Ikea in Milton Keynes

The only semi-sane place in the whole palace of tat. The food was OK but not great value. I won't be going back. Ever. TBH I hate the whole place.

Had a lovely Salmon lunch at IKEA Milton Keynes but the effort to get a hot drink is a fiasco. Out of the 8 or so machines , only 1 is working you can only have black coffee or tea, to get these drinks you need to scan the machine , then you have to go find the milk. 4 staff members hanging around , no one is helping the people now queuing to get a drink , some of these people were elderly and didn't understand how it worked, most people walked round & round trying to find a machine that actually dispensed a drink. I gave up in the end , I'll get a drink elsewhere . I know IKEA offer free drinks to IKEA card holders which is a great idea but at least have machines that work !!

The utensil are dirty and not enough for family sharing. The portion is fewer than displaced. Yogurt dressing is watery. Not sure if it is standard or because of our skin. Staff is rude and never smiles.

The service at this restaurant is so slow, even dead people work faster, over 30 minutes quing due to the serving staff effectively not serving, I have never seen people work so slow in my life. The manager of this store needs sacking fir allowing this to happen. Will never come back.

We went a couple of times last summer to furnish our new build and today we return again to pick up a bunk bed. Always love a trip to IKEA and today was no different!

Appalling. The most ridiculous system for hot drinks. The machines weren’t working. It was filthy - spilt drinks and milk everywhere. A complicated system of scanning to get the drink. When I eventually got a coffee it was freezing cold - as if made with cold water. Tables were also filthy.

The new scan your barcode to get your hot drink is aweful, half the time it doesn’t work and by the time it does your food has gone cold.

I visited IKEA purely for the restaurant. Wasn't interested in the 'shop' area. Having never tried their Meatballs and hearing lots about them, I decided to give it a try, on my way to central Milton Keynes. Parking is fun... slightly complex, but then found a space very easily. The place is massive, so when you get to it, it's one of those "holy cow" moments. You go up the escalator to get in, as part of the car park is in the ground level. The bathrooms are right there when you get in, very well signed. The restaurant isn't. It's all up another escalator. And then a left turning, but once it's it's big. The other slightly "what do I do?" moments is when you see there are two queues. It's clever tho. If it was one queue, it would be very long! I got there at 1150 and people already eating lunch. Two queues just makes it faster. I took the left one - no real reason. Saw lots of nice treats (all reasonably priced - such as a Daime Bar cheesecake for about £2.25). Then the meatballs. 8 for £4.95 or 12 for £5.95. Plus the mash, peas, a load of gravy and the jam. It's amazing value. The coffee is more, but you get 3 refills if you wanted them, for just £1.25. And it's on par with Wetherspoons coffee (similar machines). But you scan a QR code, to ensure you are allowed the refills. Frankly, I don't see the point in the codes. No one will ever have more than 2-3 coffees. And it takes add a step to "did I do that right?"..... I didn't. That all aside, the meal was very nice. Meatballs great texture. Mash was lovely. Gravy - loads of it. Next time I go to MK, I will likely definitely go there for lunch again. Another thing to add, the staff - all very nice. Even the chap pouring out more meatballs into the tray was chatty and friendly. The lady at the til asked me about my cup, what it was for. She was very kind and told me about the refills. And the lady who helped me at the coffee machine (When it was faulty I think) , was naturally helpful. Final word - the restaurant is at the start of the place, so you can eat and then go through the store if you wish, full tummies. And no, you don't have to go thru the store after eating. You can pop in for lunch and just leave. Free parking. They also do Salmon and veggie stuff. Very impressive. The confusions would knock it down to 4/5, but with everything, that's just coz it's new. I'd give it 10/10, for service, value and cleanliness too (bathrooms were v clean).

Its so fun walking around the thousands of houses and there is a lot there although the queue was long I dont care because a place as good as ikea deserves it

The staff are lovely, the breakfast was not. The vegetarian sausages were awful and by the time we faffed around getting coffee the whole thing was cold! Inedible. Their new coffee bar is worse than the old one and that was bad. It’s very confusing. We were horrified when we were leaving to see a guy putting out the cutlery and literally every knife and fork he was handling by the eating end! I hope he washed his hands! We’ve been there many times before but we wont be going there again!

