Ikea Reviews

I've just got back from a trip to Ikea in Milton Keynes. The purpose of our visit was to buy two Billy bookcases for the spare room and we have returned home with nothing but vile moods and tension headaches. Firstly, the store is not clearly signed from the road, and we ended up having to access it via a Walmart Superstore car-park. It ...  Read the complete review

*** History *** IKEA is a multinational furniture store founded in 1943 by a 17-year-old Swede, Ingvar Kamprad. Here's something for trivia fans: Kamprad used his initials to form the first half of the brand's name, while the E and the A come from Elmtaryd (his parent's farm) and Agunnaryd (his local parish). The company started off ...  Read the complete review

  Ikea  has got the reputation of being a cheap flat packed furniture seller. To be honest part of it's reputation is justified. Going around the store you notice how inexpensive everything is. When we went in the summer we bought a gorgeous large lantern for the garden for only £3.99. The thing that surprised me most about the store (apart from ...  Read the complete review

IKEA started off in the woods of southern Sweden and is now a major retailer in 40 countries/territories around the world. The story goes that in the 1920's, the founder Ingvar Kamprad started selling matches at the age of five (a five year old with matches - yikes) , and by seven, he was selling further afield by bicycle - buying low ...  Read the complete review

Over a year ago a new Ikea branch opened in Belfast. Its about a 30 minute drive from me and i heard so many people raving about how good it was going to be that i couldnt wait to go and have a look. If you have never heard of Ikea before, it is a privately held retailer selling flat packed furniture, homewares, accessories and bathroom ...  Read the complete review

Ikea - you either love it or you hate it... I love it!!! Ikea is a massive sweedish home furnishing store there are many stores around - and not just in UK. If you are an Ikea virgin I really recommend going!! An average Ikea shoppig trip for me is normally about 4 hours (reccord is 8 lol) I really do not think it is the kind of ...  Read the complete review

Ikea is a Scandinavian store which sells a wide variety of fairly cheap furniture and home decorations. I normally visit the Nottingham store which is a few minutes drive off the M1 and very easy to get to. There is a large display area for all the different selections of furniture and you have to write down where they are located in ...  Read the complete review

There is a huge IKEA about an hour up the road for us at the Metro Centre, and whenever anyone needs anything for their home, off to IKEA they go. IKEA is basically a large home furnishings superstore, stocking everything from cups and pans to sofas and plants. For under one roof convenience you can't beat it. IKEA ...  Read the complete review

Ikea is one of my favourite shops until I get there that is. My nearest shop is Warrington but there are 18 shops in the U.K at the moment. You can purchase almost anything for the home from this store from furniture to pots and pans and there is also a pet section. There is a cafe where you can buy lots of yummy food such as ...  Read the complete review

After recently moving into my second rented house I thought it was about time I go and visit my local Ikea in Nottingham. If you dont already know what Ikea is; It's basically a sweedish homeware store which sells a range of flatpack furniture, kitchens, soft furnishings, decorations, childrens toys and more! When Ikea first came about, ...  Read the complete review

IKEA www.ikea.com If you haven't heard of Ikea, (though I am sure that most people have by now), they are a Swedish homeware store, famed for their cost effective products. In the past, people either raved about the place, or assumed that paying less meant poor quality. I think that now, people's attitudes seem to have ...  Read the complete review

Ikea is a Swedish homeware store which has taken the United Kingdom by storm in the last 15 years or so. Many people were a bit skeptical and weren't keen on it before, automatically assuming that the 'too good to be true' price tags meant cheap quality. But after a while, most people decided that they actually quite liked it and that there was ...  Read the complete review

Ikea is a Swedish homeware shop which has manage to infiltrate the world in the last 15 years or so. There are branches all over the UK with new ones popping up on a regular basis. I have visited the ones in Croydon, Wembley, Coventry, Edmonton and Wednesbury and I can tell you that they are much of a muchness. This is no bad thing because it ...  Read the complete review

Many a relationship has been tested in Ikea and Ive had many an argument there myself! The worlds number one flatpack furniture store is very much a make or break kind of place. It can cement relationships or highlight cracks, particularly if you are unable to agree about the vast selection of furniture available. The stores are usually ...  Read the complete review

I've to the Ikea in Warrington a few times recently, so thought it was time to write a review. I can't imagine there are many peoplel who don't know what Ikea sell, but if not, they do home furnishings, flatpack furniture and bigger items, like kitchens. They also also sell swedish food and have a cafe, this is lovely and worth a ...  Read the complete review

After a trip to IKEA today, I thought I would write my review. I've been a customer of IKEA for about 10 years, first going in my student days to kit out my new flat. I go there about once every 2 years, and have bought a variety of things there from larger pieces of furniture like cupboards and chests of drawers, to very small items such as cups ...  Read the complete review

General Info --------------- Ikea is a swedish company specialising in DIY furniture. Basically, they are massive shops that you go to, walk around, decide what you like, take down its number and then collect from the warehouse at the end of your journey. I say journey, it really is one, you can spend the whole day in the ...  Read the complete review

IKEA is a Swedish furniture and accessories store, which has been established in this country for probably just over a decade. IKEA has a very unique style - for furniture you browse the shop for what you want, then make a note of it and find it in the 'warehouse' area by the tills. You can pick up smaller furnishings such as cushions, ...  Read the complete review

I took a group of people from where I worked to Ikea, Croydon this weekend. It was also my first visit to this shop, which I have heard so much about. To tell the truth, I hated it!! Upon arrival we dropped off the group, then spent a good 15 minutes driving around looking for a parking space. We were in a larger vehicle, which was too ...  Read the complete review

My nearest Ikea is at Warrington. It's not too far away which is good, but try and find parking is a nightmare no matter what part of the day you go. They have just changed the layout slightly so now you have some of the marketplace upstairs and some downstairs, which is a bit of a pain as you can never work out where things are. This is made ...  Read the complete review