Barnes & Noble Booksellers

I was in the area and in need of some good books, so I stopped by this Barnes and Noble — what a great location! It’s well stocked with all the new released books, magazines, etc… I was in a hurry to grab a few books and leave as I had much to do. How I wish I had more time to enjoy sitting and relaxing while reading a good book :-)
Since I was in a hurry I did ask one of the sales associates for help. I really appreciated them walking me over to the section and helping me to find the book. They are very helpful and gave excellent service.
They have a great selection of books; this location is comfortable and clean.

What an absolutely wonderful bookstore! As I’m writing this review I am unable to get out of bed due to a serious medical condition.
I urgently needed a book called DROPPING ACID by Dr. Jamie Koufman as part of my 4-​prong attack plan on dealing with my condition.
I called this Barnes and Noble location and was greeted by a friendly voice. This location has really helpful staff. Everytime I call or come in person, I’m greeted warmly and receive great service.
The gentleman who answered the phone couldn’t find the book at the outset, but kept on trying a few things and whooola! He not only found the book I needed but placed it on hold under a relative’s name so that they could go pick it up for me since I’m currently bedridden.
A big thank you to Shawn for his extra effort!

Mario S. in the Starbucks is so so nice, just felt like he needed recognition for his attitude :)

This Barnes & Noble location is one of the most spacious and well stocked bookstores in California.
Amenities are:
— Starbucks on site with lots of seating
— Kids choices including a large Jr. book center on the second floor
— Games, science kits and teen fiction
— Parenting and family relationship section
— Nook by Samsung
The nook section is so poorly maintained that no one should buy one. Not one of the 5 color display units worked. Only the NOOK GlowLight Plus was powered and semi-​functioning.
This is a great store — more care should be taken in the eReader display.
Recommendation: Shop here. Buy here.
Open until 11PM daily

I love this Barnes & Noble. My husband and I usually visit the bookstore once every weekend. I love books so it’s fun to browse and see whats new. I love the layout of this location a lot. I usually can find seating in the café too. It’s nice to be able to sit and start a new book, and finish the book at home. I always try to purchase from BN in-​store or online if I can. Don’t want the stores to close down like Borders. I loved Borders so I’d be devastated if BN closed down too.
One con is the café. I feel the baristas at this location don’t really know what they are doing. The drinks are usually way too sweet. They aren’t very friendly either. They mainly look bored. The employees on the floor are great though and very helpful when you are looking for a certain book.

So when did Barnes & Noble get so awesome! Can someone please give me a $ 500 to this store please? I’m surprised that I’ve never been to this location since I work right down the street.
This Barnes & Noble is two stories and is really nice. The store is very clean and well stocked. You can definitely some a good chunk of time looking at everything they have. There is also a Star Bucks inside. I actually like this Barnes & Noble more than any other one that I’ve been to. There is such a good selection and I really like the layout of everything. I like this one far more than the Barnes and & Noble at the Long Beach Town Center, which does not have as much as this Santa Ana location.
There is so much cool stuff! I am a huge nerd/​kid at heart and I was totally enjoying looking at of the collectible items. There was such cool Harry Potter and Star Wars things that I was seriously dying over. I also have become recently obsessed with Pop! dolls. They had pretty much every kind from movies, TV shows, comic books and more. I wanted to buy like 50 of them but they are a little over priced; $ 8.95 each is kind of ridiculous in my opinion. The only Pop! dolls that were on on sale (50% off) were the minion ones and I didn’t really want one of those, as much as I love the minions. The little individual ones are $ 4.95.
There is such a wide variety of other things like adult coloring books, cute greeting cards, and lots of kids toys. This is definitely a good place to keep in mind when buying gifts.

I REALLY like bookstores. There is something to be said about walking into a bookstore to find a book that you didn’t know existed. Sit down with a cup of
coffee and
read a chapter, then take the book home and finish it.
Bookstores are going away, but this one is a great place to browse and find fantastic books that you may not have known existed.

Worst customer service ever! Had me waiting 20mins. This place sucks, never got any help.

