IKEA -Glasgow

When you wait for 30 mins at the collection point and the staff are just having a natter but you can see your stuff has been brought out. Seriously how can it take sooooo long. Rubbish

Who doesn’t love ikea
Tell me
Now
So I can block you from my life!
I love a wander around the place and spend endless cash of
Stuff I really don’t need … I love the selection and the smalls you can fill your bag with without realising
I love the shop
At the end of checkouts
The restaurant … As nice as it looks… The foods bloody awful, the soft drinks they sell on draft are also terrible
Just miss out this part and you Will have fun

Sold me a broken item. Arranged a pick up date. They didn’t show up. They couldn’t rearrange till a week later. Customer service were less than useful

Everyone loves IKEA (or hates it, it is a Marmite brand) for its blend of low cost yet good quality, build at home furniture.
I used to work at IKEA Nottingham for almost two years, so I could give you a boring background about the company itself and its roots in IKEA, however I’ll spare you that.
The only thing holding this IKEA back from being 5* is that the selection, quality and price of items in Bargain Corner is way worse than any other IKEA I’ve been to. Seriously, the savings are really stingy. When I moved house I took a big van down to Nottingham to get some furniture from my folks and stopped in IKEA Nottingham (my old employer). I got a designer shelving unit for £50 down from £400. I got a fold out bed down from £300 to £150. I’ve bought an armchair for £60 down from £300. The reductions at Glasgow IKEA are either so terrible it’s not worth the bother, or there’s some sort of stingy deal gang who turn up exactly on opening each day to nab the best deals. Rant over!

IKEA is great for many reasons… as a foodie I like to go in and imagine what my kitchen could look like, pick up some great bargains and also (of course) enjoy the café food and pick up some Swedish specialities before I leave.
The café/​restaurant upstairs is very affordable, and has a huge range of dishes. I didn’t sample them on this review visit, but have tried quite a few things before and the coffee and meals are always good.
The annoying (yet amusing) thing about IKEA is that everything looks useful; I always think «this storage box will radically improve my organisation skills» or «this light will put the «je né sais quoi» in the living room ambience for a dinner party. Then you go downstairs and pick up little things, a candle here, a glass or two there, only to be a little surprised when you get to the till and have spent perhaps a little more than you thought you might initially!
Decoding some of the names is always entertaining, as is dreaming about what different parts of a small flat to a grand mansion could be furnished like. I always feel a little mischievous when I don’t follow the arrows on the floor, sometimes I head straight to the area I need (I have been so many times that I know the layout).
In the market hall the stationery selection is always fun and quirky, and the plants are great for brightening up an office, desk or living space. The kitchen tools are fantastic, I also like some of the things in the kids section which are bright and entertaining (tip– art supplies a plenty upstairs in the kids section, big bold colours and paper!).
The only thing is, I give 4 not 5 stars as I know some of the furniture in my home was frustratingly difficult to assemble. yet I always forgive IKEA and return again, how can you hold a grudge against your own inability to follow instructions!!!

It’s big it’s blue and yellow, really you’d have to have been living under a rock not to know what IKEA is.
Does furniture and household stuff and meatballs, don’t forget the meatballs and hot dogs.
Check out the bargain section by the tills…

If someone asks me to go to IKEA it had better be for food first and furniture second because that’s how I roll! For me IKEA is an amazing restaurant that just happens to sell furniture.
I promise, that one day I will order something other than the meatballs and chips, but not today! And maybe not tomorrow… ever…
If you’ve ever had them you’ll know exactly what I mean. I love the fact they ask you if you want 10, 15 or 20 meatballs but it was my super clever boyfriend that noticed that the Swedish flag is given to those who choose the 15 meatball option so as to differentiate between the 15 and 20 options (he notices minutiae like that).
We also opted for puddings for the first time because I usually just slip into a meatball-​induced coma and have little or no room to manœuvre afterwards. I don’t even know what price it came to as I usually just handover my debit card and ask them to charge me what they think is appropriate. (£4.80 as it turns out).
My partner had the strawberry tart and I had the blueberry and raspberry cheesecake, which I really enjoyed!
The strawberry tart — of the defrosted variety — was good quality, if a little on the dry side. I’m not one to complain when it comes to dessert, but this could have done with a little bit more strawberry sauce to compensate for the dry pastry! (Just saying!)
Overall great value for money and it never fails to disappoint, although my next mission is to get back in early enough to have the breakfasts!

