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UK's Ikea looks neater and stocked well. We came here to get stuff for my friend's daughter who attends the Uni of EDI... yup they tend to abbreviate everything in Scotland. I was impressed though ordinarily I would not shop here...okay for young college students, inexpensive household gadgets & stuff... read more

IKEA - Furniture Stores Near Me - Midlothian, EDH

I have such a love/hate relationship with IKEA. It's just so damn awesome with so much stuff and I could spend my whole day there... Until I realise I'm tired, cranky, my feet hurt and I want to go home! I found IKEA to be easy to navigate, basically just following the path until you get you where you need to. This is such a fantastically brilliant/ so bleeping frustrating idea. I'm 99% sure the majority of the profit is from suckers like myself buying completely irrelevant rubbish that you never thought you needed until seeing it and realising you can't live without it. Frustration aside, I do appreciated the organised mess that is IKEA. Larger pieces of furniture were very easy to find in the warehouse and staff were happy to assist with lifting and putting things in my car. I'm happy with the customer service and there is ample parking on site, but I will only ever reserve a trip to Ikea for the purpose of furnishing an entire home and nothing less. read more

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I don't know what letting agents in Edinburgh would do if Ikea didn't exist as every flat I have ever viewed in Edinburgh is decked out with the same Ikea furniture. I quite enjoy wandering around Ikea picking out how I want my room to look. However my room never seems to look the same as the nice set ups in the store. It gets a little tedious half way round when you're stuck behind a slow family with kids jumping on everything. The great thing about Ikea is that everything is so cheap that when it inevitably breaks a year down the line it won't break the bank to pick up a new one. I bought some drawers here recently and the staff member behind the till gave me some sort of Friends of Ikea card which saved some money off them. The restaurant is dirt cheap too. The meatballs are pretty good even with the weird gravy they add. Avoid the juice though, it tastes like Tesco Value juice. But me and Ikea have fallen out. They no longer stock Kopperburg, instead choosing an Ikea cider. Boooooo. read more

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Pros: - Has EVERYTHING you'll ever need for your home. - Has EVERYTHING you never realised you need for your home. - Jars of pickled herring. - Hot dogs and meatballs. - It's huge and has lots of parking. Cons: - Too many people in my way. - Too many little children to trip over. - Often when you find something you like, the colour and size that you want is out of stock. - It's addictive and you'll spend too much then when you get home you'll realise that you didn't buy the one thing you went there for in the first place. I love it! read more

Having just moved into an unfurnished flat, naturally my first stop for fitting it out with the necessary furniture on a tight budget was the Mystical Realm Of Flatpack. You know what you're getting with IKEA, and (assuming what you want is in stock) you get the same at every branch. So what's so good about this particular branch? Well, for starters, it's on two levels. Other branches of IKEA that I've been to have all been on one floor, which is fine and dandy until you reach the "Marketplace" (that's the bit where you can actually put stuff in your trolley instead of just writing down the name and number of things too big to carry) and suddenly you get totally lost. You walk through an interdimensional gap in the chopping boards and find yourself way back in Sleeping Solutions with no way to reunite with your companion ever again, like a Rose Tyler of futons. Not so in this natty two-storey arrangement. That two-phase approach to the IKEA experience is neatly divided by a set of stairs. The staff are also rather pleasant. The lady who scanned my multitude of pallets wished me "happy building" and the chappy who served me my hot dog (you gotta have a hot dog; it's the law) was almost skipping around the counter. Strange but true. Everything that I wanted, with the exception of a mirror that I really shouldn't have been thinking of buying anyway, was in stock. Lucky me, or efficient them, or both. (Clearly if breaking a mirror is bad luck, intending to buy one that you don't even need is very good luck.) And I sailed away with a song in my heart and a desk in my van, and a merry afternoon was thereafter had sorting out screws and cams and what-the-heck-is-this-things and generally converting two dimensions into three. read more

