Barnes & Noble

Always fun to wander around and see the new books and whatnot that are available! Found myself a new book to add to my collection. The gal who helped me check out was super kind and friendly.

Great layout, less busy that the Woodland Hills one, a really nice Manga, graphic novel, and "geek chic" merch section. I like this one a lot, and the only thing that would make it better is if the Promenade was still around so all the shopping could be done qith a simple walk across the street.

Firstly, not many places have a nice, clean smell like new books in a bookstore. Shoe store maybe, albeit different. Barnes and Noble has a great selection for my odd reading preferences. Horror and cookbooks, both of which are represented well here. Read some horror while cooking a recipe from Pioneer Woman's books and life is good. Customer service was good too; the pretty young woman at the counter got me enrolled in the membership program and was nice. I always end up buying too much when I shop though.

I learn something every time I come here. Great reading place. #EvenIfIDontRead A lotta experimental gifts for kids that consist of great interactiveness.

The employees are friendly and will help you find what you're looking for. But there's no sense of urgency, for example there's a long line when I was checking out and there was only one employee at a register, while I could see three groups of two or more employees just standing around talking. Another thing that some what frustrated me is the fact that Barns and Noble refuses to match prices, even their own online prices. This wouldn't be an issue if they were somewhat close to being competitively priced. If you know exactly what your looking for, save your money and time and buy it online, or shop at a store that will price match.

Too big by half. Despite being able to find nearly any book, game, magazine or music I'm interested in, the place is dauntingly crowded with so many choices that I become nearly dizzy. I do like the cafe with its groups of game players, couples bent over a shared article, individuals enjoying expertly brewed and finely served coffee. I also like the ubiquitous staffer pausing to ask whether I need help finding anything and the central information desk where those few obscure titles not in stock, like Hagel's Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences or Stieglitz's Camera Work, can be ordered for delivery next week. Still I prefer the smaller intimate book shop around the corner where I can chat with moonlighting librarians between fetching my emails.

You may know they have coffee - but they also have cheesecake factory cheese cake and other dessert cookies and scones. The best selection of books and TOYS and gifts!