Aki-Home

If you don’t mind assembling your own furniture (think IKEA) then you’ll love this place. I prefer my furniture to already be assembled so, while I really like this store, I didn’t fall in love.
Everything you would need to furnish your home cheaply can be found here. CHEAP! From beds, sofas, desks and chairs to pillows, towels, rugs, lamps and clocks. Everything you’d ever need in the kitchen can be found here too. And did I mention it’s quite inexpensive?
I recently visited 3 times in 2 weeks and have purchased a small desk & chair for our extra bedroom which will soon become the room of my friend’s daughter who will be attending college nearby. While not top notch quality the craftsmanship is solid and aesthetically pleasing; well worth the low prices. Also got a laundry basket and a 4-​tier shelf that was a pain in the backside to assemble and required, unbeknownst to me, a hex tool. Of course none of my tools were the correct size so I had to run to OSH to get one. Make sure you look carefully at the floor display so you’ll know what tools will be required.
The employees I spoke to here were so kind and helpful. On my first visit they made sure to tell me about their loyalty program for future discounts.

I found this store one day earlier this year in the district, and eventually bought some bath rugs, a basket, some kitchen items, and a couch last month. The delivery was great, making it in the first hour of the delivery window. So far so good, everyone is always helpful when I’m in the store. The prices are all reasonable as well!

Stumbling upon this store quite some time ago, I wasn’t sure how to describe it? It’s a collection of household items from Japan at discount prices. Japanese Big Lots? Japanese Ikea? I was intrigued upon browsing with both the reasonable prices and seemingly good quality of most of the furniture, decorative items and housewares here.
Over the many, many months I have shopped here now, I have purchased several things to include pans, a large print for my living room, frames, kitchen wares, namely dishes and utensils, towels and bathroom accessories. Aki-​Home has a bit of everything here from lighting, furniture, kitchen stuff, small appliances, decorative items, storage items, linens, paintings, etc.
You gotta just look around. I would highly recommend if you see something you can’t live without, that you purchase it at that moment. They can’t guarantee the items will always be available there as they obtain some things in limited quantities, especially the bigger items like furniture.
I have been pleased with the quality of merchandise I have purchased here. I bought a print here to go with a large sectional I have and was pleased when I got it home and hung it as it went with my sofa quite well.
I have storage items in my bathroom and kitchen items I have been very happy with also.
You do have to be careful here, because I often get into my «Ikea zone» where I start filling my cart with little items, because they are so cheaply priced and not because I necessarily need them ;P Staff is friendly and helpful in locating items in this fairly large store. Happy that a location of this Japanese outlet has come to Orange County for my household needs.

I am glad I waited to write this review after all my delivery issues had been resolved.
I walked in this store to just look and found that they had nice furniture pieces for good price.
I purchased the Marilyn queen bed frame, a style I have been looking for quite some time. The price was hard to beat. The order process was quick and easy. I Paid the delivery fee and was given the option to have this delivered within 2business days including weekends.
I did run into a few hiccups with delivery, but they made it a priority to get my bed delivered asap. Without me asking customer service offered to refund my delivery fee for all my troubles. Very nice gesture.
I definitely recommend place, they offer good deals often and strive on keeping customers happy. To keep them coming back!

**Buyer Beware** No customer service here. Rude management. Receipts not properly noted with sale or clearance item. You’re SOL at their discretion. Called corporate to reach a reasonable person and was on hold until I was prompted to leave a Voicemail. All I wanted was to exchange same item for a different color.

Bought an item that fell apart… salesperson rude. wouldn’t give me money back… store credit at sales price even though item wasn’t on sale… anyone want my credit??? garbage!

A bit of an Ikea feel to it.
Staff is non existent really, never gotten any help here.
Also never really bought anything, though we have walked through and browsed plenty of times while shopping in the area.
They have a descent selection of items for the home as well as a bit of furniture.
Prices are ok, but the items just not my style and most of it is pretty small, making it more ideal for a starter home or apartment.
Large store, not very busy and plenty of easy parking.

