Ikea Cafteria

I love shopping at IKEA. So I love eating these exotic foreign labeled foods at IKEA Restaurants on Katy Freeway in Houston. I never been to any other IKEA restaurants. Therefore, I can't compare. I really like the consistency of customer service. The food is always fresh and seems better quality. It's the best fast food restaurant in this block. They feature healthy dishes and very reasonable prices. I just wish they had a drive thru. It takes over 10 minutes from entering the parking lot to get to IKEA Restaurant.

This is the first time we took our family to IKEA in Houston, TX. We have been to other IKEAs in the world and the food were always good. So we were excited when we got here. Sadly, the outcome was quite disappointing. The food was not appetizing at all. They look like they came straight out of the cans. The food were too overpriced for its quality. How can such an awesome furniture store offer such mediocre food? We love everything else in the store though. Fortunately, we ate all the green peas.

Must get your items by yourself. Some things are heavy and hard to pick up. I think the food is ok, but I can't get what you want. You get what is on the picture. The atmosphere is nice. The only thing I wish I knew is if you get an adult meal, you get a free kids meal. Would have saved me a lot. I spent $43 on food. Cheaper, eat outside. But when we got downstairs and checked out, they had food with great prices. It's too late to find out.

This review strictly covers only the Christmas dinner event offered by the restaurant. I don't see any mention online about this location so Im posting here. As a aside, I did hear offhand that breakfast is 2.99 for a small or 4.99 for a large. This is a ticket only event offered right after Thanksgiving at the restaurant only. Tickets are 19.99 or 16.99 if you are a IKEA family member. I went to the 630pm to 800 time. There is a earlier slot for 430 pm to 6. We waited outside while the staff are preparing the food and dining area. They will give you a colored wristband to identify who is participating in the event. Food is obtained by the usual cafeteria style method. Hot items are served in the back of the restaurant by staff. Some items are grouped together on a platter such as desserts and the smaller meat and egg items. For example, the gravalax is served with the herring. The ham is more of salty meaty ham. In fact one of the few items that had plenty of salt. Rest of the items are more subtle in their taste. A lot of the items are just stuff reheated, defrosted, or opened from the food store below. Still good though. The highlight of the meal are the whole filets of smoked and poached salmon topped with sliced cucumber. Soft drinks are just soda, diet soda, and the fizzy berry drink. I did like glogg. It was a sweet herbal drink. There is some festive decor on the tables and the wall and are pretty nice. They also had expat kids sing some songs. That was nice. I enjoyed the event, well worth if you have the time.