I can not praise the gentleman who works here enough. My ride was late picking me up tonight. Not only did he wait with me past closing, but when it became apparent that she was going to be much later he carried my mammoth box of books across the street to Dunkin Doughnuts for me. He was impossibly kind.(If you read this, thank you so much.) Even two hours of browsing only let me scratch the surface of this store. The shelves bulge with the choicest reads, and the prices are outrageously reasonable. Where else can I find a music textbook valued at $ 40 for $ 4?! Coming here every time we’re in CT is the highlight of our trip.
Dan R.
Classificação do local: 4 Simsbury, CT
This is the Downtown Book Barn, one of the four locations in the Book Barn line-up. This is a jam packed store right on Main Street in the heart of lovely downtown Niantic. It really is a book lovers dream come true — you can browse around here for hours. I wanted to look at audiobooks, and this is the only BB location that sells them. I picked up a $ 4 audiobook about Ron Guidry and Yogi Berra hanging out together in Spring training. I have to say a word about the super nice and very funny guy working here today. He was a hoot and made the BB experience even better!
Rhonda-Lisa K.
Classificação do local: 5 Cumberland, RI
How could a reader not love this place! Stocked up on cocktail mixing books. Didn’t have time to browse the fabulous cookbook selection. Next time!
Kelly S.
Classificação do local: 5 Windsor Locks, CT
I love this place, I live in Windsor locks and would take the long trip here anyway. The atmosphere is great. They have books for great prices and they buy your books for reasonable amount of money. They have all different kinds of sections and they are clearly labeled. Great for kids too. Huge section for kids. I love the lazy cats walking or laying around. They also have goats and other animals you can feed. You can get lost in the land of books. The staff are also very friendly and helpful.
R A.
Classificação do local: 5 East Lyme, CT
We shop here all the time including at 8:45PM on Sunday as they are open everyday until 9PM. The staff is great and will help you find a book. The cookbook section is amazing with plenty of top full color books for about $ 4. Each of the three locations carries different subjects.
Evan M.
Classificação do local: 5 Prairie du Chien, WI
This is a review for the downtown location of Book Barn. It is AMAZING if you like horror and sci fi stuff. There are not any horror or sci fi books at book barn“s main campus so if that is what you are looking for go to the downtown location first. All pocket books are 1 dollar. Amazing prices, amazing selection, great place to look around if you love fantasy, sci fi, horror. If you are looking for normal fiction, i suggest going to the main campus which is just down the street.
Nicole M.
Classificação do local: 5 Windsor Locks, CT
This place is an amazing land of books and cats. I constantly go here to find great deals on books. They also have an annual sale where you can get 30% off all your items! Most books are usually $ 1 – 4, so this is a great place if you are on a budget. The cats are friendly. I spot them napping amongst the books all the time. This place is perfect for anyone that loves cats and books.
Matt S.
Classificação do local: 5 Old Lyme, CT
This is just one of their locations in Niantic. They have an amazing selection of sci fi/fantasy books here, mostly paperback so a buck a piece. Just this summer I got the better part of the entire foundation series and just devoured them. I also frequent this book barn for the music section, which holds a lot of great reads as well. They offer cook books, used DVDs. Comic books, a section for religion, and probably more but I can’t think of the other sections they specialize. You have to go check out every store!
Ken M.
Classificação do local: 5 Manomet, MA
I am HUGE Sci-Fi & Fantasy fan. The selection was excellent and very well organized. I even ran across two books I had been looking for prices at only $ 1! I did like the Math & Science selection also(I am a Physics Teacher by trade) though the organization was a bit scattered. I still haven’t gotten to the MIdtown location but I hope it is just as good.
Langdon A.
Classificação do local: 1 New Haven, CT
I came out to the Book Barn Niantic to look through the business and economics books. First went to the main location, but was told the business and economics section had been moved here. Too bad, because the barn location certainly looked interesting. Well, in a nutshell, this downtown location isn’t very good. The business and econ selection was pretty lousy — mostly tradebook best sellers from the past 20 years or so, often very topical. There were no interesting finds or timeless classics(of the category) or anything of that sort. Just a terrible waste of time for me. Secondly, the store is a dump. It smells awful(thank you, cats), is cluttered and messy, and there’s few places to sit(not that you really want to sit down). It’s really just an uninviting mess.
Jenny F.
Classificação do local: 2 North Haven, CT
This branch of the Book Barn is a little weak. The store is very small, dirty, and cluttered. Not much variety of paperbacks. I would not shop here while there is the bigger and better Book Barn two miles up the road.