaded.Emmyw8937Version: 1.35.1

Almost goodHas great potential, but given the size of the game more and how quickly energy is spent there aren’t enough options to get more energy without spending money. consider adding energy as a reward more often..133nd3r753Version: 1.35.1

Good gameIt’s fun. Just really short matching. You have to spend money to play longer..Perr997643Version: 1.35.1

Do ItAddicting ) like it a lot.1 am the oneVersion: 1.34.1

Insane!No adds, addictive and so fun I can’t stop playing it Simone has to stop me.Brownie_Brown4576Version: 1.33.1

Rewards levelGot to do better . Reward level when completing stages and or areas is pathetic ..NotNYTVersion: 1.34.1

Luv the game5 stars.Houdini 247Version: 1.32.1

Actually Fun!The game doesn’t run out of power-ups all the time, there’s ways to get more energy, there’s no ads. I love this game honestly, been playing for the last hour haha.LivvylipsVersion: 1.31.1

OkayIts good but can you make it stop telling me what to do every 5 seconds? im trying really hard to ignore it but its hard because its like someone hovering over my shoulder telling me im doing it wrong.Tiff.ny !!Version: 1.31.1

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Flambé®: Merge and Cook Negative Reviews

Would be fun…12/15 This game would be quite enjoyable if everything didn’t time out so quickly while merging for the required item. And using your gems to speed up the “cool-off” period is pretty much useless. You maybe get 6-7 more items before it times out again. You’ll completely burn through all your gems before you get a satisfied amount of time to play—especially once you start really progressing through the game. Of course the merging starts simple and you don’t burn through your resources too quickly at the beginning. But once you start getting further along everything takes a boatload of merges which just leads to a fast burnout. And you end up having to wait 30-60 minutes for the cooldown to complete. The flambé mode is great but only if you can actually get to it. A lot of times you don’t get to that mode until you have only one or two items left to make. And then it starts you with a new day and new queue of items and of course the 2 hour flambé period is over. Your flambé time gets wasted because you probably only have two to three items left to make. All of these games are designed to squeeze every cent and dime out of you. 😖 12/20 Yeah I just deleted this game. It gets less and less enjoyable as you get higher in the levels because the items need so many merges and you either run out of energy or the generators need to cool down for at least an hour. I’m over it 😤.RedDiamond_0812Version: 1.32.1

Flawed energy systemI got this game because I love their game Seaside Escape. I thought this one would have the same features I love so much about the other one but I was sorely mistaken. In seaside, your gems and energy are recuperate more quickly which makes it less of a hassle to spend/use them. In flambé, energy is hardly won. It regenerates slowly yeet spends quickly. It can take a full day, if not days, to fulfill one order simply because you’re waiting for your energy to re-up. It’s obviously a ploy so that you’ll make in app purchases but even that is not worth it. I’ve purchased energy twice—one being a .99 deal for gained energy based on coin revenue which *was* worth it— and the other the typical 1.99 payment. I’ll never make another one. 2 dollars for 100 energy that runs out in a snap is not the incentive you think it is. Unfortunately, this greatly lessens the enjoyment from the game and instead of enticing deals that make you want to spend your actual money, it’s a cheap scam-esque system that makes you not want to play it at all..HellfireqewVersion: 1.38.1

It could be fun.This could be such a fun game. I played this for some time and was playing it almost all day long. I would check in on the game constantly to see if my energy went up or if the items were recharged. However, when I got to the harder items to make which you need more items to make the harder item I noticed the generators would lose its power quicker. I would only need make to click on them about 10 times and then I would have to wait an hour for them to recharge. It gets frustrating and made me not want to play it with how quick they would lose its power. I enjoy a game with no ads. That’s one of the reasons why I wanted to try this game out. I hate ads. Ao I enjoyed that aspect of it. And I enjoyed the side quests of the games and the competitions. It made me want to play it more to win. But at some point I had to uninstall it because it just got frustrating having to wait 3 hours to even play the game plus more time to wait for generators to get to “full power”..Chloe3324Version: 1.35.1

