Le Bookshop — Local services in Montpellier

Went out of my way to find this place because I’m out of books and was needing books in English. I already was unimpressed by the selection of books as they just weren’t that good but I was going to buy a few anyway so I could have reading on the train. There are books for kids and while I was looking for books for myself, my daughter of course was reading a kids book as is commonplace in a bookstore. The lady told my 6 year old daughter and I “we can’t just let people read books for free, if she’s not going to buy it she can’t look through a book” and didn’t let her sit next to me with a book while I looked for mine outside where there were books and tables. Epitome of white feminism, thinking they’re progressive but really very unoriginal and hyper-capitalistic (which I could already tell from the book collection honestly). Never in my life have I heard of a bookstore telling kids they can’t browse through books while their parents look to buy. I was going to buy several books despite nothing really appealing to me that strongly, but I’d rather look out the window on the train than support a performative...

Today , I visited this place with a friend who is a regular here. She suggested this place to me because of a good atmosphere but I was very dissappointed with the behaviour of the staff.We stayed there for a good one hour or more. We bought beverages as well during our time there as well as three books . My friend was going through a book from a section and after a while the lady came to say that we cannot read it as it is new and very expensive, in a rude way. Now, the section from where we picked the book never showed a sign saying do not browse through these nor was there any price tag attached to the book. And it is so weird to say don't read , as you cannot really read a whole book in that short time. I hope they find a less offensive way to tell their customers what to do, or just put up a simple sign saying...

its a café and a book shop, lovely decoration, full of details, the staff gave me a tour around the place, well i were looking for a place to work and they showed me around, there were a crochet meeting where a groupe of ladies were quietely working on their pieaces, i would definitly go back for the books and the atmosphere, but not to work as the basement didn't have cell coverage, nor wi fi, beside it was so difficult to find a charging plug. there is something i wish i would have found, which is more selection of their pasteries, the card payment starts with 5 euro's, i was quite dissaponted at this point as i didn't find an intresting selection to order of , at that time only Cake aux myrtilles, (plain cake) and cookies, i had to buy 2 cookies i didn't eat to be...