Here’s an awesome tip. If you’re having trouble finding a book, and there is no B&N associate around in addition to no associate at their Customer Service desk to help you find the book, then just walk behind the customer service desk to search for the book yourself. An associate will come running over to help you immediately. :) Works great.
Unfortunately the book I was looking for was not available at any store locations, and so happens to be a prepaid item only. Meaning I would have to prepay for the item and come back to pick it up. Or I could just go on Amazon and pay less for the item and have it shipped within 2 days with Prime.
Only reason for my visit was for a last minute gift. Walking in this large book store makes me wonder how they stay on business.

Everyone here is just super friendly every time I go, plus I always end up being in here for hours! But I love it!

You could spend hours here searching for an ultimate book. I came in looking for books for my daughter. I found so many cute ones so she can start reading and I read to her. There children’s department is nice and had so much variety. I loved it. Staff here is also great. They help you search for the books you need.
Also, I signed up for there email subscription and once in a while they send coupons. Coupons are always great, especially if you always buy books. Happy Reading!

It is always a good day when you get to wander around a great book store looking for that next great adventure in reading.

I Love reading books! Sadly, I don’t read as much as I would love to! I hadn’t been to a bookstore in YEARS! This Barnes and Noble just might change all that!
When you enter it gives you the feeling like your entering Gringotts! Well maybe that was my imagination running wild! I was about to walk over to the cashier and give him my key to the safe! I had to control myself and remember why I was there! YES there was a purpose!
My little girl’s favorite Youtuber was there and she just had to meet her! I had already purchased the book, so all we had to do was get there and wait in line! It was well organized! We were in groups according to the alphabet printed on our wristbands! The line went smoothly, quickly and efficiently!
Lots of parking, easily accessible off and on the freeway! The employees and security were very friendly! They gave that welcoming feeling! They showed no sign of irritation with the crowd!
TIP: Free Wi-​Fi! All you have to do is sign-​in to their account! I was getting no reception on my phone while insde and didn’t read the HUGE ASS sign they have hanging on the window until I was walking out!
Four staaaas! Quatro!

*FOR THE CAFE ONLY*
I was there getting a coffee with my sister. The customer service was horrible. We got there at 10:45 & closing is 11. When we arrived we weren’t greeted very nicely & they gave us an attitude because they were getting ready to close but we wanted coffee. Closing time is 11, not fifteen minutes early. Anyways as we’re waiting for our coffee a man comes up, he didn’t want to order anything, he just had a question for them. All he wanted to know is if they had always served sandwiches. Me & one of the employees were standing about the same distance from the man & he just kept yelling I can’t hear you, I can’t hear you. Even though I was able to hear him perfectly fine. Mind you another employee was standing right across from him, but she wasn’t listening either. She just kept repeating I’ll just ring you up. He said he didn’t want anything, he just had a question. But she kept saying she was gonna ring him so he just walked off. Poor guy. I wish I would’ve told them something.

**No Outlets** (Response to those trying to justify why B&N blocks off their outlets)
1. If your philosophy of business was correct, then I’m really curious how you think Starbucks is any different. They «sell» coffee, not wifi or restrooms, so what’s your explanation for why they can pull it off but an enormous bookstore can’t?
2. They even have a Starbucks inside, which doesn’t support any outlets for customers either, so that’s another reason why they should.
3. There’s a gigantic sign lighted up in the front of the store that says «FREE Wi-​Fi Open EVERYDAY 9am-​11pm ‘No Fee’s, No charges, Just log in!’»…so if it’s strictly for people to «pick up books and read», please tell me why they are investing so much to promote this?
4. If you take offense to tech savvy people (the majority) taking advantage of B&N’s business operations, then perhaps I should point out that the people that are REALLY abusing B&N are the so-​called «reader» that sit in there for 8 hours and read through books that they have no intention on purchasing.

This Barnes is located across from Main Place mall. It has plenty of parking. It is two stories with it’s own security guard standing at the door. It has a café inside for those who want something to drink or something to munch on. There are tables also for those who want to do their homework or just sit and read.
The place is clean and well stocked. The only problem was the long line. There were 3 cashiers with about 15 people in line. It was pretty busy that day, but what can you do?