It WAS fun at the beginningIt takes so many merges to make an item that it uses all your energy super fast as you get to the higher levels. And I am only on level 20 something. There is no option to replenish anything by watching ads. The recharge times are ridiculous. Then to renovate only gives you 15 energy even though some renovations cost $500 plus dollars. To me, the more it costs, the more energy you should get. I can already see I’ll be giving this game up soon. I would rather the standard game that you pay for the ad free version, then occasionally have the option to watch ads for coins/gems etc. On those games, I don’t mind spending money every now and then since it allows other free options to get what you need and progress smoothly while still being challenged. Money spent on this game feels like a waste because it doesn’t really help you beat the levels. You burn through it insanely fast!.Jay W05Version: 1.32.1

Don’t do it!This app has pretty much scammed me and my friend. We have a Samsung and iPhone and the game is completely different on both. It took me 1 day to get to where she was after 2 weeks. But it’s the same game??! She had to wait hours upon hours to get an energy refill and hours again for the generators to finish. On my game I had energy thrown at me and I was able to advance quickly. However, this game is pay to play so my play time will run out and I will have to start paying to advance very soon. My friend is also at this point in her game. It now takes her days to complete one order for a customer. The game is consuming and NOT in a good way. You are locked in and forced to check on the game constantly just to play for maybe 2 minutes. I’d rather watch ads!! How do you expect to keep loyal players when you do them so dirty?? Revamp the game or lose your players at this point..ShanD05Version: 1.33.1

Not the bestThis game has great graphics and a great concept, but the energy, gems and greed of devs ruins it. Paid packages are pushed out and sense of FOMO is heavily used to encourage/trick into buying. The further you go the worse the money grab is. One order now takes over 200 energy and the item generators need charging fairly quickly. You mostly get stage 1 items. Want to pay the gems to recharge the generators? It will never be a full recharge and runs out quickly...but there is a package you can buy to supposedly fully recharge all item generators. There are similar games out there that actually don't push/manipulate you into paying. Finally deleted it instead of allowing you to collect from a side game after ending they give you compensation that is worth less than a fraction. If you can send items to the main board you should send them all to there so we can collect them.ItsMyReviewDudeVersion: 1.29.1

Fun until its tedious and costlyI like this game a lot. The problem is that you basically have to pay or spend days to complete one day. Energy is not readily attainable through gameplay. Once getting to a certain level, completing orders cost several hundred energy, but the regeneration timer on each tool makes you wait forever to not fully generate, payout of customer orders are not enough to meet the costs of renovations, you need 7-8 renovations each day. While the game is fun, it is quickly fleeting especially after purchasing the vip pass and watching the days dwindle while i wait for energy to show up and timers to end, and purchasing other packs to try to catch up and finally giving up after feeling like im throwing money in the wind. The prices are too high for the frequency of how often people need to make purchases..KmoarriineaVersion: 1.29.1

Don’t downloadI was offered to purchase the vip package for $4.99. You are said to unlock the vip rewards + 150 energy. The reward number 1 for vip is also 150 energy. So you would receive 300 total. I never received the +150 energy. I tried contacting the customer support, they only give you a text option and they never responded back. I was still playing the game and it said to bring an order to ready it would cost 48 fast forward tickets. I had exactly 48 tickets left so I used them. Instead of the order being ready like it said, I was told it was 4 more minutes or diamonds to bring the order to ready. They are scamming customers out of products. I’ve reported both issues to apple. I enjoyed the concept other than being jipped. The game finally responded back. They claimed the 150 isn’t the + like it shows in the vip package ad, only the 150 from the tier 1 rewards. When it came to the 48 tickets they said since I was out of tickets it’s going to cost diamonds to fast forward. I used all the tickets to finish an item that didn’t finish as I was told for the price. They didn’t want to address the false amounts that are being shown and going on. The progres is extremely slow unless you make in app purchases which they try to gear you towards very much. I play a couple others games very similar to this game type just different themes and I don’t have these types of issues. This game is a cheat, save your self the download and don’t. The customer service is very poor from the this game as well. Very rude, unaddressing and dismissive. There is another review below that reports the same theft issues. The game asks for screenshots and then calls you a lie because the screenshot shows current amounts not what they take from you..Perspective of meVersion: 1.34.1

