Mensa Polyterrasse — Restaurant in Zurich

Somewhat typical school mensa. Really old building. Terrible for disabled people, two thirds of the places are not accessible. It's also very loud and during the semester stock full. On some days the queue starts outside. And that's the biggest design flaw: Even though there's a counter for each of the different options, there's no queueing system whatsoever. Sometimes the actual queue for let's say the vegan option is actually really short, but since there is no way of being able to distinguish the queues at the beginning, you end up in a giant mixed queue and wait unnecessarily. You really should get an extra ECTS if you eat there on a daily basis. The food is just ok but very diverse. Sometimes though it's quite deceiving: The description on the website was lentils but it turned out to be white rice with some lentils mixed in. You can get seconds though which makes it the cheapest option for...

There is one employee who is obviously discriminatory. I don't know if it's discrimination against women or people of color, or both. She always gives more rice and dishes to white men than Asian women. One time when it was my turn, she asked the white man behind me what he wanted to eat and tried to serve him first, until another staff member stopped her and served me first. Ironically, she herself is an Asian woman. If you want to get proper and comfortable service, please avoid her. The other staff are...

Too expensive for what you get. The portions are super small and you can only take ONE menu at the student price!! So the other menu, which you have to get if you are remotely hungry, gets priced at the full price...

There are much better options in the area.

Response to owner: if you ask for more, you only get a bit more rice (and maybe a drop of sauce) or whatever the side is, no main component...