You'll need half a day to go round this store & see everything you want to see. It's not very clear at all as to how you are supposed to make your purchase, unless you've been before & have picked up how it's done! I find the prices very high & the quality very poor! It's quite a stressful place to be & difficult to find and actually buy the item you wish to buy! Personally i wouldn't buy furniture here , as it looks really cheap but the prices are premium prices! The last & final time i visited, i bought several small items, such as cutlery & kitchen utensils (Should know better by now) & when i got home and checked same items on internet, found them at less than half the price! It's a tad confusing & rather poorly set out store , with very inadequate help to hand ! The swedish meatballs & mash in the restaurant are excellent though. read more

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IKEA's great value for money and has a massive selection of household furniture and items. It is a bit of a pain that it's all mainly flat pack stuff but they do offer both delivery and assembly services which are super. I enjoy an occasional wander around this giant store and really like the simple Swedish design of the furniture. IKEA overall has relatively good environmental credentials with all stores being energy efficient and products produced as sustainably as can be. I have some IKEA shelving I've had for years and plan to keep forever as it's strong and sturdy. The IKEA cafe is also economical and offers some good vegetarian options. read more

What is it that draws me to IKEA, well apart from the fact that it is my spiritual home and when I moved I literally lived in the place for a few months. You can easily spend a few hours wondering through IKEA and have breakfast, lunch or dinner. The layout is spacious although don't deviate from the arrrows on the floor otherwise you'll be be scene from again. Ok, that is a slight exaggeration. Just bear in mind Tom Hanks in Castaway. The furniture does change and is extremely sturdy as well as having a sharp design element. The market downstairs I guarantee you'll be hard pushed to leave empty handed. Who knew anyone needed 300 mugs. read more

IKEA -Belfast - New clock for office - Furniture Stores Near Me - Belfast, BFS

So everyone has explained their feelings about Ikea and to be honest everyone knows what they are getting with Ikea, cheap flat pack furniture that will make your house as sleek and sophisticated as Sven Goran Eriksson, ok maybe he isn't too sleek but I couldn't think of anyone else Swedish. But being that Ikea is reasonably new in Northern Ireland I thought I better pitch in and look at it from a different aspect. Ikea is located between Holywood and Belfast at the aptly named Holywood Exchange making it extremely accessible by car or rail. As you would expect parking is excellent, it has been built for "our" convenience. The other notable thing about Ikea is that it is situated right next to George Best Belfast City Airport Making its café popular with plane enthusiasts, as it looks over the runway. What better way to look for a 747 than to have a lint remover in one hand and a fork full of Swedish meatballs in the other? read more

Love this place, great for a walk around but not so great for the wallet, always come away with all sorts of stuff I never knew unreal needed and how did I live with out them???? Always try the meat balls and gravy an absolute must. read more

IKEA -Belfast - Having lunch - Furniture Stores Near Me - Belfast, BFS

You'll need half a day to go round this store & see everything you want to see. It's not very clear at all as to how you are supposed to make your purchase, unless you've been before & have picked up how it's done! I find the prices very high & the quality very poor! It's quite a stressful place to be & difficult to find and actually buy the item you wish to buy! Personally i wouldn't buy furniture here , as it looks really cheap but the prices are premium prices! The last & final time i visited, i bought several small items, such as cutlery & kitchen utensils (Should know better by now) & when i got home and checked same items on internet, found them at less than half the price! It's a tad confusing & rather poorly set out store , with very inadequate help to hand ! The swedish meatballs & mash in the restaurant are excellent though. read more

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When this store first came to Northern Ireland there was a massive hype about the excellent prices and fantastic selection it would offer, as well as the fact it was Swedish and could possibly get us in touch with Abba and see if they would consider a comeback tour which played solely in Belfast and entirely for me. I have tried to avoid this place for as long as possible because anything that comes flat-packed is destined to cause an argument between me and my girlfriend about why we've got 4 screws left over when the tables built and that despite the fact the instructions tell us that the screws belong at the front, I have managed to fit them perfectly into the middle of the table. However, due to a student budget and moving into a house with relatively little furniture I had to bite the bullet and in fairness to the furniture Vikings I'm so glad I did. This place had everything I needed and more to the point during September and October students get 10% discount. I was unaware of this until I visited so WOWSA! There is also a late night opening on Thursday and Friday and combined with a huge free car park, this place is guaranteed to have absolutely anything you need to kit out your house at half the price you'd normally expect to pay. Definitely worth a shout! Still no Abba though. read more