Pay to play like their othersFun game, much like Seaside Esacape and Gossip Harbor. They always boast they there are no in app ads, which is true! A lot of their ads are misleading in that the pre-game you play isn’t what’s offered in the app. Unfortunately, you only get about 2 mins playing time before you run out of energy. I will say that this one is the worst yet before they ask you to pay. If you’re looking for a fun cooking game that lasts longer than 2 mins, check out merge cooking or gossip street. Way more fun and you don’t have to pay to play! Keep these around if you need something to do while you’re waiting for about a minute and then have 3 hours before you need something to do for another min lol Update: Canned response from the developer. Terrible customer service..Mmo0807Version: 1.22.1

Great game, marred by micro transactions.This is probably the best baseline merge-2/generator game I’ve played. It’s fun. Has cool unique stuff. And I feel like I’m being punched in the face with microtransaction nonsense more than I’m playing the game. Constant. Everywhere. All the time. Let me pay five bucks for a fun game. I’ll gladly do it. Instead I need to play every 2.5 hours to maximize energy and I keep getting things that make me more efficient if I pay money right now within two hours and blah blah blah. I get it. Rich people and thieves will pay you more this way. But it just kinda makes me want to quit an otherwise cool game. My suggestions: let me give you five dollars to remove all the micro transaction options and get a baseline of features to make it feel like a paid game: Double energy recovery, since I won’t be getting all those pay me a dollar to get extra energy nonsense any more. High enough max energy that I only have to play once every 1.5 days, like a normal human with a life might do. Enough generator energy buildup to balance with that. Unlock the rest of the spare inventory slots. Stop asking me for anything that requires additional gems. I’d buy that in a heart beat..XelepartVersion: 1.20.1

Fun Game but inconsistentOften lose progress between game sessions if switch between devices on the same account Update: I got a response from the Support team to reach out to them to let them know about the problem. Which I did. The response was the equivalent of -well stop doing that and it won’t happen. All I was doing was switching between my iPhone and my iPad on the game depending on where I was playing. I do this all the time with other merge games and they never have the same issue with the update of the current data. I am always picking the most recent game data so it’s not that I’m picking the wrong data update. It’s hard enough to advance in this game given the limited gems and energy they give you so when you do and then you lose it, not worth it. Don’t waste your money in this game..Superman & cerealVersion: 1.41.1

Fun but..This is a really fun merge game, i’ve played a few and the *potential* of this one could make it one of my favorites thus far. I tried this game as a promo for another similar-style game and became addicted to the pacing, style and strategy of this game. …. However, this game becomes significantly harder as you progress, which has started to outshine the fun in it. The recharge time on the energy is excessive (>3hrs) and the recharge time on the objects (1hr or more) increases as they are upgraded - which in my opinion should be the opposite bc it takes so much time/effort to acquire pieces to even level them up. leaving a disparity in actual benefit. unless you’re willing to spend money, you’ll either have the energy with an insignificant limited usage or the vice versa. eventually making the game frustrating enough to just completely disregard. I personally have no interest in buying into virtual games, and would to play with ads, or have the option to opt-in to ads for bonus etc. to compensate for the game design. I’m just not willing to pay the money required to make playing worthwhile..***JayyyVersion: 1.27.0

Game is Fun but FraudulentSo overall I like this game and have been enjoying it for many months. Its something kind of mindless to do to pass time or relax. And it has different elements that keep you engaged. HOWEVER on two separate occasions this app has charged my card for in-game purchases that I did not make. And the purchases happen on days when I dont even open the game and haven’t even touched my ipad. So I am going to be deleting it because i cant keep disputing these charges. I let apple know the first time it happened and got a refund but no explanation of what happened. It makes me wonder if there have been other charges I missed. So be vigilant if you download it..LauAshTayVersion: 1.41.1

