IKEA Restaurant in Exeter

Food is excellent, they have a variety of different options it is worth the trip just for the meatballs , expect to be in line for a good 20-30 minutes but well worth the wait

Food is excellent, they have a variety of different options it is worth the trip just for the meatballs , expect to be in line for a good 20-30 minutes but well worth the wait

The IKEA restaurant is an excellent spot for a satisfying meal, whether you’re taking a break from shopping or just looking for a quick bite. The menu offers a variety of options, from their famous Swedish meatballs to healthier choices like salads and salmon. The veggie balls are a delightful alternative if you’re looking for something plant-based, and they don’t skimp on flavor. The atmosphere is casual and welcoming, with plenty of seating available. It’s also family-friendly, with meals that cater to both kids and adults. Another plus is the affordability—you’re getting great value for your money with generous portions at reasonable prices. Overall, the IKEA restaurant offers a tasty, no-fuss dining experience with a wide range of options that are sure to please everyone in the family. It’s a great spot to refuel and relax before continuing your shopping adventure.

The IKEA restaurant is an excellent spot for a satisfying meal, whether you’re taking a break from shopping or just looking for a quick bite. The menu offers a variety of options, from their famous Swedish meatballs to healthier choices like salads and salmon. The veggie balls are a delightful alternative if you’re looking for something plant-based, and they don’t skimp on flavor. The atmosphere is casual and welcoming, with plenty of seating available. It’s also family-friendly, with meals that cater to both kids and adults. Another plus is the affordability—you’re getting great value for your money with generous portions at reasonable prices. Overall, the IKEA restaurant offers a tasty, no-fuss dining experience with a wide range of options that are sure to please everyone in the family. It’s a great spot to refuel and relax before continuing your shopping adventure.

Ordered plant balls. The Asian server was cold to us but friendly toward others. There were unclean cooked peas with few soil particles like ones not washed well - my teeth were grinding against those particles. Based on my experience in Denmark and Sweden, IKEA restaurant doesn't have the best service. Yet, the food quality here isn't as good as in Denmark and Sweden. Peas were not cleaned well...

IKEA makes it easy to buy but the returns/exchange department is understaffed and poorly managed. Terrible customer experience. I don’t blame the staff. It’s the management and hiring.

It's a buffet but days before you know you are going, you start to crave their Swedish Meatball Plate! Scrumptious!

Prices are way up - this is a cafeteria - but I'm spending $30-35 on a meal for 2. Absolute bare bones staffing with long wait times for food and to check out. Cheaply run but prices don't reflect what you are getting.

I recently visited Ikea in Stoughton and had an extremely unpleasant encounter with one of their salespeople “Laurie”. Despite being a potential customer, I was met with rudeness, disrespect, and humiliation. Such behavior is unacceptable in any professional setting which makes me feel unwelcome and as if she’s firing me. I hope the management takes appropriate action to ensure that other customers do not have to endure similar treatment.Worst service ever. I never met such a rude and impolite person like her . Laurie the lady that she works in the closet section which is supposed to be friendly and help people to find their need . I told her pls my due date is soon i need to do a closet for the nursery i was very respectful and patient however she kept humiliating me and engaged in a mocking behavior.

Go to place after done shopping for furniture!

I was very satisfied with the fries but the rest of the food was very very cold. I guess that is why they have a microwave at the check out counter. I had to put ketchup on a napkin since they are trying to reduce plastic waste. The beverages were also nice from the fountain soda machine but you are obligated to rush, gulp it down and finish it there since you have to return the glass cup right away.

Everything self-checkout on most

Great price and wonderful atmosphere!!

Watch out. They have a very tricky returns policy even with receipt but no bar code on the object.

Ate lunch at around 13.30. I can honestly say that I can't ever remember receiving such an horrendous meal. Fish, chips and musy peas. Apart from the peas all the food was stone cold and the fish, when opened had grey flesh not white. Had it died of old age? It's cheap but an awful meal even if it had been free....

