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Re: Restaurant Review - Oliv Basel

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What a nice looking restaurant and what average food! Risotto too salty, meat bland, vegetables overcooked, service was ok if you like 2 people pouring the wine every 5 minutes, when I complained abou the salt levels they said 'you could have sent it back'. The bill was huge as expected too!

and no olives!

give it a miss!
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Hi,

after being away over Christmas I have really noticed the amount of salt that restaurants put in the food here. Sadly it seems to be a common problem.

Have fun

Martin
I usually am at restaurants with my mum-in-law and have never had anything but at least "decent" service and usually good service... then again, she tends to have favorite places she likes to go so maybe this is part of why.

On the other hand, she has taken us a time or two to restaurants she's heard of to try them out if we've been out swimming at a lake or something... and again, only have had good service then as well.


Meanwhile, even when m-i-l is cooking, things are more salty than I'd make myself, I figure it just has something to do with Swiss palette, kind of like my father (or an ex-boyfriend) describing fairly spicy food as "tasty" when I ask how hot it is. They like it that way / are used to it, so don't necessarily think it is "too" salty.
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