Barnes & Noble

Me and my 11 and 13yr old daughters were shopping 30min before closing at the Northgate location. The security guard bullied my daughters out of the store when I was purchasing hundreds of dollars without my knowing. They felt helpless and obligated to leave without me. I am experiencing a ton of anger and frustration tonight because he treated them with disrespect and put them in a vulnerable and dangerous position at 11pm outside in freezing cold.

I would give this store four stars but it’s only because I’m lazy and it’s fucking massive to walk and look at and between the escalators and square footage it feeds my desire and love of books, entertainment and magic!!! Ahahaha but it gets a 5 star review for the amazing selection of products!!! Honestly, I love calling in and placing stuff on hold. They have the most helpful staff and I’ve made the managers laugh a few times with my lack of filter. I am not joking when I say, this location is probably the best. Oh and hella fucking clean, I don’t even know how they do it !!! Also, largest selection of sailor moon characters! Thanks for having an awesome store!!!

This Barnes and nobles is definitely one of the larger ones I’ve been to. That being said, it’s located next to the northgate mall which makes it a prime location for parents to take their children during a much needed coffee break. Some of these children are quite wound up and tired from walking around the mall all day.
Asides from the screaming children, the book selection at this location seems to be endless! They have nearly every novel that I’ve looked for or have been accommodating enough to have the book at the store by the time I arrive (~1 day after ordering).

I spent no more than 20 minutes in here, most of the books are way overpriced, even though Canada is way more expensive. They’re having a 50% off sale, however, I struggled to find anything to adopt to bring home. First time making a Seattle trip and not bringing any books back home. Customer service was friendly. They had all the titles I was looking for just not at the respectable prices I wanted to pay.

As a chikld, my father introduced me to books and I have had a lifetime experience. Books have always been a part of my life and I have no patience for someone who doesnt read. I have gained a great deal of kn owlege to books and some workshops. And let me tell you I visit Barnes and Nob le up in Northgate… once a week and it is a very good location for an old goat like me. The staff there is exrremely helpful and I had a book on
was available and behind the counter. However, i do have one major complaint… the checkout line is always crowded and sometimes they just have one casher on and that sometimes can be very inconveint for
old goats love their expresso bar and try some of the cheescake. The cheesecake is just so awesome and I have put on a few pounds. ANd the magazine section is just so fantastic… there is magazines for every interest.however.I do wish that they would have more magazines on astrology because lately… they have been hard to get. The peop[e behind the coffee counter also get ‘10 hats for the way that they handled this extremely busy day and she got me my cheesecake. If you want to spend a good afternoon browsing… like old goats like me do… go to Barnes and Noble and while you are there check out the clearance and journals and sales books also. Barne

Service here has always been good for me. I’m usually approached by a sales associate while I am browsing.
Seating here seems more limited that at other Barnes and Noble bookstores I have been too. I am not sure why.
The checkout line is also usually fairly long.
The selection here is also a bit spotty. I always do a check on the website for any books I’m looking to purchase prior to going in the store.

Just want to rage at Barnes and Noble. Went over there to look for the second book in a trilogy. (The third book is voted as the best fantasy book of 2014 by Goodreads.) Go to the fantasy/​sci-​fi section, not a thing there. Use the electronic kiosk to look it up. They say it’s in regular Fiction, and it’s clearly not regular fiction, but ok, (and it very clearly specifies it’s in stock at this point). Well it’s not there either, so I go downstairs (this is a two-​story B&N).
There’s no one at the customer service desk. I ask the cashier for help, he looks it up and says it’s on one of the tables. So I go back upstairs, look at every table, and don’t find it. Walk the whole area again and make sure to look at the shelves on the end of the aisles. Surprise! It’s not there.
So I go BACK DOWNSTAIRS, and ask the cashier if he can call someone to the customer service desk (cashier admitted he was seasonal and didn’t know a ton about the floor). So the guy shows up, I ask him again, telling him where I’ve already looked. He looks it up and asks which one I’m looking for. He says, «no it’s not in stock». I ask where the other ones are. He replies, «Well actually there aren’t any here.» Weird, I said, since the kiosk said they were in stock. «Oh, that just means whether it’s available to ship.» I was done arguing at this point, but the kiosk very clearly had «available to ship» and «in stock» as different things. Well when will it be in? «An order is on it’s way but I don’t know if it’ll be on it.»
WOW. Very helpful. Thanks. No, I don’t want to order it. Who orders books from B&N storefronts? The only reason I’m paying you cover price is because I want it RIGHT NOW. If I wanted to wait for it to ship I’m use Amazon and save at least 10% if not half the cover price on a gently used one.
B&N in general never has a great selection of popular fantasy. Wish I could depend on an indie store to actually stock any consistent series of newer fantasy, but alas, I guess I’ll just order stuff online.