We just moved and so had another trip to IKEA to try and kit out the new place. We didn't buy very much but I got to have a great day rushing around and looking at ALL THE THINGS! I love IKEA, partly because I'm one of those people that peers in living room windows to look at how the room is laid out and partly because I like decent prices. In IKEA I can look at all the rooms and play with all the things and then but reasonably priced items (that won't last forever but I do intend to go home at some stage so meh). This IKEA has two sections on different floors broken up by the cafe. The top floor, where you are encouraged to go when you enter is the showrooms while the bottom floor is the marketplace. It's a nice layout and definitely has some smarts behind it as once you get tired looking at things you go and sit down for 20 minutes and are refreshed enough to look at all the other things! IKEA goods themselves are quite cool. There's always some quirk to them, like our sock hanger thing that has eyes so it looks like an octopus! This particular IKEA has a few problems though. The first is kids. I know there's a creche somewhere but people bring their kids in to the show rooms and holy moly kids do not like furniture. I had a headache after listening to one child who assaulted my ears for a good hour. Another problem is the buses. The 47, 37 and 67 go by but none is sufficiently kitted out to carry loads of things. Personally, I think IKEA should have a chat with Lothian Buses and try and get some of those 35 buses (the ones with space for suitcases) to head out. Additionally, the buses are once every hour on a Sunday which sucks if you miss a bus and have just lugged your purchases out to the stop. We didn't find the 'break-up room' but I'm fairly sure some couples we came across did! read more

It's a handy store that has almost everything to furnish the home! The big blue box isn't that far to get to from mine as it takes 15 mins tops in good traffic. I tend to not get anything in the cafe as it really doesn't justify swedish food. Although i'm a sucker for a hot dog down at the foyer sometimes! It's had a massive re jiggle but still easy enough to get round. I'm defo going to get fabric from the collection as they have a few neat patterns. staff are usually helpful when you need the help! read more

A 10am opening was surprising, who'd have thought it'd be so late? Never the less, the wait was worth seeing how my car (one man band, placed neatly mid car park) would act as a honey pot for everyone else by 9:59. There were at least eight other rows to choose...In fact, without realising, that was the perfect start to an Ikea experience. Compulsory people watching. There is something mildly entertaining about pretending not to hone in on a 7 year old's conversation with his exasperated Mum, where he whips out five reasons why the blue and green plastic storage boxes would be ideal for his lego collection. He had valid points, too, high five for negotiation skills. Items here are nearly always useful and well designed, the tedious walk can be shortened using the stairs, and the best part about going on your own is gambling on which friendly stranger to ask to guard your trolley of goodies (Should you have more than an armful) while you retrieve your car from the honey pot! read more

I like IKEA and like most people, I go in for one item and end up buying many additional items! I got a bit grumpy with this visit at the hot dog counter after the till. I went to get a veggie hotdog and the girl said they had only been cooking them if anyone asked and it would be a 25 minute wait. No thanks. I went for a milkshake to tide me over and got regular hot dogs for my niece and nephew who I had with me. The tables (and floor) were not only filthy, but piled high with wrappings and food waste of quite a few customers and no way could you (or would you want to) use them in that state. I asked the girl at the till if she was able to clear it so we could use it (also a mum and toddler waiting) and she did, but with a snails pace and eye roll. If there were cloths and cleaner, I would have been better doing it myself. Please pull up your socks ikea, you are normally good at this stuff. read more

Ikea is equally great and evil in similar doses. Great because I needed a doormat and a couple of bins, which I duly picked up for a bargain £3. Evil? Because somehow I ended up spending a further £20 odd on tat that I didn't really need, but couldn't do without. It's that kind of shop. Candles? Tons. Candles that smell like oranges? Loads. Candles that float and smell like vanilla? Yup. Dish washing brushes that have a wee suction cup on them so you don't lose them? Check! You get the idea. Get yourself an Ikea family card and you can save pennies on things, including the cafe. A great cooked breakfast can be had for under £2 (even if the egg is a little bit rubbery and... weird looking) with some nice coffee as well. Ikea, you're a cruel and harsh mistress... But I can't stay away. Mainly because I really need some more of those brushes... and maybe some new mugs to go with them... and a fluffy carpet... agh! read more