I really do love this store! I don’t make it out here quite as much as I probably would want to (do I really need to go to IKEA on a daily basis… the answer is yes), but when I do go to IKEA, it’s always a great time and the end prize, along with purchases for the flat, is always a hot dog.
My boyfriend and I were being lazy this past bank holiday weekend. We woke up, and almost at the same time, wondered if we should go to IKEA for something random to do. I felt his head to make sure he wasn’t struck with a fever (it’s rare for him to suggest IKEA as something to do) and agreed we should go!
After milling about in town for a bit, we made a day of taking our time and finally made it out to IKEA where everyone and their mothers seemed to have taken refuge. No bother, we grabbed a yellow bag and started in. My boyfriend randomly visited a while back to buy some new sheets and various things for the flat with his mate, and apparently, they didn’t take the full tour of IKEA. He wasn’t even sure he’d ever really been all the way around. HA! Doesn’t surprise me though– when it comes to home decoration, I’m usually the instigator. Anyway, he tried fooling me in to starting from the bottom floor of the store, but there was no way I wasn’t going to walk around the whole place.
«Where do we go?» he so naively asked. «Just follow the arrows», I said, and like Dorothy in the land of Oz, we followed the arrows around and around! I was quite surprised how in to it he turned out being. New couches, a new mattress, new spare room bedding, etc. are all on the cards, so it was nice to shop around for things together to get some ideas.
We ended up buying a table top ironing board, some frames, a few jars, some candles, etc. Just a few basics we were without and it made for two happy shoppers. What we were really there for were (well, the frames, really) the hot dogs at the end. I’ve always been a fan of hot dogs, and in the states, you can get full beef hot dogs at grocery shops, no fillers. Here, unfortunately, every hot dog available is canned and that’s just gross. (Sophie K. did introduce me to some German dogs at Whole Foods though!!). Anyway, I’m not sure where IKEA gets their hot dogs from, but I don’t see them coming out of a can, so they’re alright with me!
They’re so cheap too! It’s only £1.25 for a hot dog and a refillable fountain drink. We ended up getting three hot dogs total and two drinks. I could have easily eaten two hot dogs.
Anyway, this trip was a success and even though there are loads of people in there for the same reasons, it all seems to flow with the maze like set up with only a few minor congestions here and there. We will be back, soon, for sure!

Ikea is my idea of grand day out. I am perfectly happy to walk around herded through all the departments, wondering why my house never looks as coordinated, chic and pulled together as one of the rooms in Ikea. Opening all the drawers to see the genius organisational things that I need, because obviously my kitchen drawers are as likely to contain loom bands and an open pritt stick as knifes and forks. I stand in the wardrobe section close to tears that we moved out of the flat with the walk in wardrobe of my dreams and moaning that I don’t even really like the garden and would have much rather stayed in the flat and kept my lovely wardrobe.
Hmm it’s typing the paragraph above that has made me realise just why g might not enjoy the trips to Ikea quite as much as I do. Especially given that his role appears to be to reign me in. Explaining, again, that yes those corner bookshelves are beautiful, affordable and would solve our ongoing book storage woes but we don’t have any wall on which to put them — all available walls are already book shelved up!
Once I’ve dragged him around the first floor it’s only fair to offer the poor man some compensation so I know to time my visits to the morning. £1 buys a really quite good bacon roll and with my Ikea Family card I get free hot drinks so poor put upon g gets to sit pretending to listen to my grand redecorating the entire house schemes. While he has really entered a meditative state and is communing on a deep level with a bacon buttie and a hot chocolate.
With my energy levels bolstered by Scandinavian coffee — it really is very good. I’m ready for the market place where I will buy a vegetable peeler, napkins and if I can sneak another one into the trolley a cake stand — no I have no idea why I might need more of these things it’s just what you do in Ikea, right!
I think though that my very favourite thing about Ikea is the food shop after the tills. If you haven’t already tried the frozen cinnamon buns that you heat up at home filling your kitchen with the aroma of nirvana then you are missing out. And if you are going to queue to buy them you really might as well buy some meatballs, a powdery potion to make proper Ikea gravy, lingonberry jam, diam bars, swedish biscuits, gravalax and and and.
This might be another reason why g hates Ikea but would never be daft enough to let me go alone.

Ikea!!! The place to go if you want to survive a zombie apocalypse :).
Great location next to Braehead shopping centre, you can’t miss the trademark yellow and blue :).
Something for everyone here, whether it’s your first flat or you’re updating your home, if you can work an Allen key you are sorted ;).
Expect to get lost, expect to find yourself back in the same place more than once, it’s the fun of ikea. Have some food, I hear the meatballs are delicious :)

My favourite place on earth. Is it just me or does Ikea make you feel so happy and relaxed when your inside?!
I came here yesterday after shopping in Braehead, not for anything in particular. I just missed being in it to be honest. I really love their candle selections here — so many lovely scents and the big glasses are usually just over a pound! I also love all the weird and wonderful things they have, I mean how often do you get so excited over some weird shaped eating utensils?
I love walking through the showrooms and just get ideas on how to decorate my future home. Ikea is going to make a lot of money from me when I do buy a house!
There are also usually plenty of staff around if you ever need help or advice with anything too.
All in all, a great day out for the family! (or me!)

