Barnes & Noble

As a thriller and romance author, I’m always visiting Barnes & Noble for inspiration. The Barnes & Noble in Otay Ranch is huge and easily the ultimate cornucopia of books in the area. I believe this is one of the only stores, if not the only bookstore, left in the south part of San Diego. As a thriller author, I always like to see what’s new and upcoming in my genre. As I continue to expand my universe of characters in the Grant Colson series, I’m hoping to do a signing here in the future. I love that they have different sections for mysteries and thrillers, fiction, romance, and more. They also have solid Spanish-language sections, which is really nice. They also have an electronics section, a kids’ section, and an embedded Starbucks. The coffee area has plenty of tables, which is great for reading or working. The only downside to this location is parking. The main entrance is along a drive-through style mall with limited spaces, though a larger lot is a short walk away. The staff was friendly and answered all of my questions. Definitely will be back here.

I was helped by Jacob when I was looking for a specific book, but unfortunately they didn't have it. He brought me to the section it would've been in so I could look around and we ended up having a nice conversation! He also helped me a newer section they put together to find books about California. This store is always cleaned up pretty well and the sections are huge. I love how much manga and pop culture items they have in the store. The children's book section is also really nice and big. They have good prices on books they have on sale and good deals throughout the year. Regular priced books are what you'd expect them to be: pretty pricey! Restrooms have a code available upon request of a customer service rep.

I went in to buy my 9yr old a scary book for Halloween. I asked a young lady for help. She was very attentive. She recommended books according to what I was looking for. She was friendly and pleasant to talk to. At the checkout was another young lady who was just as friendly. She got me to sign up for membership, no pressure and was a pleasure to deal with. Bravo on these 2 young stars.

We come here every so often to find books that are discounted. The deals are pretty good and the employees are generally nice and helpful if you are looking for something specific. Sometimes we like to grab coffees and pastries from the coffee shop inside and chill while we let the kids run around looking for books they want to buy!

Couldn't find any staff for a little while, but once we did she was extremely polite and helpful. We were looking for birthday gifts for a 7 year old boy and she recommended a great book. Thanks again!

Maybe I went on a busy day but this Barnes and Noble is the dirtiest I've ever been to. So disorganized, the carpet was disgusting. So were the restrooms, even if they're lock. This could be attributed to the people that visit, of course, but I've never been to one as dirty and messy as this one. The staff was not friendly, except for one. I was just looking at a Lego, not even touching it, and it started beeping and a worker got mad, and started mumbling something, and aggressively grabbed it to shut it down. I'm never going back to this particular location.

My favorite Barnes & Noble in all of San Diego, without a doubt. I swear I work just to give them my money—I always have the best time here!