The Friends of the Library books store is an amazing second hand book store for a town that does…read morenot have a book store. If you are a quilter, there are hundreds of quilt books and other crafting books. The staff are very helpful. They are very organized...You can find what you're looking for easily. They have large print section too and jig saw puzzles, childrens' books, cookbooks, videos and DVDS. Don't show up if you have a time crunch, you'll want to poke around.

Truly a wonderful Library. Wow! It's big, well organized, Quiet areas to study & helpful staff…read more Thank you. I use the library all the time to simply catch up on my Email, make copies of items and to just relax and get caught up with life. The staff is very helpful and considerate. So thank you!

Love love love the concept of this place, very mellow yet classy! My partner and I enjoyed looking…read morearound at new books of interest while waiting for our food, we had ordered a charcuterie board and it was filling and I enjoyed going here!! I do wish they had more of a variety of meats for the board, but everything was exceptional! I will say the grapes weren't the freshest, but everything else makes up for it! I do like their hummus that we got for the side and the martini is delicious as always, can't go wrong with that! They had seasoned roasted macadamias and those were very yummy!! The walnuts tasted freshly cracked and not bitter whatsoever and service is great! While exploring around I found out the book I just read has a sequel because of their displays, so that was neat! There was live music and the space was bigger than I had expected, upstairs with children's, games, and history!

Really cool book store and restaurant. We did not dine there but wanted to check it out. There…read morewere many people eating inside at the different tables. Very cool concept. There were wines, drinks and charcuterie plates available. Staff was very cordial and ready to answer any questions. Love the vibe and total air of sophistication. Will return to dine in and soak in the tranquility.

The book collection is old. Needs better collection development. One staff member is rude and bossy.read more

I am removing one star for rudeness. I had to call the other day in order to renew my books. The…read moreemployee who answered the phone was annoyed that she had to do her job. Chill- you work in a library, possibly the most stress free workplace on earth. Speaking of those books, when we originally attempted to check them out, the lady in the kids' room was rude, too. She acted like I wasn't there, and kept on talking with her friends. I could not tell if her friends were employees or patrons. She finally said that she could not check me out, and told me that I could go the self-check-out kiosk or go upstairs to get checked out. I asked her how to do the self thing, and she showed me the kiosk. I stared at it for several long seconds before telling her that I would go upstairs. Tell me: why do they need a self-check-out if they have time to endlessly yak it up and there are never more than six people in the kids' room at a time, not counting employees? Libraries should feel inviting, not alienating.

Public and private research libraries on Good to Ivy League -caliber quality campuses are always an…read moreinspiraional place to get both professional, non-scholarly remote work completed , although as another reviewer alluded to I am often distracted by the dozens and dozens of current, high-quality, peer reviewed and widely respected esoteric, more prosaic, and historic journals concerning every imaginable niche topic grouped under broader umbrellas of familiar branches of higher learning, for example, "Cancer Discovery," sounds straightforward enough ( until you see the amount of footnotes and almost spill your coffee. Too pedestrian? Traverse the grand , dark oak bookshelf -lined walls of the Grand Reading Room and pick a "Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , " a journal about as thick as an Atlanta Phone book and grab a seat to perhaps read about best practices for proper hand washing in the maleria -choked jungles of Borneo? Nope! Highlights include: "Polymorphisms in Cytochrome P450 genes: implications for Plasmodium vivax malaria" treatment in Brazil

I am not affiliated with Furman's library in any way. Yet it is open for me to peruse the books and…read moreto use the space and free wifi for studying. There is a fine selection of literature and lots of tables. Park by the chapel and walk across the green to the library. Patrons can take out a lending card for about 50 dollars.

What an adorable local library. If you have a buncombe address, you can go to any so we opted for…read morethis one last week as it was the closest. Pleased to find an open lot, easy entrance and an adorable exterior. Lots of benches, ads for local events and wildflowers. What a library should show, in my opinion. Looks like this is a true community space we need to show love for. The staff were so welcoming and kind. We got cards here and it was simple (just have a license from the area or a license and some mail). The books were plentiful and well organized. Kids section was inviting and adorable. Overall an excellent experience.

It's everything I want in an older, outdated library. Have normal expectations and you won't be…read moredisappointed. Very friendly staff, decently stock books and rotating selections. I enjoy this library very much.

It's a beautiful library with all the latest innovations and when the book return works it's a…read morebrilliant idea. It's just extremely frustrating when the library is closed and the book return is broken because there's absolutely no way at all to return a book which is the last thing we do before we fly overseas.

This is a beautiful library; BUT the staff leave much to be desired. They do NOT and WILL not go…read moreabove and beyond to assist you . . .minimum, if that. And forget about asking for assistance, for anything, before they close. They are just waiting to close the door and shut off the lights. They will use the time before close to walk around asking each other, can we do this, do we have time before we close . . . as you stand there waiting for one of them to simply fill the request and assist. . . Then, OOPS, it is 6pm - nothing works now, sorry, time to go - and they walk away without concern . . .SMH. More customer service and staff training needed, for sure.

I always enjoy going to the library. You can find a place to sit, find a magazine and sit and…read moreread. The staff is always so helpful. I have a problem checking out my books but they are so helpful in checking out my materials. I never have had to look for them. Someone is always at the desk, ready to help me.

Noisy! Noisy with people shouting and arguing, children screaming ...staff do absolutely nothing…read morebut if an adult dare sit in the teen or children's section which has furniture other than hard wooden chairs, the security guard will rush up and threaten to throw you out. The library needs to be demolished and a homeless center built in its place.