Ultimate Bancho Sushi Management Guide

1. The Core System of Bancho Sushi

Bancho Sushi operates purely in the evening. The core loop involves taking the fish, seaweed, and ingredients you gathered during your morning and afternoon dives, crafting a menu, and serving customers before time runs out. Your performance is graded nightly on factors like sales, customer satisfaction, and wasted food, all culminating in an Artisan rating that unlocks new recipes and staff slots on Cooksta.

2. Menu Management: Quality over Quantity

One of the biggest beginner mistakes is putting every single fish you caught on the menu. Do not do this.

• The Auto-Supply Feature: Instead of adding 10 portions of a single sushi type, add just 1 portion and click 'Auto-Supply'. The kitchen will only prepare the dish when a customer orders it. This prevents you from wasting un-ordered food, as any prepared dishes left on the menu at closing time are thrown away.
• Focus on High-Value Dishes: Customers have a set amount of time they will wait, and there is a finite number of customers per night. Prioritize dishes with the highest base price and highest taste rating to maximize your profit per customer.
• Enhancement: Don't just serve basic fish. If you have a surplus of a specific fish, 'Enhance' the dish. This consumes multiple fish of the same type but permanently increases the price and taste rating of that specific sushi going forward.

3. Staffing and Training

You unlock the ability to hire staff early in Chapter 1 (around Day 3 or 4) after completing Yoshie's VIP quest (serving her the Whole Roasted Shark Head). For a detailed guide on this mission, see our Major Missions & VIP Quests Walkthrough. You cannot run Bancho Sushi alone, especially as your Cooksta rank increases and you get more tables.

How to Hire Staff:

1. Open the Staff menu (bottom left) during the evening prep phase.
2. Click Hire and pay Gold to run an advertisement (Flyer, TV Ad, or Internet Ad). The more expensive the ad, the higher the base stats of the applicants.
3. Wait until the next evening for applicants to arrive.
4. Review their stats and pay their hiring fee!

Since hiring and training staff can get very expensive, you'll need a lot of gold. Check out our Best Ways to Farm Money Guide for tips on generating massive profits!

• Kitchen Staff: Look for high 'Cooking' stats. They help Bancho prepare food faster, preventing customers from getting angry and leaving.
• Dining Room Staff: Look for high 'Serving' stats. Speed is key here. Staff with high 'Appeal' can also earn you bonus tips.
• Special Skills: As you level up your staff (using money), they unlock skills. Prioritize hiring staff with 'Drink Serving' (they automatically pour green tea/beer perfectly) and 'Cleaning' (they wipe down dirty tables automatically). This frees Dave up to just run food and grate wasabi.

4. Special Events and VIPs

Pay attention to your calendar. Certain nights are themed (e.g., Jellyfish Party, Shark Party). On these nights, customers will pay a premium for dishes matching the theme. Save your best ingredients for these events!

Occasionally, VIP customers will visit. They usually require a specific, multi-ingredient dish that takes a few days to gather. Prioritize these quests, as completing them rewards you with massive cash payouts, new recipes, and unlocks unique restaurant features.

5. The Wasabi Mechanic

Always keep an eye on the Wasabi meter on the right side of the screen. If it runs out, Bancho cannot make any sushi, and your service will grind to a halt. Whenever there's a lull in orders, run over and grate more wasabi.