Although it may be massive, with well-priced, fashionable wares and a cafe selling cheap hotdogs, every time I've been in here I feel a bit like I'm being brainwashed. A friend of mine used to work here and echoed this sentiment, citing the incessent attempts at mind control as being a key factor in his decision to leave, along with having to clean tables and shovel up meatball detritus all day in the cafe, and getting caught with his fingers in the till. He even showed me the induction book that all new staff got, with employee testimonials such as "IKEA is my life" and other comments more akin to a satanic religious cult than a furniture store. As well as the company's sinister agenda, in all honesty I think IKEA's main achievement has been to suck out any semblence of individuality and character out of people's homes, and I don't like the way that you have to walk past every single item on sale before reaching the checkouts. That said, the fact that I'm not the type to lose sleep over interior design issues in my house and couldn't be bothered with the hassle of shopping elsewhere, means that when furniture needs come calling chances are I'll still head here. It's also the only place I know where you can buy a giant plush ant. read more

IKEA is pretty much the same all over the world, cheap furniture, meatballs and random things. You always will come away with the one or two extra things that you don't really need or knew existed but accidentally end up in your trolley. The main point of this review is that even though the store and cafe open at 9.30am on Sunday it's only the top floor and not the marketplace. Downstairs opens at 10am when the store and tills officially open. They do sell bottomless filter coffee for 95p which is useful to while away the 20 minutes or so before you can go downstairs to get all the stuff that you actually want. read more

Time is lost in here... A love/hate relationship... Army of builders! read more

Great selection of furniture and a good spot for Swedish meatballs :) There's always something interesting there that you don't know you need, so take your time to wander around read more

IKEA. Love you... love you not... love you... love you not... Love you for the cheapness and quirky designs - love you not for the cheap tack that doesn't last! Went here on Sunday (big mistake! - too busy, too many people walking too slowly - aarrrgh!) to buy some essentials, came out with said essentials and more things I don't actually need!!? Clever retail at it's best! The shop is designed so you have to walk through the confusing and overwhelming maze of model rooms that you drool over. Then take you by the very reasonably priced cafe - because you need some subsistence after that trek! I've heard people actually just come to Ikea for the cafe food too! After that it's downstairs through the small items 'shop' with kitchen utensils and linen items etc and then you're spat out to through the check out and into a food shop and take-away food offer - just incase you haven't bought enough!? I hate shopping at the best of times, but this place has got to be a pet hate for commercialism! Having said that, the Ikea staff were very helpful, as I said before Ikea make cheap tack that doesn't last... I bought a shelving unit with doors (Bonny) a couple of years ago and some of the hinges and brackets are now broken. I went to the spare parts area and explained the problem, after 15mins finding the part numbers they said the parts would be delivered to my home within 2-7 working days, free of charge! :) Happy result... just hope it fixes my shelf! read more

Its IKEA. Its hopelessly generic. It has ok meatballs. BUT Edinburgh store staff have a high tolerance level to you pretending the wee show rooms are your house and turn half a blind eye to you playing hide and seek with your two younger brothers. read more

Now this review has nothing to do with the furniture department and a 2 hours building project realisation that there were a bolt missing. This is all about a swedish haven for a swedish guy - the so called 'swedish food market'. They say that no food is better then one mothers food - being far away from home Ikea's food market simply provides this close as possible replacement by providing those meatballs, pickled herring, crisp breads and salt liquorice sweets. It just is a nostalgia moment of midsummer nights parties and christmas meals and I just love it! read more

I Hate Ikea! They always have great gadgets & designs that I'm compelled to buy! Dam you Ikea! (5 Stars) read more

I was very upset with the candle collection - disappointing! I would usually visit the Glasgow IKEA and their candle section is FAR superior. I did however find a 'chocolate brownie' candle that I just had to buy! Unfortunately I had to take a piece of furniture back and packed some snacks expecting a long wait in the customer service section - especially since it was a Sunday! Previously when I took an item back in the Glasgow branch I had to wait for almost an hour! To my surprise we were seen straight away and had our broken item refunded onto our card immediately leaving lots of time for me to go home and light my new candle enjoying its chocolaty goodness. read more

