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| - I was horrified to find a sign which announced "Out of Swedish Pancakes" on this visit. I'm now worried. If IKEA is out of Swedish pancakes, are there Swedish pancakes left anywhere in the world?
This restaurant is not a destination in and of itself. But if you are at IKEA, and you need time to decide which furniture kit you are going to torture yourself with, stop on in for a bargain.
Free coffee with the free IKEA Family membership. The coffee is good! Opt for a 99 cent breakfast special or upgrade to the Swedish-American breakfast to get a fix of Swedish pancakes. The pancakes, with lingonberries, are great given the volumes served. It's sad that IKEA feels the need to add French toast sticks... to accommodate our supposed Arizona taste preferences. The scrambled eggs? Powdered? Processed? I don't know what they are but I know how they taste. Yuck! The breakfast potatoes... are fine.
Other times of day prominently feature Swedish meatballs. They don't resemble anything ever served by the Swedish side of my family, but they are okay. The Swedish desserts can be interesting. All processed, frozen and thawed, I suspect, but they do have unique flavors I have encountered when traveling to Sweden.
The IKEA Restaurant is really just about promoting the store. Providing another reason to venture in. Specials on different days of the week. Seasonal specials as well. They also have special holiday events. We've purchased tickets to a couple of popular holiday events in the past, hoping to embrace our Swedish heritage. We will never go to another, however, because of the lines of aggressive diners and issues IKEA has keeping up with them. Something to do once, perhaps.
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