Swedish home furnishing major IKEA has opened its first Indian store at Hi-Tec City on 9th August. The world's largest furniture retailer is in town. We were eagerly waiting to visit but on 9 aug but is was so crowed that the store has to declare housefull. .
The Ikea store offers 7,500 home furnishing products under one roof, while it is open 365 days from between 10am and 11pm.
The store comes with a 1,000-seater restaurant, Ikea's largest and possibly India's largest restaurant. The restaurant and cafe which offer coffee, bakes, frozen yoghurt and many Swedish delicacies including salmon, chicken and 'vegetarian' meatballs, is also selling Indian favourites.
"The Ikea restaurant will offer 50 per cent Swedish specialties and 50 per cent local delicacies like Hyderabadi biryani and samosas, which is the cheapest on the menu at Rs 10.