The queue was long and waited over an hour. When we arrived at the counter the rice was not replenished and had to ask for this and they took their time to serve. There was no sauce as they had ran out and the drinks area was not regularly cleaned. They need to look at expediting the queues to deal with the long queues they should look his mcdonalds serve quickly.

This review is based off the restaurant only. We waited to be served our food for about 25 minutes and then the pay queue was long too! I can’t flaw the food but the soft drink station was out of order. Giving that the queue was that big none of the staff looked at all motivated and were working quite slow. Also, up until we were almost through the queue, there was only one till open when there were two available! Would recommend on a Friday also as it’s half price on all the meals.

I visited IKEA Milton Keynes this morning and was slightly disappointed with the outcome. This place is a maze as it is and not one staff member was on the floor to help me for what i was looking for. I left without purchasing. Disappointed.

Not nearly enough staff!! Managed to call someone out of the kitchen as queues at hot drinks counter waiting due to no milk. After 10 orvdo minutes staff then arrived act like they have overdosed on night nurse. Couldn't catch anyone's eye to ask about the soya milk being replenished!! Dashed off too quickly. What a dreadful place

My friend and I visit Ikea about every 4 months to have a mooch about and always come away with something which had not been planned. Part of our visit is to have lunch in the restaurant. We now have our visit down to a fine art. We visit the showroom and normally finish there at about 11:30am. It's normally not too busy in the restaurant and we get there just before the rush. If you have never been to an Ikea restaurant I can definitely recommend having the meatballs with gravy and lingonberry sauce. You can have mash or chips. For dessert round off your Swedish lunch with a portion of Daim cake. They do plant based meatballs if you prefer these and they also do other types of food like fish and chips or pasta. They also cater for children too. If you are a member of the Ikea Family scheme you can have a free hot drink however if you want a cold fizzy drink you have to pay for this. The restaurant is set up like a canteen and you queue for your meal then pay for it, get your cutlery, condiments and drinks and find a seat. They encourage you to clear away your trays when you finish and generally the staff are quite quick to wipe down tables ready for the next customer. I've never had a bad experience here. Highly recommended!

We have not been to ikea for years since they closed the Coventry branch. We expected their old quality and service. How wrong we were. Queued for half an hour to get cold food , overcooked chips and a miniscule helping of peas. We then had to wait ages at the till (only 2 open) When we finally paid we found all but one coffee machine was broken so more waiting. Our meals were freezing cold and we had to microwave them. Won’t be back

I popped into the store and had an early lunch. The breakfast menu was already in full swing and with a long queue. They opened the other side of the restaurant around 11am for the lunch menus. I was served very quickly and used my family card to obtain further discounts. Couldn’t ask for more. It’s basic, but a more healthy version than McDonalds! Plus free refills too!

Very unhelpful service - tried to return a desktop which the Ikea website said would be eligible for buy back scheme however staff refused to accept it and demanded I get the legs and construct it before they will take it even though it is sold separately as a desktop as a complete item

We visited the restaurant today as we had two food vouchers to use. Big mistake! The queue for starters and hot food was horrendous. We had one salmon starter and two chicken teriyaki. We then joined the very long queue to pay. That's when the fun started! The food although covered was bound to be cold by the time we reached the cashier. I presented the vouchers (which stated that they were each for one main course) to Mrs Jobsworth, she told me that I could only use one voucher visit. To cut a long story short the problem was resolved, although All the people in the queue behind us were quite rightly furious. We then sat down in the canteen/restaurant to a cold disgusting meal. There were a couple of very hard working members of staff spraying and wiping down tables as customers left, but it was hard not to notice how filthy the chairs were, especially the backs of the chairs where customers had moved them about. Very unhygienic! The whole area and furniture needs a deep clean. Final word............Avoid.

Very grubby chairs and trays which could easily be wiped down inbetween clearing tables. VERY unhygienic. My husband kindly got some kitchen spray and a cloth to give our table a thorough clean. Huge queue on a weekday lunch but only two staff at the servery. Smacks of cost-cutting and difficulties gettign the right staff. Horrible and such a shame. This is not the IKEA I used to know. As I always say: if you cant do basic food and beverage dont get out of bed in the morning.

