IKEA Files Application to Open Restaurant in Chantilly’s Dulles Expo Center

The company recently applied for a food application permit under the title of "IKEA Chantilly."

By Debbie Williams • Posted July 21, 2025 at 10:36 a.m.

Courtesy IKEA

Swedish furniture company IKEA recently submitted a food permit application in Fairfax County noted as “IKEA Chantilly,” the Washington Business Journal reported. The application is for a 142-seat, full-service restaurant at 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center Dr. at the Dulles Expo Center.

Last October, the company opened its first restaurant in the United Kingdom. The menu includes breakfast foods plus Swedish meatballs, pasta, salmon, and fish and chips. The Chantilly restaurant would be open year-round and aim to serve between 100 and 400 daily.

A worker hands food over a counter to a patron at the IKEA restaurant in the UK — *IKEA opened a stand-alone restaurant last year in the United Kingdom. (Courtesy IKEA)*

The largest NoVA IKEA is currently located in Woodbridge. It includes a Swedish restaurant that serves meatballs, salmon, and chicken tenders. The company also operates two small-format NoVA locations in Fairfax Corner and Pentagon City.

A company spokesperson told WBJ that IKEA is “currently exploring real estate opportunities in the DMV area,” but it has “not yet made any commitments.” The IKEA spokesperson did not directly respond to questions about the Chantilly location.

Feature image of UK restaurant courtesy IKEA

Debbie Williams

Senior Editor

Northern Virginia Magazine Senior Editor Debbie Williams is a George Mason University graduate and longtime NoVA resident. She has more than 20 years of experience writing and editing for a variety of nonprofit, lifestyle, and government publications, including for AARP.org and USA TODAY magazines.