Christmas Dinner! - Wetherspoons Vs IKEA - Who Wins?

[@everydayimeating3407]

Which one did you prefer? Comment Below 😀

[@ianmodernist.7038]

IKEA look better

[@iamtheeggman1986]

Weatherspoons

[@pinkbeachfoodreviews]

Hi we love watching your reviews… you’re a true professional… keep up the good work and well done on all your success 🩷

[@gyrogeargoose]

They both looked awful! That said, I do enjoy your channel very much.

[@christinewallis4631]

Probably IKEA. The Wetherspoons one looked a bit sad, like a Birds Eye microwave meal on a tray. Can’t believe sprouts weren’t an option on either, you can’t have a Christmas dinner without sprouts!

[@sneer0101]

Sprouts are rank.

[@Michael43713]

I agree. But I still eat them at Christmas!

[@philipmckeon8944]

They are rank but it’s a Christmas dinner.

[@christinewallis4631]

It’s a legal requirement, like cranberry sauce which is also ignored for the other 11 months of the year.

[@emmaparker5302]

That's exactly what a spoons meal is.

[@nocturna1964]

Hello from Los Angeles! 🙋‍♀️ I'm voting for Ikea! The supporting cast looked good but the big star of Ikea's meal was the fact you got a portion of real turkey, and though it was white meat, it didn't look dry. I sometimes dine at the Burbank Calif Ikea as a first choice when in the area. Only because, the menu is huge. The food is well prepared. Prices are more than reasonable. The noise level is surprisingly low. And finally, I can honestly say, I've Never had a bad meal there. I can't say that about many proper restaurants I've dined at.

[@everydayimeating3407]

IKEA is one of my favourite places too

[@MariaWerner-k4g]

We don’t eat turkey in Sweden - not at Christmas, not ever - so it makes me feel sad that IKEA in the US apparently serves American food rather than Swedish 🥺

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@MariaWerner-k4g This IKEA was in Britain where we DO eat turkey but don’t worry the star attraction is still the Swedish meatballs

[@philipmckeon8944]

I’m surprised you didn’t have an issue with spoons deli stile turkey slices. No roast spuds? Poxy small stuffing ball tasting of fish? And the price Jaysis! I’d go for IKEA by a mile. Strange tasting parsnips and I agree with you on the stuffing. Looked more like a sausage to me. But roasted potatoes, real turkey plus’s the add-ons I thought the second was nicer. Can’t understand why no sprouts on either meal. Great to see your subscribers increase. You deserve it buddy.

[@Jolene492]

The main attraction was the bird at IKEA for me. But Wetherspoons for the veggies and I agree with you about sprouts. What a tragedy 😂😂. Enjoy your Christmas dinner at home this year. God bless

[@PeterChelmsford]

Taking everything into consideration the Ikea one is the winner. Quite a few other vloggers haven't been that impressed with the Spoons Christmas dinner considering the price. Good vlog. 👍

[@everydayimeating3407]

Spoons was the better one out of the two but I think I would prefer the Sainsbury's one out of all I've had recently

[@LesleyH]

They both look a bit grim sadly… but I’d say IKEA looked slightly better because of the potatoes & proper turkey. Are you going to review a proper Xmas roast from a carvery? Hope so 😋☺️

[@thornbird6768]

Yeah IKEA , better value for money

[@patricksullivan2261]

The ad I watched before your video was one of those combat games and ended with... one must survive! A fitting tagline I thought. It was more expensive and it did have the bogus turkey, but I agree, Wetherspoons was the the winner. The meal looked better, and by your account, tasted better. Now, for Thanksgiving here, my sister in law cooked us a whole turkey. It tasted like a lifetime of bad decisions and emotional pain. I may have covered most of mine with stuffing and accidentally dropped it into the rubbish can. I also got to listen to my brother discuss politics. At great length. In depth. For hours. So, I daresay you had a better meal on both occasions then I did!