Truly awful “retail” experience - I’m sorry IKEA but if this is the best you can do and is representative of your business model then my cash is going elsewhere in the future. Multiple issues… firstly I acknowledge that a Saturday afternoon will be busy and the volume of customers is outside your control. But, even the most rudimentary awareness of the retail market will emphasise the need to staff an outlet properly on a busy day… something that is sadly lacking at IKEA MK. Instead, the few staff that are there are clustered in packs of three chatting about anything and everything; it genuinely makes the customer feel that they’re an annoyance in interrupting them. And then the strategy to dispense with the paper tickets and pencil so you can’t make a note of where to collect the goods from the warehouse racking. All very good for the planet I guess but really it’s a step too far especially when the staff member I spoke to tells you to use the IKEA app despite being inside a huge metal box with iffy 4G reception. The in store Wi-Fi is temperamental (at best) but regardless I personally don’t want to load my phone up with an app that I don’t want. Shouldn’t it all be about CHOICE? The warehouse location also bears no resemblance to the detail on the individual product ticket. Fortunately I’d made a note of the 8 digit product code so was able to key this into a screen and get an amended location. I know mistakes happen but if this is how you structure your business model then it needs to be right? No trolleys. Stood for about 10 minutes waiting for a trolley to appear in the chute mechanism. Finally I found a member of staff and asked what was going on - was told she’d investigate but quite frankly the next ice age was arriving quicker than her response so I gave up on that one (PS on departure we found where the trolley store is… the car park because nobody collects them). The till area is a complete farce. Multiple tension barriers force you to walk three complete lengths of the till area before getting to the head of the queue. Fair enough if the till area is busy but it wasn’t so why can’t the tension barriers be opened to shorten the distance? My partner is disabled with mobility problems… the system isn’t user friendly at all. I could go on but I’m not sure it’ll be if any benefit. Just avoid this place at all costs!

We had come out as a family on a night out into Milton Keynes and we decided to go have a meal at ikea the service was very quick and and food was excellent kingsly who was on the till was very kind and was helpful towards us he was such a lovely gentleman and wished us a very good evening and also to mark who was collecting our evening meals after we had finished it was so warming to speak to him and he was very helpful and so well mannered

Visited for a meal of meatballs, the IKEA favourite. Been years since I last had them. What has happened to the new potatoes? Used to love them but now it seems a large dollop of heavy mashed powdered potatoes or a portion of frozen chips has replaced them. Meat balls seem different too. Gone were the tasty items which could be purchased in two different sizes and in comes s compressed meatball (well 12 of them actually) which are a shadow of their ancestors. Still good value but not the same quality I feel.

Today's visit was not IKEA at its best. The store was heaving, so the restaurant was heaving. After the 15 minute queue, it was disappointing to see staff serving pretty slowly. Meatballs were as good as ever.

Every Glass cup cutlery covered in debris. Apparently dishwashers not working . The floor staff were very good and tried to wash a glass.. it still wasn't clean The food was cold. Allthough we queued for at least 15 minutes for food none for check out. Cofee was bitter and cold The serving staff rude. I have been Eating in IKEA restaurants for 3 decades . This was the worst experience.

I’m giving 3 stars to this restaurant as the pasta ordered was absolutely disgusting 🤢. Plain food. No taste , no flavor. On the other hand the coffee and desert were good. Coffee from the coffee machine and the desert probably was ordered (definitely not cooked by them). I do not recommend.

Visited this restaurant at the end of Covid restrictions and was amazed at the massive queues built up and snaking round both serving areas. We decide to wait as we were ravenous and as the minutes passed, we began to worry that they would run out of the legendary IKEA Meatballs, but no problems, half an hour later we reached the server. How many meatballs do they have in this store? Who cares, they had enough for my wife and I. Loaded up with meatballs, gravy, chips and peas (no lingonberry jelly unfortunately), a Strawberry tart and a soft drink, we headed to find a table. Despite the mass of people, getting a table wasn't difficult as this is a massive restaurant, we enjoyed a meal which we missed for almost 2 years. IKEA may not have an extensive menu but the quality of the food they do serve up is excellent. Well worth the odd visit when in the area.

