Ikea restaurant

JONJO THE MISER

:eek:http://www.independent.ie/national-news/big-plates-tempt-diners-to-ikea-2516806.html

Sweet divine thats unreal, i would be in there everyday if i lived in the Pale. Any of ye guys tried it?

KeithM89_old

Ikea? Surprised you dont have to make it yourself...

Trog

Yeah, you get the burgers and buns in a pack, you have to put them together yourself.

Edit: beaten to the punch.

tba

It's horrible.

I Was VB

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TeddyTedson

Wow €2. I get it if there was one near me.

Kintarō Hattori

If you live in the area fair enough. Other than that I can't see why anyone would travel essentially to the middle of nowhere to eat some cheap food. They've lost the time it took them to get there nevermind what they spent on busfare. Plus it can get really busy. Just because it's 'cheap' doesn't mean it's worth it.

starbelgrade

I was in Ikea in Belfast a while back... was in the queue to get some food & thought the meatballs looked good (from the picture).

However, I forgot to realise that the scale of the picture was not the same as the size of the actual meatballs. They were tiny.

I've actually picked bigger snots from my nose.

So I had the fish, which was grand.

Yakult

I for one welcome our new fat insect overlordlard asses.

StupidLikeAFox

Got the chicken there, it definitely wasnt chicken fillet. Was more like spam or something. Its cheap but its not food of any decent quality at all

You get what you pay for really.

gonedrinking

If there was a restruarant like that in the city centre they would make insane profits. I wonder which bright spark will be the first to do so, Michael O'Leary has said he will leave Ryanair in the next year or so, my money is on him to get in there first.

biko

The meatballs rock!

CabanasBoy

starbelgrade wrote: »

However, I forgot to realise that the scale of the picture was not the same as the size of the actual meatballs. They were tiny.

I've actually picked bigger snots from my nose.

Now that's just an outright lie:D the "meat"balls are the size of a large brussels sprout so you must have some big assed nostrils!

The meatballs are lovely with the weird gravy stuff and lingonberry jam and boiled potatoes though once or twice a year is enough. Ikea's cakes are lovely with a cup of coffee.

nice1franko

It's great but I always make a pig of myself when I go.

Abelloid

Yeah, food isn't bad at all.

Last time I was there I sat next to a family of 5, kids filling up on €1 pasta, I got the impression they didn't even realise the was a furniture shop below...

Fair play, I'd have my lunch there too if it was local.

prinz

Yeah food is decent and the value is good, much better than most places passing themselves as restaurants/cafés in Dublin tbh.

phasers

They served Reindeer last Christmas, I thought that was class

mikedragon32

Had lunch there once. Entirely unremarkable. Not bad, but not particularly good either.

Their pastries are lovely though! MMmmmm. Free coffee with your Ikea Family card is a bonus too!

fred252

love the meatballs. normally buy a bag of them with the sauce and lingonberry jam.

not to mention the almond tart, mmmm

Snakeblood

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

If you live in the area fair enough. Other than that I can't see why anyone would travel essentially to the middle of nowhere to eat some cheap food. They've lost the time it took them to get there nevermind what they spent on busfare. Plus it can get really busy. Just because it's 'cheap' doesn't mean it's worth it.

Some people's time is worth less to them than the money saved. Like a pensioner with a bus pass might not have a lot on. Or a student with a travelcard might want to save their cash for drugs, like any rightthinking person.

Tazz T

I go out around once a week. Some of the food is excellent and the whole set up is well thought out. The salmon in particular is good. The kids love the meatballs, especially after an hour in the free creche. Must be a loss-leader. They can't make a profit on those prices. Really shows up the Irish equivalents. But if some big Irish companies took a leaf out of Ikea's book, they'd probably start doing better themselves.

Snakeblood

Tazz T wrote: »

I go out around once a week. Some of the food is excellent and the whole set up is well thought out. The salmon in particular is good. The kids love the meatballs, especially after an hour in the free creche. Must be a loss-leader. They can't make a profit on those prices. Really shows up the Irish equivalents. But if some big Irish companies took a leaf out of Ikea's book, they'd probably start doing better themselves.

I think it's all their own inhouse stuff isn't it?

I had read that the owner of IKEA pitched a fit when someone mentioned raising the hot dog prices, because he viewed it as essential to get someone in the door.

stovelid

All my dreams come true. Dining in a furniture supermarket on the edge of the m50 in Ballymun.

gonedrinking

stovelid wrote: »

All my dreams come true. Dining in a furniture supermarket on the edge of the m50 in Ballymun.

modern life is sh1t

Alter-Ego

The meatballs are excellent. Avoid the cherry soda, it tastes like calpol.

benj

so whats the coffee like there?

