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I last ate at an IKEA about a week ago. It was as-expected, on regular porcelain plates with metal utensils. The mashed potatoes were hot, but I didn't have the

by kemayo 4y ago

I last ate at an IKEA about a week ago. It was as-expected, on regular porcelain plates with metal utensils. The mashed potatoes were hot, but I didn't have their normal veggie mix or mac-n-cheese -- I always get the "veggie medallion" substituted in from their salmon plate. I suppose that the most we can draw from our mutual experiences is that different IKEA restaurants are running at very different levels of quality right now. Hopefully yours was just having a bad day. (To be fair, most cafeteria-style mac-n-cheese is disgusting. Or I just have weirdly high standards for this specific food.)

prawn 4y ago
Could it be a staffing issue? In Australia, the service industry is scrambling to fill shifts as COVID hits harder post-restrictions. A restaurant might shut or offer limited service because they can't offer a level of service that would escape bad reviews damaging them for the future. A friend told me about dishwashers at one place here getting $85/hour because they were so desperate. I'm guessing this was Sunday rates, but still. Using recyclable plates/cutlery might help cover for that temporarily.
jillesvangurp 4y ago
The whole point of the Ikea restaurant is that they are show casing a lot of their own products in there: the cutlery, plates, tables, glasses, chairs, tables, etc. are all stuff that they sell in the store as well. I think they have some variations between countries in what they offer exactly in terms of food. So, greasy/bland diner style food is what you get in the US mainly because that is what people would expect to get in a place like that in the US. Likewise, the German Ikea has some German things (I've been there). I do wonder what they would do in a place like Italy. They tend to be super picky there. Serving mac and cheese there would probably get the chef lynched.
- belter 4y ago
  If you violate Italian food etiquette you won't survive. I would rather tell Kim Jong-un he is fat. "Restaurant Refuses to Grate Cheese for Customer's Seafood Dish, Calls it an 'Obscene Request" https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjvdxz/restaurant-refuses-to-grate-cheese-for-customers-seafood-dish-calls-it-an-obscene-request https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjvdxz/restaurant-refuses-to...
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by kemayo 4y ago

prawn 4y ago

Could it be a staffing issue? In Australia, the service industry is scrambling to fill shifts as COVID hits harder post-restrictions. A restaurant might shut or offer limited service because they can't offer a level of service that would escape bad reviews damaging them for the future. A friend told me about dishwashers at one place here getting $85/hour because they were so desperate. I'm guessing this was Sunday rates, but still. Using recyclable plates/cutlery might help cover for that temporarily.

jillesvangurp 4y ago

The whole point of the Ikea restaurant is that they are show casing a lot of their own products in there: the cutlery, plates, tables, glasses, chairs, tables, etc. are all stuff that they sell in the store as well. I think they have some variations between countries in what they offer exactly in terms of food. So, greasy/bland diner style food is what you get in the US mainly because that is what people would expect to get in a place like that in the US. Likewise, the German Ikea has some German things (I've been there). I do wonder what they would do in a place like Italy. They tend to be super picky there. Serving mac and cheese there would probably get the chef lynched.

belter 4y ago
If you violate Italian food etiquette you won't survive. I would rather tell Kim Jong-un he is fat. "Restaurant Refuses to Grate Cheese for Customer's Seafood Dish, Calls it an 'Obscene Request" https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjvdxz/restaurant-refuses-to-grate-cheese-for-customers-seafood-dish-calls-it-an-obscene-request https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjvdxz/restaurant-refuses-to...

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