The Food is Priceless! Absolutely amazing, I couldn’t fault anything, the staff at the reception area were really helpful

Came here on impulse with my daughter for a cheap cooked breakfast and we weren't disappointed. There was no queuing despite the strict and reassuring safeguards in place in the restaurant. There was a slightly limited breakfast menu compared to pre-Covid days, and free drink refills had been put on hold, but helpful and efficient staff combined with some tasty tuck made for a pleasant hour, which is how long you are allowed to keep your table. No, it's not gourmet food, but for £2.50, it's great value.

What has happened! As a veggie I am now down to veggie balls, no choice then! can you not do at least 2 choices for vegetarians? The sweet potato tart you used to do was amazing. As a forward thinking company your food choices are exceptionally poor

Not to sure what to make of it all Come In following guidelines outside the store but as soon as you go in people everywhere no social distancing inside I wanted a coffee from the rest but not allowed When we approached the lifts at the end of the tills the escalator wasn’t working and it made a big back log of people trying to get out but there boom 2 in a lift for social distancing Doesn’t make sense 2 gents working around lighting today both received the best service we have ever had 21st nov am

The customer service was abmissmal. The ataff could not care less for their customers and we recieved obscene looks and were treated like we were not wanted. Will not be returning.

Always great value and even more so with a family card. What's not to like. There's always lots of choice on the menu and plenty of ideas to be gained just looking around the store.

So we popped in here on a rainy day for a browse and coffee. Firstly our family card wasn't recognised. It took a full 20 minutes to resolve with customer service and get a new card. Onward. We went for a coffee, free with our newly appointed card. Nope. Card not recognised. Another 5 minutes wasted trying everything to get the card working. On to shopping after a foul coffee. This bit was ok really. So then for an ice cream at the exit. Long queue but 2 servers. Except they both served one person between them. Unbelievable. After 10 minutes watching 2 people get served by the two servers, gave up. C'mon IKEA get your act together

A very good IKEA. Lots of parking, exhibits, items for sale, a massive restaurant and fast food outlet with a little Swedish shop.

I rang customer services regarding a worktop counter size issue, after a brief conversation i was advice to travel to the store to arange it being a 100 mile round trip I asked for the store telephone number only to be told we dont give numbers out so no option !!!So much for save the world Greta Thumberg will be pleased......

Visited ikea Milton Keynes for prebooked breakfast with Santa. Took my two great nieces who are 9 & 3 years old. Well we weren’t disappointed, absolutely fabulous Santa,authentic ,jolly and loud just like it should be. The breakfast was very reasonably price and good quality. The area set out for the Christmas breakfast was excellent, all children got a free goodie bag with a present and sweets. Elf’s were circulating with badges , again jolly and inviting. The whole experience was amazing, well done ikea.

This is a good value cafe to access whilst visiting Ikea, we have a family card so have free tea and coffee on a weekday, however even without the card the tea and coffee is a bargain and it's unlimited refills.The food here has always been nice and again very good value for money and the staff are efficient and pleasant.

I was doing some shopping locally, and was getting hungry. I fancied something cheap and cheerful, popped in IKEA, had a hot dog meal, tasty, cheap, hit the spot.

Every time we have to buy essentials for our house,we always see to it that we have an empty tummy before getting here so as we can have the 20pcs meatballs,mash,vegies,garlic bread,puds and unlimited drinks.Yes!and only for £20 for 2.Always busy place and i hope somebody reads this as the toilets need cleaning and checking all the time.You can leave your children as well to play for free before starting your shopping!

I had kiddies veggie balls mash & gravy...YUM 👍🏻 Hubby had fish, mash & peas, he found it as ever very tasty. Added bonus was the tea and coffee was free with family card as we were there midweek 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This was the first time I’ve visited Ikea and it’s restaurant and I found it a bit confusing and busy at first. Most things looked appetising and I was impressed by the portion sizes. A very big slice of cake was £1.95 which you’d pay a lot more for in a coffee shop. I found the meal very filling and enjoyable and would definitely eat there again.