FABULOUS FOOD 🥘! Go here! The food is lovely ☺️. With a spectacular Swedish tradition. It is always good to have some food then do some shopping 🛒. The only thing not good about it is the staff are a little bit grumpy, But other than that the experience is great 😊! Thanks so much 🙏

I like the food and eating environment here. Today, I had 12 Swedish meatballs with mash potatoes and green beans. Those were delicious with gravy and cranberry sauce. I noticed that kid’s eat free on National Holidays when a main entree is purchased. It would be a great place to bring kids to go shopping at IKEA on National Holidays!!!

The restaurant employee dealt with only white people looking for napkins and utensils and kept us standing in front of the counter for a long time without any workers coming to pay. We were offended and had no choice but to think they were racist.

Swedish meatballs and chicken tenders were delicious. Service was fast. Has plenty of high chairs for toddlers. We always eat lunch here when we visit Ikea.

The place is super clean, the food is good, and the prices meet expectations.

I cannot believe this restaurant….i think we all know that IKEA produces a great value for money food experience…but the service and waiting time is just unbelievable. My background in hotel and catering management. So…. We wanted a quick snack part way through our journey between Weymouth and Falmouth. …. Two service points on right and left leading to the servery….with one person behind each… this would not be so bad if there was another back room staff topping up the servery bains Marie…. But the poor lady on ours was topping up fish and chips herself. First thing to do to resolve the problem would be to make use of the existing salad bar… we would have been quite happy using a proper salad bar which would have reduced the queue for the hot food…. We saw a manager come out to speak to someone re allergies with her I pad….she should have been out on the front line all the time! I know what the answer to my comments is going to be…..shortages of staff…. Well….with some training you could make use of some of the “shop floor” staff to help at busy times….it is just a bit of thinking outside the box and the service could be improved 100%. The final straw was the payment area….one person for the two serveries my food would have been so much hotter if I did not have to wait for such a long time to pay!

The food was really good. The notice on the table says please take your tray back as this helps keep the cost down. Fair enough. What else keeps the cost down is having few staff. The busiest time of day and one person serving at either side and one person taking the money for both sides. I don’t hold the workers responsible,it is clearly poor management.

Has overnight parking at the back , I sleep there . U might drop and hook the trailer on the dock to put ur trailer. It take 1 hour they unloading me . Check in staff was nice .

If I could give this place 0 stars, I would. The salad tasted metallic and the meatballs had a terrible aftertaste. The mashed potatoes had no flavor. The best part was probably the garlic bread. I am highly disappointed and will never eat here again.

The two women in the picture sat at a table that I had put my stuff on so that I could go through the line and get my food and then when I came out with my food they gave me a dirty look and I had to find another place to sit

Excellent and never disappoints. Cannot visit Ikea without eating the meatballs. Sorry about the photo as was too hungry 😋

Terrible the only food available was Meat Balls and Shrivelled Peas. Staff very unhelpful.Not a very good advert for IKEA they need to up their game

We were early for our meatball lunch so this was my 1st breakfast here. Very well priced. We had a sausage and mushroom bap each. The queue was big. Only two serving but very friendly. Queue for coffee machine too.

Disgusting fish and chips! Grey fish. Tasteless! Awful. Hardly anything else to choose from. Very limited choice across the board. What is going on. It used to be so good?

How disappointed we were in the restaurant today! Very short staffed so the queue was so long. By the time to got to a table the food was cold. We ordered fish and chips and never have I tasted anything so disgusting. It looked amazing, one and a bit (odd) good sized portions but oh dear?!… the fish itself was grey?… and minced? No taste whatsoever. Thankfully it came with tartare sauce which made it slightly more palatable but we left most of it. Best thing on the plate were the peas. Only one of coffee machines was working but only delivering not very warm filter coffee and there was no milk. Eventually someone arrived to refresh the empty machine but there was a queue of people by that time stood holding cups of cold black coffee. There was very little in the choice of desserts. Even more disappointing there was no famous Daim cake. We felt sorry for the staff as they all seemed stressed. We used to look forward to our IKEA trips but today we left feeling extremely disappointed

