Top 10 Most Efficient Layouts in Restaurant City for 8 employees

Here you will find the optimal amounts of tables & positioning of tables, that will give you the highest gain of money and gourmet points known to players, or shortly, highest APS [Average Plates Served per minute].
This list will include the best layouts for restaurants with 8 employees and 7 employees.

Think your layout is efficient?
Do you want your layout to be up here, in the ranking list? Apply via a reply in this thread. Add a picture of your layout, and any other additional details about it that need to be said [number of arcades/waiting chairs it requires, how close it is to the door..

I will test every layout posted here. If it's one of the 10 most efficient layouts, it will be on this list, for other people to see and use in their restaurants.

Each testing of a layout will be performed once or twice, 30 minutes at a time, starting from 100% employee health. The test will be performed precisely the way your layout looks in the picture you posted, except, it will not have a maze. Mazes slow down your APS.

Here we go:

Layouts ranked places 1-5 for 8 employees

Number 1:
With 17.15 APS, quetel's 20 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];

Owner's note: "There is one waiting chair and the door is symmetrically situated between the islands."



Number 2:
With 17.03 APS, littledee's modified Boo2u2 24 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];

Number 3:
With 16.9 APS, renamed's 20 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];

Number 4:
With 16.76 APS, Boo2u2's modified baconneggs 24 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter, 4 doors];

Number 5:
With 16.63 APS, happiehappie's 18 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];

Number 6:
With 16.61 APS, agriasth's 18 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];

Owner's note: "This layout needs to be positioned exactly the way it is in the screenshot. The distance from the door has a major impact on APS."



Number 7:
With 16.54 APS, HikariToYami's 22 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];

Number 8:
With 16.5 APS, baconneggs' 24 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];

Number 9:
With 16.03 APS, oreoxlune30's 4 island 20 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];

Number 10:
With 15.8 APS, Pinkraynedrop's 18 table layout [4 chef, 4 waiter];