With a nice cup of real coffee free to members and a salad from the Buffett. We are happy but this time we got full breakfast at member price. We dont eat all so doubled up on some items bit of a mix up kitchen end but cashier said we could do that. So next time we will for sure. The little we did get this time was priced separately. Not as expensive so we tried it and was happy with it. The individual omelet scabled eggs cute.i expect a fried one but all good. Go along we recommend it.

Place is full of things. The food is really cheap and staff are okay. I had the famous meatballs which were stodgy, though the Daim cake was nice

These Ikea guys are pretty clued up, and now have moved into the full English / Swedish Smorgasbord greasy spoon fry up. If you have family membership all this comes at a cost of under £2 quid.

We came especially to MK to visit Ikea and Bletchley Park and were glad to find that the restaurant was open ahead of the store so we could investigate breakfast.

My husband and I go along for a day date. We try the Ikea rooms and just snuggle up whilst enjoying our coffee and a share meal. We love doing this and Ikea is the perfect place to do it in

I thought that the breakfast priced at under £3, would be reflected in the quality.

Full English Breakfast, quality of items -Good, taste -Good, value -Good (cheap) There are other choices of course including cereal if you fancy it.

I had been round the showroom a couple of times to search for some new bedroom furniture. Found what I was looking for and upon making a separate visit to get the items, went to the aisle where they were. Tried to lift the boxes on to the trolley with difficulty, looked on the box, showed weight of 35 Kgs, which was to heavy for me, ended up leaving boxes on floor after they bounced off trolley. The is NO WARNINGS about this nor is any staff visible on hand to assist. Will now have to severely rethink my potential purchase from them.

We take the kids here for supper all the time and is always a winner due to the price of the food and variety. You will not get a cheaper sit-down meal anywhere with drink and pudding!

First time I have had the meatballs and they were good. They had ran out of mashed potatoes so had chips peas and gravy. All very tasty and as I have the family card coffee was free, very good value.

If you get here early enough (and especially on a weekday) then the breakfast is a bargain, moreso if you have a Family loyalty card. £1.75 for a 7 item breakfast is crazy cheap. (5 items if you're vegetarian which is quite galling).

Good value for money food and drink, a nice break from shopping. Typical Ikea fair. Can be busy at times with long queues?

After a morning shopping, and restocking our crockery cupboards, my cousin and I went in for a quick bit to eat. The place was packed and we queued for a while in the self service queue, luckily we didn't plan on a cooked meal.

Called in at 10.50am and as we had an IKEA family card decided to stop for a coffee. They were still serving breakfast so had a small breakfast, sausage, omelette, 2 hash browns, beans, mushroom and tomatoes with a coffee all for £1.50. Cooked well and hot, clean tables very enjoyable

Meatballs were tasty, but quite expensive for what you get! Good spot for somewhere to sit and make decisions on what items you want to buy! Staff are friendly and restaurant area is always clean!

Food is just ok, but what do you expect for food so cheap.

Yes I like a nice coffee with my husband on one of those cosy sofa seats in the showrooms lol only if it’s full in the restaurant as they took the cosy sofas away. Glad for a comfy seat though and the toilets are always clean

Stopped in for breakfast today, normal que to be served, then normal que to pay, then normal cold food ( is it a Swedish thing) I suppose it wasn't bad but equally it wasn't good. Oh the coffee was good today much better than normal, will I go back? Probably when I have forgotten!

“I’m just popping down to IKEA” means at least a 2 hour visit and coming home with way more than was originally planned! Sometimes includes food items too. Just don’t visit at the weekends it’s very busy!!

Popped into IKEA for a spot of lunch and coffee with a neighbour before we had a quick look round the shop. My friend had a hotdog and chips on the first floor, next to the food shop and returns area. There's no seating for the snack area but, as it's cheap, fast food, most people seem happy to stand and eat. I think there should be a seating option for people who find it hard to stand but I can only see extra seating in the returns area.

Where to start? Well what’s not to like about Ikea?!? Let’s get this bit out of the way before we get into the nitty-gritty: go EARLY!