Along with my favourite past times of wandering around ASDA and Tesco superstores, I'm also partial to a wee trip to IKEA now and again and it really is a day out for me. I don't get out much. I can never just go for a browse, I'll always leave with more than one item, usually stuff I don't need or will never use. On my last visit I bought a pink rug, pink champagne flutes, salad spoons and a cuddly frog doorstop. At the time I was ecstatic with my eclectic mix of wares but as soon as I got home I realised that I didn't need any of them in the first place, especially not the frog. IKEA is nonetheless still fantastic and especially great for students if you need to furnish a flat on the cheap but still want it to look reasonably cool. The prices are pretty darn cheap but as the saying goes, you get what you pay for so don't expect the stuff here to be invincible. read more

There are 2 ways you can shop at ikea. 1. Browse the catalogue go in for a directed attack. 2. Have a whole day where looking and planing with various displays checking out random items, Wondering how many cheap toys you can get with out looking to sad. I tend to enjoy my time there and linger about the food hall looking at all the different items they have on offer. restaurant is decent and cheap. Can be very busy so plan wisely. inspiration read more

Sometimes it hurts. No really, Ikea causes me no end of anxiety, pain, and discomfort it's like my personal hell, only shared by millions everywhere. It seems like every home that has ever been built contains at least one item with an obscure unpronounceable name and I'm fairly sure that all these items were bought on the days when I was there. Why is it always so busy? Why do women love it so? Why are there not more murders committed on their premises by people lost and alone and in the dark? This store is like every other Ikea I've been in it's contrived and constructed to make you buy something, even the checkouts are like some sort of check point that you can only pass if you have the appropriate selection of cutlery, crockery and odd item that your not really sure what it is but you're sure will come in handy. read more

They say that when you move in with your other half, you learn new things about them, and this was certainly the case when I moved in with my boyfriend a few months ago. To my astonishment, he told me he had never been to IKEA before. I mean, never. How he made it through 4 years of student life without picking up some bargains in the infamous blue and yellow warehouse, I just don't know. So being the IKEA veteran that I am, I took it upon myself to educate him in the store's delights. Having moved house more often than I care to remember over the last few years, IKEA has provided me on many occasions with cheap bed spreads, quirky lamps, funky potato peelers and much needed furniture. I completely understand why some people choose to avoid this place- why buy furniture you have to build yourself, only to have a home looking identical to everyone else's, right? But in hard pushed times when the purse strings are tight and you need to re-stock your kitchen, IKEA is a fantastic option. This Edinburgh store can be reached easily by car and there's a regular bus service too from the city centre. It offers all the usually IKEA delights such as a crèche and cafe. If you can though, avoid the store on Saturday and Sunday afternoons when it's at its busiest. For a less stressful shopping experience, go one evening mid-week read more

Terrible Paid £400 for a sofa, when I asked the shop if it comes complete they said in two parts, fine, when it arrived it was in two boxes, i had to build it myself, cheap pine wood with the usual Ikea allen key screws. read more

Just returned some bits to the store. Very quick and easy procedure providing you have the receipt. Waited slightly longer than 5 minutes so received a free drinks voucher for all of us. Buying the rest was also quick, but it was 7pm on a Friday night. Collection area a short drive away but warm and not too long a wait. Could do with more parking spaces and the payment next the the car is on a down slope so the trollies roll away all the time. read more

The one thing you need to know about Ikea, especially here in Edinburgh, is that whatever you want from Ikea, you can usually get a LOT cheaper via Gumtree. I have found things I really wanted at less than half price in this manner. Search using the Ikea name of the item and you could be pleasantly surprised to find not one but five of the item for sale used, as happened with the bunk bed I wanted. That said, this Ikea is much like other Ikeas. A place one goes to in hope and leaves in sober resignation. Do use the stock checker on the web site before you venture over. Do not go at weekends, it's usually mad with people and children. If you have to do Ikea, go over just after tea time on a quiet week night and you might even get to park somewhere near the actual store. Get the Ikea Family card (free to sign up) and enjoy some extra discounts and a free coffee in-store on weekdays. The food is never as nice or as cheap as they would have you believe, so skip the busy main restaurant and hit the take-away near the check-out. They have those horse-meat meatballs for sale frozen if you like them that much (I don't) but sometimes the food section has some sweet deals on Swedish alcoholic cider, smoked salmon and that lingonberry juice my kids seem to think is so good. Good luck. It's like Mordor. Nobody just walks in there. read more