So, my friend and I went shopping here, I just love this store and try to come up from Plymouth at least a couple of times a year. Drive up, have coffee, shop, lunch. We are both veggie, and I have to say the plant 'meatballs ' are lush. Store is beautifully laid out, staff very helpful and I call it 'my spiritual home'

Very cheap it reminds me if school dinners poor selection free coffee I would not buy the food again. Very clean restaurant qu

This was efficient and throughput was good. Staff were friendly. Loads of tables available and the who place was clean.

So what happened ? Was it lack of staff due to a Spike in Covid ? We stood in an airport like security queue, waiting to be served food. The hold up seemed to be lack of food coming to the serving stations. We considered abandoning the line but were locked in with the metal barriers and the tray trolleys. The result apart from the delays, was cold food and high noise levels. Not a relaxing lunch, shame really as the menu was different and the food, if hot, would have been delicious. I liked the way that the calories of each dish was clearly displayed on the menu boards.

I can't review the fooditself as I'm not sure that I will ever get any. Not a long line but ridiculously slow progress. I think they are cooking one meatball at a time. Avoid unless you have the patience of Jobe.

Friendly staff, good food, very accommodating for COVID-19.

I am very disappointed with the restaurant staff. Admittedly we reached here 5 mins before closing and they refused to serve us anything even though the cashier was still checking out customers. The staff rudely kept shouting “we are closed” when we pointed out there was still 5 mins to go. Poor unprofessional service 👎

was my first time trying ikea food. I had heard all about it, it was pretty good.

Despite having several gluten free meals listed on the touchscreen outside the restaurant, after queuing and getting to the counter, discovered none were available and the only option was a portion of chips.

Inaccurate hours. Today they closed 20 minutes early (6:40 instead of 7:00) I guess because they were tired of customers. Very unprofessional!

Cheap filling food. What's not to like?

That was nice, missed European food so much

We have always enjoyed ikea's meals and very systematic. Today I felt the queue was small enough to join yet ended up a long wait and members of the public choosing not to wear masks while ikea's signage states wear masks. More concerning while one...

Swedish meatballs worth traveling an hour each way for! I'm from Providence and make the trip out to Stoughton every short while. The meatballs are THAT good! Not even shopping for furniture, either! The fried or mashed potatoes are both good options. Definitely worth the drive!

Food was amazing, covid restrictions in place, staff very professional and friendly, Manager out in the resturant talking to customers helping us find our way around. Will be returning soon.

Well run, friendly staff. clean and covid secure. You can see they are a busy outlet but it is all efficient and the staff seem to actually care which is not always the case in places like this.

Felt like something out of a George Orwell novel in the restaurant. Had to fill in a piece of paper with what we wanted, and none of it was available despite over an hour of service being left. The food I did get was very...

The new “covid19” precautions are ridiculous at the restaurant. People who are ready to sit down and eat are sent away, for those who are registered - while these people are still shopping. Plenty of empty tables but they won’t let you sit down and eat. After you have your table is even worse. (another queue to get food) IKEA you were better off having your restaurant closed. You’re allowing people to be on top of each other going through the rest of the store but not sit down and eat like a normal person.

I have lived IKEA since my early ages...very innovative and distinct from many retail stores.

The way they organize the restaurant booking is good.

The click and collect curbside pickup area is unmarked until you are actually already parked in one of the spots. Those are in row M of the parking garage, btw. We learned that by going into the store. So much for curbside pickup.

It’s great that in the pandemic there is a great Swedish restaurant is available. Very strong on social distancing the menu is limited but signature Swedish meatballs are there.

They are NOT open. They have seemingly arbitrary hours for their restaurant. Very undependable.

I celebrated my nomination last night in this fine place. I am glad to say that it was a awesome evening and the restaurant was absolutely one of the reasons for the outstanding gathering. The team participated in a gorgeous manner, the food was yummy and my guests were extremely delighted. We shall absolutely come back again for more events. thanks very much.

