some people consider old town kopitiam or canteen as the best food in the world.

if using that standard, of course cyberjaya is a place for food

I have been living in cyberjaya for 9 months for project in 2014. I have been eating around Cyberjaya, and stay in Cyberjaya at night. All the restaurants you mentioned I have tried it already.

Yeah, the food choice you guys mention are quite bad and far apart.

So I do think cyberjaya is not really a good place for food and living.

It is a place for work only. Most expat I know will don't want to stay in Cyberjaya, only students and foreign workers and some locals stay in Cyberjaya. Locals who stay in Cyberjaya also normally doesn't eat much in Cyberjaya since outside there are better choice.


I assume you 2 must be staying in Cyberjaya for years and enjoying the food there?

can go back occasionally after 2014 ma, when i leave cyberjaya it is already going to open.

ya, indian expat is there, they willing to live in a dead town.

i think it is totally not fair if you work in cyberjaya and live in other places at night. you wouldn't know how it feel like living in cyberjaya.

everyone got different taste, don't take it too personally, i just dislike their food there, expensive and doesn't taste nice for me. but for some maybe they think it is cheap and good.

and actually food is still not the thing i hate the most about cyberjaya. but i dun wan to bring it into this.

I'm a normal white collar, I want a family place, so don't want prostitute and pub here.

Main reason I don't like Cyberjaya because it is not a suitable for typical Malaysian like me.

Later I tag you to explain why I have a bad impression on cyberjaya

There's no need to argue, u can move there and try out their life style there.

I just list down why people normally dislike cyberjaya, it just a general opinions, you can ignore it if you think it is not right:

1. Cyberjaya is full of arabs, africans and bangladesh. If they are proper students that come here to study, it is completely fine. But they are not, they basically party every night and very loud. If your home is far away from them then it is fine.

2. A lot people buying property are choosing the neighbours as well, but people who stay in cyberjaya are mostly foreigners that wasn't as friendly as Malaysians that you normally meet. And really don't expect educated civilized friendly foreigners will be your neighbours, people like that will not choose to stay in cyberjaya. You must choose to stay with Malaysians as neighbours.

3. Cyberjaya food is expensive, and not that nice. But if you can afford to stay there, probably wasn't an issue.

4. Cyberjaya is a very very anti-comercialize, anti-capitalism place, all the shops and infrastructure, and fully planned by government, private sector have very little say here. So you will only see petron, but no other petrol station, you will only see KFC, pizza hut, and old town kopitiam but no mcd. You will only see Pepsi in cyberjaya but no Coca Cola. Everything must be in control, it is much more worse than communist city Beijing. This is basically the heaven of communism. But I really feel suffocated by it.

5. Cyberjaya is a very well planned place, like a robot. At day time still not that scary, but after 7pm. It will become basically a dead town with all the foreigners party around. It is deadly quiet and noisy at the same time. You don't feel like this is a place for family to live, it is like a forsaken place. But I believe Putrajaya will be slightly better. Entire Klang Valley also have quiet place, we all know it. But I think Cyberjaya cannot use quiet to describe it, it's like a ghost town at night, you feel alone but yet it is full of shadow. Like in another world.


I have been living there before, so basically I can understood what Pepper has described, the bus stop is basically the only place that feel like a human place.

tag deora

EDIT: dun marah me, I just stated my thought on living in cyberjaya as my previous experience.


This post has been edited by ReWeR: Jan 20 2016, 07:16 PM

Like I said, everyone view a place differently. Some will like it, some dislike it.

Btw, how was Netherland?

I'm an senior member here, everyone know I'm definitely not xenophobic.

I welcome all foreigners, but I personally prefer those educated, civilized and friendly foreigner (sorry for being picky, but that's who I am). But they choose not to stay in cyberjaya, so cyberjaya is quite difficult to met those kind of foreigners.

I have no issue with the language they use, it's none of my problem. I can communicate with everyone, but obviously cyberjaya is not a place for local Malaysians.

I know cyberjaya is full of traffic light, I have stayed there for 9 months. It looks happening, but actually it is quite lonely.

The main problem is ... everyone here who defend Cyberjaya have heavily put their emotion into this place, this place represent their ego and spirit.

But I'm purely talking about is Cyberjaya a good place to live or not as a person who stayed there before.

But that is really not the main point. I'm compare cyberjaya with KL city, which I prefer to live in Kuala Lumpur. Most expat I know, also choose to live in Kuala Lumpur. Even ambassadors from foreign countries, they will not choose to live in Putrajaya, and choose Kuala Lumpur. Because that is really a more happening place, and a place full of normal people.

Actually I think whole klang valley also slightly better than cyberjaya. At least it felt like a normal human living place.

I'm not against anyone to move in there, you like it, please go ahead.

Btw, how long you have been staying in Cyberjaya?

I'll say 'political planning'.

But these type of 'planning' really suffocate me. So I choose to leave cyberjaya. Just my preference.

I know where to get coke in cyber (hello, I stay there for 9 months), but it's really not that easy, usually is small private shops only got.

But honestly, back in Kuala Lumpur, I can choose any drinks I want without any thought or any concern or any restriction. It's felt good to choose whatever shop you want, or whatever food and beverage you like.

Ya, I know I'm spoiled.

Then brands such as coca cola, how difficult it is to be sold in Cyberjaya? But you almost see no coca cola in Cyber. If this is not control, I don't know what is.

All the restaurants, such as Nandos, Bens, KFC, Burger King, Starbucks, are strongly related to government linked corporate. That is why it is so boring in Cyberjaya. Everything must be government related brand first. I know it's getting more and more private brands coming in ... but it is still look boring to me.

what other private brands are thinking, is same with what I think. Cyberjaya is not a suitable place for business and residence. Mainly because of the quality of the management and inhabitants.