So annoyed right now. Retail establishments need to honor their advertised price. Price on the shelf clearly said 24.99 for a basket, 3 of the same basket all on one shelf. Guy at the registered doubted me so I went back myself, took a picture of baskets and price tag, went back up to register, showed him and he giggled and said «sorry it’s a different sku then what the shelf was showing». Wow. You give your customer the $ 8 price difference. Instead, I walked out without purchasing and won’t be back. CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE!!! Learn what it means…

This furniture store is kinda the more expensive Asian style Ikea store. I always have wanted to go into this store, just the logo itself looks fun! (crazy that fonts do talk…)
I was somewhat disappointed when I actually stepped foot in the store — I was expecting something more exciting I suppose. Maybe more modern (but not too out there) furniture or nice wall art. Everything was sort of blah!
However I would go back for the Jaxon table they had — it was decently priced $ 499 & came with 4 chairs. It was industrial style which is my absolute fav! I have never seen a table like that elsewhere that doesn’t cost an arm & a leg.
All of the other things there really didn’t fit my taste. I would much rather go to pier 1 or world market than here. Aki-​Home seemed very bland/​generic.

It’s a nice place to browse around. It has changed a lot since it first opened. Now most if the floor is taken up by furniture. Sort of the Living Spaces style, quality and price.
We’ve bought a lot of kitchen knick knacks here. Never bought furniture here so I don’t really know the quality.

I paid over $ 1,300 for a sofa that didn’t last more than a year. The stitching is coming off, the cushions are trashed and the wood frame broke. Here’s the sad part, we’re hardly even on it. I would hate to see what it would look like if it was used more often.

Only been here once, but my first impression was: basic and clean.
The store is huge and is located in the same section as where Best Buy used to be. The aisles are all spacious, and combined with the type of merchandise sold at Aki Home, it feels very basic — in a refreshing way.
The items here are cheap but high quality for the price you pay. We bought a bathroom towel stand that was very easy to construct; I think it only took 5 minutes total!

I’ve been on the hunt for a love seat or small single chair for my room. After months of browsing, I fell in love with the Dexter collection from Aki Home. Unfortunately, the color I wanted wasn’t available to purchase online, so I had to eventually find my way in.
Fourth of July weekend was perfect timing, so I went in to sit on it and see how I felt about it. Upon first glance in store, I knew I was in. Once I sat on the chair, this had to come home. I inquired about the chair and because it’s such a popular collection, they have been selling like hot cakes. There was only five left of the black, so I said yes. Initially, I bought the love seat, but upon arriving home and measuring my space again, I returned to the store to exchange for the chair instead. Either way, they were running a 20% promotion so it was such a great deal!
The staff was happy to accommodate the exchange. I’m just glad I made sure before it arrived on my doorstep! The single chair is really large though, with dimensions at 40×40×40. I ended having to rearrange my room, but now it looks amazing.
Word of advice about shipping — -
Read the fine print. They automatically charge you the white glove fee of 59.99 which includes assembly and removal of any trash from setup. If your furniture doesn’t require much setup, I suggest getting the regular shipping for about $ 29.99. It’s up to you!

+ Good selection on bath/​kitchen items
-/​+ Almost same as Home Goods 3 stores down
-/​+ Not much furniture for a furniture/​home goods store.
The organization of this store was nice, but it seemed to have a limited selection of furniture. What it did stock seemed to be quite expensive (as what you would find in a higher priced furniture store, but with not the same quality).
It did have a lot of bath and kitchen accessories, but overall I was not very impressed with the store. With TJMaxx/​Home Goods only 3 doors down, I don’t see how this place can stay in business.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS STORE! NOT FLEXIBLE, I wanted to purchase four chairs and they will not sell it with out the table. They are unreasonable… They are the worst customer service ! If this is how they treat their customers, then my recommendation is to not go there, even the salemans says they have bad delivery service and always gets complaints.
If you are looking for bad customer service and reasonable management and policies, you have come to the right place.
They say they are a Japanese owned company, I wonder if the executives know how bad they are, so agaainist Japanese culture.
この店から離れて！柔軟ではない、私は、4つの椅子を購入したいと思い、それらがテーブル外でそれを販売することはありません。彼らは最悪の顧客サービスです…無理です！彼らは彼らの顧客をどのように扱うかこれであれば、私の推薦は、彼らが悪い配信サービスを持って、常に不満を取得言ってもsalemans、そこに行かないことです。
あなたが悪い顧客サービスと合理的な管理とポリシーを探しているなら、あなたは適切な場所になってきました。
彼らは、幹部は彼らがどのように悪い知っていれば、私は、そうagaainist日本文化をだろう、彼らは日本の所有会社であると言います。
Unsatisfied buyer/​noon customer!