AnonoBoy

Couldn't be arsed going all the way out to Ballymun for meatballs.

pow wow

Got the most hallucinogenic food poisoning from the one in Belfast once. Good times.

Mint Sauce

phasers wrote: »

They served Reindeer last Christmas, I thought that was class

But they wont allow dogs in.




















































<gets coat>

prinz

pow wow wrote: »

Got the most hallucinogenic food poisoning from the one in Belfast once. Good times.

Those weren't hallucinations, that King Billy riding his white charger out of the end of a house and the coloured curbstones are real. :eek:. Trippy stuff.

finnegan2010

Just dont try the Vegetarian hot Dogs.......... BARF i mean BARF

tastes like Wayne Rooneys old sports stocking with hints of jizz and a pinch of that white mucusy sweat you get between your arse cheeks. topped off with a whiff of japser cheese :eek:

pow wow

prinz wrote: »

Those weren't hallucinations, that King Billy riding his white charger out of the end of a house and the coloured curbstones are real. :eek:. Trippy stuff.

I won't be inviting you up on July 12th so. King Billy would not approve!

El Horseboxo

I know a barman that goes over there everyday to eat that breakfast. He was a skinny little thing but in the past year the fúcker has become huge.

Abelloid

pow wow wrote: »

Got the most hallucinogenic food poisoning from the one in Belfast once. Good times.

Did you have the reindeer? In a Fly Agaric sauce...

stovelid

Alter-Ego wrote: »

The meatballs are excellent. Avoid the cherry soda, it tastes like calpol.

Calpol tastes lovely.

pow wow

JustinOval wrote: »

Did you have the reindeer? In a Fly Agaric sauce...

I actually don't remember - it's a part of my life I try to forget. I lived a short drive from it but it was the longest 10 mins of my life trying to get home that day. Very entertaining from recollection though.

Abelloid

pow wow wrote: »

I actually don't remember - it's a part of my life I try to forget. I lived a short drive from it but it was the longest 10 mins of my life trying to get home that day. Very entertaining from recollection though.

Ok, you didn't have reindeer in a Fly Agaric sauce, I'm pretty sure of that.

pow wow

JustinOval wrote: »

Ok, you didn't have reindeer in a Fly Agaric sauce, I'm pretty sure of that.

I'll have to pencil that in for when hell freezes over next time.

number10a

They sell Dime Cake!! Sweet Jesus I would actually crawl to Dublin for it!!!!!

prinz

number10a wrote: »

They sell Dime Cake!! Sweet Jesus I would actually crawl to Dublin for it!!!!!

Yup, the dime cake is nice alright, as is the pastry parcel with the goat's cheese and mixed peppers... at least that's what I think it was...

albeit

gonedrinking wrote: »

modern life is sh1t

Swedish, functional, modern life is sh1t.

It feels like living in a cardboard box, spiritually. :mad:

Mr Benevolent

albeit wrote: »

Swedish, functional, modern life is sh1t.

It feels like living in a cardboard box, spiritually. :mad:

Ditto. It's like living in an underfurnished office.

Danbo!

Alter-Ego wrote: »

The meatballs are excellent. Avoid the cherry soda, it tastes like calpol.

Six plus or the under six one?

albeit

Confab wrote: »

Ditto. It's like living in an underfurnished office.

It's so empty, and full of stuff.

listermint

The breakfast is muck, dont bother with it, Terrible beans (undercooked) Sausages only okay, Bacon was thick more like gammon, I think it was gammon. Tomatoes were undercooked. Hash browns were terrible. In fact it wasnt worth it.

No idea about the rest of the food. Oh and theyre minerals taste awful too, especially the orange.

The Highwayman

Meatballs and mash Nom Nom Nom Nom.........:)

DublinWriter

listermint wrote: »

The breakfast is muck, dont bother with it, Terrible beans (undercooked) Sausages only okay, Bacon was thick more like gammon, I think it was gammon. Tomatoes were undercooked. Hash browns were terrible. In fact it wasnt worth it.

I wasn't too keen on the Soylent Green on toast myself...apparently it's made of people.

who the fug

The one near Brent cross in London is always full of coppers at 10.00 am having their brekkie.

Irish Slaves for Europe

listermint wrote: »

The breakfast is muck, dont bother with it, Terrible beans (undercooked) Sausages only okay, Bacon was thick more like gammon, I think it was gammon. Tomatoes were undercooked. Hash browns were terrible. In fact it wasnt worth it.

No idea about the rest of the food. Oh and theyre minerals taste awful too, especially the orange.

i fcukin hate gammon, it makes my physically angry

DublinWriter

albeit wrote: »

modern life is sh1t.

If you're one of those who thinks that there was a magical bygone age then I've one word for you - dentistry.

aujopimur

This sounds fantastic, with a bit of planning seeing as there is so much furniture etc there you could live in Ikea for a about €35 a week.