Would I be mental to attempt a trip to IKEA tomorrow?

[GoldRhino]

Do we think it will be rammed?!

Other question-what is their houseplant selection like?

Yes that is insane. Give it a week or two and go in the late evening midweek

It will be horrific

Horrific, go to a garden centre for houseplants or even Morrison's that had loads yesterday

If you want houseplants, then IKEA is not the first choice. As others have said, local garden centre, or even B&Q or Homebase.

Yes. Leave it a month.

Yep don’t bother. I went in the first few days of opening last time lockdown was lifted. I queues two hours and got there to find out my time was not in stock. Wait until the madness dies down.

It will be appalling. I went in August last year and the queues to get in and pay were dire, and they’d been open for about a month at that point.

Unless all the lights in your house have special IKEA fittings so can only use IKEA brand lightbulbs and the last one has just blown, nothing is urgent enough to brave tomorrow’s queues. Even then I’d consider using candles for a couple of weeks.

You can live without houseplants for a bit longer. Maybe give it until next week when schools are all back.

Unless you have to have a houseplant tomorrow and there's not a single other place to get one why is this even a question

Yep 😁

Their plants aren’t up to much... Better off spending on good ones that will last.

Give it a couple of weeks.
Last time it was queuing round the car park but a week later no queues .
You’ll see it on the news tomorrow it’s like people don’t learn from last time .

Mid week in the evening it will probably be fine. I went there for something after the first lockdown was lifted and it wasn't rammed.

Maybe if you go late-ish. My local is normally open till 10

The houseplants section is rubbish, definitely not worth making a trip and standing outside in the cold for hours.

I am an absolute ikea loyalist but I don't think I would even attempt that.

Yes you would.

Not just for house plants - try Homebase, I got this lovely plant there last weekend & love it

I went to Edinburgh IKEA yesterday... maybe 10 couples in the queue when we pulled into the car park & 3 by the time we joined the queue, less than 2 minutes & we were in.

Less than 5 minutes in the queue to pay (used self service) longest wait was for the hotdogs on the way out

We were in & out in just over an hour.

I'm desperate to go but am going to wait another few weeks, also I won't be able to have meatballs until after may 17th an essential part of the visit for me !!

Thanks everybody for confirming I was mental for even considering it!

Houseplants were not my reason for going, just an added bonus as I know they have them and I’m aiming to turn my house into a jungle . Our garden centre has a great selection but I like finding different ones elsewhere.

Leave it for a few days and then you’ll have data rather than our guesses.

Went to Edinburgh IKEA last night. Arrived at half six and it was dead.
The had no live plants though only artificial although a good stock of them.

@Tretchikoff

Went to Edinburgh IKEA last night. Arrived at half six and it was dead. The had no live plants though only artificial although a good stock of them.

Ikea is open in Scotland? I didn't know that!

Click and collect?

We need to go for a bed. We are hoping Tuesday will be quieter.