IKEA

As with all IKEA’s — the risk you take whilst walking in with a list (no matter what is on it) all you will leave with is straws and candles. This Warrington branch seems to be continually updated with the displays being jigged about i.e. the lighting switches from the 1^st floor, to the ground almost each time I visit — which isn’t really a big deal, just something I notice. I always enjoy my wee mooches around here picking up random bits I dont really need, it has great late opening hours (till 10pm Mon-​Sat & 5pm on Sundays). I also appreciate their new collection of gift wrap area — tissue paper, ribbons, bags etc as I am a crafty gal.
I’ve knocked off a star — as lets be clear, all the IKEAs will be virtually the same in stock /​layout so there should be no difference really in standards at any of the locations… My quibble is that IKEA seems to have really increased in prices over the last 5years. For example, I bought a simple garden bench 5 years ago which was just £30 — full price, I bought it for my old house and recently I went back to get another to match in our new, larger garden. They still sell the exact same style — but the bench is now priced at £70! I’m sure there are all sorts of economic reasons for this… but twice the price is a tad excessive. Of course I will still come to IKEA — but I just check the prices more now as some of their items are not value for money.

Leave the kids at home!
Ikea– flat pack paradise! I can’t fault Ikea, I have a lot of stuff from here. When you get tired, grab yourself a hotdog of some meatballs to give you the strength to continue.
All I ask is you leave the kids, you don’t need those little rug rats getting under your feet, this place is stressful enough :)

Wow what a place. Everything you could possibly want, and great for a Kids Day out. I only went for a map of the world for my 5 yr old, but ended up with quite a few things for the house. On top of that, they had a fabulous restaurant with gorgeous meat balls. My 5 yr old loved them, and then to top things off, they had a free party for kids next door to the restaurant. Pass the parcel, dancing, decorating biscuits and a free doll were just some of the activities. My 5 yr old wants to go back and as soon as I think of something else to buy, I will. Only complaint — fries were cold, but hey, it deserves 5 stars as a day out, and shopping superstore and 4.9 as a restaurant.

CHEAP DECENT QUALITY FURNITURE!
Innovative ideas for furniture, compiled with funky colours, cheap prices and funky designs — I am sold to this place!
Trying to convince my other half to go to this place is usually a hard thing to do but when we’re in dire need of something, we’ve managed to go and he’s not become too annoyed.
The only annoyance of this place is that you could become engrossed in this place for HOURS — you wouldn’t even know about it because there are no windows to highlight the fact you arrived in daylight and it’s suddenly dusk outside!
Not everyone’s cup of tea but others are more inclined to this when focus is desired!
I love the variety and choice and you can even choose the level of quality and price of the items you desire! A huge car park, CLEAN facilities and a nice café that serves all kinds of food.
AND they have a bargain corner where not everything is totally destroyed.

I will first list the best things about this place because its a shorter roll. Great furniture easy to assemble and at decent prices this is the only reason I visit this place. Now for the bad, the fact that you have to follow these little arrows all shuffling like cattle looking at furniture set up to a state of which your house will never look like. There are no windows so you lose all sense of time in there which I think is part of IKEA’s plan. People are brutal and rude while in there shoving past you and grabbing things from your trolley its insane! It gets ridiculously crowded on weekends and I’m not a fan of crowds unless its a football game or a gig. If I didn’t have to go here I wouldn’t but it serves its purpose.

I confess that I used to love Ikea. (or is it the Dime/​Daim bars they used to sell sell?!) I think most woman like it, men no doubt hate it (but I could be wrong!)
pretty much all men hate shopping for long periods of time right? They dont get the fun from admiring every last thing in the store but only buying a candle after 4 hours browsing. No idea why not! :-P What do you mean you dont want to browse cooking utensils shaped from luminous plastic and you dont feel the need to smell every last candle on the shelves?!! Pro Ikea for me is all about cute stuffed animal toys, groovy table lamps and a lot of other stuff I’d like but would look pretty poo in my living room, when I have naff all else to do on a sunday ;-) Con the queues are long and it feels like you are standing in a warehouse dispatch area! (which essentially you are) Con 2 dont expect those fold up chairs you bought to hold Uncle Bob’s weight at Christmas dinner this year ;-) IKEA update 17^th April 2012. what has happened to this Ikea? scruffy looking aisles, chips and knocks on furniture, handles missing etc (are you trying to sell these brands or put us all off?!)
Parts missing out of flat pack furniture the last 3 items I have bought. Blinds broken in box etc. AND WHERE HAVE THE DIME BARS GONE!!! AGGGG THAT’S IKEA RENDERED USELESS TO ME NOW haha To top it off on my last visit yesterday I was trying to find an aisle number to pick up a storage unit, I spotted a young male member of staff helping someone else, he then walked away from them to go and look for something for them, i took the opportunity to quickly say ‘excuse me’ to ask which direction the aisle was in.
he cut me off after the ‘excuse me’ without even looking at me with a very rude and abrupt i’m helping someone else and walked off without letting me finish my sentence.
How bloody rude. wasn’t like I passed him a 12 foot flat packed bookcase and asked him to build it for me!
I went and found someone else and they helped me no probs a hand signal and 3^rd left. I guess that would have been far too much time for the first member of staff. ahh some people where brought up with no manners it seems ;-)

