This is the general guides that I have found on the PlayFish Forums. It will help you to learn how to play the Restaurant City.

General Restaurant City Guides

• Restaurant City – Frequently Asked Questions (by Sonya) ★★★★★
• Common Questions and Answers - Simple explanations to the most commonly asked! (by Grumples)★★★★★
• ~ Connection|Disconnection|Initialisation – Help (by -Ryuki-) ★★★★★
• The Difference Between Waiting Chair and Arcade (by Nsdx.dev) ★★★★★
• [Guide]How To Lvl Up Fast + Tips! (b Drimus) ★★★★
• ~~~ Strange Graphics in RC? Read here… (by Ryuuki) ★★★★★
• A Useful Guide (plus tips) To Waiting Chairs! (by gelionie) ★★★★★
• There's no reset, so what to do next. (by maylay) ★★★★★
• ~ Connection|Disconnection|Initialisation – Help (by Ryuuki) ★★★★
• Mazes- What are they? Tips and Tricks: (by godopie)
• **icetealeaf's Guide To Getting GOLD Awards!** (by icetealeaf) ★★★★★
• **Before finding CopyCatty's Guide read this** The thread to ALL CopyCatty's guides! – CopyCatty's guides of Glitches, Redecoration, Placing items, Missing Ingredients, Making Suggestions (on this forum), Drinks, Game Connectivity, Earning RC Coins, Friends, Gourmet Street…etc (by CopyCatty) ★★★★
• Restaurant City's Guide to Employees (by mike0333) ★★★★★

Food Quiz

• +++ Ace the Food Quiz +++ (by oumsker) ★★★★★
• Daily Food Quiz Q & A with Pictures (by u38862008) ★★★★★

Useful Restaurant City Tools

•  Excel (ingredients-Inventory) for RC~ (updated w/ DRINKs ver2.1!!) (by sheelim) ★★★★★
• Toochie TUTORIAL : How much time it takes to Heal / Use employee health! (by Toochie)★★★★★
• Toochie TUTORIAL 2 : How to run restaurant city smoother (by Toochie) ★★★★★
• [Prot's guide] Rest or feed employees? A rational of resting vs. feeding when employees' health is at 80%(by Prot) ★★★
• Gerald Tan's Restaurant City Menu and Ingredient Calculator A do-it-all-for-you RC calculator!! (by gerald_tan) ☆☆☆☆☆
• [Guide] How to calculate layout efficiency(by greatwanz) ★★★★
• • • • Useful Tips and Neat Things about Restaurant City • • • (by SuperSourStrawberry)★★★★★
• Ingredient Market (Record update everyday!!) (by wcysiu) ★★★★★
• RC Worksheet (by CrazyLilAznChik)

Restaurant Interior

• RESTAURANT LAYOUTS
• IHOP UHOP's Guide to Island Layouts (by ihopuhop) ★★★★★
• IHOP UHOP's Guide to Efficient Restaurant Layouts (by ihopuhop) ★★★★★
• Hamsom's layout master guide (by hamsom) ★★★★★
• ~~~!!! REALISTIC Layout with 50 POPULARITY !!!~~~ (by becca114) ★★★★★

• POSITIONING
• Guide to put waiters in right startup positions (no trial and error) (by phisho) ★★★★★
• Tip – Placing Plants on top of items! (by Sonya) ★★★★

Restaurant Exterior

• Building Base Guide (by Kelvyxz) ★★★★★

Toilets

• Ultimate toilet guide (by heddy) ★★★★
• Toilets and popularity (by punk030) ★★★★★
• Toilet Survival Guide (by thomas5436) ★★★★★

Adding Temp Friends

• How to make and add friends to a limited profile (with screenshots) (by Spinnazz) ★★★★★
• *~_~* GUIDE to Adding Temporary Friends *~_~* (by PlatinumPeaches33) ★★★★★

RC Trading

• Restaurant City Ingredient Trading Tool (by shendz) ★★★
• Restaurant City Market - A fantastic Facebook application which enables you to let other restaurant owners know what ingredients you want/give and request friend/trade! Very useful! (by Yannick) ★★★★★
• Trading Guide & Tips (by Yesica) ★★★★★