IKEA

IKEA is a very dangerous place for me since they have such cute housewares and I want to buy it all! I am especially in love with their duvet covers and sheet sets. So colorful and fun! I want to own them all!
I have been to IKEA a few times as of late. First was an emergency need of a bed for our guestroom. IKEA had several options that didn’t seem to cheaply made for the price. It was easy to make our selection, find the pieces in the warehouse, pay and load the car. As efficient as furniture shopping can be, I think. Assembly of said furniture is always difficult, but with a second person to help it goes a lot more quickly.
My second trip was to come and find some of the outdoor ground solar lamps. I was in need of a replacement, the IKEA website said they were «Most likely in stock». Sadly they were out of stock, but going over to their food section made the trip more than worth it. They have expanded the grocery part of the store sometime in the past few years, and there’s so much offered here now. I especially love the big candy bins (the rhubarb lemon straws are ammaazzzinnnnggg!) and the larger selection of drinks they have now. I picked up some raspberry cookies, some Elderflower drinks and some Rhubarb juice concentrate. I appreciate the rarer flavors, well for the USA at least. Oh, and OF COURSE you can’t leave without their delicious $ 1.50 ice cream sundae. The raspberry sauce is so tasty, as is the frozen yogurt. A well priced treat!
Reminder to myself: come eat at the cafeteria soon and get more Elderflower drink concentrate. :)
In conclusion, IKEA has great housewares and great foodstuffs! Check it out!

My review is from my experience moving to LA before school started (August 2015). I was moving into a room that didn’t have any furniture, so I drove to IKEA the day I arrived to pick out a bed frame, mattress, and whatever I needed to go along with it. The only other thing I got was a cheap plastic chair.
I’m giving this place 1 star because the people who helped me had no idea what they were doing, and they had a bad attitude about it as well. Not wanting to bother with item pick up in the warehouse, I opted to pay for IKEA employees to help me. I also arranged for my items to be delivered the next day, and since the bed frame that I wanted wasn’t in stock, the employee who was helping me told me that he’d print a slip with all my items prepared and just add the other one on. I can’t recall too many specifics, but there was a two step process where he had to print a slip for the cashier as well.
I walk all the way back to the display section to look for a new bed frame since I only arranged to stay at a friends for one night, I needed second day delivery. I go back to the first floor and another guy helps me. Except he’s completely clueless. He adds on the additional item, but he doesn’t print out the new slip for me to take to the cashier to pay. I ask him about it and he’s apathetic and rude. He tells me that I only need the first slip he gave me. So I go to the cashier and pay and she says that I need the other slip. After wasting my time waiting in line, I have to go back to the computer area and someone else helps me. TG!
NEXT DAY! I am waiting in my empty room, anticipating for all my things to arrive. Without any notification, I receive everything but my bed frame. I didn’t receive a call or email from IKEA to arrange a time for my bed frame to be delivered. I had to go out of my way and call IKEA and be put on hold for 30 minutes until I could do so.

I love this IKEA. It will forever remind me of 500 days of summer. …and I mean who doesn’t love ikea? Walking around daydreaming about a new kitchen is my favorite thing to do.

This is the closest one to my house and I plan half a day around coming Ikea. It’s clean, and affordable house goods. I always want everything in the kitchen department. There frame and art deals are always great, cheap and sturdy. Ikea does have a lot of good deals but you have to go looking for them and a lot of the time they are out of stock. Try to avoid the weekends, it gets very crowded and the check out lines tend to extend to the aisles of the warehouse.

I like Ikea enough, but this particular location should come with a disclaimer. OVERCROWDING and MAZE SET-​UP.
I went on a Saturday morning, hoping to snag a cheap side table, some kitchen utensils, and a grill pan. Ended up picking up several other items too.
Honestly, it was kind of a nightmare. And, I am not kidding. At one point, it felt like I was trapped and developing a mild form of claustrophobia. People seem to just mill around, unaware that they are obstructing the path for dozens of people behind them. And, I don’t remember other Ikea’s being like this. The last two Ikea’s I went to were not severely congested (imagine 405 gridlocked, rush hour traffic but people instead of cars) nor full of idling masses.
So, basically, if there were ever a fire or other type of emergency, good luck finding an exit. They set up everything so awkwardly that you literally have to walk through the ENTIRE store. This is some elaborate scheme to increase purchases, but it is rather transparent, haphazard, and annoying.
All in all, not bad, but certainly nothing special. I will be back, but I will brace myself for the overwhelming amount of people that will join me and the inevitable difficulty of finding any particular item.