So, it was a rainy Saturday afternoon and fast approaching lunch time. I had a craving for a curry, my wife wasn’t going for it though and insisted on a Scandinavian restaurant across town that she likes — Ikea, I hadn’t been before but had heard a bit of a buzz about the meatballs so it was decided.
The first thing that struck me was that Ikea isn’t the fine dining experience I was expecting but a more casual affair. The chefs don’t wear those tall white hats in here and the table service is non-​existent. I ordered the meatballs and they were okay…
In summary, a reasonably affordable place to dine with okay food, unfortunately lacking in atmosphere and the furniture is arranged in a slightly schizophrenic order when trying to get in and out of the place.

Best kids kitchen and kids chair (Paong) for a good price. I think as long as you bypass their display sections you can get through Ikea pretty easily. Otherwise it can be a all day event that leaves you exhausted. We come here when we need a few household items but do not want to pay insane prices. It can be quite difficult to find certain things and there are never any Ikea clerks to be found.
ps: the carts are so hard to push.

I really love Ikea. A lot. It is a pretty magical place — it’s different every time you visit, and you can pick up something weird and usual every time you visit.
I visited on Sunday and while it can be a nightmare on the weekend, thankfully this store is big enough that you might not notice. The line for food was ridiculous though, and it was at least a 10 minute wait. They’ve also changed the meatball portion sizing so it’s small, medium large whereas I’m convinced you used to order by number of meatballs. You also can’t have both chips AND mash, you need to get a separate portion of chips. No one stands between me and double carbs, ok?!
Apart from these small grizzles, I generally really like going to Ikea and will always overspend and bring home things I don’t need. This time it was a fish shaped ice cube tray. Do I need it? probably not. But it was only 90p!
Hot tip: if you’re holding a gallery exhibition, this is a great place to get the frames. The frames come in boxes of 10 and you can take the whole box for easy transportation.

I love a trip to IKEA!
Nothing much more I can say here — if you don’t know what IKEA is like, then where have you been for the last 10 years?!
Big blue warehouse, sells modern flat-​pack furniture. If you don’t need furniture you’ll spend your entry salary on tea lights, vases of dried twigs and prints of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
But I love IKEA most for its meatballs. And chocolate cake. And Diam. And those little thin biscuits.
Thank you Sweden for making my world a happier and more stylish place!

What can I say, it’s IKEA! I could spend and absolute fortune in here! :D

Not to much more I can say about Ikea than has already been said. Huge place, sells loads of flat pack furniture and a multitude of other things. It is good at what it does and is useful for people trying to do up there house and not wanting to go to loads of different places.
It is only getting an ok three stars from me for the following reasons.
I hate furniture shopping in general.
I don’t like flat pack furniture and particularly building it. (That wardrobe door always ends up squinty)
I think it has got progressively more expensive over the years and no longer provides the good quality and a good price that it used to.
Did not go near the restaurant so can’t mark that, but also not convinced I would ever want to.

lets face it. Ikea is a dangerous place.
You arrive, go round the showroom and decide what you want then you face the accessories down stairs and end up buying a ridiculous amount of stuff you don’t want/​need. Through to the warehouse to pick-​up your furniture then through the tills and then out to café for a dodgy hot dog and drink or ice cream.
The only problem is the queues and crowds everywhere. Even after years of being here people will still queue up for their sale or promotional event.
I do have to say that I like the cookware selections along with a few other lines.
The restaurant is also well priced and you can get a free breakfast if you have a IKEA family card.

Is it possible to dislike going to Ikea? No, I don’t think it is. From infants to the elderly, this place has something for absolutely everyone, be it just popping in for a cup of tea or a nice lunch, to parading around the store for 6 hours with your aim being redecorating your entire home.
This ikea has been here for ages; I can remember coming here for the past 12 years or so, and it’s fantastic. The free pencils and rulers to take notes on sizes and quantities for furniture, the sheer fact it takes you a good 2 hours to walk the length of the place regardless of what you’re buying; I love it all! There must be at least 100 items of furniture in my house that are from there. I most enjoy reading the Swedish words for items, they tend to get quite obscure.
Once you’re finished all your tiring shopping, the café sells a great selection of café food and beverages, and I’ve actually came here before just to go for a bite to eat in the café.
You’ll never struggle to have some sort of fun here. Just go ahead and pretend that one of the Livingroom lots is your own personal Livingroom. I’m not 100% the security will appreciate it, but it’d be a helluva lot of fun!

Large, could easly spend good bit of day here if you were planing on moving, doing a place up or just looking for ideas for a future make over.
Though it’s hotdog bit on the ground floor is somewhat lacking, as the hotdogs lack in flavour (even with mustard/​ketchup on).