What can you say about IKEA that hasn't already been said? Value for money, handy flat pack furniture and a general overall good customer experience. It can be a great wee cheap day out too. Bring the kids and check them into the play area, go for a browse on the display floor, grab what you want on the warehouse floor and treat everyone to a nice bit of tasty, value for money grub. (I'm not sure if they still do it but where else do you know does or has done a 99p fry... Seriously!) read more

IKEA -Belfast - Closing for the night - Furniture Stores Near Me - Belfast, BFS

IKEA is an experience not for the faint hearted. I have been on a few runs up here from down South to get some good value stuff for an ex boyfriend's flat. The booking system can be pretty stressful. We had ordered a couch and then went and bought some other stuff (the thing about IKEA is you'll come out with a load of shiny crap you don't need) but by the time we had gotten to the gates of hell aka the cash registers, the couch had been sold. Which led to a huge rigmarole. There was also a bookshelf bought in the wrong colour and the wrong sized mattress. Looking back, maybe it was just the boyfriend who was a pain in the ass, not IKEA. I digress! The store is absolutely great for young singles/couples looking to get the essentials for their homes. You will get great value on literally everything you need for a house, throws, cushions, cutlery, rugs, crockery anything and everything. There are some really stylish things in IKEA but the experience is intense. There are huge arrows on the floor which make you follow them like a rat in a puzzle. I discovered (by using independent thought) that by using the doors you can cut through the sections without taking the long route. The food here really is basic and not great at all, so avoid of you can. Just be careful you don't get caught up in it all and end up like Edward Norton in Fight Club. read more

I absolutely love Ikea one of my favourite places to go. They do a extensive range of home ware. Ikea also sell kitchens, you can design your own kitchen in store. There are set up living rooms and kitchens also bedrooms to give you ideas of what your rooms could look like, there's also a regular catalogue of all the range of products that Ikea sell. There is a children's playroom inside called smaland where you can leave your children into while you shop. Ikea have a large cafe with a large number of seats , they have 2 serving queues , selling desserts, tea, coffee, chips and Swedish meatballs , soup and salads. They also sell children's meals. You can get free coffee refills Monday to Friday for ikea family card members. Prices are very reasonable too. The cafe windows have great views of Belfast city airport runways where you can do a bit of plane spotting. The cafe also has disposable baby bibs and a baby food heating area and a bottle warmer. The cafe is a self tidy cafe. There are toilets and lifts available in store also a atm machine. The ladies toilet has a baby nappy dispenser machine which is 10p for a cardboard tube which has a nappy , baby wipe and a nappy bag inside which is very handy if you run of out nappies for your baby. If you forget your ikea family member card you can print off a temporary card in the machines located on the same floor where the cafe is. There's a small food market area near the exit of the store selling frozen food, chocolate, pick and mix sweeties, crisps and other Swedish food, next to that theres a hot food counter selling hotdogs, fries, doughnuts and ice cream with a small seating area. There is a massive car park with free parking and a children's playground area at the entrance of ikea. Ikea sometimes hold events instore and have offers on various items for Ikea family card members Great big store with an ever expanding selection.. read more

I love ikea, it's a good day out to kill sometime, I prob like it because of the food lol but I always end up buying something useful. Only thing I would say is avoid it on a Saturday when it's extremely busy and can get a bit frustrating bumping into people especially if you have children with you! Don't forgot they have a fast food outlet at the exit where u can get a hotdog for 60p lol and cinnamon rolls etc read more

IKEA -Belfast - Entrance - Furniture Stores Near Me - Belfast, BFS

I just have to admit it, these guys have just about got it spot on when it comes to pleasing the customer, ample parking, a sign that you can see from space, well laid out and easy to get round. We had lunch here the other day before a shopping extravaganza, cheap and tasty, and fresh as you would get in most places, tasty tray bakes and free refills for your tea and coffee. A real winner! You could literally stay here all day. The one negative I would have to say would be please put on more check out staff! We were there on a non bank holiday mid week and still had to stand in line a good 25 minutes to get checked out, I would not like to be there on a Sunday! All in all a good experience, I wouldn't expect to see some of the furniture last for 100 years but it is cheap and very cheerful, and the class and dinner ware not to mention lighting is great value. read more