I used to live in North Wales so IKEA was like a day out to me. We loved it. I particularly looked forward to the swedish meatballs for my lunch. When I moved to Liverpool, the first thing I said to my family was «IKEA is only 20 minutes away» — I was thrilled.
IKEA is a DIY haven, I could wander around the store all day. The warehouse is massive and you could go in thinking that you don’t even need anything for your house but come out with a complete refurb. From shelves, to screws, to crockery, to sofas — IKEA sells absolutely everything you could ever need at a decent price. I

Good to go to if you like mazes. If you want to buy anything then I suggest you take a chair with you.
The are never enough staff on tills and the ones that are on there are as slow as hell.
My wife and I went to buy a sofa bed. When we finally got through the maze to the tills were were second in the queue. It took half an hour to get to the till and we still had to go to the warehouse around the corner to collect the rest.
A lot of good stuff in there its just a shame that the staff are useless.

The original and best. IKEAs have sprung up all over the country since, but this flagship store in Warrington was the place I always looked forward to being dragged around as a kid. Why? It was next to a Toys R’ Us. When I was small I was left in a ballpool all day until my parents came to get me, at which point I’d ride around on their trolley. When I was a little bigger I was left in a miniature cinema that played my favourite cartoons all day until my parents came to get me, at which point I’d ride around on their trolley. When I was big enough to walk round with my parents and pick things out for my own bedroom, dorm room or flat, I’d browse with them, at which point I’d ride around on their trolley. Man, some of my favourite memories have Swedish names. Heck, my best ever memory has a Swedish name, but that’s another story. (Valentine’s shout out to the BF there.)
There’s no denying it. IKEA is ace. It’s stylish, modern, brightly coloured, functional stuff. Yes it can be flimsy, and flat packing is a pain in the behind, and I’ve never heard my parents argue more than when they were putting together my Billy Bookcase or my Sprüngli Bed or my Lack End Table or my Björn Life-​Partner… wait, I found that one myself. And to be fair, Lacks are really easy. You just screw the legs on. It’s just my parents can bicker over anything like that. It’s very amusing. You wanted to be in a car with them before sat navs were invented.
Anyway, this monolith of blue and yellow loveliness sits in an ideal motorway location, and don’t worry, students… many Manchester universities run coach trips to IKEA so you can grab some everyday essentials. Besides, there’s one closer now in Ashton-​Under-​Lyne so there’s no excuse. IKEA sells anything and everything, from furniture to entire kitchens, small appliances to decorative items. The restaurant is a great place to test out your Swedish sensibilities… my father and I used to love the meatballs which obviously I don’t eat any more, but you can buy them to take away as well as miniature Daim bars and a variety of cakes and biscuits. And it’s amazing for kids — like I say, plonk them in the ballpool or the cartoon room and you don’t have to worry about your sproglets for the whole day.
Of course they will bug you to take them to Toys R’ Us as soon as they see the bright lights and Geoffrey the Giraffe. You have been warned.

Me and my sister love strolling round Ikea every so often, then to the café for meatballs !
you can spend a lot of money in Ikea if you are not careful. there is SO much there.
great place for cheaper modern furniture. Not all built to last mind you, but great to quickly furnish your home on a smaller budget.

Ahhh Ikea we have so much to thank you for:
Thanks for giving us cheap furniture/​bit and bobs to make our student halls/​homes look less terrifying/​depressing/​crap.
Thanks for bringing an once of style to the average British home.
Thanks for selling the cheapest Kopparberg cider anywhere in the U. K –90p a can.
Thanks for giving my hometown some kind of landmark aside from the local motorway services.
Thanks Ikea we still love you even when we get a bit ahead of ourselves and convince ourselves you were sooo 5 years ago. Keep going strong our Swedish blue and yellow friend.