[@campcop9214]

I've seen the weatherspoons one, I don't think you can call it a Christmas dinner for me, no Yorkshire pud, no roast potatoes, I've never understood mash on a roast either

[@thornbird6768]

Posted the same thing about mash 👎🏻 the clue is in the name of the meal , roast 😊

[@nigel8499]

​@@thornbird6768I like both mashed and a few roasties.

[@50angeleyes]

Should have Roasties as well as mash. Nothing wrong with mash on a roast dinner

[@joekerr6685]

The last time I saw a Xmas dinner as bad as the Wetherspoons one was another Wetherspoons in Blackpool.

[@benj597]

No roast spuds = ZERO points ! what a cheek !

[@JohnLemon19]

Congrats on 10K subs, you deserve many more! love the videos.

[@everydayimeating3407]

Thanks 😀

[@jcs3330]

Is the roast dinner you sampled in all IKEA stores uk wide or just selected ones?

[@wandaviruet3621]

I love you're voice tone ❤I like IKEA looks more natural and delicious

[@nigel8499]

This is a good example why Toby carvery, if you have a good one nearby, offer excellent fare.

[@everydayimeating3407]

I need to try them

[@Ayslhyn]

That is a poor effort from Spoons. IKEA looks OK if not great.

[@everydayimeating3407]

It good that that they did actual Turkey rather than the processed kind

[@MalcolmJames-sg3zg]

THANKS AGAIN 👍👍

[@tomwilliams7391]

They both look a little like school dinners! I've tried the Wetherspoons one, there was nothing wrong with it, but it wasn't the best meal I've had there... I usually think Wetherspoons are one of the better chain pubs for food..... Wetherspoons stopped doing Sunday roasts about 5 years ago, so this might be why they no longer have the facilities to do things like roast potatoes....

[@andrewrice6596]

Christmas dinner without roasties, no way. It has to be Ikea for me, decent price too.

[@fishypie]

this will be interesting

[@peaceLove1988]

Definitely prefer the look of the IKEA one probably because you paid the extra for the pigs in blanket and it had roast potatoes on it too the wetherspoons one looked not very appetising. Great upload.

[@everydayimeating3407]

The IKEA one did look great

[@TelstarFirst]

Spoons let themselves down with this one, processed turkey and NO ROASTIES!

[@iancrawley4009]

After 12 seconds viewing I'll say ikea. Wethos food is grim nowadays so no real competition

[@MrCrossWire]

Fishy because been in same deep fat fryer as the fish.

[@everydayimeating3407]

I did wonder about the taste considering it said it was pork

[@jaynebailey2266]

For. Me it would be weatherspoons the IKEA one looked more like a Sunday dinner but where were the sprouts ? Sorry but Christmas dinner needs sprouts

[@xavariusquest4603]

It's Thanksgiving dinner....not Christmas

[@rontraynor2815]

It called 'STUFFING' as it stuffed inside the turkey, not really to be served in little balls cooked seperatley!

[@eddieevans12]

Ive had a few of these from my local wetherspoons and never get any way near that much gravy despite asking for more they say its as it comes

[@daisydavis-x3m]

NO ROAST POTATOES LMFAO

[@stevemee6640]

Surprised given the real not processed turkey at IKEA but you mark what you eat! :)

[@steventaylor6934]

Weatherspoons for me aswell mate looked tastier thanks for another great video mate 🎉🎉

[@everydayimeating3407]

Thanks 😀

[@Jolene492]

Wait for me im on my way to help decide 😂😂❤. I’m a bit mixed on this. IKEA turkey, but wetherspoons was winner, not a sprout in sight 😢. Both stuffing was horrible looking and wetherspoons stuffing ball looked like it had rolled under the cooker. I can’t eat fruit and savoury but hands down its wetherspoons

[@ClarkeeKat]

Did my eyes deceive me, sure it said £15 at wetherspoons, mad prices

[@everydayimeating3407]

I know! I thought it was a lot too

[@ClarkeeKat]

@@everydayimeating3407 like someone else commented, it did look like a Birdseye microwave roast dinner

[@Finglesham]

IKEA seems cheap. The stuffing in Turkey looked strange. If you re hungry it would be fine. I wonder if this is served after 11.30am? I will check and get there promptly.

