Long time customer here ! Incredibly friendly staff who go above and beyond to help their…read morecustomers. My go to place to buy all my scale figures. Small location but this is their warehouse. They also own Anime Store Near Me in Walnut Creek which is a fantastic store !

This is a small place. They have a bigger location. It does have some inventory, but I was not sure…read moreif anyone was working. No one ever came out to greet, nor was there a cashier. I was there for quite some time and never saw anyone. It is a small shop, so I figured they were doing other things. The items are limited (no kamen rider or super sentai items). It had plenty of model kits, and the tools actually have notes made by the store to show what the item is good for. Overall, it's a nice small store. It definitely not much compared to their bigger store. If you want model kits and small anime figures, this store has it.

The staff was helpful, accommodating, and fun to talk about books with! I'm happy to have…read morediscovered another local small bookstore in my area.

ORINDA BOOKS stocks dozens of interesting books that never made the NY Times list. Beyond the usual…read morefiction bestsellers, they stock so much more: non fiction, calendars, gardening, poetry, memoirs, and art books galore! And tucked in the corner is an inviting place to join a monthly book club discussion. This is a community treasure!

Not so many of these shops around the area, so we're pretty lucky to have Anime Store Near Me…read more Also, great for Google searches if people search for an anime store near them? Anyways, the daughter wanted to check this place out to get something for her friend's birthday; unfortunately, they didn't have the items/characters she was looking for. We browsed around, and it seems that a lot of the store is focused on modeling kits - lots of those, Gundam, paints, tools, etc. They have some aisles for plushies and other soft characters / mascots, etc., and some for figurines as well. They also have limited selection of those lottery things where you pay for a ticket, reveal what the ticket has and get that "prize." One of the things that caught our eyes were their mystery / blind boxes. Gambling! My daughter ended up getting a few of those, but sadly some repeats. Bad luck haha. Noticed they had a couple sets of Labubu for sale as well, but similar to a lot of stuff here, they were heavily marked up. For instance, when we went, Have a Seat was $65 a box and Big Energy or something was $85 a box. Wowzers! Crazy how there is such a hype, but they are hard to get, so desperate consumers would pay desperate prices I suppose. There was also a table of mystery bags. There is a hint to which character or anime or contents as well. None of those really caught our eyes, but maybe someday!

The store itself was super fun, but it's pretty disappointing that I paid $35 for a Spy x Family…read moremystery bag and got a figure that literally has a price tag STILL ATTACHED that's less than what I paid for the "mystery bag".

One year later and this review still stands! The older woman behind the counter is always so sour…read more I had to pop into this store recently since I didn't have time to go elsewhere and I regretted it immediately. They have so much potential but they just don't care.

Me and my friend walked into the store just looking to just look around (no hoodies on or anything)…read moreand she rudely asked us if we needed anything. we moved farther back in the store and she followed us more toward the back when we were just looking at the pool footballs and she had followed us back there again and asked if we need anything, we said no and she rudely asked what we were doing and we said just browsing. I don't like to look at things this way but I feel like she was being racist because I was black. After I told her we were just looking around she then told my friend to give her his Safeway bag that he got when we bought candy he gave her the bag and we got it back crumpled up when we left. SHE WAS DEFINITELY RACIST. DONT GO

This is the perfect store to buy toys, gifts for kids, or teacher school supplies! So thankful we…read morehave a Lakeshore Learning store here! The toys from here last forever - they're meant to since most of these are used in classrooms/schools. Quality and long-lasting toys mean that you can give them away to family members or friends later, and they'll still be of great quality! As a tutor, this is an excellent store to buy quality teaching supplies (laminator, cardboard paper, glue sticks, gems, etc.). On some weekends, they offer fun/free arts & crafts activities for kids - keep an eye out for the store flyer or texts/emails for these events. They always have sample toy sets out for kids to play with or try out before buying - perfect to keep their little hands busy while parents/teachers shop! They have lots of sales or coupons throughout the year as well. The staff is so kind and helpful - shoutout to the team for their continuous quick assistance and support! Parking lot is small, but we never have trouble finding parking.