I was always an avid fan of ikea and have been going since it first opened, the one in warrington.
greatly disappointed this past year or two. they have changed the layout of the place, which is dammed annoying
just when you thought you knew which way to go they go and change it now i hate it, i end up walking round in circles and miss loads. the merchandise is more expensive now and most of it is rubbish.
on a plus point the meatball are still fantastic with that gravy, but they have stopped the fishy starter, shame that.

I guess most people know what the Ikea brand offers — fantastic design at affordable prices, very busy shops and an annoying one-​way system which seems to take you half-​way round the world just to buy a candle. But it is an excellent place to furnish a house — we’ve bought several things from this store over the years and certainly have no regrets.
One less well known feature of this store in particular is its café. It seems to have taken a conscious decision to steer away from the burger-​and-​chips sort of menu, and instead offers some really tasty (and still very affordable) decent food. I can still recall having some excellent Thai fishcakes there even though it must be several years ago now!
So all in all, an excellent place to shop: just make sure you avoid peak times.

I love Ikea, but I always make sure to go at night because otherwise it’s too busy for me! Never, ever go on a bank holiday weekend, it will be murder. This Ikea is very well located, just off the M62, close to Liverpool and Manchester. Ikea always has something to offer everyone, from cheap candles (I always come back with a candle!) to whole kitchens.

Ikea in Warrington is great for a wonder around. Within the Manchester area there are two Ikea’s, but this is by far my favourite. It is a few minutes’ drive from Junction 9 of the M62, by shares a massive free car park with Marks and Spencer’s next door.
Like most Ikea stores, this one has long opening hours which accommodate everyone. Once inside the place has the usual route through different home set-​ups, and a café and marketplace halfway through.
There are a series of ‘fast lanes’ at the end where you can bypass the queues, and the obligatory Swedish food shop and bargain hotdog stand at the end worth the visit all by itself!

Ikea is great because it can inspire new interior design ideas. This store has been extended recentley and now has a lot more displays. Furnature is well priced at Ikea and some is stronger than others but generally good quality. There is something for all budgets. It can get really busy at weekends so week day visits are better. There is a M&S next door and a retail park too. Take the warrington junction of the m62 rather than going through warrington, it is easier.
Hotdogs and a soft drink is now £1.10 which is still great value and they have lots of swedish food to buy or to eat in the café.

Who doesn’t love Ikea?! it’s great good quality, cheap furniture a complete revelation on self assembled furniture.
Parking is good but can get very busy. The staff are always helpful. It’s not easy to nip into, you need to have time to go round and it seems like there is only one way round!

I really like Ikea and I know it’s all the same and when you walk in someone’s house you can spot it all immediately and it’s really cheap tat, but I can’t help it, it all just looks so organised and clean. It is very well thought out furniture and very well marketed and I fall for it!
As for the shop, what can you say, it’s an Ikea like any other, it’s HUGE, sells everything and the staff (if you can find them) are always pretty well informed and helpful.
The big downside is I cannot enter this place without eating one of their hotdogs! Again you know they’re full of rubbish but they’re just so nice! And cheap.
Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Want cheap flat pack furniture? Look no further. Ikea is the place to shop for all your student essential from posts and pans to towels and bedding, tables, chairs and lights, plates cutlery, candles, even bathrobes you’ll find it all here. Theres a dump and run play facility for children and an affordable café with unlimited hot and cold drinks.
Remember to bring your debit card though as theres a 50p surcharge for every credit card transaction.

Ooo I Love Ikea — I visit the Warrington store a few times a year and I always to come home laden down with Goods (Most of which I never planned to Buy!).
Ikea is always full to the brim with Bargains for your Home and Office, if your moving into a New Home or just re-​decorating you must visit Ikea to stock up on new furnishings beacause it has everything you possiblly need all under the one roof and the best bit about it is that its Sooo Cheap!
The thing I love most about Ikea is that you can browse for Items online or in the Catalogue beforehand which makes shopping much easier. I also love the fact that you can pick up lots of Quirky Gadgets for your Kitchen.
The one Downside to Ikea is the layout, you have to walk through the whole store to get to the end so its not the kind of store you go to for a quick shop. Another Negative point is because you have to collect larger items at the end of the store you dont know if they are in stock until you get there. More often that not I’ve gone to the shelve to pick up my flat pack furniture only to find that they have all sold out and by that time I can be bothered to go back into the store to search for a replacement!
But its smiles all round again after youve passed the Check out because you are greeted by the Sweedish Café & Food Market which is Heaven Delicious food & very cheap. With English breakfasts starting from just 95p and Tea/​Coffee only 75p with Unlimited re-​fills. If its just a quick snack you want try one of the tradtional Hot dogs for only 50p. I always pick up some tasty sweedish biscuits and sweets for the Journey home.