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| - I had the Swedish American breakfast for $2 and it was okay, but nothing spectacular. The scrambled eggs tasted somewhat artificial, it was about the quality of fast food type eggs. The home fries were okay, again, nothing to write home about. It also comes with turkey sausage, and Swedish pancakes with lingonberry sauce. The sauce/jam was nice. I wasn't sure how to eat the pancakes....with or without syrup? or just the sauce? They were a bit gummy and not that great. The food also could have been warmer. I noticed a small microwave in the area, so maybe you can avail yourself of that to get your food a little hotter.
The best thing is the coffee refills if you get the Ikea family card which is a free card, so you need to get that for lots of refills. You get regular or decaf coffee, as well as latte, capppucino, or tea. The latte was very good, so you can't beat that refill deal!
The interior setting of the restaurant which is on the second floor is very pretty, with great views of the mountains. Everything is very clean and orderly, and once you get the hang of how the restaurant flows, it's easy to figure it all out and enjoy a pleasant meal.
In addition to breakfast, I also sampled a couple of their sweets - the Princess (it's the pink dessert).... was okay, although I wasn't over the top about it. It's advertised as being coated in marzipan, but it didn't taste much like marzipan to me...just a sweet-ish coating. Do you see a pattern here? I wasn't thrilled with their food, but I give them the benefit of the doubt for keeping the price low and it is a nice area to eat, re-fuel and relax before or after shopping.
In addition, I shopped at the marketplace on the first floor near the check out and exit area. It was a bit confusing because you have to go thru the check out area to get over to that marketplace area, so just walk thru the check out area and they are okay with that.
Then if you buy something at the marketplace, you have to circle back to the check out area.
A little bit of a confusion in the flow in that area which maybe could be improved. .
I bought a bag of the meatballs (since i didn't have a chance to sample them at the restaurant), a jar of lingonberry jam (4.99, a bit pricey), and some other items. Total on the groceries was $22, and I didn't buy that much - these specialty items are fun to try once, but probably I won't be a repeat buyer. (I found the lingonberry jam to be rather tart, not a fan of that unfortunately). Maybe Swedish food just isn't my thing! I also bought a can of the pear soda, which is very nice and enjoyable.
Even though I found the food items to be somewhat hit or mess, it's still nice to have Ikea in town, and I'm sure "locals" will certainly enjoy being able to get a decent-ish breakfast for cheap and lots of coffee and tea refills. It's kind of far for me to go, so I may or may not be back, but was glad I tried it out!
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