Barnes & Noble

Smell.
When you walk in the smell of a Barnes & Noble Store is unlike anthing — not like what used to be Borders, not like when you walk into the area where you order your books through Amazon, unlike anything. You want to find the nearest floor space and just hunker down and enjoy the feel of being in a living room with your favorite book.
It is so incredibly sad to see Barnes & Noble leaving this downtown D.C. location, I always stop here when I visit and it is a haven in the middle of the city.
Being able to stop and shop the remains of what is a closing sale was a great opportunity for gifts for next year but sad just the same. I have been lucky through the years to be able to frequent this location for many reasons. CLosing the book on this location will not be easy.

Greay selection of book and best of all Starbucks in there! Keeps the bookworms topped up with caffeine!
The toilet is clean too.

Beautiful location! 2 stories with a Starbucks inside. Staff is exceptionally kind. Attend Bishop Jakes book signing and the staff handled the day with not one problem. Very professional and caring. The book store is very clean and awesome atmosphere. !!!

A dying breed… bookstores… so PLEASE «occasionally» buy something?
Whenever the family wants to hit the museums, guess who ends up driving them there and dropping them off? *All you nits who say, just ride Metro obviously have not encountered the infamous 20 – 30 minute delays when you just miss the train as the conductor gleefully shuts the door in your face AND the utter lack of A/​C!!!“
After dropping off the family early on a weekend, just drive right over to this B&N and easily find parking right in front. It literally only took me about 5 minutes after dropping them off at the National Museum of Natural History.
This place is huge and roomy. A great café’ upstairs with plenty of seating and friendly help is always at hand.
Again: please try to buy something occasionally? Do we really want this LAST book chain to go under in the future?

Visiting from the UK… finally got to go in Barnes & Noble… choice of books is fantastic, staff here were friendly. Toilets were clean. Wide choice of non book items. Shame there was not enough chairs for my husband to sit down while I browsed the books, most were taken by teenagers. Would visit again.

First review as newly anointed Unilocal Elite! How exciting to have that badge now and part of the family. Now back to business.
Had to be in DC so stopped by Barnes and Nobles at this 12^th Street location to get some work done. Haven’t been here in years and the store is pretty dated but still a nice location to get some books to read or work in the café. Unlike the B&N in Rockville that has sensors where you can’t take any books into (right Mike B.?), this one is a little more welcoming. In fact, I saw a homeless man reading a few books for several hours and then leaving it on the table. Security guards roam around constantly so I feel so safe lol.
Got here early around 9:30 so the café was pretty empty, which means plenty of outlet plugs for me to choose from to plug up my laptop, iPad, and iphone. Score! The outlets are like gold here and I can see people eyeing me the whole time, waiting for me to leave so they could take my spot. I was afraid to go to the bathroom to leave my stuff cuz I might lose my seat! By the way, the outlets seem overused so plugging in is a hassle for some spots as your plug tends to fall out cuz the holes are loose. Oh there’s free wifi too!
Ordered a turkey maple sandwich/​wrap which was gross, turkey was dry and wrap seemed stale. Café Macchiato didn’t taste the same as they do in the «real Starbucks». It was actually really bad. Should have went to the real one across the street. These seem fake to me cuz you can’t use your Starbucks member card. However, it’s relatively nice to sit and work while enjoying the hustle and bustle of the city. Members get 10% off their purchases as well as other special promos.
The Good:
— nice café area to bring your laptop to work or just mingle
— free wifi
— can bring books into café
— members get 10% off and other promos (food and books!)
— books everywhere — just look it’s in a book!
The Bad:
— lacking in outlets, get there early. Loose outlet holes
— bad Dr. Seuss collection, missing way too many of the other books
— can’t get your Starbucks rewards here… I think?
The Ugly:
— bathrooms are wet, gross
— food is terrible, tastes like reheated food
— coffee is gross, go to Real Starbucks

As much as I enjoy checking out books through
and reading on my Kindle, the experience can never compare to browsing books at a place like Barnes and Noble. In my opinion, this is one of the last few bastions of hope for book lovers who enjoy flipping through the latest covers and inhaling that new paper smell in the air. I hope that this establishment remains and soldiers on despite the creeping expanse of the latest technology tools. Anyhoo, back to the reasons why I love this place. In addition to the books, they also have a decent selection of journals, art pads, random gifts, and cards. As for the greeting cards, they are one of the few retailers that sell those fancy ones that contain pop-​up art. This branch has two levels — the first one is sort of like a random smattering of non-​book items and books. I did not get to go upstairs, but my husband (who went with me) claims that they have a huge space upstairs with the more instructional books and magazines. On the downside, while I wanted to buy this one book on my last visit, the cover had one minor scratch and that gooey mark from the sticker tag; and it was the only copy they have. Despite this one disappointment, I will definitely be back and spend more time getting lost here.