Everyone knows what IKEA sells and how they sell it so when the time comes, as it does for literally everyone in the western world, that you need some storage stuff, shelving stuff, or any other kind of IKEA stuff, then you're in for a good experience in the Belfast store. These guys have thought it all through and come out the outer side to deliver loads of parking, an outdoor play area for the kids, a crèche, a café and of course a huge warehouse selling stuff stuff and more stuff. I am a little (OK a lot) uptight about laving my kids in crèches but have no qualms about doing so at IKEA. What appeals to me is that numbers are strictly limited so there's no chance of my little darlings being squished in a huge crowd of kids. The last time they went, I had to force my two to leave by doing my scary 'mummy is cross now' face. What makes Belfast IKEA a particularly good store to browse in and the have a break in the café is that the seating area looks right over the runways of Belfast City Airport so children will be totally wowed by watching planes take off and land pretty close by. You may even get to finish your sentence, your cake, or who knows, maybe even both! If I had to make a criticism it would be based on my most recent visit to return some shelves for which I had lost the receipt. Even though their policy claims they will offer a store credit voucher when you've lost your receipt, the young guy serving me made me feel like I was trying to commit a major fraud by grilling me on when I had bought the shelves, where I had bought them (there only is one IKEA in Northern Ireland so go figure) and why I had no receipt. I almost cracked and admitted to stealing them so I could get £8 to spend in store....as if. read more

I tried to order online click and collect from Belfast store. The items were available i went to pay and some were unavailabe. I contacted customer service..i was on phone for 25 minutes to find out i was through to Midlands. Guy was very nice and transferred me to Belfast. They cut the call off. So angry. I proceeded tp online chat which was not available. I tried Belfast number. Via Yell. And number was out of service. I paid a lorry driver to collect my goods. Unfortunately he had to go to another job. Why why is it to hard to contact anyone. The information Ikea for Belfast is incorrect and services like phone numbers and online chat not in service. I cant post my review without signing up with Yelp. read more

With IKEA everyone knows what they are getting. It's a great formula, reasonably priced flat pack furniture, kid friendly stores with crèche facilities and a huge restaurant. The Belfast store is brilliantly located, lots of parking, but too few Parent & Baby or Disabled parking. Also spaces are too close together for trying to shove that impulse bookshelf buy into the back seat. Their restaurant is one of the biggest in NI and has a fabulous view of the City Airport runway, so lots of plane spotting over your bite to eat. The usual menu is available, however the service they provide I find constantly below par. On our last visit it seem to be one issue after another, from staff not knowing what they were serving, to the cashier trying to overcharge us, despite us pointing out the mistake. Although, they have the occasional hiccups, the store does seem to invest in their customers. The restaurant has been redecorated and there are always new promotions and displays on a regular basis. read more

Love IKEA....... Took my 7 year old daughter here for a treat and yes she loves Ikea. She wanted ice cream and a hot dog. After our whistle stop tour in which I picked up loads of stuff for my terrarium and saw the hydroponics it was off to the bistro. My daughter wanted frozen yoghurt instead of ice cream. So we had a hot dog each and she was chuffed with her yoghurt and I was over the moon about my terrarium!!! read more

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The first Ikea in the whole of ireland this store is huge. It is the largest Ikea in the uk and does stock the whole ikea range. The restrant is also the largest restrant in northern ireland and you can sit by the window and watch the planes take off from city airport. The store is huge so worth stopping at half way point for a cup of t or some swedish meatballs. Some great offers to be found here but be sure to go prepared u will buy more than u expected!! A very cheap and easy way to decorate your house!! read more

I hate going to Ikea because it's sooo huge and once you go in you HAVE to walk round the whole store. The layout is confusing and it's very easy to get lost. The size of the place is very annoying if you just need to buy one thing. Not a fan of the car park either, it feels like it's miles away, especially in bad weather. Like the cafe though, card holders get free tea/coffee Monday-Friday and food prices are very good. read more

