When it comes to stylish but budget-friendly furniture, no other name has greater recall than IKEA. This Sweden-rooted multinational juggernaut has more than 450 stores in 60 countries. Many of my friends don’t pass up an opportunity to shop if there is an IKEA store in the city they’re visiting. I also know a couple of interior-stylist-friends who travel abroad for the sole purpose of shopping here. But now, they may no longer need to because IKEA has finally arrived in the Philippines.
And they didn’t come here to play. Covering 65, 000 square meters, what IKEA built in Pasay City’s Mall of Asia Complex is their largest store in the world. It opened its doors to the public last November 25.
But because we are still dealing with the pandemic, IKEA implements health and safety protocols. In this article, we’ll share with you what you need to do, how to reserve a slot, and how to shop at IKEA Philippines – Pasay.
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IKEA Pasay City is located within the Mall of Asia Complex, just beside the SM Mall of Asia Department Store and in between the MOA Arena and SMX Convention Center. All these buildings are interconnected through bridge ways. The Mall of Asia Complex is located on the southern end of EDSA.
If you drive a car, you may find parking spots at the IKEA building itself or at nearby buildings, which are all interconnected. This area is used to holding concerts and big events so parking shouldn’t be an issue.
We took two sets of escalators all the way to the fourth floor, where we were greeted by staff handing yellow frakta bags, where you place the items you wish to purchase. “Frakta” means “to carry” in Swedish.
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It’s best to be familiar with the basic arrangement of the sections. IKEA has three main areas: the Showroom (4th floor), the Market Hall (3rd floor), and the Self-Serve Furniture Area (also on the 3rd floor).
This is a good place to start your shopping, especially if you’re also looking for inspiration. Here you’ll find dozens of well-styled rooms — bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms — all featuring IKEA products. If you like an item, check out the tag.
This is the area immediately down the stairs from the Showroom. The first thing to greet you is the corner where all the trolley carts are parked and a wall featuring products that cost less than P100 apiece. But this is just a quick taste of what’s in store for you inside.
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Think of it as a giant department store bursting with smaller items like kitchenware, glassware, utensils, bathroom products, bed sheets, pillows, toys, lights — name it!
Adjacent the Market Hall. This is where you’ll pick up bigger items like drawers, cabinets, couches, and bed frames. Just check the tags and get the item from the shelf.
After the Self-Serve Area are the CHECK-OUT COUNTERS. If I’m not mistaken, there are around 30 counters straddling the entire room. During my visit, the queue was so long but mostly because most tend to flock towards the closest counters.
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NOTE: If you’re purchasing 10 items or fewer, you may queue towards the yellow-marked Express Counters, positioned at the far end of the room. Most shoppers fail to notice this because they’re too far away and giant columns block the view. But there are 10 Express Counters in that corner.
If you plan on dining at the restaurant, bring your vaccination card! Only fully vaccinated adults (18 years old and above) are allowed to dine the restaurant. Unvaccinated minors are allowed only if they’re accompanied by fully-vaccinated adults.
Unfortunately, all that walking around left us famished. Without any more energy to queue up, we decided to skip eating here and just dine elsewhere at SM Mall of Asia. We’ll just return to IKEA another day to try the resto and cafe. We’ll update this post after.
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The prices are clearly and visibly indicated on the tags, so you should be able to have an idea how much your running total could be.
But if you want to be sure, use LISTA app. It was actually an app designed for stores but this proves to be extra useful for shoppers as well. We have been working with them so we get to explore the app thoroughly, and we ended up falling in love with it. We use it primarily to track our expenses when we’re traveling, but it can definitely be used when shopping too.
All you need to do is enter how much budget you have and as you snatch items off the shelf and add to to your frakta bag, input the price on the app and it will tell you how much you have left. Don’t worry, you don’t need an internet connection to make it work: You can use it offline!
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Another key feature is the SAVINGS CHALLENGE! Using the LISTA app, you can set a target amount and the frequency you’re comfortable with so you know when you’re financially ready for an IKEA haul!
Based on our experience, we spent 30 minutes falling in line to enter the store. But it actually took us 10-15 minutes to get from the start of the line to the entrance area. The rest of the time was spent just waiting for our scheduled entry time. The queue moved pretty quickly and it was pretty organized.
The queue to the counter may be a different story, though, since it takes longer to check out especially if you have a lot of items on your cart. As for us, since we only had fewer than 10 items on our frakta bag, we queued up to the Express Counters. We spent only 35 minutes on the line.
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Note that we visited on OPENING DAY (Thursday), so the queues are naturally long. This may change in the coming days / weeks.
Its launch has been anticipated since its construction was first announced. Initially, it was scheduled to be completed in 2020, but there had been delays due to the pandemic.
IKEA’s online store was first to be launched in early November 2021, but the opening of the physical store finally happened on November 25th.
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