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Your complete guide to Ultraw Games' restaurant simulation on Roblox — codes, progression, tier lists, and strategies to grow your culinary empire.

Last updated: June 4, 2026

Overview

Everything you need to know about Restaurant Tycoon 3 at a glance.

Restaurant Tycoon 3 is the third entry in the Restaurant Tycoon series by Ultraw Games on Roblox. Released in August 2025 after alpha and beta periods, it is now free to play and has surpassed 262 million visits with a 95% rating. Players design restaurants, cook over 224 dishes, hire staff, farm crops, and level up nine milestone skills.

Compared to Restaurant Tycoon 2, RT3 adds a milestones progression system, food boosting with ingredient shops, gardening, precision building, expanded upgrades, security cameras, dine-and-dash thieves, and a richer building toolkit. The game supports Roblox localization in 20+ languages.

Cash is the primary currency for staff, furniture, and upgrades. Gems are premium currency used for ambience features like music. Robux gamepasses in the Shop offer convenience boosts such as auto money collection and precision building — none are required to progress.

Developer
Ultraw Games
Platform
Roblox
Genre
Restaurant Simulation / Tycoon
Release
August 20, 2025 (Free)
Visits
262M+
Rating
95%
Menu Items
224+ dishes
Staff Cap
16 (8 chefs + 8 waiters)
Milestones
9 skills
Price
Free to play

Codes

Active redeem codes, expired archive, and how to claim rewards.

Restaurant Tycoon 3 codes grant free Cash, Diamonds (Gems), trophies, posters, statues, and limited-time trials. Codes are entered through the Shop tool at the bottom of the screen. Developers rotate codes frequently — always verify codes before redeeming.

Codes are case-sensitive on some platforms. If a code fails, check spelling, try again after a server restart, and confirm it has not moved to the expired list below.

How to Redeem

  1. Launch Restaurant Tycoon 3 on Roblox.
  2. Open the Shop tool from the bottom toolbar.
  3. Find the code redemption text field.
  4. Type the code exactly as shown and press Submit.
  5. Check your inventory or currency balance for rewards.

Active Codes

Code Reward
diva 250 Cash
easter2026 10 Diamonds
cake3 150 Cash
frosting2 5 Diamonds
moon1 10 Diamonds
UltrawEats Ultraw Pack (poster, statue, trophy)
FULMOON FULMOON Trophy, Poster & Statue
Seniac Seniac Trophy, Poster & Statue
WeirdBlox WeirdBlox Trophy, Poster & Statue
SANTY22 Santy22 Trophy, Poster & Statue
Photon Photon Trophy, Poster & Statue
ultraweats Ultraw Poster, Statue & Trophy
01 janisjanis01 Trophy, Poster & Statue
Vitolinocode VITOLINOBOSS Trophy, Poster & Statue
vip123 15 Diamonds
horse2026 250 Cash
heart5 10 Diamonds
toytime 175 Cash
classic16 15 Diamonds
tuna5 100 Cash
gift123 15 Diamonds
snowball 250 Cash
bacon 250 Cash
thanks5 10 Diamonds
outrage 5 Diamonds
spotlight 150 Cash
birthday 5 Diamonds
spook1 5 Diamonds
milkshake 250 Cash
jukebox 5 Diamonds
Gullible100 100 Diamonds
SPOON3 250 Cash

Expired Codes

Code Reward
EarlyBird Expired Alpha/Beta reward
itsfree Expired Free reward
10million Expired Milestone celebration
ALPHA Expired Alpha access reward
RT3 Expired Launch reward
SENIAC Expired Replaced by Seniac
SPOTLIGHT Expired Replaced by spotlight
VIP123 Expired Replaced by vip123

Troubleshooting

Code says invalid or expired

The code may have been rotated. Check the expired list and watch the official DevForum thread for new codes after updates.

Rewards did not appear

Rejoin the server, check trophies/posters in Build Mode inventory, and verify Diamonds in the Shop currency display.

Code works on PC but not mobile

Ensure no extra spaces were added by autocorrect. Retype manually and confirm exact capitalization.

