The The Sims 4 team announced that they are working on quality of life improvements that will affect the food, drinks, and nutrition system in general. The developers directly addressed the community with a request to share what works well and what causes the most problems.
Several aspects of Sims' daily life are in focus. First of all, it concerns how characters eat — alone or together, and how natural this looks in the current version of the game. The drink system is also addressed separately.
The team has already confirmed that a fix for the "Always Thirsty" issue is in development and should be released in mid-May. This bug has long been a source of frustration for players, especially in everyday scenarios.
The developers are also gathering feedback on the Dine Out expansion, which is related to visiting restaurants. They are interested in which aspects of the establishments’ operation require improvements and what most hinders comfortable gameplay in this mode.
Overall, the team wants to understand which specific problems with food and restaurants players consider most critical. Based on this, further refinement of the system is planned to make Sims' behavior at the table more logical and less chaotic.