Barnes & Noble — Local services in City of Syracuse

The store is a quite a bit smaller than the average B&N, but they still carry a good variety. It's also mostly books, whereas the full stores have a lot more toys,games, magazines, collectibles, etc. And of course there's no café.

Another reviewer was exaggerating in my opinion about how small the aisles are. Yes, they're smaller but I wouldn't consider them much smaller than my local B&N. This is coming from someone who is on the bigger side as well.

The store has a very cozy feel to it, and feels more like a local bookstore vs. a chain bookstore.

The employees are really nice and helpful.

Overall it's really nice to have a bookstore in the mall again, just don't go expecting it to be a full size store or to...

Nice to see a bookstore in the mall. Surprised to see a bookstore science-fiction section lacking Douglas Adams, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Philip K Dick -- almost altogether [a sum of two books seen by any, as of 7/8/25]. There are more than 42 reasons why this is inappropriate, these are among the "Foundation" of such a section, and just what I...

Nice to have it in the mall, but the store is cramped, and the selection is very small and somewhat oddly chosen. Books were not in the correct sections at times, which made it hard to find things. Ok if you’re not looking for anything in particular, but if you’re looking for a specific book you probably won’t...