Controls & Tools

Platform controls and in-game UI tools — the legitimate way to play RT3.

Restaurant Tycoon 3 is primarily menu-driven. Most actions use toolbar buttons at the bottom of the screen rather than complex keybinds. Cooking, serving, building, and staff management each have dedicated tools.

There are no official auto-farm scripts supported by Ultraw Games. Using exploit scripts violates Roblox Terms of Use and can result in account action. This section covers official tools only.

Tools

Shop

Redeem codes, buy gamepasses, purchase Cash/Gems, and access Robux items.

Build Mode

Place furniture, kitchens, decorations, plants, and precision-move items.

Menu

View and edit your restaurant menu — add or remove dishes by category.

Staff

Hire, fire, upgrade, rename, and customize chefs and waiters.

Milestones

Track and level up all nine skill milestones and view perks.

Upgrades

Buy restaurant expansions, automation, marketing, and equipment unlocks.

Music

Set ambience music using Gems for atmosphere bonuses.

Analysis (Tab)

Review income, expenses, and net profit statistics.

Action Input
Interact / Serve Left click (PC) / Tap (Mobile)
Cook at station Click order ticket, follow cooking prompts
Open toolbar tool Click icon at bottom of screen
Precision Build move Gamepass tool — drag with mouse/touch
Rotate furniture Build Mode rotation handles
Navigate menus Scroll or swipe on mobile
Xbox interact A button (confirm) — use D-pad for UI panels
Drop carried item Backspace (PC) — disabled for cross-restaurant food

Milestones

All nine skills, perks, and the fastest ways to level each one.

Milestones are RT3's core progression system. Each of the nine skills levels independently and grants perks — the most important being ingredient shop access at Level 5. Milestone buffs do NOT apply to NPC workers; only the restaurant owner benefits.

Reach Level 5 in all milestones as early as possible to unlock every ingredient store. If one skill lags behind, temporarily focus your menu on dishes requiring that cooking method (e.g., add fried items if Frying is behind).

Leadership can stall if workers were upgraded before the milestone tracked correctly — fire and rehire staff, then re-upgrade to refresh progress. Gardening requires placing plants and harvesting crops repeatedly.

Chopping

Speed and efficiency when cutting ingredients during cooking.

Level up: Cook dishes that require chopping animations at prep stations.

Baking

Improves oven-based cooking performance.

Level up: Prepare baked menu items — bread, pastries, oven dishes.

Frying

Boosts deep-fry and pan-fry cooking speed.

Level up: Add fried dishes to your menu and cook them actively.

Serving

Faster manual customer service when you deliver food yourself.

Level up: Manually carry plates to customers instead of relying on waiters.

Food Mastery

Unlocks ingredient purchases and food boosting options.

Level up: Buy ingredients from map shops and complete food mastery objectives.

Building

Rewards placing and customizing restaurant layout.

Level up: Use Build Mode to place and move furniture and decorations.

Leadership

Tracks hiring and upgrading NPC staff.

Level up: Hire workers, upgrade them, customize names/appearance. Rehire if stuck.

Management

Tied to restaurant star rating and purchasing upgrades.

Level up: Buy Upgrades menu items and reach higher star ratings.

Gardening

Enables farming ingredient production on-site.

Level up: Place garden plots or trees (apple trees are efficient) and harvest crops.

Tier List

Community-ranked dishes, staff priorities, and gamepass value — no official tier list exists in-game.

Ultraw Games has not published an official tier list. Rankings below reflect community consensus for early-to-mid game progression based on profit, milestone grinding, and upgrade efficiency. Create your own list at tierlistmaker.online.

Dish value changes as you unlock food boosting ingredients — a B-tier starter dish can become S-tier after boosting. Re-evaluate your menu whenever you unlock a new ingredient shop.