AnnoyedI downloaded this because it was being promoted by the Gossip Harbor game that I have been playing for about a year. It’s similar, but there’s less opportunity to earn gems and energy. Also, the suppliers don’t regenerate as quickly and even after you’ve waited the hour and a half for them to recharge they don’t give out the full amount. If you pay gems to quicken the process it doesn’t go back to full and instead gives you maybe 6 items before it needs to recharge again. I’m very annoyed because it’s clear they’re trying to get users to purchase gems and energy. I deleted this game and will not be redownloading. 2 stars..MeowiezwowieVersion: 1.32.1

Needs improvementI’ve played many other merge games, and this one is ok, but not the best. Good: nice graphics, flambé mode is unique. No pop-up ads. Bad: Not free-to-play friendly. Energy runs out quickly and is restored with gems / real money. The price doubles every time, so you run out of gems very quickly. There are no optional ads to restore energy. Usually I pay for some gems, especially a good beginner bonus. But in this game the value is not worth it because of how quickly they run out. I’ve played other games that offer very generous beginner packs to get new players into the game, but this one is stingy. No customization options for the “restoration”. What’s even the point? The orders are set per level and there are never any new orders. There are no side quests, and events rely on main orders. This creates an annoying bottleneck where sometimes there is literally nothing to do unless you wait a few hours or pay. This game gets boring and annoying super fast because you can only play for a few minutes at a time. Even if you pay, you only get a few more minutes. There are lots of better merge games than this..DelibagelVersion: 1.14.0

DéceptionI have this game on one of my devices and just saw an add for this game showing a game that IS NOT like the game! I have to say I’m pretty disappointed in the developers for the misleading ads!.HoodelaliVersion: 1.43.1

Cash grabbing brain rotThe game you see in the ads and even in the screenshots is not the actual game. This app utilizes the same psychological tactics seen in casinos to keep you addicted and to spend your money. There is no long term value to playing this, eventually it will frustrate you to the point where you'll feel obligated to spend money to keep going, and that cycle will continue indefinitely. These types of games are predatory and do not value you as a player. It's sole purpose is to bleed money from you..Jb61510Version: 1.41.1

Cripple until you payI have been playing this for a few days and “no ads” is only good if you can have fun game play without shelling out cash. I really enjoy the concept so I am giving it a REAL try. Here is how it sucks the fun away…. - limited energy. You earn it different ways but, even as your builds get more expensive, the energy is hard to come by and amount you get does not increase. Competing against someone in a challenge for energy… you can tell who paid and who has to wait 2 minutes per lightning. TWO MINUTES FOR ONE!!!! Don’t pay? Win less and wait more. -food generating stations need over an hour to “cool off”. Ok, you waited overnight to get more energy and you need two multi-merge items to finish off your day. Too bad, you better be unemployed. After SECONDS of tapping, those stations need to cool off and you are sitting there with all the energy you would have killed for the night before and are afraid to waste it. This game is offensively like life, if you pay them off, you have a chance to win more and, if you don’t, your time is not your own. I literally play games with ads (useless ones that earn me nothing) on other games WAITING on this one. Make ads an option Or Give more energy AND Station cooling for more than 5 minutes is just asking people to play a different game long term. This could be a 5 star game, but isn’t..Mom………Version: 1.41.1

Fun game but…It takes too long to advance. You have lives but the items you need to merge are recharging and there is nothing left in the order to merge. You are waiting for this recharging with lives. Just waiting around to play the game. I end up wanting to play but left in a waiting period I move on to other games..Berbaby031Version: 1.41.1

Love and HateI love and hate this game. It’s fun to play and it truely has no ads. But, at level 20 I can only play for about 90 seconds before everything I need is ‘ recharging’ for the next hour. I would be willing to watch an ad to speed it up!.EminateVersion: 1.41.1