Lakeshore Learning Store is my go-to for fun, quality, educational toys for my friends' kids. The…read moreprices are generally fair and they have quite a bit of sales that go on. The workers are always friendly and very helpful when I visit. Note: The parking lot is a bit tiny, but I've never had trouble finding parking.

One day I was driving around the street, my child and I saw a huge pikachu outside of its store…read more That's how we knew this store. From that day on, we visited here every other time. My child loves pokemon card. So, we have been visited to several pokemon card stores (and collectibles stores as well) in bay area. We love this store the most. It's clean and the price is acceptable.

Located on Contra Costa, closer to the Willow Pass intersection area, and just before Szechuan…read moreGarden headed towards the Sun Valley Mall direction. On occasion, they will have their giant inflated Pikachu right out in front of the little shopping center area, so you can't miss it when that happens. What do they sell here? Kind of a little bit of everything really. There's toys, plushies, video games, models, figures, and of course Pokemon cards along with other stuff. Lots of fun stuff for all, and for all ages too as they have quite a bit of retro stuff floating around here. The place does remind me quite a bit of the kind of set-up I would see in Japan and stuff, where display cases are all over, with stuff just sprawled out inside of them for people to look and peruse over. There really aren't too many of these places like this anywhere nowadays. Good nostalgia just from that perspective. Makes it fun. How is the pricing of everything? Actually reasonable for most things I saw here. There were some things that seemed to be fairly overpriced, but it was mainly for the rarer stuff which is understandable, but still pretty far over the market price elsewhere (online and such). But the general stuff sold here were all fair enough for a physical store. The service here, I actually didn't really interact with them much. While I was walking around the store I did hear customers converse with the staff and it seemed friendly enough, so I assume it's fine. They seemed eager to help when people walked up to the counter-adjacent areas, so there's that. Though I didn't walk out with anything the first time I visited the place, finally, I certainly almost wanted to grab something quite a few times as I was making my way through there. Will definitely be back at some point later.

This is one of my favorite Barnes & Noble locations to visit when I'm in Walnut Creek. The store is…read morevery spacious with a great selection of books. I really like that the lower level is mostly dedicated to kids and teens, but also includes a large selection of vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, and movies. There's even a cute little choo-choo train where kids can sit and read, which is such a nice touch. The store has two entrances and two separate checkout areas, which helps a lot on busier days. Service is always good, and the staff is consistently helpful when it comes to searching for specific books. A well-organized, welcoming location that I always enjoy stopping into.

This visit was a lot better than our last. On a drizzly, Monday evening, not very many visitors and…read morewe were able to breathe and enjoy the books in each section. The kids area was quiet with just a few parents/grandparents reading to their kids, young adult section had a few making selections and the front upper section of the store were sporadic visitors selecting books of their choice. The place was clean and the young lady greeted us upon entrance. Definite plus since the last time. As always, there's a sale and specials, we purchased more books again! This was a successful visit and I can recommend coming here during this time.

And for this five-star rating McCaulou's can thank the wonderful Ladan in the men's dept. who…read moresurely went the extra mile scouring your inventory for a nearly unobtainium blend of size and color. Treasure such unstinting employees as Landan, who would do any organization proud. This thoughtful woman surely went the extra mile. Anyone long in business knows people are quick to complain, slow to praise. So please let my words of appreciation for Ladan serve as proxy for all the other McCaulou's customers this woman has helped but who never bothered to thank her, and you, for having such terrific people.

RIDICULOUSLY OVERPRICED. Convenient store in terms of location because it's in a strip mall, which…read moreis why I've shopped there. But their prices are astronomical and today did it for me. I won't shop there any more. A toy I bought there today for $45 costs between $19 (Target) and $23 (anywhere else). Double? They mark it up double? I've known I pay more for convenience but twice or more is over the top greed. I like supporting small businesses but not when they rip me off to that excess.