Create your own tier list

Dishes

Tier Item Notes
S Bobotie (South Africa cuisine) Best for targeted Frying/Chopping milestone grind in new saves.
S High-boosted mains Any main with full ingredient boosts — highest revenue per seat.
A Popular starters (Soup, Salad) Fast prep, keeps chefs busy while mains cook.
A Multi-step gourmet dishes High payout but need upgraded chefs and kitchen layout.
B Basic single-step dishes Good early game before boosts are unlocked.
B Desserts (unboosted) Solid add-on once mains are handled; lower priority early.
C Experimental / unboosted niche items Fun for themes but slow for pure profit grinding.

Staff

Tier Item Notes
S Waiter Tray Upgrade (Lv3) Essential — waiters carry multiple plates, cuts delivery time dramatically.
S First 2 Chefs upgraded to Lv3+ Prevents order backlog before hiring more staff.
A Chefs 3–4 (hire then upgrade) Scale kitchen output once first chefs are leveled.
A Waiters 1–2 early hire Frees you to cook and level Serving milestone.
B Max 8 chefs before max waiters Kitchen throughput usually bottlenecks before service.
A Max-level all staff (Lv5) Required for Leadership milestone completion.

Gamepasses

Tier Item Notes
S Precision Building Quality-of-life for serious builders — not required for income.
A Auto Money Collection Convenient but Card Payments upgrade covers automation later.
B Unlimited Items Useful for creative builds, minimal impact on profit meta.
C Custom Luck Niche — only valuable if you chase rare event drops.
B Sandbox Mode Creative freedom without economy pressure.

Items & Menu

224+ dishes, categories, cuisines, and food boosting explained.

Your menu is split into Starters, Main Course, and Dessert categories. At restaurant creation you pick a cuisine (Indian, English, French, Japanese, South African, and many more) which shapes your starting dishes. Over time you unlock the full catalog of 224+ items.

Food Boosting uses ingredients purchased from milestone-gated shops around the map. Boosted dishes sell for significantly more — prioritize unlocking all Level 5 milestone shops before expanding your menu widely.

Use the Menu tool to add or remove items. Too many complex dishes early creates chef bottlenecks; start with a focused menu of 5–8 items and expand as staff scales.

Starters

Quick-prep items that keep customers ordering while mains cook.

  • Soup
  • Salad
  • Spring Rolls
  • Garlic Bread

Main Course

Primary revenue drivers — chopping, baking, and frying intensive.

  • Steak
  • Pasta
  • Curry
  • Bobotie
  • Sushi Platters

Dessert

Higher margin add-ons once kitchen handles mains reliably.

  • Cake
  • Ice Cream
  • Pudding
  • Mochi

Boosted Specials

Any dish with purchased ingredient upgrades applied.

  • Premium Steak
  • Truffle Pasta
  • Boosted Seafood

Map & Locations

Main hub, event areas, ingredient shops, and farming zones.

Restaurant Tycoon 3 uses a central hub map where your restaurant plot sits alongside other players. The map was redesigned during the June 2025 beta transition from alpha. Explore the world map tool to discover shops and event areas you have unlocked.

Ingredient shops unlock at Milestone Level 5 for each relevant skill. Event areas like EKEA (Africa Day) offer exclusive furniture and limited-time food items during seasonal events.

Your Restaurant Plot

Main build area — expandable via Upgrades menu. Supports multiple floors.

Ingredient Shops

Scattered on the map; gated by Milestone Level 5 per skill category.

EKEA Event Area

Seasonal hub with exclusive furniture and 8+ event food items.

Farming Zones

Garden plots inside your restaurant — apple trees are popular for Gardening XP.

Community Hub

Visit other players' restaurants for inspiration and cross-restaurant dining.

Pizza Stand (Upcoming)

Announced update — standalone pizza service mechanic.

Staff & Upgrades

Hiring limits, upgrade curves, and essential restaurant upgrades.

You can hire up to 16 staff: 8 chefs and 8 waiters. Each new hire costs more than the last — balance hiring new staff with upgrading existing ones. Chefs cook automatically; waiters deliver food and clean tables.

Upgrade workers to improve speed and capacity. Waiter Tray (Upgrade Level 3) is the single most impactful service upgrade. For chefs, prioritize levels 3–5 on your busiest stations before expanding headcount.