I’m not going to talk about the furniture. It’s IKEA. You probably already know what to expect.
But really, this is one of the worst IKEA’s. Parking is in the main mall while you shop, but if you actually end up buying something then you have to repark your car in their loading zone. And it’s a total mess.
First of all, people are generally not very considerate and camp out in front of parking spots, even though their cars are not there. Thus, if you magically happen to park at one, good luck getting your stuff through.
And if you park on the far side of the lot, you have to maneuver your giant cart to the very far left to wiggle it through a cart area… because your cart won’t fit through any of the other areas.
By the time you load up your car, you’re angry and you hate everybody. Maybe I’m just speaking for myself, but really. You’ll be angry.
Can’t wait for the mega-​IKEA to open with better parking.

Ikea is dangerous because they have such good household stuff that is affordable and stylish. I never leave this store not wanting a million things! Like most Ikeas, it does get super busy during the weekends, and the space can get tight when there a lot of people.
Also try their food, it is super affordable and most of it is pretty good. They have some good salmon options, salads, ribs, meatballs and chicken strips.

Is it odd that i go to Ikea for exercise and casual browsing sometimes? This location is in the heart of burbank. Across from the mall, several restaurants, and a block from the promenade area. But because of this, the parking, which is across the street, can be a bit congested.
Whenever ive been here, the customer service has been good, and its kept pretty clean, considering all the foot traffic.
The cafeteria is so hectic. You’ll see families, couples, and even just individuals (me!) sitting and enjoying the food. This area is definitely the worst part of Ikea because it is soo busy, and yet its also the best part because the food is good and fun to try. Im not gonna even lie, ive come here on lunch breaks many-​o-​times. And then there’s the smaller food bar downstairs at the exit, which also has a candy bar area (Yum! But germ central, right?).
Aside from how congested this Ikea gets, im a fan and def recommend a visit.

Awful customer service! Treated badly with every interaction. Worse was at the end when I was trying to set up home delivery. Guy hands me a clipboard and tells me to fill out name and address, then he walks away. I finished, and waited and waited. Someone else came and the two talked for 5 min. He came back to counter and typed in info, afterwards he turned the screen around to verify my info. He had every line wrong. I thought I was on that Mtv show, «Boiling Point».
I would rather build my own furniture than go back to that fucking store.

If there had been a negative rating, I would have picked it. My experience has been insane, worst customer service on earth.
Ordered a mattress base in store and it had to come from the warehouse so shipping was advised. Ok, paid another $ 99 for shipping. The base never came. I have been calling for 4 weeks and am on hold on average for 35 minutes before anyone picks up. A different story every time. It will come soon, I will be contacted soon, nothing. Finally talked to some kind of manager and he admitted the product may not return. Wish I had known that 4 weeks ago as we are getting a guest next week, no bed for the guest. No apologies, nothing.
They filed a case number to get my money back and have the audacity to tell me the case will get reviewed and I will hear within 48 hours if it has been accepted. And o yes, I may not get the $ 99 back for shipping as that is a different company. The product never got delivered, unbelievable.
Not even sure what to say, I have no words for this.

Very packed and disorganized, the customer service was pretty nice though. It’s crowded everywhere from the parking lot to restaurant.

When my sweetie suggested we source/​road trip bedroom furniture at IKEA I cringed but kept my cool. You see I don’t do big box stores, malls or anywhere else folks congregate to shop for entertainment, recreation, just not that kind of consumer, never have been, never will be.
Big on research online, I compromised to peruse IKEA’s website. Outside of it being painfully slow, like dial up slow of yesteryear, we were able to find the platform, mattress, night tables we wanted but still had questions about the platform size, as it was not clearly stated. A phone call to this store, punctuated with hold time and transfers to various staff finally confirmed IKEA had what we wanted.
Alas, the dreaded in store experience, my first here. Friends warned merchandising is strategically designed to create need/​impulse purchases as you trek the maze to locate departments. It’s true, just ask me about my new $ 0.99 toilet brush.
Armed with computer printouts, my sweetie’s hand and my cane (still rehabbing a back injury), I queried the front door greeter as to where we would find desired product, and nearest elevators. Super pleasant guy gave us precise directions.
Level two was every bit the aforementioned maze until I found a staffer, displayed our intel like a limo driver meeting an LAX arrival, and waved my cane. To our surprise, she cheerfully guided us through a shortcut to the bedding department.
We immediately connected with another fine associate who, in approximately 15-​minutes assisted us in our purchase, processed the paperwork, scheduled a delivery window.
Pretty painless and within budget!
Checkout was but a short wait.
Parking was easy.
Merchandise delivered on time, set up/​assembly (it’s worth the extra charge ours was $ 99), and packaging disposed of (there’s a recycling charge, ours was $ 11).
We are fans but not going back :-)

I cannot believe how this location has deteriorated. There is no staff to be found for help, the place is a mess. The lines are super long, it’s way too crowded and I wasn’t able to purchase my few items because all the lines were so full I can imagine it would take over 30 minutes.
Besides all that, there was a screeching child that I shushed, and got surrounded by some gangster wannabe in a Dodgers jersey yelling obscenities at me for shushing the obnoxious child. I honestly felt threatened and unsafe. I ended up apologizing to his wife… who really should have apologized to me for her camel toe, XS wife beater and brassy highlights.
If there were employees there, perhaps the situation could have been diffused. Maybe I have no right to shush his obnoxiously loud child… but shouldn’t someone?