Misleading FeaturesI’ve been playing this game for a while and have spent a decent amount of money on it, which is why this is so frustrating. The Flambé mode is advertised to last 2 hours, but it barely lasts 30 minutes and that’s a huge difference and feels misleading, especially for people who are paying. It’s also really annoying that after I spend money, the challenges seem to get harder, and the gems I paid for disappear way too quickly. It honestly feels like spending money just makes the game harder instead of more enjoyable. For a paid feature, I expect it to work as described. Issues like this ruin the experience, and I honestly wish I hadn’t spent the money at all..BusbshsbsunsisVersion: 1.41.1

Over chargingBeing charged 6x what the app says for VIP bonus.JastarrVersion: 1.40.1

Becoming less fun and more $$$The game is less enjoyable. I notice they keep making challenges harder to complete so you will spend more. The price point is higher than other similar games. If something doesn’t change I’m going to switch games..BananaTree💟Version: 1.40.1

Too expensiveI would give it 5 stars for the fun of it, but your last name needs to be Musk to afford it. You need about 1400 energy to get through one cooking day and that costs $25, WOW, without spending it could take you a week to get through one cooking day, and that takes the fun out of it. Sorry, but there are so many fun games out there that doesn’t cost you a fortune. Too bad I really like the game but it’s too rich for my blood.Hh5084461Version: 1.38.1

Get out your WalletJust another game that’s not consumer friendly. They just want your card in hand and if not forget about playing because they hold your gameplay back hard if you aren’t willing to spend the money to keep your energy and cash flowing… don’t waste your time the game play is slow and pushes you to spend money… horrible game producers… money hungry..Brian GennetteVersion: 1.36.1

Energy takes too longI don’t even know if it’s worth writing a review because all the developer responses are the same auto generated thoughtless response. the game is fun, but really frustrating with the energy aspect. like i don’t think this feature is necessary whatsoever. putting my feelings aside about that, the fact that it increasingly costs more and more gems to buy more energy is insane. i’ve only been playing for a day and i can already see myself ditching the game because of how much money it’s expecting from me. overall the game would be better if the developers actually listened to the reviews. i’ve seen the same thing talked in these reviews and the game seems to be exactly the same as what these reviews say from a year ago.G6yoliveoilVersion: 1.36.1

Cant play without buying energyI can only play for maybe .. 3 minutes before i run out if energy and cant play anymore till it recharges. Id rather watch some adds to get energy than have to wait forever to recharge it.Ilikepieplz5Version: 1.36.1

Game for only rich kidsUseless game. It constantly pushes you to buy expensive energy that runs out fast. Orders take days to finish unless you pay. I deleted it..MayabnmVersion: 1.36.1

Money GrabThe game relies on you spending money to get more energy so that you can continue to play. Additionally, you run out of energy for the items you need. Unfortunately it becomes frustrating versus fun quickly..Fashionably dissapointedVersion: 1.36.1

Fired to pay at a pointThe more you upgrade your item producers the less items they produce. Pretty much forced you to pay at a certain point to make any sort of progress..Blarg6578Version: 1.35.1

Good game but expensive!This is a great concept and such a fun game! But it really makes it difficult to complete tasks in the game without having to pay out of pocket. Eventually you are waiting so long for your energy to regenerate you forget about the game altogether.Stephdb1Version: 1.35.1

Each time the recharge is doubledIt’s fun at first. But it’s taken longer and longer time to get free recharged or pay double or triple to get recharged. It’s not fair if I used 10 diamonds to get 100 energies and 20 diamonds to get another 100 energies after those added 100 energies used up, and used another 40 diamonds to get the third 100 energies. You are forcing people to stop playing.HiuhildaVersion: 1.32.1

BoringAt first in was interesting, now at higher levels the recharge time is so long that it makes the game really boring. Don’t waste your time with this game.TsaPTVersion: 1.32.1

Gets really annoyingBasically you’re forced to pay for energy since the game gets more complex and no other way to get some extra energy. Super redundant and frankly now I remember why I deleted this game in the first place.Beaches212Version: 1.30.0

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