Start from the izakaya model (free sign-up; running a simulation is Pro). At an all-you-can-drink party the drink orders pile up, and with too few people making and carrying them the drinks come late. In this article, in the members’ izakaya model, your AI simulates two hours of a full house on all-you-can-drink. It ran the same tools an AI calls over MCP. Every figure and number below comes from that run.
1. The izakaya and the all-you-can-drink
- An izakaya of 65 guests when full: 7 at the counter, 32 at tables, 18 in the booths and 8 in the tatami room. In one change (
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The AI wrote this flow as a scenario (put_process_scenario).
- For the two hours of a full house, each guest orders a drink every 20 minutes on average by the tablet at the table (at random).
- 1 drink maker makes them at the drink station in the order they come (15 seconds to a minute a drink, most often 25 seconds).
- The nearest free of the 2 hall staff waiting at the station takes each drink to its table (10 seconds to hand it over) and comes back.
- Every number and time is an assumption. Put in your own izakaya’s orders.
2. The drink makers and how often guests order
The AI changed the drink makers (1, 2) and how often each guest orders (a drink every 20, 30, 40 minutes) (sweep_process_parameters), 20 runs each. “To the table” is the mean time from the order to the drink on the table. The longest wait is the mean over the 20 runs of each run’s longest wait to be made.
| One drink every | Drink makers | Orders in 2 hours | To the table | Longest wait to be made | Waiting (most) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 min | 1 | 376.2 | 45.5 min | 88.9 min | 160.8 |
| 20 min | 2 | 376.2 | 1.7 min | 3.3 min | 12.4 |
| 30 min | 1 | 249.6 | 12.1 min | 22.3 min | 40.9 |
| 30 min | 2 | 249.6 | 1.0 min | 1.2 min | 4.8 |
| 40 min | 1 | 189.2 | 2.6 min | 5.6 min | 10.4 |
| 40 min | 2 | 189.2 | 0.9 min | 0.9 min | 3.5 |
- At a drink every 20 minutes, one drink maker takes 45.5 minutes on average to the table. Two take 1.7.
- A drink takes 33 seconds to make on average, so one maker makes about 108 an hour. With 65 guests ordering every 20 minutes, 195 orders come in an hour.
- At a drink every 40 minutes, even one maker gets drinks to the table in 2.6 minutes.
3. The hall staff
At a drink every 20 minutes, the AI changed the drink makers (1, 2) and the hall staff who carry them (1, 2, 3).
| Drink makers | Hall staff | To the table | Wait to be made (mean) | Wait to be carried (mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 45.5 min | 44.6 min | 0.1 min |
| 1 | 2 | 45.5 min | 44.6 min | 0.1 min |
| 1 | 3 | 45.5 min | 44.6 min | 0.1 min |
| 2 | 1 | 16.2 min | 0.9 min | 14.6 min |
| 2 | 2 | 1.7 min | 0.9 min | 0.1 min |
| 2 | 3 | 1.7 min | 0.9 min | 0.1 min |
- While there is one drink maker, more hall staff do not change the time to the table (45.5 minutes): the drinks wait to be made.
- With two drink makers but one to carry, it takes 16.2 minutes, 14.6 of them waiting to be carried. Two and two bring it to 1.7.
4. How to use this check
- Draw your own izakaya (from a PDF of the drawings or photos too), and tell your AI the guests at each room of seats, how often each orders, how long a drink takes, and the drink makers and hall staff. Your AI also puts a moved drink station on the drawing and checks it.
- Not checked: food orders and serving, clearing, the rush before last orders, the number of beer taps, and the hall staff’s time to take orders at the tables.