Lovely restaurant shame about the food we both had the meat balls the plates that the food was served on was cold food was only warm service of the staff was excellent but let down by the cold plates

Hot fresh food perfect end to a family shopping trip round ikea. Can’t fault the service they even cooked fresh chips with our hot dogs!

The food is cheap and really tasty, and our table was spotless in fact we watched the previous people leave and then saw them clean thoroughly. The food did take a while to come out and when it came it was wrong but rather than...

The meatballs were delicious. Despite the circumstances due to Covid, all the staff were helpful and friendly. A very enjoyable visit.

Great and lots of fun until no food, long check out lines and being out of a lot of products

Super little restaurant if a little overpriced. Good quality food. Friendly staff with a can do attitude

Good cheap food while shopping, daim cake is amazing. Always a queue, but they move quickly. shame some customers cant be bothered to clean up there own mess

Really clean, good selection, cheap prices and yummy food.

The service is always efficient, awesome vibes, friendly employees. I will return again when I am nearby.

Mediocre at best. Reminds me of school cafeteria breakfast.

It's cheap, it's not a restaurant, it's exactly as you see it, you have to queue and pay! We had veggie meatballs with chips £3.95 and fish and chips with peas £4.75 and as we went on a Friday we had free tea and coffee...

it is very cheap but poor quality ,standing in line like a school hall is not what i expected. but its cheap

After being in the catering trade for many years hats off to the cleaning and restaurant Staff. Will never understand how this is turned around with the amount of footfall through doors and yet kept in pristine condition. Yes there are queues at busy periods...

Always a great visit here, with friendly and helpful staff. Lots of items to view on display. Good restaurant area for food and drinks with plenty of tables and seating.can get busy at the main tills though so leave enough time to get through. Plenty...

Wore ourselves out today trying to furnish and equip a bedroom from scratch as well as wandering through the endless useful cheap stuff section. Inevitably we needed refreshment. The cafeteria area is vast airy and has relaxed but open neat simple feel. We queued thinking...

After shopping I ordered one large & one small hot dog meal + onions. The lady rang it up and the price was incorrect so I said "You haven't charged me enough!" I have she said its extra for onions, "I Know but it's still not enough!". Yes it's right said she,so I repeated my order and the man helping at the adjacent counter came over.He was so rude, "That's not what you ordered", I begged to differ and pointed out that I had already queried the price. My husband who is disabled then came over to see what the problem was and a large queue was forming behind me!! The man then got really stroppy and loud and informed me that he had heard my order & it wasnt for 2 meals. I was fuming, he must have been very clever to hear and retain my order whilst dealing with customers on the adjacent counter buying wine. We did eventually get our food, the young lady obviously didn't hear my order correctly originally, instead of just putting it right they made a huge issue of it. I have never been treated so rudely.

As ever, the lunch at Ikea was great! It is always great visiting the store and the meal just adds to the experience. Well done.

In hindsight when we arrived at Ikea at 12 o’clock on a Thursday we should have gone straight to the cafe to eat! We chose to walk round first and by the time we found the cafe again it was heaving! As there were several of us we found a table first and left one person there while the rest joined the long winding queue for food. We were in the queue for over 20 minutes, so at least by the time we got to the front we definitely knew what we wanted to eat!! We all had the meatballs which were delicious and as the queue at the til was minimal the food was still hot when we got back to the table. For Ikea Family members, tea and coffee were free (out of a press button machine). 10 meatballs and mash/chips were £4.50 and 15meatballs were £5.50 so a really cheap lunch! There were several other options including roast chicken, beef bourguignon and fish....all very reasonably priced. Don’t expect top notch food or service.....you do have to clear your own stuff away.....but it’s ok. And for people with young children , there are high chairs, bibs, plastic plates, cups, cutlery and a microwave.

went there two weeks ago so big you can get lost but worth a visit and cheap meals to going again very soon

Cheap and cheerful, had 4 breakfasts with coffee for a tenner,not the greatest but not bad for the price

Visited today it was a busy Friday lunch time but the queue moved quickly lots of selection in the fridges of cake to choose from and the hot food looked good too I had fish and chips my friend had the half chicken which was huge, moved through the till quickly so our food was still nice and hot when we sat down a nice gentleman said he would wipe our table before we sat down all the staff we dealt with were friendly and very helpful.Overall it’s a great place to eat we will definitely visit again soon.

