Oh IKEA. How can you be so, so rubbish at organising deliveries!?…read more I can't really be bothered to type up an angry rant about how truly rubbish IKEA call centre staff, IKEA twitter staff and IKEA delivery staff are. They like to lie and pretend things are on the way to ensure you have to take unnecessary time off work. My advice for yelpers is not to attempt using their expensive, crappy delivery service. Visit the shop yourself and use a taxi or hire a van to get your things home. The delivery service takes weeks (at least over a month)...and does not even show up even after they promise "100%" that they will arrive. Wankers.

Retail parks are interesting things, you trade plush presentation and comfort for price. Ikea in…read moreNorth London have taken this to a whole new level .., without the price change. In contrast to the Wembley branch this is a cramped facsimile that makes no pretence about being just a big warehouse. The place feels like a crowded warehouse even when empty. It is the rabbit warren of hell, it is the tesco express of ikea. The need to to get out was so distracting that none of the actually quite nice items are bought. Awful, use the Wembley branch if you can. It's only 15 mins away on the North Circular and you will leave with your sanity (even then be sure to go first or last thing)

This store has an exceptionally good selection of pens. I say this because the whole wall is…read morecovered in them. In every brand and colour. Upstairs, the printers are hard at work. I was asked if I needed help as soon as I came in. This shop also does some nice notebooks. The girlfriend would drool over the rollerball selection.

A real Aladdin's cave of useful stationary items from pens to printer ink and paper. The staff are…read morevery helpful. They somehow manage to compete with online prices while offering a friendly and personable service.

A brilliant firm with outstanding customer service and competitive prices. Ordered a desk from them…read moreand had it delivered the next day. They even carried it into the house and up multiple flights of stairs. When there was a slight problem I gave them a call and they came back the next day to fix it. Andrew's was recommended to me by a friend and I will definitely be passing on the recommendation.

AOF is steps from Old Street Station so on a recent mission for an office working/common table I…read morepopped in to see if they might have something secondhand that would fit the bill. This location has a HUGE amount of used office furniture. Desk, chairs, tables, etc. Some of it in great condition, some of it not-so-great. It's all cleanly laid out in this warehouse. They also sell new/custom lines as well, which they clearly try to steer you towards. Pet peeve -- LIST THE PRICES on the items. FFS, I do not want to have to ask you how much each thing costs. I won't bother you about a chair that is 4x overpriced, ok lads? Free delivery in/around London - so that's nice. I didn't end up liking anything particularly on this visit, nor did I want to order new/custom (could do that somewhere else) -- the appeal of same or next day delivery was nice but asking about prices and then getting very lackluster information from the attendant kind of put me off. He kind of shoo'ed me away and gave me his card to call him. Like, I'm here right now. SELL ME SOMETHING. Anyway, it's not a bad shout if you need some lightly used office furniture for your office, startup, or even at home depending on your space. Looks like their inventory rotates relatively often so worth a stop in as its very convenient to local transport and right off Old Street.

One of my favourite shops in the area. All the products are well made and carefully chosen. You can…read morefind beautiful stationary as well as items for your home, tools and other things you don't even know you need until you see it.

From the owner: Utility Homeware and giftsread more