Diagnose bottlenecks: empty seats mean you need marketing or expansion; order backlog means more/upgraded chefs; slow table turnover means more/upgraded waiters.

Chefs (max 8)

Automatically prepare menu orders. Performance scales with upgrade level.

Waiters (max 8)

Deliver food, bus tables, and handle customer flow.

Player (You)

Manual cooking and serving levels milestones faster early game.

Upgrades

Expansion

Increase floor space for more tables and kitchen equipment.

Card Payments

Automates bill collection — reduces manual cash pickup.

Marketing / Ads

Drives more customers when seats are available.

Waiter Tray

Waiters carry multiple items — critical at Level 3.

Security Cameras

Catch dine-and-dash thieves from recent updates.

Restaurant Storage

New cosmetic/menu storage from Menu & Cutlery update.

Third Floor

Marked coming soon in upgrades menu — watch DevForum for release.

Trello & Updates

Official update sources — there is no official Trello board.

Many players search for a Restaurant Tycoon 3 Trello board, but Ultraw Games has not released an official Trello as of June 2026. Follow the Roblox DevForum bulletin board and the game's social links on the Roblox page for verified update information.

The officially endorsed community wiki at rt3.ugwiki.org also tracks events and patch notes. Avoid unofficial Trello links — they are often outdated or fan-made without developer verification.

No official Trello exists. Use DevForum + Discord + ugwiki for reliable update tracking.

Dine-and-Dash Update

Security Cameras & Thief Customers

Catch dine-and-dash thieves or install security cameras to deter them.

Menu & Cutlery Update

Custom Cosmetics

New cosmetic menus, cutlery items, and Restaurant Storage upgrade.

Africa Day / EKEA Event

Exclusive Event Content

8 exclusive furniture pieces and 8 new event food items.

Beta v0.3.x

Ratings Menu & New Starters

Customer ratings system, new starter restaurants, and localization fixes.

Official Release

Free Public Launch

August 20, 2025 — game became free after alpha/beta paid access.

Tips & Strategies

Ten high-impact strategies used by experienced RT3 players.

1

Use 1x4 tables with four seats

Most efficient early layout for customer throughput per tile.

2

Cook manually at first

Levels Chopping, Frying, Baking, and Serving milestones faster than idle staff.

3

Hit Milestone Level 5 everywhere

Unlocks all ingredient shops — the biggest mid-game power spike.

4

Focus menu when one milestone lags

Swap dishes temporarily to grind the lowest skill.

5

Upgrade before over-hiring

Two strong chefs beat four weak ones for order throughput.

6

Get Waiter Tray Level 3 early

Biggest service efficiency upgrade in the game.

7

Expand only when seats stay full

Empty chairs mean marketing problem, not space problem.

8

Plant apple trees for Gardening

Fast harvest cycles for Gardening milestone XP.

9

Redeem codes after every update

Developers often release new codes alongside patches.

10

Visit EKEA during events

Limited furniture and food items not available elsewhere.

FAQ

Common questions about Restaurant Tycoon 3.

Is Restaurant Tycoon 3 free?
Yes. It was 25 Robux during alpha/beta but launched free on August 20, 2025.
Are there working auto-farm scripts?
No legitimate scripts exist. Exploits violate Roblox ToS. Use staff automation and upgrades instead.
Why is my Leadership milestone stuck?
Fire and rehire all staff, then re-upgrade them. This resets tracking for some players.
Do milestone perks apply to NPC workers?
No. Milestone buffs apply only to the restaurant owner/player.
Where is the official Trello?
There is no official Trello. Check the DevForum thread linked in the game description.
How do I get more Diamonds?
Redeem codes, complete objectives, and occasionally from events. Gems are also purchasable with Robux.
What changed from Restaurant Tycoon 2?
Milestones, food boosting, gardening, precision building, new map, ratings, and expanded upgrades.
Can I play on mobile and Xbox?
Yes. RT3 supports PC, mobile, and Xbox with touch and controller UI. Some UI bugs are patched regularly.