You cannot completely disable rice in Run a Restaurant. Rice is the game’s default fallback meal that chefs automatically cook whenever there are not enough ingredients available for your active recipes.
If your restaurant runs out of ingredients, staff will serve rice instead. Since rice generates very little profit, it’s usually best to minimize how often it appears.
How to Reduce Rice Servings
- Open the Manage menu.
- Select Recipes.
- Enable your highest-profit recipes.
- Add backup recipes that use ingredients you often have in stock.
- Keep ingredients replenished so chefs never run out of options.
Example: If you regularly have extra Pumpkin and Milk, enable Pumpkin Soup as a backup recipe. When ingredients for your main dishes are unavailable, chefs can make Pumpkin Soup instead of serving rice.
Best Way to Avoid Rice
The most effective solution is to:
- Keep ingredient supplies stocked.
- Enable multiple recipes that share ingredients.
- Use backup recipes that consume leftover ingredients.
Doing this greatly reduces the chances of chefs serving rice and helps your restaurant earn more money from higher-value dishes.