I can see why this store has a bad rating.
I don’t shop here but I did once to find indoor slippers for Summer.
Found a pair of bamboo flipflop, I bought them and tried at home. Obviously these were gonna be my indoor slippers, I wouldn’t go out in them. But in order to see the fit, I had to take the tag off because they were all tied up.
The slippers were too tight so I came to return them. The casher gave me a hard time because I took the tag off and wore them! I swear I just slipped my feet in there to see the fit then I took them off, not even outside! But she was so sure that I used them, and taking tags off would cost them, she said people won’t buy them without the tag! Then rehang the darn tag on with your machine, I know all stores have a tool to put the tag on and off. Gees.
Well, she gave a refund eventually but I had to agree with her that I have worn the slippers. She made me lie. Horrible service.
Never ever shopping at Aki whatever again.

Upon purchasing on my first visit, I rated my experience 5 stars. However, the delivery process of my furniture piece is so disappointing!!! Overall I will never purchase anything again from this store!!!
After paying $ 350 + $ 59 delivery charge, I wanted nothing more than to have the buffet table in my dining room. On the scheduled date of delivery, they had apparently came to the house around 8ish in the morning but my husband never heard the doorbell and missed the delivery. Once my husband realized that. he quickly called to have them deliver the item again as they said delivery hours would be up till noon. They had said since we missed the delivery, we would have to pay another delivery charge of $ 59. Really!!! Ridiculous! After paying so much, why would a customer deliberately miss a delivery.
Overall after my husband spoke to the manager Bob, who btw was RUDE and apparently would rather lose a $ 350+ sale for a measly $ 59 delivery complaint, we basically went to the store and returned the item. and of course without the delivery charge added. We will definitely call corporate as there employee would rather lose $ 350+ sale versus waive a $ 59 charge that was a mistake! Life happens and sometimes you dont hear the door!!! Maybe have your delivery crew try harder to have there customers know they are at the door!!!

Aki-​Home is a wonderful and dangerous place filled with countless interesting and inexpensive items that will have you racking up a nice sized bill fast.
I needed a large rug for my loft and was told that Aki-​Home would fit the bill nicely so I found myself in their huge warehouse. This place offers just about anything you could ask for in housewares and a ton that you didn’t even know you needed. I found the rug I was looking for along with a stainless steel waste basket, a shoe rack, several sets of wooden chopsticks, four terrific bowls for soup… you see where this is going? The prices are also dirt cheap which makes it easy to justify purchases. I could easily have spent five yards at Aki-​Home. Very dangerous, indeed.
Aki-​Home is a great place for housewares, but try and stick to a list if you are wise!

I called their store to see if they had a bookshelf I wanted in stock. Phil picked up and he was so kind! He went to the back storage to check for me, and then held the item for me until I came in. A+++ service!
Came into the store, and they brought out my item quickly, and then loaded it into my car for me!
I’m so excited to set it up in my room! I wouldn’t say it’s a Japanese Ikea or Daiso, because the quality (and price accordingly so) is much better. They have home décor, rugs, furniture, beds, kitchen wares, etc! Great place to check out to look for anything for your home!

Ahhh, the store of my people…(but didn’t know that until someone told me)
Anyways, my family and I stuffed ourselves silly at Red Robin for dinner (keyword: bottomless), so I thought it’d be a good idea to walk around a bit to digest some of that food. We came here some time before 8:00p on a Saturday (they’re open until 11:00 on Fridays and Saturdays during the holiday season) and it was pretty quiet.
Since this was my first time here, I wanted to comb the entire store (and burn as many calories as I could). Like many have said, this place is like a Japanese Ikea. There’s bed and bath stuff, furniture, lighting, storage, place settings, rugs, curtains, vases, etc., etc… and pretty reasonably priced. We checked out some sofas and chairs, and some of them were on clearance — a nice comfy arm chair for $ 129? I almost considered buying it although we don’t need one.
I was just here to browse, but of course, I ended up buying 2 valances for my kids’ rooms and a simple but sturdy cup (to hold toothbrushes) for their bathroom, each under $ 5 (valances were on clearance!). Yay for me, but I hope that their budget-​friendly prices won’t affect their life span here in high-​rent Irvine… because I will be back to buy more stuff that I don’t need.