New Richmond IKEA restaurant is bigger and better

by Carolyn Ali on Apr 24, 2012 at 5:06 pm
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Carolyn Ali

With its grand opening tomorrow (April 25), the new IKEA in Richmond is sure to draw crowds this week. (It’s at 3320 Jacombs Road, next to the old building.) The new restaurant is massive: it’s morphed from 110 seats in the old location to over 600 seats and is quite stylish. A bright, pleasant place to take a break, it has cheery art, a cute kids area, and walls of windows offering views of the North Shore mountains. Service is still cafeteria-style—and yes, you can get a plate of Swedish meatballs with all the fixings for as little as $2.99 (on weekdays). For info, see www.ikea.ca/.

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bdubblut
Apr 25, 2012 at 8:43 am
IKEA=Definition of quickly becoming a joke.
If you need to take a break from shopping not only do you have it too good, you totally miss the point of living the good life.
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Aw yeah!
Apr 25, 2012 at 9:41 am
Meatballz!
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Tyler
Apr 25, 2012 at 9:55 am
With these changes maybe I'll want to kill myself less when my wife drags me there. I doubt it though.
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You
Apr 25, 2012 at 11:06 am
Now we can wait in line with six times as many people!
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cranky mom
Apr 25, 2012 at 1:37 pm
For some of us with children it is a dream come true. Dinner is reasonably priced, there are no dishes to do after, there is a good chance your child will eat something on the menu, the playroom is awesome. Then the best part, I can travel into the land of IKEA, where I can spend a little or a lot. A new bathroom rug, or something from the scratch + dent section. All alone, wandering and escaping. Sometimes we just need a break, and sometimes we just need a new pillow.

Then you grab an ice cream (or yogurt if you are going to correct me) on the way out the door.

If you hate IKEA, then don't go. Leaves one more space in the parking lot for me!
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Babs
Apr 25, 2012 at 3:13 pm
cranky moms post makes me terribly sad about the world we are raising our children in.
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R2
Apr 25, 2012 at 7:10 pm
Hi Honey it's Friday night and I'm ready to party, what do you have planned for us tonight?
Oh Sweetie Poo it's date night at Ikea we're going to browse the cheap furniture section, maybe buy a new toilet brush in accessories and then enjoy a romantic dinner of Najad Salmon with Vegatables and we can share the Swedish Dessert Sampler Plate!!!
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Anton
Apr 25, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Right on cranky mom! Stick it to these joyless cynical jerks
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R2
Apr 25, 2012 at 11:22 pm
@Anton....is that you, Ingmar???
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greggron
Apr 26, 2012 at 2:46 am
Typical Vancouver posers on here pretending they eat at Hawksworth every night.
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R U Kiddingme
Apr 30, 2012 at 10:34 am
The salmon did not smell that good. But the meatballs, soup and salad were quite fine. And lingonberry juice + diet pepsi = awesome.
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Save Vancouver
May 20, 2012 at 3:10 pm
@greggron - Of course not, all those posers are eating organic goodies off one of Gregor the Great's food carts. Such is what passes for progess in this city.
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Missing the point
May 27, 2012 at 9:19 pm
To the Cranky Mom haters -

If you honestly think that IKEA is the worst place Vancouver kids are spending their time, you seriously need to wake up and smell the smoke of the village (it takes to raise a child) in flames.

Most kids in this city are raised with love and utter devotion, but in front of TVs, by parents working far too hard for far too little pay, and are exhausted (beyond the scope of understanding by the childless or upper-class). The kids that make it to IKEA for hot dogs, new rugs, and some down-time with mommy are the lucky ones.

If you think this represents some kind of capitalist inferno, consider that this week, this family has probably already taken their kids to swimming lessons, the library, the aquarium, several playgrounds, the beach, and are planning a camping trip for next month. Do you really need to begrudge this middle-class mom some meatballs and a play area?

If you are honestly worried about kids in this city, and the wretched influences of consumer culture, I'd ask you to consider donating time or money to some kind of kid cause, but here's a better suggestion.

Help out someone you know with kids with some free babysitting. Take those kids somewhere awesome. Try to influence them with your values, and do the kind of parenting you think ought to be done. Do this several times.

It's a lot harder to bitch about kids, parenting, or the state of the planet after you've invested your time and realized just how amazing, thoughtful, resilient, and engaged most kids are. Even at IKEA.
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