For a store restaurant, IKEA is great despite a menu of only a few items, all of which are fairly basic but generally ‘different’.

Our grandchildren love to go to ikea restaurant and they always have the meatballs children’s portion and then eat some of ours as well as they are very tasty. The value for money is great and there is a good range of choice besides the meatballs. There is usually a que but this is a reflection on the quality for the price and service is normally quick so worth the wait.

You get a lot of bang for your buck at IKEA in terms of food at the restaurant. All sizeable portions and there’s a refillable drink option too. Their trademark meatball signature is typically want attracts the most attention and it won’t let you down.

We visited Ikea often as the moment as still buying things for our new flat and it's great to stop halfway through to get food! The food is cheap and cheerful and yummy! Service is a bit slow sometimes we stood for 20 mins waiting to get to the counter on this visit and only 1 person serving, the other was chatting with someone at the back of the kitchen. Love the free refills!

Well stocked store, great buys in bargain corner. Always something on special offer or sale. Good layout, easy to get around. Easy to find stock downstairs also.

Needed to look at a couple of items before ordering for delivery to our local collection point. There is no Ikea store local to us (Norwich) and we had no room in the car to take them with us.

Bit of a shock when we first arrived as both the lifts was out of action, but one of the lift engineers showed us to a third lift. The facilities for disabled shoppers are good with lifts to all floors and wide flat areas suitable for wheelchair and mobility scooter.

This was my first experience at an IKEA and it did not disappoint. The Milton Keynes store is spacious and well laid out. The options are endless but well organised. I will be back.

I called in for breakfast and would have liked to have given a 4 star rating but everything went downhill the longer I was there.

Having spent the morning stocking up for my daughter for uni, a well deserved break was called for. Meatballs , chips and gravy, fish and chips and just chips. Followed by a double chic chip muffin and diam bar cake and drinks. Lunch for three for just over £20.00, bargain!!!

Big ikea, lots of different departments a great place to visit for essentials, and nice to sit in cafes after for affordable lunch or dinner.

So it’s not that I begrudge paying for the breakfast, but it wasn’t until I got home that I realised I had been overcharged for it and if everyone is paying that ‘little extra’ then it’s false advertising. It was my first time to the restaurant despite being a long standing ikea member, so I didn’t quite know how much the addition of the toast cost.

Love IKEA... such clever innotive ideas and the food in their restaurant is great value for money. I particularly love their space saving ideas.

I've never had a bad meal here, the meatballs are always hot and delicious and the desserts are yummy, especially the Danish cakes. If you have an IKEA family card you get free refillable tea and coffee too, which is a bargain.

First may I say what a wonderful store this is. Clean well signed posted and with wonderful helpful staff. If you don’t know where something is all you have to do is ask, staff couldn’t be more polite and helpful. The perk of being a family member with your free tea and coffe is welcome. However, where l think ikea fall down is not the quality of their food which in my opinion is excellent value for money, but my old bug bear of it being just warm! I had fish chips and peas today and by the time my husband had waited for the food to be served up and then had to wait again to pay the food was in my opinion warm at best nearing obncold. Such a shame when everything else is first class for ikea to fall down on this. It won’t put me off going back to get stuff that l don’t know how l lived without!!! Visit you will not be disappointed.

We had been out to do a few bits but it took longer than planned, so we detoured here for his lordship to get some grub. The food is such good value here. We don’t understand why the meatball portion has increased from 10-15meatballs. That said, it saved me having to cook!!

The food wasn't too bad but it did feel like a school canteen, I guess this is reflected in the price.

Whenever I visit IKEA, I have my plate of Swedish Meatballs - and they rarely disappoint. This time had them with sweet potatoes rather than chips - a nice change. Also, if you fancy alternatives to Meatballs, there was a reasonable selection of other dishes. Price is still very competitive and lower than a budget restaurant. Start with the meal to give you the strength for shopping and in particular fighting your way for the ground floor labirinth. Weekday evening is the best time to go, weekends to be avoided, too many customers and leaving the car park can be an ordeal by itself!

