Ottakar’s

This store has now been re-​named Waterstones. Its a wonderful book shop with fiction of all sorts and childrens books downstairs.
Upstairs [accessed by stairs or excalator] has reference books on all kinds of subjects and comfy sofas to sit on while you glance through your prospective purchases.
There is a Costa coffee, with several tables of varying sizes and if you are lucky, and fancy some people watching, you might get the table facing along Fremlin Walk towards Week Street. The aroma of fresh coffee is lovely and invites you to linger. As its situated in the bookshop, its a much quieter and more relaxing experience than the Costa coffee a few doors away.
The staff are helpful, but one thing that does annoy me a bit, is that some books aren’t marked with a price, which means you need to go to the till to get it checked.