For the Bako crowd, this is the nearest IKEA store. It is kind of cool because they make a trail through the store for you. This winding path makes me want to drop bread crumbs just in case there is an evil witch somewhere in the housewares forest waiting to kidnap me.
They have so much cheap stuff, it is crazy, but it is all pretty useful. The biggest problem I have here is just getting what I came for, and not grabbing all the other neat stuff I realize I just can’t live without. My wife bought curtains here and they look FANTASTIC! I got some office chairs and they are really nice.
You get moderate quality here. For the prices, the quality is pretty good, but remember the old and true adage, «You get what you pay for.» It is true. This is cheap stuff and really top end for what you are paying, but don’t expect stuff that will last a hundred years.
Love the selection of furniture and cool organization options.
Staff here can be hot or cold, depending on which you talk to, but all will help if you ask them to. Few of them approach and ask if you need help. Overall, they are really knowledgeable and know the store and products.
Be smart and grab a cart on the way in. Otherwise you will fill up your bag with all that stuff you didn’t know you needed and it gets heavy about half way through the store.
Have fun! It is a cool place to shop.

Love that they have food court, furniture and pretty much everything you need here. Everything is displayed so beautifully and easy to find with great attentive customer service.
I loved their food court food, surprisingly good for the cheap price. They have their famous swedish meatballs along with tasty sides like cornbread and deserts like choc mouse cake. Very great place to get your cheap but quality furniture. Off on my way to grab my stools and tables. Reallly cheap probably half the price of other places

IKEA is always a fun place to buy nice items at a discount price I wish they had one in Bakersfield all we have is a distribution center here so when I get a chance will is go to Burbank or Long Beach to IKEA do you have a playroom for your kids to play while you shop they have clearance items 75 percent off which is a great deal they have nice biting your house and much more

I have no issues with Ikea. I like IKEA. I just can’t stand how crowded and disorganized the whole process of coming here is.
30 minutes just to check my daughter into their Smalland. Only to have them phone me 30 min in, to tell me she was scared to go in the bathroom by herself so I had to come get her. She is potty trained, but the loud noise of the toilet flushing frightens her. So I checked her out… only to have her say she didn’t even have to go to the bathroom! She was fine until we left hours later… so I am not sure what happened there.
Then once we finally went thru the whole showroom and made our selections and purchases, our car was across the street, but we couldn’t just walk our cart over! Kat had to wait with there with our items, and I wonder what I would’ve done if I was alone???
That’s not all… it took me about 15 –20 minutes to drive around the block and wait in the LOOOOOOOOONG line coming from both the North and South sides of the street, trying to merge to get into the parking lot and park to load the cars???
Never will I come on a Saturday again. Maybe during the week, during work hours, when it is least occupied.

I love this Ikea. I always come here everytime we need furniture and other stuff for our place because its cheaper and the furniture are all nice. Except for the fact that the parking is on the other side of the the street and if you go in by yourself, you’ll have to drag yourself and the stuff that you bought to the parking across the street. Thats why if I came in by myself I try not to buy as much stuff because I dont want to carry all of it. Lol i just wish they have parking closer to the exit then I would probably come more often.

I only come to IKEA once in a blue moon, I mean, how often do you need new furniture? and each time I come, I am so amazed at their wonderful selection of house goods all at such incredible prices.
Next time I am planning a birthday party, bridal shower, baby shower, or even a wedding, my first place to hit up would be IKEA. From beautifully-​designed napkins, silverware, plateware, decorative housewares, and live plants, IKEA has it all. Design is impeccable and tasteful, and they always have new products. This time, I found super cute duffle bags and grocery rolling bags for $ 4 – 15. They might not last a long time but I’d shell out a few bucks for these cute products.
IKEA has a special spot in my heart next to Target and Costco. It might even surpass Target… now that’s a bold statement.
Make sure to sign up for their loyalty card. Kiosks to print out your card and located all throughout the store. You need to have the card present to get your discounts – they don’t keep record of phone numbers or names to look you up in their system.

Parking is across street from IKEA, parking structure. Always challenged to find a spot.
Loading zone only in front of the store… not too many spots and it could get crowded because people usually take some time to load up all the big items.
You can definitely spend HOURS here. The price is very affordable. Lots of selections.
Not many staffs on the floor. It is hard to find out if there is inventory in the warehouse. If it is your first time coming here, it gets confusing how the system works for buying bit items there. The warehouse is on the first floor, almost to the check out area. Not many check out register opened. The line gets crazy.