This is my sanctuary with countless books, magazines and wonderful staff but limited chairs:)

This is a really good location. It’s two floors and has a ton of inventory. Staff is helpful enough: I called ahead to have a book put on hold and the obliged. I found it waiting at the counter.
In a world where e-​books are slowly taking over, it’s great to find an arcade of books like this one. It’s no Copperfield’s or craft book store, but it’s a good solid Barnes and Noble that makes up for it’s depth with breadth.
I found a rather obscure copy of a book my Henri Nouwen here. I think I’ll being going back. Also, the mall this location is situated in has a lot of great stores. Panera is right next store.
Parking is ample and Northgate is notoriously safe as a neighborhood. Kids were running around and all types of people were out shopping. Some homeless people were on the corners surrounding the location, but they seemed nice:)

One of my favorite places on a rainy day. Unfortunately, I’m one of the people who are contributing to their demise. I love flipping through and looking for interesting books that I’ll later find for cheaper on Amazon. I’M SO SORRY B&N!!! As a result, I try to buy things occasionally and support the Starbucks as much as I can.
They do have friendly staff and a large variety of books and magazines that I look through for hours. It would be nice if Amazon would give part of it’s proceeds to B&N if I bought a book from them based on my browsing at B&N. Just a thought!

This store is HUGE! A lot of books is always great!
Met a BFF here and we browsed for hours. I asked for help looking for a particular children’s book, and the employee knew right where it was and walked me over to it. Found a stash of books on sale and bought a new paperback on travel for $ 2.
We oogled over the music magazines, and no one hassled us about it or told us to buy something vs. standing there reading them all like teenagers.
Joked around with security, and the cashier was friendly too.
Will be back!

Lacking staff, always a line at the front. I had enough time to scan each item into Amazon and see the price online was lower. I added each item into my cart while staring at the one cashier… I ended up putting buying most of the stuff online and walked out with one thing.
They need to step it up. You have 6 – 7 registers, employees randomly hanging out ignoring customers (never once did anyone check on me or even say hi).
Sad this place used to be amazing with their service. :(

This review is SOLELY for their Starbucks. Good food, good people, friendly staff. I’ll be back!

Catching up on some reading. I just love hanging out at Barnes & Noble as we share the name sadly no relationdhip. Reading is a big part of my life — knowledge is power! The best part of the store is the lounge area.

I love bookstores.
Staff here has always been kind/​friendly (though the people in the kids section could be a little friendlier when the littlest kids toddle by).
But there isn’t anything specific that makes this place a ‘stand out’ over the one in Woodinville or Bellevue.

This one is one of my fave places because of many different things. First of all, there’s two floors of books which will cater to almost anybody that love books just as much as I do. I used to live close to the area and when I can, stop on by and see what books they have which I might ended up buying. It seem to sometimes happen when I saw what interest me and would buy it.
Besides just catering to adults and teens, there is an area for kids to just relax and look at the toys and books that they have there. Chairs for kids to sit on and the staffs are nice as well.
Store is always neat and tidy as well as quiet. Whenever you are in the area, check this location out. Another bonus is free parking. It’s definitely a sweet deal here.

Good location in the Northgate mall. The layout at first wasn’t that great when I walked in. But after walking around and seeing how everything was laid out I was able to find a pocket dictionary/​thesaurus.
The coffee shop in there was busy with students having group sessions and some other older people just hanging out and reading books or newspapers.
Staff was nice though not many people were there working on a Sunday. Must have been that beautiful weather we’ve been having.

People may still read books but does anyone still buy books in paper form and in the store anymore? I will say this if you are looking for a place to go study or work it is great because it is always pretty quiet. The café (Starbucks coffee with more food than Starbucks) has a great selection of food, drinks and pastries. There still are books if you decide that you want to browse around and buy those (for those non-​Amazon people), and the entire center of teh first floor is dedicated to the Nook eReader. So from a customer perspective this is great. Now from a business perspective I don’t know how great it is to have a store where everyone comes to a giant two floor store to buy things from the café and read magazines for free. So I will end this review by saying Enjoy It While it Lasts. I think Barnes and Noble is going the way of the VCR.

I have been to this location a few times but this is my first review. A B&N is a B&N, the reason I like this one is mainly due to the lighting, it is the only store I have been in with this much lighting! Really!!!
I felt the main purpose of the staff was selling those Nooks that seem to take the center stage. Honestly I couldn’t find staff anywhere else in that whole store. What is up with the guys in suits standing by the door?
This location has the largest selection of foreign language books I have found in the area B&N’s.
As always, I price compare with amazon when I shop here. Then again I just enjoy going to the book store.

Yes I am giving them 2 stars. I’ve tried to find books, and mind you they’re not the hard to find ones. This location simply doesn’t carry what I want.
The layout is like any other B&N, but why does it feel different? It seems a lot smaller too. The staff are ok, some don’t care, and some are really helpful. I was clearly looking for something and was trying to flag someone down, but I had a staff member ignore me and went on their merry way. Rude! And why is there a bathroom only on the 2^nd floor? It’s also not as well maintained.