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December 2023 by Deb A.
I haven't had Ikea meal for a long time so I decided to try it again. The meatballs are soft and not too salty. I was she's they served it hot though. Everything is just barely warm. The peas tasted like plastic.
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November 2023 by Jason Woodard
Does the job, Good price, just enough choice, and super kid friendly.
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September 2023 by Ashley L.
The Ikea in Paramus is a huge location right by the Garden State Plaza Mall (especially in comparison to the Elizabeth location). They have ample products in store and on display which makes picking and choosing what you need much easier, as buying furniture is tough to do via pictures on the internet alone. I love ambling down the sets and getting inspiration. I haven't eaten there but they have a large food hall, but no complaints about the actual shopping experience here. As far as parking goes, I appreciate that they have covered parking so you don't have to worry about the elements. No major complaints, especially if you're just trying to get furniture to outfit or update your homegoods!
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July 2023 by Tommy Chen
Decent food for a furniture store. I usually go for the meatballs or the ribs. Full of sodium but fast meal at an affordable price. Free coffee if you are part of their loyalty program (Ikea Family). The staff here are very friendly but there’s not enough of them.
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June 2023 by Savitrie L.
The food was amazing and delicious. First time at the ikea Food Court, and I will definitely try again before shopping. The portion side was good. it could've been a little more, but it was just right. Swedish meatball was good, was the sauce! The dessert was very good. Almond caramel cake would've been a great pairing with coffee, but it was a crisp cold Coca-Cola on the side to wash it down.
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June 2023 by Hank C.
Went back for the first time post-pandemic, and yes, they'd dressed up the place a bit, new seating, new tables, a bit mores pace between things. Fancy coffee options but now less hot food available at the center and more bags of chips, etc. there while you can request from the back.It's $12 for a meatball meal now.... inflation? Heck, pretty sure that's more than 50% more expensive from my recollection with worse sides. Came with peas...cheap veggies, and no more good mix like before with the squash and carrots mix. While the veggie disks were still good, they are now $3.50 for two of them... ouch. They were both half as big as before. So what was a $8-10 meal maybe beforehand total ended up being $16 on the way through....
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May 2023 by Mercedes Mahaffey
Love IKEA…great items and ideas available; delicious food offerings
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April 2023 by S Sightsees
Too, too salty! Had the salmon. Not good like it used to be, and they no longer have the dill sauce. Also, have to walk so far away to sit at a high table. Very inconvenient for seniors and those who can't sit low. Everything was clean though. Coffee should've been fresher. Pleasant service at food service and register.
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April 2023 by Good Citizen
Low priced food for sure
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April 2023 by Ismael Lozada Cortes
What a disappointing experience! they put all the eggs on the floor and the first ones that arrived grabbed all the eggs! when they said they were going to HIDE them throughout the showroom! We were all looking like fools and if a worker didn't tell us that there weren't any eggs anymore because they didn't hide them they just left them on the floor and only a few abusive parents also filled their bags with eggs while many children were looking and if not why that lady. who works here tells us no worker would have told us ?! I'm so upset because we came from the Bronx, I woke up my daughters very early and for nothing! this was disrespectful to all the children who come with enthusiasm ??????????!
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March 2023 by Raj S.
Average food.. low cost, and few items are good.. I generally avoid eating fried items here.. i generally love the cakes/pastries etc... free coffee is ok, but too watery.. weekends is crazy with long wait time.. try going on weekdays, and you will like the experience.. overall, average food , but for a quick bite.. billing can be faster too..
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February 2023 by Jeannette L.
Yesterday I went to IKEA to buy a replacement saucepan for cheap. In the past, I'd usually hit up the Elizabeth location since that was the one closer to me. This time around, I decided to check out the Paramus location after work and, while there, pop into the IKEA Restaurant. While it doesn't have views of airplanes flying in and out of EWR, I thought this IKEA Restaurant had a nicer layout, was cleaner, and felt more open with the high ceilings. It seemed understaffed when we got there, but the two people at the food serving station and the one cashier were friendly and polite. I haven't eaten at IKEA since before the pandemic, so I went with the classic Swedish meatballs. Mashed potatoes were being replenished, so I got fries instead. Food was good. Even my partner liked the plant balls with pumpkin sauce and cauliflower rice (we even bought a bag of frozen Huvudroll for home). In short: It's a nice cafeteria. I liked it.
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February 2023 by Nea V.
Rude, unhelpful and uninterested staff. I'm not sure who manages this portion of IKEA but the customer service is horrendous. One of the employees serving food had a nasty attitude when I asked for side substitutions for the "veggie balls" (which I've had multiple times in the past). She abruptly said I couldn't do that and repeatedly replied with, "no" to everything I said without letting me finish - there was no explanation or any other suggestion given.. I really didn't want to hold up the line since this was clearly going nowhere so ended up just getting a water. And of course the cashier didn't even notice me, didn't scan my item and didn't hear me speaking to her because she was too busy watching videos on her phone. I ended up scanning it myself while trying to get her attention. She was much friendlier than the first employee but my goodness, who is managing this place?!
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January 2023 by Chris E.
SCOLDING ALERT. Not going to beat around the bush, but this location's restaurant customer service has gone straight to h-e-l-l in a hand basket. The service is an absolute (insert your own word aka "crap") show and atrocious here. The employees behind the counter serving the food are ALL rude and don't seem to care anymore. OK, maybe not all of them are rude because 1-2 of them were actually nice, but 99% of them always are. We've only had 1 cashier and 2 servers that were ever pleasant. Not only do a majority of the employees serve food with an attitude, which we have encountered on multiple occasions, but the serving sizes of the plates just keep getting SMALLER and SMALLER with each successive trip. We thought going to an Ikea in the suburbs would be a better experience, but we were dead wrong. Every time that we came here to dine in 2022, there was always something wrong. We had a food server get annoyed at us for ordering 3 entrees, we had food servers who reluctantly gave extra gravy on our food after we made the request, we had cashiers ring up items all wrong, utensils would all be missing, there would be no condiments. The list goes on and on. The food quality has been mostly the same, however, the chicken tenders keep changing from the crunchy version to the non-crunchy version and then back. Like Forrest Gump said "You never know what you're going to get". However, the bigger gripe we have had over the last year is the inconsistent servings of food. Sometimes, the servers barely give a side with the entrees and, if you ask for a bit more, they will stare you down like you just asked for the keys to their house. You can literally count the number of fries some servers give or if they give mashed potatoes the serving is so small that you could eat it in 1 bite! Now that's a pretty sad side dish. We've even filed a complaint with the restaurant manager, but chances are that she pretended like she cared about our grievances and then thought we were cray cray. Yes, we do still come here from time to time because our kids love the food, but it's definitely less frequent than it used to be. This Ikea restaurant is a sad state of affairs and I'm afraid it will never get better. P.S. Chances are that the service is better on weekdays than it is on Saturdays because when it is less busy, the employees face less pressure.
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January 2023 by James L.
Our toddler used to love going to Ikea but he didn't care for it today. We just went around once and decided to eat. This is the Swedish Bistro by the marketplace not the restaurant by the the showroom. And we much preferred this one. Ordering is easy, you just use the touchscreen. Everything we ordered was pretty good and fresh. I liked the blueberry scone a lot. It's not gourmet but it's pretty good. It's a good place for little snacks or a light meal. They have chairs and table for you to rest your feet. 4 stars not because it is superb but it is good for what it is.