The food… meh. Friendly and welcoming not so much either. “cultural diversity” can be said of virtually every country. The rest is pretty on point.
I used Logseq and OpenAI. I did not edit the reply. My own words are “The best things about switzerland are…” everything else is AI.
Food is average at best from what ive experienced so far, and the people are nice enough to your face but I’m willing to bet have strong prejudice against foreigners that they don’t show because they are non-confrontational.
That isn’t to say all the food is average or that all the swiss are unwelcoming but just as there are bad eggs in every country these are things that are a little more obvious to me as a foreigner living here
Wow AI is on point, nice
The food isn’t that good. I mean, it is, but it’s also not. Cheese and potatoes are amazing, but it’s cheese and potatoes. No one wants to eat big bowls of cheese and potatoes every day.
What I’m trying to say is that apart from a few of very heavy cheese dishes, there is not really that much much culinary culture in Switzerland. Plenty of better countries for food.
And that’s only talking about traditional swiss food. When it comes to variety in restaurants or take out joints, Switzerland ranks very poorly. It’s always French, Italian, Burger, Pizza, or Kebab. Very little innovation in this regard. No street food culture whatsoever.
To sum it up, trad swiss food is amazing… to eat twice a year. It severely lacks variety and is far too heavy and rich to make up a diet. On the other hand, foreign food is often done very poorly, and there is little variety in what is actually available
The only upside is that the available ingredients in shops tend to be very good quality, except for the seafood.
food – no
friendly & welcoming – no hahaha nooo
diversity – puuh, maybe depends on the definition
outdoor – yes
ZH – compared to Olten??? no way
Zürich is interesting in the sense that it has a lot of things to do there but especially in comparison with other swiss cities it’s ugly as hell.
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And about food, people go to a touristy restaurant owned by some foreign business that charges 50.- for a basic meal and go eat low quality fondue in the middle of summer. It’s gonna be horrible and service is also gonna be horrible because of chronically underpaid staff.
Listen to locals when looking for a place to eat and you’ll have a great time. In fact listen to locals about pretty much everything because our tourist sector has been hijacked so hard.
Interesting, Zürich is interesting
Zurich 🤮
Friendly people, cultural diversity & delicious food I don’t agree with
Rest is on point
Probably the food is the worst thing about Switzerland.
Yes, food is terrible. Only country I have been to with *worse* food was UK, but that’s a low bar. Both Italy and France have better food.
I think it misphrased the last one should be like this : The ity of Zurich has snow the whole year round
Züriiiiii 😀 <3
Nice job AI. Close but no cigar.
Olten is missing from the list.
If you limit Swiss cuisine to alpine cuisine (Rösti, fondue, Raclette) then yes it is quite mediocre. However as Switzerland is such a small country, basically all European cuisine surrounding Switzerland can be counted to its dishes. Minestrone and risotto are common dishes in Tessin, onion tart in basel, Zürcher Geschnetzeltes which is basically veal in gravy and therefore universal European as well….
Besides it’s not even asked how Swiss cuisine is but rather what the situation is. Switzerland hosts many great restaurants including four three star Michelin restaurants (so as many as China). So yes Swiss cuisine is actually good.
Everybody hating on Swiss food and I don’t know why. We have German kitchen, French kitchen, Italian Kitchen, Grisons kitchen. Everybody can find something they like.
“People are friendly and welcoming”
what alternate universe is this?
Yeah, not the food.
Cultural diversity: kind of. More like the culture inherited many traits from multiple neighboring countries.
Where do guys eat, at Aldi?
Hehe four and five are questionable.
For the last point- while it pains me to say- Zürich is not beautiful. Just the touristy areas.
You may never get a non-Zürcher to agree with the last bit…🤓
People saying that the food is not great and that it’s mainly cheese, cured meat and potatoes really need to spend more time and money learning and discovering about swiss traditions, it’s so much more than this ! And it’s so good when well cooked.
[Here are just a few of the country specialities, and every canton has it’s own dishes](https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/planning/about-switzerland/custom-and-tradition/typical-food/)
“the food is delicious”; “people are friendly and welcoming”
Can confirm this is AI. It never actually tasted the food here and hasn’t had any real social interactions. 😂
You’ll never find people saying anything positive about Swiss food in this subreddit. But real ones know it’s true.
Friendly and welcoming ? I don’t think so
food is delicious? What? I sometimes seriously consider driving 3 hours south just so I can eat something with a little flavour…
Friendly yes… welcoming I doubt it, source? I AM SWISS.
American who lived in Bern between 2017-19 here. 100% agree with 1,2,6 & 7. 50% agree with 3, best chocolate, cheese and white wine I’ve ever had is from Switzerland, everything else is a bit like food that would be served in a hotel restaurant. 100% disagree with 4 & 5. People are cold and dull, and though there is amazing cultural diversity between cantons, if we’re talking world cultural diversity, Switzerland has a long way to go. Just my take.
Open and welcoming? Not at all bro
Food not delicious. People not friendly. Polite yes, friendly no. Cultural diversity? LMFAO you can go weeks with seeing a person of color.
