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Barnes & Noble UK Bookstore and Cafe
Books, gifts, tech, and a Starbucks moment in Lexington.
4.3
Retail Store
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Books, gifts, tech, and a Starbucks moment in Lexington.
Barnes & Noble UK Bookstore and Cafe in Lexington, Kentucky offers a wide book selection alongside school supplies, apparel, baby and pet items, and home goods. The store spans upstairs and downstairs, with an upstairs focus on books and textbooks and a downstairs area featuring UK/Wildcats merchandise, tech gadgets, and gifts. A Starbucks cafe with outdoor seating sits on the main level, and staff are noted as helpful with short lines.
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Comprehensive selection of academic textbooks for University of Kentucky courses, available for purchase or rental with price matching.
Wide variety of books including manga, science fiction, history, and bestsellers, with themed displays for major series.
Extensive collection of apparel, gifts, and souvenirs featuring University of Kentucky logos and themes.
Full-service Starbucks offering coffee, beverages, and snacks with indoor and outdoor seating areas.
Selection of school essentials, tech gadgets, and accessories including brands like Beats and Apple.
Helpful staff available to assist with book searches, special orders, and general inquiries.
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Overall rating
Aubrey Logan-Holland
A bit confusing when you walk inside, this was my first time in a Barnes and Nobles on a College campus.
Duane Holloman
Nice bookstore, but a little on the pricey side. Good coffee shop. Clean
Greg Cooke
THE PLACE to get your UK swag!!!
Purplextra
While the area is labelled as a cafe and bookstore it’s clear that it’s more interested in being the UK gift shop. The store is separated into an upstairs and downstairs, both of which are very large areas. Even with how large the areas are, only about an eighth of the downstairs room is dedicated to a Starbucks cafe and the rest being UK/Wildcats merchandise. As for the upstairs, it fares better than its counterpart downstairs as at least more than half of it is a dedicated area to buy and rent textbooks. Asides from that, the area is separated into different sections. The books, school supplies, technology, and a small area for Legos. About sixty percent of the non-textbook area has other books like manga, science fiction, history, and other such and they do a good job at covering their bases and having a variety of options available. They also have themed stands for major series like Harry Potter and StarWars as well as a stand for BookTok selections. The school supplies and technology areas are far smaller with the tech area being bigger than the school supplies area. While I do appreciate the variety of books there are as well as the technology and school supplies areas, the shop is clearly more catered to be a gift shop for the sports teams. While I’m fine with this on the surface, I also find it disappointing that so much of the shop is dedicated to this when it’s not even labeled as a gift shop, shoving aside the books and the cafe when that’s the literal title of the area.
SayorYEET Beems
Pretty alright. Very costly for what you get and the service you receive, tho.
Tom Morres
Quick, friendly, and reliable.