[@everydayimeating3407]

The stuffing in turkey is a bit strange for sure

[@sharonboot478]

That Weatherspoons dinner looked really rough

[@mandycook9037]

Ive watched a couple of your vids now and id like to know who the hell has cauliflower cheese on a Xmas dinner then again i dont know how anyone can eat cauliflower cheese at all ugh

[@MT-we4vu]

Cauliflower cheese 100% yes. Mash on a roast however is a complete sin

[@geourgiou]

Not great looking but weatherspoons takes it for me

[@petereriksson1390]

About 15£ for a plate of turkey is not cheap, its closer to expensive even inklusive non alkoholic beverage! From Peter Eriksson Sweden Europe 😊😊😊!

[@RobinPalmerTV]

That Weatherspoon's one looks awful, mind you, most Christmas Dinner's look pretty awful. It's just a glorified Sunday roast, which in theory is a relatively cheap meal which doesn't need fancy cooking techniques. The IKEA would be my preference.

[@nigel8499]

Great job IKEA, room for improvement but well done!

[@pab777]

ikea

[@davidbowie2046]

Both looked terrible, I mean mashed potatoes with a roast? Surely they can just throw a few roasties in the oven. That Turkey in weatherspoons looked like boil in the bag. While the Ikea Turkey looked like it had been ran over by one of its trolleys! Thanks for review though , but I certainly won't be going to either.

[@keithrobertson8101]

Spoons looked so much better than ikea

[@paulwheeler4283]

I think I prefer wetherspoons

[@geebee6737]

IKEA the better value but it would be nice if you could find anywhere selling a traditional English Xmas dinner with all the correct ingredients , there has to be one out there somewhere fella 🤣

[@everydayimeating3407]

Next time!

[@geebee6737]

@@everydayimeating3407 ...it's a real challenge from what I've seen on KZbin mate.

[@DerrickWhittle-mm7jz]

Nice review IKEA looke dry.

[@SaorAlba1970]

just to much gravy in the Wetherspoons meal for my liking, i hate my food drowning in gravy, it makes everything soggy

[@jameskrell4392]

Do you get a pint with the Ikea meal? No, thought not. Also Yorkshire puddings are to go with beef. Yes I know many eat them with any roast but then many think hash browns are English and belong on a full English.

[@MariaWerner-k4g]

I’m Swedish, and that Christmas 🎄 dinner had absolutely nothing - zero - to do with a Swedish Christmas table 😮 No pickled herring, no smoked salmon, no liver pate, no glazed ham, no special Christmas bread with cheese? And peas??? Shame on you, IKEA UK 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Maybe they are aware that no one in the UK will buy that sledging rations you just mentioned.

[@MariaWerner-k4g]

@@snowflakemelter1172 Please explain?? 🤔

[@fishypie]

parsnips wiins it for me. sorry my lovely spoons but ikea wins this one

[@davidsworld5837]

The Wetherspoon dinner. is just too much money for what you get. it is made to look bad on the plate the gravy is not on everything No roasties, No YP. for £14.79 but some WP have lower prices. Had to think that Ikea does good food to other places. having the extra cost is not really fair to add due to its not what you get for the dinner. £9.45 you could have included the extra price in the video when saying you could get add on's. so 3 PIB for £1.25 or 42p each apx.. they should have replaced the items in the standard due to not having it. I am not as in to parsnips. due to the bitterness. I do think how wins is Toby. hehehehe think may be a series find the best christmas dinner. make out of 100 for cost, amount of food, place, and service. one place one video...

[@everydayimeating3407]

I might have to try out the Toby one

[@michaelkavanagh5947]

Ping!

[@karensmith7927]

Weatherspoons looks awful !! No roast potatoes ? Unthinkable !!

