IKEA Opens Its First Standalone Swedish Restaurant In London

World furnishings retailer IKEA is well-known in lots of areas for its in-house meals choices. Their meatballs are thought of an iconic delicacy throughout shops worldwide. The model has lately made a landmark foray into the eating trade with the opening of its first standalone Swedish restaurant on King Road in Hammersmith, London. The institution is positioned subsequent to IKEA’s revamped Hammersmith Metropolis Retailer. The area used to deal with a Wasabi restaurant and might now seat 75 diners, as per the corporate.

Highlights from the menu embody IKEA’s signature meatballs served with mashed potatoes, peas, cream sauce and lingonberry jam, a veg model of the identical (referred to as “plant balls”), penne pasta, salmon with couscous and yoghurt, and so on. There’s additionally an providing referred to as “Youngsters’s Pasta and Tomato Sauce,” which features a delicate drink and a bit of fruit. The institution serves breakfast dishes until 11 am every day. Company can select between combos such because the six-piece “Small Cooked Breakfast” (that includes bacon, sausage, hash brown, omelette, baked beans and tomato) and the nine-piece “Common Cooked Breakfast,” that includes further parts of bacon, sausage and hash browns.

Matthew Gould, Market Supervisor at IKEA London Metropolis, mentioned in an announcement, “We all know how a lot our clients love the IKEA restaurant and we’re excited to rejoice the opening of our very first excessive road restaurant. Followers of our scrumptious dishes can recharge throughout their procuring journey with our well-known Swedish meatballs, pop in for a standard Swedish ‘fika’ break for espresso and a candy deal with, or discover an inexpensive meal for the children proper on the excessive road.”

The youngsters’s meal talked about earlier is probably the most inexpensive menu merchandise highlighted and is at the moment priced at 0.95 GBP (approx Rs 100). As per a report in The Guardian, a number of the preliminary clients on the IKEA restaurant have lauded the comparatively low price of the meals, particularly by London requirements.