This is a review for the Café upstairs that serves Starbucks coffee, food, and desserts.
I received the absolute worst customer service that I have ever experienced. The cashier was extremely unprofessional, rude, and no help at all when asking questions about the menu. This is an independently run café that serves Starbucks and you’d be better off going up the street to the real Starbucks where their employees know the proper way to address and treat a customer. If you’re reading this, Courtney G.– you should consider a job where you do not interract with people in any capacity considering your lack of social skills and human courtesy in general.

As one of the last (or seemingly so) free standing bookstores in the area, I am showing my support for this Barnes & Noble. Nestled on two floors, this B&N houses magazines, books, nooks, and gadgets for the bibliophile. On the first floor are magazines and travel books and registers. On the second floor is a pretty expansive café area, which is usually full of patrons enjoying their reading materials and charging their devices. Some bring work to do; others find it a setting to catch up.
I find that the place feels a little old and run down but it still maintains the charm of a relatively quiet escape. I like reading magazines and looking through books here because I am not on a screen and not in the hustle and bustle of the city. I can usually find somewhere to sit although the security has made it known sitting on the floor is not acceptable.
My limited interactions with the staff here over the last 2+ years has been positive, and I see them helping customers so all in all, I’m a fan.

Pretty standard Barnes and Noble. I appreciated that there were plenty of staff around to help with questions. I was also impressed by the large selection of children’s books involving teaching foreign languages.

This store is a sad reflection of what B&N has become. First floor is almost all cheap Chinese-​made tchtchkes bound eventually for the landfill. Second floor selection of books is presented with complete indifference. The service IS decent, however.

I want to write this review for Jonathan W. Who works as a barista at the Starbucks within Barnes and Noble. I ordered a strawberries and crème frap extra thick (as with previous posts NO one gets this correct) but Jonathan did. AMAZING!!! Not only was it flavorful, it was not watery at all. I have an 1 ½ hr bus ride home and it lasted through the whole ride still THICK. I will find out his schedule and walk the 2 blocks for this frap!

Great selection great staff very knowledgeable and polite. Clean eatery to sit back and chill with your selection. If you need a book they’ll get it for you.

Nice to read a magazine on a cold day. Not very many places to plug in chargers in café, compared to other B & N’s I’ve been to.

It’s everything you would expect from a B&N in the city. It’s two stories, with the café and kid’s area up top. Travel section (my favorite!) on the ground level is pretty small, sadly.
I have found the sales associates to be really friendly and helpful, so that is a plus. But the café isn’t really great. I know, it’s a bookstore, not a café, so I don’t know how fair it is to base my rating partly on that, but… it contributes to the vibe. The last time I went, it took forever to get my drink, and my cookie was completely forgotten. After waiting for a while and realizing I had simply been forgotten, I brought it up to the barista, who then questioned whether or not I actually ordered one until I pulled out my receipt and showed her that I had just paid for it… sheesh.
In all, a good store in a great location in the city.

Even I don’t really like going to any business in Washington, DC. But I here on a Friday. This Barnes and Noble nice. Double deck with a upper floor. They a very good service. They have many wonderful stuff for sale. Starbucks on property. But thank god I didn’t had a close and counter from one of the people who ask for money. They have a very good bible book section. Also comic books and more. Even it was nice. But I will not what to come back again.

I feel really bad because I can’t remember the young lady’s name who assisted me when at this store. I’m more of an ebook guy but I wanted to find my daughter some good bed time stories.
Even though my daughter is only 16 months I wanted bedtime stories that could spark her imagination with an actual story rather than a simple sentence such as «Good night moon.»
The young lady was able to find me a Disney book that contained over 200 pages worth of stories. She did this really fast too as I had to be back to work.
They also ran and got me a reading light while I was in the checkout line.

I attended a book signing event at this Barnes and Noble. The signing event was very organized. They had a table and chairs set up for the authors and then seating for people attending the event on the second level of the store. I had purchased books from
because I had previously called to double check that books purchased online from Barnes and Noble could be signed at the event. I was able to show them the receipt from my online purchase and get bracelets for the signing event. The second floor area was quiet and we were able to easily hear the authors speak and then answer questions from the audience. The line for the book signing was very organized and this Barnes and Noble location did a great job organizing this event.

***This is a standard Barnes & Noble with a decent selection for an in-​the-​city Barnes & Noble; there are two floors***
I am not sure what the parking situation is around here, but I imagine there are a few pay parking lots.

To bad I’m starting the out by saying I really miss Borders. Ok, now you know, I prefer them I can finish. Barnes and Noble is ok. They are a little pricy for my liking, but so is everything else today. The last few times Ive been here, people were nice. Since, this is the only book store in the area, I guess I have to go back.
But, I could always use Amazon to buy books.