*** Pick up a book…***
This is the typical Barnes and Noble bookstore with the huge mega layout. This is a nice facility located across the street the Santa Ana main place mall. This is a really nice bookstore to visit. I used to come here all of the time many years ago. But at some point I just forgot about this place. Even after many years this store has been maintained very well. It looks just as nice as I remembered it.
What I like… The store is clean, organized, and the people inside are nice. The reps who are the face of the store are friendly and very helpful. The store patrons seems just as nice. There are plenty of books to browse and purchase. On this trip I especially enjoyed the nice selection of books on sale. There’s a certain price point where I’d just pick up books to buy and read easily.
Is there anything I don’t like? Hmm… The only thing that I’d say is annoying are folks that loiter all of the time (and you know who you are). I’ve read about people complaining how there are no outlets. Hello, this is a book «STORE» not a library. They need to sell stuff once in a while in order to keep their doors open. So be considerate when you park your butt down for 8 hours, plug into their outlet and use the electricity for 8 hours, and use their restroom for free. If you abuse their generosity, it will eventually disappear. Like the tables to read and the outlets.
Overall, I really like this Barnes and Noble. I like how their books are a little more competitively priced these days. The selection and pricing gives me more incentive to browse and explore as opposed to just clicking through Amazon :-)
Books are awesome!
Books = large selection
Shopping area = huge layout, clean & organized
Service = very friendly & very helpful

My friend loves coming here and I don’t know why. I’m not much of a book reader so this store does nothing for me. They do have some cool toys here and there but overall its just whatever for me. The store is pretty big and it is two stories. Upstairs has probably my favorite section which is the manga section. The store is really clean and the parking outside is plentiful. If you have a membership you get a discount which is why I guess my friend goes since he paid for membership, might as well make the most of it. As for me I just go on here and there.

This specific Barnes and Nobles goes above and beyond with their great customer service. Every time I’ve had to go to the directory, they’ve been more than happy to help me locate or tell me if a specific book is in stock. The man who works in the music section is probably my favorite though. Usually in music stores the people working aren’t always that helpful or seem like it is a hassle to get up behind a counter to go help you find an item. He on the other hand went on a hunt to help me find this little indie CD that recently came out. He seen that one was in stock in the store. He literally searched for a good ten minutes straight through the small music section. After looking through each CD individually, he found it for me. Now that it true dedication to a customer and those are things I never forget.
This location also has a good sized Starbucks with seating located on the right side of the entrance to Barnes and Noble. It’s perfect to meet up with classmates and do homework or even to just buy a book a few feet over and then enjoy it with a cup of tea. The only thing is to actually sit in the «Starbucks section», you need to actually buy a drink from there. Understandable.
Being such a book lover that I am, I’ve been to huge Barnes and Nobles in Los Angeles and other cities but none have made me feel more at home. This by far has been my favorite bookstore I’ve been to. Great job guys!

This was our first visit here, and we were impressed! This location is big and beautiful. With two floors, this bookstore is a fun place to explore. With everything going paperless with eReaders, it’s still nice to be able to pick up a good book and flip through it’s pages.
But this store has more than just books. We made a beeline for the children’s department. Full of wonderful educational items and toys, this children’s department is really great. My son was automatically drawn to the new Lego sets and fun books in the bargain sections. They even had puzzles and stuffed animals.
I did notice the Café, but it was so busy that we decided to avoid it at all costs. There wasn’t a lot of seating at Barnes and Noble, but there was no need to sit since we found everything we needed right away.
There’s a very large magazine selection and a huge section of bargain books downstairs as well. The bargain section is always a great spot to find beautiful tabletop books for our living room.
The customer service was great here, and the store was so nice and clean. It’s great to see a busy location like this so organized and well stocked. After waiting in a long (but fairly quick) line, it was wonderful to have our items rung up by a friendly sales associate.
With a super selection of books, magazines, games and toys, and a cute café, this is a great spot to find great new items for both children and adults alike!