Sweden is famous for their meatballs so when IKEA started making and selling shawermas I was eager to try it.
First time I had the shawerma in the new IKEA branch at The Avenues mall I didn’t like it. They mixed vegetables with my shawerma and I hate places that do that. The vegetables which is usually made up of onions and some green stuff (I don’t know what its called) over powers the chicken flavor. So next time I passed by IKEA I ordered the shawerma plain with just garlic.
How was it? Its edible.
The biggest problem I had with their shawerma is the bread. I think there is too much bread for the shawerma. The solution I would recommend is to either increase the quantity of chicken in the bread or decrease the size of the bread itself. The chicken tasted good and the garlics presence was felt but not over done. If only they weren’t so stingy.
Final score I settled for was 3 out of 5. The shawerma costs 250fils which is great specially since the place is extremely clean. They also have an offer combo, coke plus shawerma for 350fils. The location is crap, no one is going to drive up to IKEA just for their shawerma of course. Overall its not bad for their first try. I just hope they start filling up the bread with more chicken.
15 replies on “Shawerma Review: IKEA”
I used to go weekly to the Ikea in Shuwaikh, they had some great chedder cheese sandwiches with french fries.
I love your shwarma reviews Mark.
And the ‘garlic’s presence was felt’ reminded me of a quote from Star Wars….
hahaha Mark you love them shawarmas! ! hehehehe!
hahaha moocherx!
Good lord. Next time I go to IKEA restaurant, I’ll be having the 3 out of 5 score in my mind.
I’m sooooo dying for a shawarma right now.
That’s it…the first thing I do when I arrive to Kuwait this Xmas is to get be a nice shawarma…straight from the airport.
dude… a sharwerma costs 250 and the coke 100.. i dont get the offer then??? its still the same cost. 250+100=350.
yeah but they dont give u pepsi in a can. their pepsi is in a cup with free refil.
also i dont htink its an offer, more like a combo. let me rephrase that.
where is new IKEA????? i was trying to find it today, please give me some directions PLEASE!!!..
redhead are you a blond? hehe Couldn’t resist. For the most part, you take the 5th ring headed toward Jahra, keep looking to your right, you’ll see signs for IKEA and AVENUE, you can’t miss it. Good luck.
5rr, just on the right turn for 601.
thanks a lot.. 🙂
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