A massive home renovation place in Bordeaux. You can get almost anything for your home renovation…read moreneeds here and plenty of DIY stuff that is reasonably priced. A number of the staff here also speak enough English to have a conversation in case you don't speak French :-) Service is good and they have a great hassle free return policy which we have used a couple of times. Many of the items are in stock but a lot of stuff needs to be ordered and picked up at a later date. All items on stock are clearly marked so you know. I like this shop and been to two other branches of theirs and had a good experience.

Never been a fan of Ikea but sometimes you just need to go there to get some basics like shelving…read moreand so on. This is the only IKEA in the Aquitaine region if I am not wrong and perhaps, also the biggest. Located in a shopping district with tons of other big stores it follows the same format as most other ikeas. Good stock levels and quick to get out. Selection is good and we bought a few things here. The selection varies by country but not that much. It's the fast food chain experience in home furnishing :-) you know what you are going to get :-)

So different from IKEA in the UK. Visited on 3rd October and…read moreordered and paid for 2 sofas with delivery. Delivery arranged for 5th October, and despite having received a text alert confirming this the furniture failed to arrive. Not easy to contact customer service re delivery but eventually did - apologised and rearranged delivery for 10th October (today) and yes, you guessed, failed to arrive. Email to customer service English speaking staff at IKEA got in touch with the delivery co (NOT Ikea) who told utter lies re not having the phone number (was on the delivery note and on the rearranged delivery - and you couldnt have phoned the store????) Really disappointed, annoyed and inconvenienced. Will my furniture ever turn up? Will I ever use their delivery service again? NO.