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The food… meh. Friendly and welcoming not so much either. “cultural diversity” can be said of virtually every country. The rest is pretty on point.
I used Logseq and OpenAI. I did not edit the reply. My own words are “The best things about switzerland are…” everything else is AI.
Food is average at best from what ive experienced so far, and the people are nice enough to your face but I’m willing to bet have strong prejudice against foreigners that they don’t show because they are non-confrontational.
That isn’t to say all the food is average or that all the swiss are unwelcoming but just as there are bad eggs in every country these are things that are a little more obvious to me as a foreigner living here
Wow AI is on point, nice
The food isn’t that good. I mean, it is, but it’s also not. Cheese and potatoes are amazing, but it’s cheese and potatoes. No one wants to eat big bowls of cheese and potatoes every day.
What I’m trying to say is that apart from a few of very heavy cheese dishes, there is not really that much much culinary culture in Switzerland. Plenty of better countries for food.
And that’s only talking about traditional swiss food. When it comes to variety in restaurants or take out joints, Switzerland ranks very poorly. It’s always French, Italian, Burger, Pizza, or Kebab. Very little innovation in this regard. No street food culture whatsoever.
To sum it up, trad swiss food is amazing… to eat twice a year. It severely lacks variety and is far too heavy and rich to make up a diet. On the other hand, foreign food is often done very poorly, and there is little variety in what is actually available
The only upside is that the available ingredients in shops tend to be very good quality, except for the seafood.
food – no
friendly & welcoming – no hahaha nooo
diversity – puuh, maybe depends on the definition
outdoor – yes
ZH – compared to Olten??? no way
Zürich is interesting in the sense that it has a lot of things to do there but especially in comparison with other swiss cities it’s ugly as hell.
​
And about food, people go to a touristy restaurant owned by some foreign business that charges 50.- for a basic meal and go eat low quality fondue in the middle of summer. It’s gonna be horrible and service is also gonna be horrible because of chronically underpaid staff.
Listen to locals when looking for a place to eat and you’ll have a great time. In fact listen to locals about pretty much everything because our tourist sector has been hijacked so hard.
Interesting, Zürich is interesting
Zurich 🤮
Friendly people, cultural diversity & delicious food I don’t agree with
Rest is on point
Probably the food is the worst thing about Switzerland.
Yes, food is terrible. Only country I have been to with *worse* food was UK, but that’s a low bar. Both Italy and France have better food.
I think it misphrased the last one should be like this : The ity of Zurich has snow the whole year round
Züriiiiii 😀 <3
Nice job AI. Close but no cigar.
Olten is missing from the list.
If you limit Swiss cuisine to alpine cuisine (Rösti, fondue, Raclette) then yes it is quite mediocre. However as Switzerland is such a small country, basically all European cuisine surrounding Switzerland can be counted to its dishes. Minestrone and risotto are common dishes in Tessin, onion tart in basel, Zürcher Geschnetzeltes which is basically veal in gravy and therefore universal European as well….
Besides it’s not even asked how Swiss cuisine is but rather what the situation is. Switzerland hosts many great restaurants including four three star Michelin restaurants (so as many as China). So yes Swiss cuisine is actually good.
Everybody hating on Swiss food and I don’t know why. We have German kitchen, French kitchen, Italian Kitchen, Grisons kitchen. Everybody can find something they like.
“People are friendly and welcoming”
what alternate universe is this?
Yeah, not the food.
Cultural diversity: kind of. More like the culture inherited many traits from multiple neighboring countries.
Where do guys eat, at Aldi?
Hehe four and five are questionable.
For the last point- while it pains me to say- Zürich is not beautiful. Just the touristy areas.
You may never get a non-Zürcher to agree with the last bit…🤓
People saying that the food is not great and that it’s mainly cheese, cured meat and potatoes really need to spend more time and money learning and discovering about swiss traditions, it’s so much more than this ! And it’s so good when well cooked.
[Here are just a few of the country specialities, and every canton has it’s own dishes](https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/planning/about-switzerland/custom-and-tradition/typical-food/)
“the food is delicious”; “people are friendly and welcoming”
Can confirm this is AI. It never actually tasted the food here and hasn’t had any real social interactions. 😂
You’ll never find people saying anything positive about Swiss food in this subreddit. But real ones know it’s true.
Friendly and welcoming ? I don’t think so
food is delicious? What? I sometimes seriously consider driving 3 hours south just so I can eat something with a little flavour…
Friendly yes… welcoming I doubt it, source? I AM SWISS.
American who lived in Bern between 2017-19 here. 100% agree with 1,2,6 & 7. 50% agree with 3, best chocolate, cheese and white wine I’ve ever had is from Switzerland, everything else is a bit like food that would be served in a hotel restaurant. 100% disagree with 4 & 5. People are cold and dull, and though there is amazing cultural diversity between cantons, if we’re talking world cultural diversity, Switzerland has a long way to go. Just my take.
Open and welcoming? Not at all bro
Food not delicious. People not friendly. Polite yes, friendly no. Cultural diversity? LMFAO you can go weeks with seeing a person of color.