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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mimi Ibrahim and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

More than meatballs: Ikea opens its first UK standalone restaurant in London

The new Ikea restaurant. Hammersmith. London. Photograph by David Levene 1/11/24
The Ikea restaurant in Hammersmith, west London, seats 75 diners – and offers a menu beyond meatballs. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Its meatballs are as famous as its flatpack furniture, with a meal in one of its restaurants often the highlight of an Ikea trip.

Now shoppers can enjoy an Ikea meal without lugging around their kitchen sink – literally – as the furniture company has opened its first standalone restaurant on the UK high street in King Street in Hammersmith. Located next door to its west London city store, the space seats 75 people and serves a range of Swedish dishes.

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