[@tordoff80]

that Wetherspoons x mas dinner is so sad lol and ikeas not much better either

[@mikedown1250]

It cant be Ikea as they can't even do a xmas dinner in Sweden ...all you get is meatballs and hotdogs. maybe they make of an effort in the UK the their own country sweden.....haven't watched yet

[@UTUBMRBUZZ]

The Wetherspoon dinner.looks so sad for that hefty price. Looks like a cheap tv dinner.

[@everydayimeating3407]

I can't believe it was nearly £15

[@susanreid9857]

None if im honest x

[@tedthesailor172]

I'd sooner cook my own...

[@everydayimeating3407]

Nothing would beat a home cooked version!

[@baileygregory9192]

I could tell you IKEA would be better without even watching the video

[@sheilagibbins5545]

Everything drowned in gravy, the roast potatoes and veg looked soggy, a little jug of gravy would be better

[@JemmaThomas-se7sb]

IKEA lookedbetter cooked to me

[@SandraDent-lf4xy]

To be honest i didn't like the look of either of them

[@micheal3230]

It needs a little bit more thought about the presentation. It looks a little bit dog dinner

[@andrewburton9643]

Both looked terrible. I rave about wetherspoons meals and drinks, value for money but stay away from the steaks and Christmas dinners, terrible, dog food 😮😮😮

[@Brua58]

Tbh in my opinion they both looked awful dull and grey...

[@electronlegacy9051]

I would stick to our homemade Christmas dinner anytime. I would not pay for this rubbish!!!!

[@bagladey]

Neither looked good.

[@kernowarty]

Although as a vegan I feel sick watching these meat eating videos, somehow I am masochistically drawn to them.

[@seanmcmanus867]

That looks wank

[@ianmodernist.7038]

Don't like butter at all sad looking dinner spoons

[@ianmodernist.7038]

Yuk

[@ianmodernist.7038]

Waste of money

[@HoratioChinn]

The Wetherspoon pices vary from pub to pub. Unlike your £14.79 meal, the same thing in my local Wetherspoons is £12.05. I think the best value christmas meal is at a carvery, real roast joints of meat and loads of veg.

[@everydayimeating3407]

I'v been taken for a ride! £12 would have been better value

[@iamtheeggman1986]

13.51 with alcoholic drink at my local spoons

[@HoratioChinn]

@@iamtheeggman1986 Just looked at another Wetherspoons near me and it would cost me £11.52 with an alcoholic drink. This and the other Wetherspoons are only a couple of miles apart so it's a bit of a lottery on the price you'll be paying..

[@PR7-82]

But he went to a fancy new place

[@moniquetheobald889]

Nah, no sprouts no christmas. Wetherspoons rip off, looks awful.

[@KathyBarnett-mv5vg]

The Wetherspoons one looks like a TV dinner!

[@everydayimeating3407]

Its a KZbin dinner lol

[@angeladallimore8079]

Looks pretty awful I am surprised

[@sunshine3049]

Hi...cannot beat homemade Christmas Dinner every time x

[@everydayimeating3407]

So true!

[@kizzyfarrell6156]

Both are very disappointed Weatherspoon, no roasties a must on a Christmas dinner IKEA, you have to pay extra for things That should be on a Christmas dinner Pig in blanket no sprout or Yorkshire pudding Best wishes

[@everydayimeating3407]

I did expect IKEA to be a lot better

[@debbiegardner8317]

Fishy stuffing sounds a bit suspicious,hope it doesn't make you poorly. Did you have enough room for diam cake at IKEA haha good vid again!

[@everydayimeating3407]

the fishy stuffing was a bit fishy lol, I didn't have enough room lol 2 dinners was enough for me

[@jamesblundell4616]

Wheres the rest of it yorkshire pudding roast potatoes sprouts cauliflower cheese red cabbage honey roasted parsnips thats a poor Christmas dinner wetherspoons

[@davidsworld5837]

its the poor mans christmas dinner. I can very easy do better for less money..