Ate here yestrday! Food was tasty yet very affordable and lots to choose from. Staff were friendly and the resturant was clean. 50p hotdog amazing will be back thank you IKEA

They have a very good inexpensive menu including a good variety of food. They serve breakfast including Swedish pancakes. They also serve lunches and dinner.

Came here for dinner ! Wish we never bothered.Long queue, when we did get to the counter there was just one server who couldn’t have given a damn about anything, with a serious lack of customer service, there was barely any dishes to choose from, small portion of beef stew, just laughable.Dirty wobbly table with food all over the floor, and cutlery was dirty.Come on Ikea get it together !!!!

Decided to meet here with a friend for a spot of lunch. So wish we'd driven the extra few miles to Harvester. We joined the snake like queue and followed everyone else up and down looking at the boards overhead, and finally the cake options when we got that close. The queue was ridiculously long and only one guy serving on our side. We decided to go for cake or soup and a coffee as it was easier and quicker ... if only we could get out of the queue. Asked someone behind the food counter what the two soups of the day were and were quite surprised when they had to ask someone else what it was. Finally got out, got something to eat & drink and paid. Then came the challenge of finding an available table. Soup was cold, garlic bread was chewy and the table was so wonky we nearly lost our drinks more than once.

only good reason to come shopping !!! i get bribed to come shopping with the reward of meatballs when visiting IKEA , love the taste , good quality cheap meals , simple but nice , clean and well run cafe , lots of items to chose from cheap as chips !! only problem is the queuing , its always busy as ! 10 in the morning or 3 in the afternoon ,

How can IKEA run out of Lingonberry Jam? Stopped for lunch today stood in line wondering how so many people can walk about and yet not serve anyone!Finally got served only to be told after we’d been given the food that there was no Lingonberry Jam, how can this happen? It’s part of the meal, it doesn’t taste the same without it! It’s in the menu description!Not sure we’ll be coming again!

It was like college canteen. They have limited menu so you think they will do it well...WRONG.There was no forks after queuing for 10 mins. When we eventually sat down with our fish chips and peas it was cold. The quality was rubbish. Never eat there again.

Never had breakfast at Ikea so thought we'd give it a go. Good value for money I was really surprised at the low prices and lived the re fillable coffee.

We tried having a meal in this ikea. Me meatballs and mashed potatoes, my wife fish and chips. The queues were enormous. Maybe the food tasted nice but was stone cold by the time we got to eat it. Will not use again.

Having never used the cafe before and hearing all the hype over tha fab meatballs. We waited in line like sheep for 20mins. Got to the hot counter, eventually as the staff serving were so slow. Asked for meatballs x 3 to be told “no mash” so had fries instead with peas. Asked for half roast chicken, first employee plated, pushed to the side for second employee to put the rest with, she disappeared to top up the frier with fries! All this time our food is sat there going cold! We called her in the end to come back and finish the last meal off, “no sweet corn” so peas it was then! That was the good experience of the cafe! It gets worse! Now waiting in line to pay! Now £34 our bill, not too bad for a family of 4 for HOT food! If it had been hot! Cutlery now! No Forks! Waited a further 3/4mins for these to appear! By the time we sat down the food was cold! The gravy was congealed on the plate, chips were soggy and cold. Peas which we paid 50p extra for were inedible! The meatballs were tasty but nothing special and being cold wasn’t something I wish to experience again! The chicken was so dry, you couldn’t swallow it plus everything was cold! The only nice bit was a salad bowl! Just to top it off, we had bought 2 desserts, only to turn around and find a young Indian girl sticking her fingers in my husbands dessert and about to dive into mine! Nice! You then on top of this have clear away the crap from the table yourself whic I don’t mind doing, although we couldn’t do it as the bins were full! This was a Saturday afternoon at approx 3pm. No excuse to run out of the main components of a dish! Get your act together Ikea, hot food and faster checkout when you’ve chosen your food is a good idea! Worst food I’ve had in years, we only ate the bare minimum as we were so hungry! Yuk!