Spend ages in Ikea, kids always moan they are bored 😂 and me to hury up 🙄 Had some fantastic home stuff.

Great food and extremely good value at under £12 pounds for two meals with drinks! You just can’t argue with what Ikea are offering! Long live the meatballs!

After furniture, the meatballs in their restaurant are probably the most famous part of the brand.

When you say the word Ikea, people always, always, say about the meatballs, now I don't eat meatballs, thinking that they are full of all the nasty bits n bobs of what ever animal is to hand, but silly me, of course they are not, so putting my fears aside, I tried the famous meatballs, with a small portion to start with, and tentatively nibbling at the meat ball, I found that in fact they are really, really, very nice.. so if you too are not a fan of said balls, go on give them a try..... if I can, you can.... anyway enough about that, this iconic building stands out as you approach it, so you really cannot miss the place, parking is free and easy, and the entrance into the store is quite grand for a shop, when all said n done, but as you enter, you suddenly feel the wow factor, not many shops give such a grand entrance to a store, expectations are risen....and away you go into the world of Ikea, now I have never purchased a large piece of furniture, but have spent my money on lots of other stuff from Ikea, of which I have been happy with all my goodies.... I know this is mainly an Ikea review, but once you've had your fill of Ikea, there is an Asda next door, a very large Asda.. next door ... so kill 2 birds 1 stone thingy... as they say....be rude not too...

The IKEA restaurant is essentially a school canteen experience but the food tastes pretty good... and it is incredibly cheap. Eaten at the canteen twice when I've been at the store. I wouldn't make a special trip just for the food. It is sometimes crazy busy as well. I also question what is actually in the meatballs... probably better not to think about it :). If you get the ikea membership has special offers sometimes, such as 1/2 price food!

So a late night evening shop meant we missed dinner. I’ve never eaten at IKEA before. I wasn’t expecting fine dinning but the food was reasonable. Plus very reasonably priced. Meatballs are quite a winner. Not too shabby at all.

Came today from Peterborough , after travelling around MK for half a day trying to find it with a sat nav and 3 winging kids in the back, we finally got there.

From the reviews I've read, it seems as if some folks expect fine dining and silver service for the price! We are IKEA Family card holders and get free drinks from Monday to Friday, which in itself is a great bonus. We have shopped at IKEA quite a bit lately, as we have had some major changes made to the house. A visit to the store usually lasts longer than we anticipate, so having a restaurant on site is good for us. The food is basic and the meatballs option seems to be very popular and a bit of an icon as far as the company is concerned. I have frequently had the meatballs meal and always been pleased. Recently, they seem to have introduced a chicken meatballs option and I tried this, but will definitely be steering clear of ordering these again. Desserts are good value and the apple cake with a vanilla cream is very acceptable. The service is okay and the folks serving the food always seem pleasant to us. You need to take your tray of dirty dishes to a collection point - a small price to pay. The tables have always been clean and we have never had a problem in finding a place to sit, even when it's a busy time. Okay, this isn't the kind of place you'd visit if you're not shopping there, but if you need refreshment (and you probably will) then don't hesitate to pop in.

After watching the documentary about IKEA I decided to take a look at their new Tom Dixon sofa range, I wasn't impressed and ended up buying a different sofa, I think it was the way the Tom Dixon range was displayed not very inspiring. The lady who placed our order was very helpful and sorted out our delivery dates and everything. We spent a large fortune on this and other items photo frames and gadgets but I do love IKEA. We ate in the restaurant, the meatballs and mash are amazing, I was disapointed that there was no Peri Peri chicken as advertised on the website but anyway what we ate was delicious. The ice cream cornets are always good but I had a problem with my token and a guy in the cafe tried to help but only after touching my ice cream cone without gloves on or a serviette, hope he had clean hands!

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My daughter was looking forward to shop at IKEA. Good parking and plenty of stuff to look at. Lunchtime we had been told food was good. So off we went to get food. Long queue to get food. I had fish meal daughter had chicken. Then a very long queue to pay. By the time we sat down both meals were cold and not very nice. Not be eating there again. Should have gone to Asda next door. Just like school food not good. Save your money for flat pack furniture