All the staff are so lovely, always polite and very considerate! love the food (very different to…read moreany other brunch place in harrogate)! Gets very busy and unfortunately can't book, however, the staff are always accommodating to fit you in!

This cute little Nordic style café / restaurant in Harrogate was a lovely lunchtime treat for my…read morewife, dog and I as we spent a couple of hours visiting Harrogate. We ordered a coffee each (at the bar after getting a table in the corner so Luna didn't disturb any other diners) and lunch. I went for the meatball sandwich and my wife the gravalax smoked salmon on a potato cake with a duck egg and an exceptional dill sauce. We were both extremely impressed with the quality and presentation of the food. The meatballs in particular blew away what I was used to at IKEA with the ligonberry jam being the perfect accompaniment. Luna was treated to a water bowl and we were treated to filtered still AND sparkling water on tap for free. I've never been somewhere with free sparkling water never mind as much as you can drink. Epic. Would love to return when we next visit Harrogate.

IKEA, the huge Scandinavian chain selling ready-to-assemble furniture and housewares, in a…read morewarehouse-like space over a few levels with different sections. Thy sell items for living space, bedrooms, kitchens and almost everything else you would want for your home. It has everything you need for all your home furnishings. There are one or two IKEAS in each big city around the UK and the World. It is very reasonably priced and they are usually very up to date with everything they sell. They also have a cafe in each store which has very reasonably priced breakfast and scandinavian style foods. They also have the IKEA family card where you can get discount on Breakfasts,Complimentary Tea and Coffee and great benefits for this great company. The Ashton IKEA is very easy to get to with great motorway links and a direct tram from the city centre of Manchester.

Normally IKEA would be 5/5 as I love the showroom aspect to seeing what you're going to buy in a…read morereal world situation. Unfortunately I bought the IKEA poang chair and footstool only to find that upon unwrapping there was an incredibly pungent fishy smell!! Half a can of febreeze and two days later its still here!! Not happy. Apart from that I had a nice couple of hours there and picked up some bargains as well as having the Swedish meatballs in the cafe. Top tip: try the apple cider in the restaurant, it's beautiful! Or pick it up in the shop at the end if you're driving you won't regret it.

The place is great value for money especially if you are a family card member…read more A free tea or coffee, £1.99 breakfast for a 6 piece (before 11am), or afternoon tea for £1.99 giving you a selection of cakes. As always they have a large selection of hot foods including their famous meatballs. The only downside is it feels like a giant school dinner hall and the standard of the cooking is the same. Lets face it you get what you pay for and you can't hit them for the price of the food. If your looking for gourmet dining go elsewhere.

As I've already said before, Ikea certainly knows what it's doing. It caters for all of its…read moreshoppers' needs, from entertainment for the children to somewhere to eat. Here you'll find all the Swedish wonders you tend to come across near the checkouts and then some. I thought, why not try it out? I keep making a meal of the fact that my partner is of Swedish descent so I might as well get involved with the food. 'Actually,' he said the other day, 'my name originates from Iceland. Originally.' Yes but your family doesn't so keep quiet. While Sweden shared some of its cuisine with Iceland (the country, not the food store), such as those pickled herring rollmop things, the thought of which makes me gag at the mere memory of accidentally biting into one of them once... accidental because I think I made a mistake presuming they were edible, Sweden does in fact do comfort food superbly well, from meatballs to soups, fish and chips and the like, plus they're very good with desserts. Ikea's obviously not going to be TOO great a place to check out Swedish cuisine, it is after all a restaurant of convenience. It's also kind of confusing, and you can spot the newbies a mile off as they haven't a clue where to queue (it's okay, neither did I) or what order in which to get things, whether to help yourself... it's all a bit bewildering. Still, we managed - you grab your cups for hot drinks at the till, then the drinks themselves are round the corner from there, and the free refills really are a bonus. Ikea is going the way of America. Why can't we too? I'd set up office in Teacup or Odd every day if that was the case. You can help yourself to cakes, all of which are very pretty. Almondy bakes, fruity concoctions, decorated with little hearts and pleasant touches to make them all the more special. In all honesty the traditional main meals do taste a little reheated or not exactly fresh, but the meatballs are where it shines. Obviously I'm oblivious but they're meant to be deliciously tasty, and you can buy them frozen to take them home as well. The serving staff are pleasant and just like the ethos of the shop itself, the restaurant is simple, stark, functional but does what it says it'll do. And you can't argue with the prices, especially some of those cakes at just 79p.