IKEA - Photo of trolleys by Deborah Mullen. - Furniture Stores Near Me - Midlothian, EDH

what can i say, boys who doesn't love furniture? who doesn't like cheap good food? who doesn't like walking round a warehouse? who doesn't love little home layouts with millions of the same Swedish books? heavens goodness IKEA is perfect, I love it, you'll love it lay that flat pack on me, chaps read more

I like Ikea, I can't fit another piece of Ikea furniture into my house. It really is a huge place. You can't beat them for energy saving lightbulbs and batteries. The best thing to do is to go in the out door and check out bargain corner before you start. There is always something exciting and cheap there. They have a nice range of Christmas things and their Swedish biscuits are great. We love the restaurant and with the family discount card you can get free coffee. The Family card is great, you can get real dicounts with it. Always pay cash if you can, they have a surcharge for card use. I never remember to take my blue bags and end up buying a new one each time I go. I never forget to have an ice cream though. read more

cheap, cheerful, never quite as good as you would want but still . . . you know the deal. Frozen cinnamon buns make it all worthwhile.

A lot of people knock Ikea and its mass produced, flat packed furniture, but I am a big fan and I think this store is brilliant. It's a bit out of the way, but if you have a friend with a car persuade them to give you a lift. There are all the departments you would expect, plus a really good area near the tills that has reduced items, often things will be reduced because of a tiny scratch so there are some good bargains to be had. The restaurant upstairs is great too, the food is hearty and cheap - I think it's even cheaper on a Wednesday, last time I went with my Dad and sister it only cost £6 for us all to have a main meal and a drink (yes, £2 each!). I'm not quite sure how they manage it, but I hope they carry on doing what they do for a long long time. read more

IKEA. World know company for affordable furniture. Warning: this place is a ZOO in the beginning of term (September). It's also very cunning of them the fact you have to walk throughout the whole store to get to the exit (I have tried and failed to get through the secret shortcuts but I've been told they're somewhere.). You start picking up stuff you don't need but look good and are very cheap. By the end of it, you're cart is filled with stuff you will have to give away by the end of the year anyway (stay clear of their onion choppers -they're useless items). It's great for stuff like kitchen cutlery or a bathmat but the furniture is... well you pay for what you get so don't expect too much. Also the staff can go to the two extremes: either be super helpful or don't have a clue where anything is. It's a bit out of town and if you don't have the luxury of a car you'll have to take the bus. Make sure you check the return times cause you really don't want to be stuck at that bus stop for hours.(it's the lothian bus 47 ) I have a love/hate relationship with the store. Once I came here and they were giving out free delicious Swedish cake. Cunning, very cunning. read more

Ikea!! The staple-store in every home! Who hasn't got a seat or a bookcase from Ikea I ask you? I think it's common ritual for people moving to Edinburgh, whether a student or not, to go straight to Ikea. Everyone needs furniture storage, right? Heck, I sometimes go just for a look around! This shop is exactly like every other Ikea - literally - but if it ain't broke don't fix it. I once came here with a group of friends and played hide and seek. The possibilities are endless, let me tell you! The best part about this Ikea is the cushion section - you can have whatever you want and if they don't have your exact colours, they order it in for you. They have a great section too if you've not got enough nuts/bolts etc, all for free. I came back once because the clock I bought about 3 years previously had stopped working, and I got a full refund or exchange. I thoroughly recommend their fairy-lights too - the best I've ever had! read more

The furniture is IKEA The cafe has just provided the worst dining experience in 60 years. Only reason I completed it was I had my 30 month old granddaughter who was starving. Joined a queue of 30 people at 13:10. Sat down to give granddaughter a pasta bake at14:00. Took 20 minutes just to get to servers! The rest of time was a fruitless wait for soup that was "just coming" read more

Ikea is a fab place for people on a reasonable tight budget to get fairly decent furniture. Like every other ikea i've ever been to, this does get seriously busy, however it has fairly late opening hours during the week when it's usually much quieter. read more

Furniture is rubbish but good for cheap glasses etc.... Going at the weekend is pure hell/evil as it's so busy! Better to pay a wee bit extra elsewhere! read more

IKEA - Furniture Stores Near Me - Midlothian, EDH