[@paulinegiles5757]

Hello, EIE Both meals looked smashing. But I preferred Ikea. The turkey was fresh, the roasters looked great, and the pigs in blankets were delicious. Cheaper too. Ikea is Swedish, so their meals are always going to differ 😊😊

[@MrTopcat3333]

I'm American and make a complete turkey dinner once a month during the winter. I start with Thanksgiving, then, Christmas...January, February and March. I cook for two days, sometimes making double batches of turkey stock, cranberries, etc. to freeze. Then we eat leftovers i.e. turkey sandwiches (both hot and cold), soup, tetrazini, turkey with gravy over biscuits, etc. Did I mention I love turkey?

[@sharonellis8776]

Not so good without sprouts. Ikea meal looked better just needs cranberry sauce. 8/10 xx

[@everydayimeating3407]

I was surprised neither of them had sprouts too

[@Thebritishbeast]

Awesome video...💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 What brand of jacket do you wear in this video...is it guess?? It's hard to see...but really nice jacket I must say...👍🏼👍🏼

[@earlbee3196]

I’ll go with IKEA because of the turkey was real, not fake.

[@everydayimeating3407]

I was surprised about the real turkey

[@ianm2170]

Real turkey from Ikea; flatpack, compressed wood "turkey" from Wetherspoons. No contest.

[@nigel8499]

'Spoons' Turkey processed and usually served on a cold plate. Also zero roast potatoes. I'll pass.

[@markstarmer3677]

Both low end eating establishments, which I wouldn’t try either. The Ikea picture on the thumbnail, looks slightly better, but neither for me.

[@susannah1184]

Neither. Cook your own, serves lots of people and far cheaper per person. Toby Carveries are usually okay though. Thanks xx

[@moorwalks]

Yorkshire puddings are a must; how dare they run out of them.

[@everydayimeating3407]

I can't believe they ran out! 🙁

[@moorwalks]

That's a criminal offense mate, up here in the North of England... @@everydayimeating3407

[@JohnRolls-sz6jo]

Wetherspoons food has gone down over the last year it used to be good value for money with a good portion but they now seem to be penny pinching prices have gone up and food portions have shrunk,used to use Wetherspoons quite a lot but not anymore.shame come on Tim you are loosing a lot of trade.

[@ellem2293]

Neither, so far Sainsburys are winning for me lol

[@everydayimeating3407]

I prefer Sainsbury's over these two also

[@nigel8499]

I watched this 2 days ago. I must have a time machine.

[@nigel8499]

It won't be long before 'combo-bite' enters the English dictionary 😊..

[@46joe]

I think the stuffing ball was "off "

[@boblebob]

Why are you speaking like you're trying to host top gear?

[@lesleyfarrington4809]

IKEA all the way, especially if they had all the items

[@everydayimeating3407]

If they had all the items the result may have been different lol I can't believe 3 of them were sold out

[@ssemson]

IKEA apart from the missing items. It has roasties instead of mash and real turkey. Neither had sprouts though which is quite an omission. I had the Spoons one last year and won't order it again. A very sad meal. The processed turkey, mash instead of roast but worst of all the stuffing which was over dry and had a contents of a hoover bag quality about it. I may take a trip down to my local IKEA to find out for myself.

[@Healingpoppy]

My favourite meal of the year🎉 Of them both I think I'd got for Ikea because the turkey, roasters and pigs in blankets looked awesome but I'd try to get there a it earlier so as not to miss the cabbage and Yorky pud🙂🙂

[@everydayimeating3407]

I will have to get there earlier next time

[@AppleDi]

I am hungry now. 😭

[@paulwalker9262]

For me, Weatherpoons looked a lot better. IKEA seemed a let down with things missing

[@JSC131]

Ikea definitely looked the best me and my 6 kids always had a Sunday dinner at ikea when our PIP/DLA was paid once a month lovely meal.

[@melinmove]

🤣🤣

[@bojrgensen7965]

Being a Scandinavian I am sad to agree with you! IKEA should have stuck to their roots (then they would have won!). But their sad plate wouldn't even qualify them as a worthy solstice sacrifice! So ko they get to live an other year! 😛

[@lindalewis7559]

You said it solstice sacrifice