The novelty I think has worn off, at least for me anyway. I no longer trek around upstairs I go to the market hall get want I want and I am away. Quick and painless. I find if you dawdle you pick up things you don't really need. Everyone knows what you get when you go to ikea, easy to assemble flat pack furniture. Sometimes I like to go here to hide from the world for an hour as I get no phone signal read more

IKEA -Belfast - Small breakfast - Furniture Stores Near Me - Belfast, BFS

3 jounerys and long queues after being told different dates for arrival of furniture each time being told still not available quite annoyed by this service only good side to this was the help from staff on floor read more

Now a trip to the IKEA cafe normally comes out of necessity rather than choice. With the store itself stuck on the outskirts of town, food options are few and far between. After a lengthy browse round the store it was up to the first floor to see what was on offer. The canteen style set-up looked pretty well organised but due to a lack of serving staff it took ages to get served. Add a particularly fussy customer in front of us (is it really necessary to ask for a taste of each sauce to see if it's 'too spicy'?) by the time we got to the counter patience was growing short. We opted for the World Cup special of meatballs in Chaklala sauce (3 chilli spiciness!) one with chips and one with rice. It was the special of the day so for £1.98 we got a 50p soft drink thrown in as well, a pretty good deal considering. Seating area was clean and spacious and there was a nice selection of condiments after the check out. There were a few free tables over by the windows with a pleasant view over the city airports landing strip so idea for boys and girls with an eye for aviation. Ultimately not the most glam of locations but would be churlish to complain when the price and portions are so reasonable Pros: Good portions, attentive staff, free coffee with IKEA loyalty card, unlimited refills Cons: Limited menu, noisy, no alcohol M Mck read more

Massive and cavernous as all IKEAS are. Staff are generally not the most helpful, but the food is nice and they furniture is as you'd expect. Tales over an hour to go around and you will be knackered by the end of it! read more

It may now be a multi-national chain which rakes in a fortune annually, it may be a place which has now guaranteed the stigma of married couples the world wide and has brought the limited cuisine of Sweden right in the forefront of our psyche, but still... Myself and my girlfriend headed to this acre upon acre of floorspace, located just outside Belfast (right beside, and I mean right beside the city airport runway) a few days ago to get a few items for the apartment. Now, after finding the gaping entrance following a prolonged search of of one side of the building we made our way up the stairs, dazzled by the things on offer. First of all, I hadn't eaten all day. It was early afternoon and I thought it may be time to fill my stomach with something to keep me going during the long stretch around this Nordic behemoth. After sustaining ourselves on stereotypical meatballs we headed towards the showroom area of the store. Endless reams of rooms, filled with things I want to make my apartment look nicer. We ended up choosing a few things, headed to the market area, chose a few more places then headed to the Death Star hanger to collect the tables and other large items we'd decided on. It's all very orderly and very well established. We spent just under a hundred squid but got an awful lot for the cash. A fantastic little journey. read more

Ikea is amazingly epic by all standards from the basics right up to the posh... Everytime you go you always see someone lost as if they were in the Amazon... And the restaurant you assume it's gonna be boring bland and minging when infact it's actually not bad and pretty tasty and we'll priced. All the staff are very pleasant and surprisingly helpful... Ps lingonberry is amazing!! - Chris read more

I think everyone already has their own ikea experience, good or bad. I go here, like everyone, for cheap furnature and assorted things for the home, mostly to do with shoe storage ( if anyone has any good shoe storage tips i would love to hear them!) I would highly recommend avoiding ikea at the weekends, as it is mega busy and very hard to get round. There are little shortcut doors that make maze life easier, they do say staff only, but ive never been caught! read more

Ikea is so big and you get all you need..from basic cutlery to luxury sofaall products in variety of range.. They have childrens play areawhile they play we can shop comfortablyApart from this facilitywe have vast parking area..a restaurent etcgreat shopping experience read more

At last Ikea has come to NIreland. Ikea stocks a vast range of all types of furniture and household goods at very very reasonable prices. The top floor is about 5 miles of endless room layouts with little tags on everything to let you know in what aisle the flat pack version you can buy is. HOnestly the place is so bigs its like going on a long hike - it never seems to end. The first time i went i got really panicy as everytime i turned a corner there was another section - i felt like i would never get out. But now i know you can i love it! Well worth a visit. Food is dirt cheap. read more

