Barnes & Noble — Local services in Huntington Beach

My girlfriend and I attended an event last night, with author Grady Hendrix, at this Barnes & Noble location. We drove up from San Diego, so a little bit of a commute, but we were excited to do so for Hendrix, and to see this amazing B&N location. The event was very organized and well-run by all the staff. Unfortunately, we arrived pretty late, so we were seated far back. When it came time to get books signed, it was done row by row, so we would not be up for quite a while. I think there were ~200 attendees, so even if everyone only took a minute, it would still be over a couple of hours. Given how late it would be when we arrived home, we opted to miss out on the opportunity to meet Hendrix. We were both bummed about not getting our books (we brought our two favorites from home) signed, but were still pleased with the event and the evening. On the way out, an employee named Linnea stopped us, having heard our dilemma, and said that they could hold onto our books, get them signed, and then ship them back to us. It was so above and beyond - we almost felt bad taking the offer, since it seemed like it would just be creating work for Linnea and/or someone else. She insisted it was totally okay and they were happy to do it, so we left our books and contact info.

It was already a fantastic night with an amazing author and fun environment. Linnea and all the other staff working the event took it so much further and made it a night we'll always remember fondly. We don't live close to Huntington Beach, but we absolutely plan on coming back another time to explore the store more and support it however we can. This location is an absolute gem, the staff are clearly talented at what they do, and they deserve all the support and love. We were already die-hard book lovers and B&N frequenters, but this only affirmed our love for the store. Thank you to the staff for all...

BnN is part of our once a month Saturday (or sometimes Sunday) "trinity" along with Cheesecake Factory (next door) and J.Crew Factory (across the parking lot). This bookstore is huge and has a great selection of everything, e.g., books, magazines, music, toys, games, etc. I also love how it has STEM-based products for young students.

The employees are also amazingly friendly, knowledgeable, and engaging. My Daughter’s teacher had asked her to read to her class's beginning readers, and Alex took the time to help her choose books to celebrate Black History Month, Asian Heritage, and Mother Nature. The books were so great that my Daughter's teacher ended up reading all 3 books to the entire class herself!

Malia (sp?) is also immensely engaging, and actually spoke to my Daughter about To Kill a Mockingbird (not to be ostentatious, but my Daughter is an advanced reader for her grade), that I was planning on reading to her, which intrigued her more about the book.

Writing this review makes me want to go there today just to hang out, and maybe even converse with some of the employees. The library is closed on Sundays anyways....

What can I say I recommend you to anybody the store and very very beautiful store on the inside is very clean everything is very organized people were very nice and polite they greeted you they treated you with respect they treated everybody with respect I seen that's what I was watching for just to know because it's my first time being in this store with my daughter I went with her because she loves to read books and she got me a book it's a really cool book it's called Laramie north of Laramie it's about it's about a sheriff that did a lot for Laramie and Kansas City back in the cowboy days his name was Wyatt Earp and he is so handsome he was so handsome anyway but yeah it's about a town called Laramie also and I love Laramie cowboy show Eric anybody to look it up and there's books on it too if you love Cowboys you love this alrighty then that's biscuit what I can say give you five stars all the way good job people we will be seeing you soon signed...