Bangkok's 2nd IKEA - Southeast Asia's Largest - Gets Date

[snoop1130]

Bangkok's 2nd IKEA - Southeast Asia's Largest - Gets Date

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

IKEA meatballs

 

BANGKOK — Hej! Fans of affordable Swedish furniture – and we know there are a lot of you – now have a date for navigating a new maze of oddly named products.

 

When metropolitan Bangkok’s second Ikea store opens March 15 in Nonthaburi’s Bang Yai district, it will knock Malaysia’s Johor Bahru’s store down a peg and replace it as the largest Ikea in Southeast Asia.

 

Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/life/arts/2018/01/09/bangkoks-2nd-ikea-southeast-asias-largest-gets-date/

 

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[janclaes47]

Just now, snoop1130 said:

IKEA meatballs

 

Come on, the meatballs served at Ikea Bangna don't even remotely look like this.

[lonewolf99]

[Darcula]

Can't wait to see FB selfies of chicks in modern house-like settings.

[robblok]

Wow, this is real close to my home around 4 km from me. I am quite happy as I liked the one in Mega Bangna. I wont be buying that much furniture but mainly the foreign foods. For me this is a great addition to the shops in my range.

[Denim]

Glad we moved out of Bangyai. Traffic around there has been getting steadily heavier. This will only make things worse.

[atyclb]

is there an mrt or bts nearby new store?

[bino]

[mike324]

4 hours ago, atyclb said:

is there an mrt or bts nearby new store?

Talat Bang Yai station or Sam Yaek Bang Yai station

[Thian]

On 1/9/2018 at 6:52 PM, janclaes47 said:

 

Come on, the meatballs served at Ikea Bangna don't even remotely look like this.

I was there last week and they even didn't have ANY meatballs, only vegyballs  

 

We was 1 hour in traffic jam, 1 hour trying to parc there (all full) to find out that they didn't have them.

[mike324]

On 1/14/2018 at 3:36 PM, Thian said:

I was there last week and they even didn't have ANY meatballs, only vegyballs  

 

We was 1 hour in traffic jam, 1 hour trying to parc there (all full) to find out that they didn't have them.

next time just do valet parking in front of ikea, its free (they use to charge 40 baht, but not anymore!). Finding parking at megabangna is crazy on the weekends.

[Thian]

Just now, mike324 said:

next time just do valet parking in front of ikea, its free (they use to charge 40 baht, but not anymore!). Finding parking at megabangna is crazy on the weekends.

It was extreme busy, we parked at Watsadu and walked back....but from now on we don't need to go to Bangna anymore, too much hassle.

[Peterw42]

On 10/01/2018 at 11:35 AM, bino said:

As funny as that is, I actually had a friend in Australia who was the manager of an IKEA store and had never assembled one item of IKEA furniture.

[robblok]

59 minutes ago, Thian said:

It was extreme busy, we parked at Watsadu and walked back....but from now on we don't need to go to Bangna anymore, too much hassle.

Yes for you and for me too this Ikea is far closer. I will be quite happy when it opens. I have some things I want to buy. I waited a long time as I knew a new Ikea was going to open.

[mike324]

28 minutes ago, robblok said:

Yes for you and for me too this Ikea is far closer. I will be quite happy when it opens. I have some things I want to buy. I waited a long time as I knew a new Ikea was going to open.

same here, I've been waiting for 2 years ever since their announcement. I've been going to the mega bangna one which takes me an hour. The new one will be 15 minutes away for me.  

[robblok]

49 minutes ago, mike324 said:

same here, I've been waiting for 2 years ever since their announcement. I've been going to the mega bangna one which takes me an hour. The new one will be 15 minutes away for me.  

Same here, 15 minutes.. i live 4 km away.. so could be less then 15 minutes depending on traffic.  I been to the one in Mega Bangna more then a few times. But ever since i knew a new one would open i postponed buying some stuff.