Before you spend anything
The tutorial starts you at level 1 with 320 Coins, unlocks the Coffee Truck, Outdoor Cafe, and Cafe, and hands you a pink Counter, an Americano Machine, and a Candy Jar. Placing those gives a 1-star rating and a guaranteed Hello Kitty. Skipping also starts at level 1, with 330 Coins, the same three areas, Bob, David, Lisa, Sarah, and Hello Kitty, plus some furniture already placed.
Neither path is a progress penalty. Skipping is the faster route if you already know where the counters go. Playing the tutorial is the better route if you want the placement prompts.
First session
- Finish or skip the tutorial so the main Cafe is open.
- Leave the Americano Machine on a counter. It is the level 1 drink and sells for 98 Coins a serving. The Coffee Truck coffee only sells for 2 Coins, and the Outdoor Cafe capsule coffee and small cake sell for 4.
- Assign a high-Speed staff member to waiting and a high-Cooking staff member to the machine. Hello Kitty starts balanced at 240 Speed and 240 Cooking. Research is listed on every card and is not a working job yet.
- Serve customers until you can buy the Cupcake Oven at level 3 for 500 Coins. Place both the oven and its display.
- Open pink chests while you walk the town. They are not in fixed spots, one player opens each chest, and the daily open cap is 100. Coin and Diamond amounts scale with level.
- Open the star-icon Play Time Rewards when the icon tilts. The current set takes about 1 hour 30 minutes and includes Coins, Diamonds, and Gacha Tix. Roblox Premium doubles those rewards.
What to ignore on day one
Do not buy the rooftop or chase a 4-star pull. Floor 2 costs 500,000 Coins and 440 Popularity. A 4-star card is listed at 1/1100 with no pity. Your early Coins are better spent on the next machine you have unlocked and on Hello Kitty 001, the blueprint available on a 1-star cafe.
How you know the start worked
You can serve Americano from the main Cafe, at least one staff member is working, and the blueprint menu shows Hello Kitty 001 as something you can place. From there, follow the floor and blueprint guide before you redecorate.