I never thought I'd buy a Sven, Johanna or Maria, but I think I did and IKEA were selling them! We went here to get pretty much all the furniture for our office. It's great because we had everything picked (and knew it was in-stock) before we went to the store and by all accounts it was going to be one of the most efficient shops of my life. I've learned now that shopping in IKEA isn't a straight-forward thing. No matter how well you plan your exercise (that's what furniture shopping is) it will not work that way once you get to IKEA. As soon as you see all the goodies in the flesh your plans go straight out the window. It's a different world inside IKEA. They have some of the best distractions ever to appear in a shop - iron bums pounding away in glass cases showing you how they stress-test their furniture. Can furniture shopping get any better!? Good quality, relatively cheap and well thought out furniture designs make this the first place you should visit when you need something for your house. Also, try the sweedish meat-balls in the onsite café. Excellent.

best place to buy cheap stuff, however it can be so cheap you end up spending loads. you just want everything!

I have to say I'm a really big fan of IKEA, you just can't beat their value for money and the selection of stuff is really impressive. My only gripe and the reason I only gave three stars is their after sales/customer service.... It took me nearly three months to get my money back for stuff that was wrongly delivered to me, I spoke to at least 12 different people, sent back original receipts and that still wasn't enough for them. In the end I got so fed up that I just took the money I was owed in a Gift Card as they refused to refund the money onto my Laser Card which is what I paid with, but they don't tell you that at the time so a word of warning - use a credit card and not a Laser!!

I had never been to an IKEA before yesterday, and I didn't really know what to expect. I was very pleasantly surprised.

There is a lot of really nice stuff here. I hadn't intended to buy anything but I walked out with a load of plates, cutlery, glasses, wine rack... The whole lot ended up costing me £58!