Having previously enjoyed occasional meals here my family and I were disappointed tonight. The food itself was excellent for the price, which is always most reasonable. The reason for the low scoring was due solely to the standards of customer service. The counter service staff were unsure what type of sauce the special sauce was (bearnaise), and informed us we couldn't have the side my wife wanted as it was only available with the beef, which she was having. To round it off, at the till my attempts to point out that I was being overcharged were constantly refuted. My requests to speak to a manager were being ignored when my wife identified the source of the error and it was then corrected. By then the food was cold and a nice idea to visit had gone sour. In fairness to all concerned, not one of them was unpleasant - but just not that competent either. I've always been happy at Ikea before, and I'll probably go again, but I'm guessing they have had a lot of new staff recently and I'll wait until they settle in before that happens. read more

Love IKEA it has everything you could possibly need for your home/garden. If your taking the kids along and you want to shop in peace they have a crèche which the kids love it's perfect! read more

I love IKEA. I know it's mass produced. I know that because of this fact, everyone ends up with the same identical furniture in their houses, but I don't think it matters because the furniture is well made, durable and fashionable - apart from the REALLY cheap stuff, which I wouldn't go near. The place itself is huge, like all IKEA's are, but it's well laid out and easy to find what you need and the code system is fantastic. The only downside in my opinion is you have to lug your purchases about on your own, which for me recently resulted in some terrible back strain, which it took me a while to recover from. But their prices are very reasonable and the range of choice, especially in their kitchens, is second to none. They really know their stuff. Oh, and their hot dogs are class. read more

For my money (and my budget!), IKEA Belfast is pretty darn great. I always enjoy coming here and having a browse, stopping for a snack (or more substantial fare) in the cafe and picking up bargains as often as I can. I was here today with my mom and aunt. My aunt has a disabled parking badge for her car. As you can imagine, she's not in a position to be hauling heavy flat-packed furniture into her car. Once we'd checked out, she needed someone to load a desk into her car. A female staff member originally told us to go over to the home delivery desk and ask for assistance there. When I mentioned my aunt was parked in disabled parking, the staff member immediately radioed for another IKEA staffer to meet my aunt at her car and have the desk loaded in. The IKEA team couldn't have been more considerate or helpful in assisting her. I was very pleased with each aspect of my visit today, and I can't say enough good things about this IKEA location. read more

Me and my boyfriend were strolling around and admiring the show rooms for our university house. Sitting in one of the rooms we were approached by an old, short lady with short white hair and she asked us if she could help us, and we said no thanks just looking. She then said again aggressively "can I help you two?" And threw her hands up in the air, And we said no, again, and were confused. She then left. She then followed us as we continued across the store and got two other men who worked there to ask us if we had been barred before because a lady had reported us as being two hooligans who had been banned for trying to do a "sleep in ikea" challenge. It was 2:40pm, no sir we were not planning to sleep over at this time. I'm not sure if there was a homophobic agenda or something with this lady but we did not appreciate her trying to get us kicked out, and to say that she recognised us as people who were previously banned. I had previously been to Ikea a few weeks before with my dad and we approached this lady for help regarding an instagram post that had two drawers turned into a desk and she was quite cold and dismissive then, and her colleague was a lot more help. The hot dogs were good though although there are no seats where they're sold to eat at. read more

Well, what can I say?! Probably one of the best stores to come here in many years! You just cannot beat this store for price, quality and choice. I gasp at some of the prices. Yet, despite the cheap prices the products are actually very good and they do last. Of course, not everything is cheap - you will find many items that are quite expensive but a lot of these are superbly designed and incredibly well made. They are usually cheaper than anywhere else anyway no matter what it is you are buying. Ikea have some top designers working for them. It's amazing how much difference a few cheap products can make to your home due to great styling. The staff are very friendly here. read more

This review is more for the creche than the actual Ikea store - my grandchildren love it and beg to be taken there even when we're not planning an Ikea shop! Maybe it's a marketing ploy to get us to shop there (joking!). Restricted number of children mean staff attention is always on the kids and there are loads of fun things to do as well as a DVD area should they get tired of playing! read more

Ikea is legend! Staff aren't all there in the head but sure can't beat a bargin