Had half roast chicken which was as dry as carpet and only just about edible if you picked out the leg meat. We couldn't eat the sweetcorn - soggy shrivelled up and tasteless. How can food be so bad??? Never again. We will be taking lessons from Ikea - self assembly lunch, in the shape of a packed lunch from home.

Very large both food counter area and seating area.Nothing exciting to eat. Usual meat balls including vegetarian which were OK but wouldn't choose again.seletion of cakes and tarts again nothing special.OK while visiting to shop and browse but wouldn't go there just for cafe.

Quick pitstop lunch with daughter No2... food tasty, and reasonable value, restaurant spotlessly clean, plenty of staff on hand... on grumble is the time it takes to queue in the cattle pen chicaneAnd that was a weekday lunchtime... god forbid you enter this place on a wet weekend or a bankholiday... i reckon i would need a haircut by the time i got out... along with th 10 minute maze to the exit!

If you want a cheap, tasty meal in a canteen like environment, this is for you. Over the months we’ve had breakfast, lunch and dinner here on odd occasions. Always tasty, always cracking value.

Cheap good food, cheerful atmosphere, hectic restaurant. So so busy even in the middle of the week. A lot of parents seem to bring their kids here to eat.Ticked all the boxes though.

Visited today.Great experience!! Tables were clean and tidy as well as super friendly staff even on a busy Sunday. Very affordable too Thanks IKEA resturant

I was tempted by the meatball deal from the Bistro at the exit. The meal was bland and not a pleasant experience and there are no chairs and using a wooden spoon is awful.

They look so basic but taste so good!! First time I’ve had the Swedish meatballs in all these years. Very ashamed I haven’t had them before. So reasonably priced too definitely worth trying.

I visit IKEA fairly regularly and always enjoy the Ikea meatballs. Food is good. Loads of seats and great views from restaurant. Obviously will be visiting again

Had the beef stew which was very nice, the portions are small and the queues are long. The staff are not the friendliest at the servery .

There were three in the group and we all had a really pleasant time over lunch I had the meat balls and they still do not disappoint well done for keeping standards so high. As we have used lies for years still good quality and a reasonable cost. Staff are also really friendly well done to all at ilea

It does take too long to get served and out but overall the quality is good and seating is good too. Ideal if travelling with children as we were on the way to Devon. Its not in itself a restaurant to visit as an experience, more a café of convenience.

Plenty of choice relativity well priced, functional shopping experience even with kids. Car park can be a bit of a squeeze at times.

It was 6pm last Thursday and on our way back from Cardiff to Falmouth we stopped off at Exeter Ikea to look at the displays but also have a bite to eat in their restaurant.The food was pretty good value and tasty, however trying to find a clean table in an empty restaurant was difficult. We walked around with our trays and although most of the tables were clear of debris, they hadn’t been wiped down. We passed about 50 dirty ones. Eventually we found a clean one at the far side of the restaurant. The meat balls and the veggie balls hit the spot but we wouldn’t go back as we don’t enjoy playing hunt the clean table.

Popped into the local exeter Ikea and did the walk through the store. Half was through we stopped off at the restaurant for a drink and a slice of cake. We opted for the bottomless soft drinks and the daim cake. Cake was great, the fizzy and soft drinks were a bit bland. Popped to the toilets and all good there. The main restaurant area was a bit grubby and needed a clean. Otherwise ok.