IKEA Restaurant & Cafe
1000 IKEA Drive
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
908.289.4488
The Scene
Don’t shop on an empty stomach! At IKEA there’s no reason for shopping on an empty stomach. Bring the family and have a good time in the IKEA restaurant. Taste the daily dish or go for a Swedish or local delicacy. Relax with a cup of coffee and plan your shopping while the kids have fun in the restaurant play area. In the restaurant you can eat Swedish and local specialities at fantastic prices. Or grab a hot dog on your way out, in our exit bistro. Visit the Swedish food market too, and get acquainted with Swedish food, sweets and drinks. You’re taste buds will be forever thankful! – IKEA
I went to IKEA with B last month, he had to get some home stuff and office chairs and tables for his new office. We decided to eat lunch there, went on an empty stomach to try the IKEA Restaurant and Cafe there, my cousins luv eating there so I told him I wanted to try it. It was both our first time eating there, the food is dumb cheap and the place is ALWAYS packed, its ridiculous haha! Surprisingly the food was decent, I would think it would taste more like elementary cafeteria food but it was not bad at all. Next time I decide to go to IKEA I’ll eat there again, I bet the IKEA’s in Asia has better food haha (can anyone from Asia tell me if the food is good?). Have you eaten at IKEA Restaurant & Cafe, besides the ice cream where everyone gets while waiting for their big furniture? Peep the pics after the jump…
Seating area…
Mac & Cheese $1.99 – a bit too watery, tastes like microwave ones haha
Me: Chicken Marsala w/ rice & vegetables $4.99 – this was actually pretty good and I felt it was pretty healthy too!
B: Poached Salmon $5.99 – I tasted some of B’s and I thought it was too “fishy”, he said it was OK only too.
B: Minestrone Soup $1.79 - We both thought this was OK…
B: Kristian Regale Sparkling Orange Juice – forgot how much but sparkling OJ is always good!
UPDATE: 09.22.2007
Swedish Meatball Plate (Small, 10 piece) $4.29 – this was pretty good YM ate up most of it haha, I stole like one meatball!
Smucker’s Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich, $1.99 – I never saw this in the stores, I’m going to try to hunt it down its pretty good!
HMMM….
Mac & Cheese, $1.99 – my bro and Shawn ate this, both didn’t like it neither haha!
Shawn also had a Blueberry Cheesecake – tasted nothing like Cheesecake, oops!
August 16th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Ikea restaurant? Are you for real? Man, if you can just phone it in like this and get people to send you free clothes then I’m jumping into the blogging game! You’re not even trying.
August 16th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
haha yeah i’ve eaten breakfast there plenty of times. you get scrambled eggs, potatoes, toast, and a croissent all for 99cents!
August 16th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
IKEA food is nice here in Holland, and yes it’s always fully packed! I guess because the prices are sooo cheap. =) I like it.
August 16th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
hahaha i love to eat at ikea! the cheap hot dogs are always a good choice. i’ve also had the meals there (salmon, chicken, swedish meatballs), smoked salmon, and i love one of their desserts, its like a pie, like chocolate and nuts, not sure what its called.
August 16th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
camille ~ i don’t always need to go to expensive restaurants, been there done that. there’s such things as “cheap eats” too and anything and everything is blogable!
August 16th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Haha, IKEA, H&M and WESC. You’re so swedish
August 16th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
veronica ~ haha i never noticed that trend haha
August 16th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
my mom & i eat there everytime. we spend like $7 for both our meals together lol. i ADORE that store.
August 17th, 2007 at 12:33 am
their meatballs are sooo good. i bought a whole bag and made them at home.
August 17th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
try the meatballs next time….i just had them 2 days ago….soooo bomb.
August 18th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
I like their hot dogs, I was skeptical as you can’t even buy a bag of crisps for the price of their hot dogs but they tatse really good. Check out the supermarket if you haven’t already…they make these really nice cinnamon roll things mmmm.
August 19th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
I love the IKEA! But the food on the pictures looks the same as in Holland! I love the Swedish Meatballs
August 27th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
hahaha I love Ikea food! Cheap and yummy cafeteria eats. You must try their famous Swedish meatballs next time!!! I love those.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:09 am
That Kristian Regale sparkling juice is so awesome. I cannot live without it. They have a bunch of other flavors too, including some “light” ones for those counting calories. http://www.kristianregale.com