One of the most beautiful bookstores. Everything seems elevated just by being there. Textured ceilings, imaginative wallpaper, artful displays, and music to match.

New York still struggles but I was so glad to see that Rizzoli’s was up and running. The bookstore has books sectioned by interests which is very helpful. There is an entire section dedicated to wine, for example. Inside the store also services as a respite from the usual chaos called Manhattan and even more so with Covid. While much of my work is digital there was something pleasant about flipping through paper if not comforting.

This place is always helpful. The folks who work there are very interested in their store and have a lot of knowledge about books they sell. One woman at the desk acknowledge that they did not have the book I was looking for so she helped me figure out where I could find it. Hows that for customer service? It was awesome.

Loved my time here. Absolutely a wonderful place.

Lately, Ive been spending hours browsing through this bookstore. This has got to be one of the most beautiful bookstores I’ve been to. The interior is GORGEOUS. The bookcases alone rival any architectural building and the murals evoke another time. The bookstore is located in the St James building and specializes in architecture, art, photography and literature.Inside the bookstore there are strategically placed comfy chairs and seats. Go all the way in the back and you’ll find a small children’s section. Downstairs is the used book area.This is such a cool place to go and relax. I love that we still have bookstores like this in the city. They are certainly a dying breed. Looking for a gift for someone (or yourself)? This place is worth checking out. It’s a good thing I don’t live or work in this neighborhood. Otherwise, I would be spending all my time, and money, here.

Nice store. Friendly staff. Great music playing. Chill atmosphere. Got myself a new journal. I will say there wasnt much variety in terms of journals which bummed me out. However though I luckily found the one I bought. It was really cool lol. Definitely recommend.

Open the door to Rizzoli Bookstore and you leave behind the noise of New York and enter into a calmness, with peaceful music playing in the background, clearly labelled bookshelves that are beautifully divided into sections. This isnt just a bookstore, this is pure escapism.If only every store I went too was as pretty. The wooden bookshelves are so perfectly designed and the paintings above are wonderful. A true feast for the eyes and a huge selection of books to feed the mind.

Nice open, calm. Its a rare treat to step into a physical book store these days after both the Internet and Amazon half closed so many shops.

The most gorgeous bookstore you will ever walk into. Great unique selection of books and gift items. You will find many unique books about New York City. Wonderful gift items as well, a true New York classic book shop. A classic stop when in this area Manhattan.

Excellent selection for adult and kids books. Would have liked a little larger selection for young adults.

Great bookstore. A NY classic despite several moves over the years. Great selection of architecture & design, fashion, coffee table books and more. Also a very nice selection of fiction, nonfiction, and childrens books. Really nice atmosphere. Definitely, a great place to spend some time browsing.

Great bookstore and great location. Smaller assortment than megastores, but this assortment is what one would expect when serving selective consumers of information. Nice people, nice atmosphere.

Classically styled large book store, with a few interesting collections of Italian works.Although, original Italian owners seem to have liquidated it to a modern cooperation.However, still maintains a large selection of modern inventory.Especially recommended, enjoy.#Love KnowledgePOSTSCRIPT; Havent noticed if they have a chess section. The historical Game, of knowledge and Kings.👌🔱🔱🔱⚔

While i love all bookstores, Strand and others that size tend to feel overwhelming. Rizzoli felt like the perfect type of store to stop by, find a smaller but well curated collection, and pick your next read quickly.

Gorgeous book shop! The staff were really lovely and their selection was great for what I was after. I could have spent hours in here browsing and will definitely return when next in NYC!

Lovely Italian bookstore with elegant interior and nice atmosphere.

Cool bookstore that is worth stumbling upon on a rainy day. Reminds me of the antique bookstores in London. Lots of art books here and design is right at the back. If you’re after a gift, this bookstore has a wonderfully curated selection of many types of books. Unrelated to the books, there’s a bit of an odd mouldy-like odour in the store so not sure I’d recommend you spend too much time here!

So beautiful the store. I loved my visit there and the people who operate it just as beautiful as well. My name is Roger Browning, the author of The Reckoning of Rance. Out now on Amazon.

Quaint bookstore that takes you back in time. Great selection

Very well appointed general book store with a wide, though not particularly deep, selection. Very comfortable though, and beautiful, and a chair and a place to catch your breath while deciding whether or not to buy the new Sedaris is a true luxury in New York.

Nice selection & great atmosphere

Lovely Italian bookstore with carefully selected books related to art/art history and Italian literature.

Original and unique stock. Worth visiting.

I love reading books and it has a great selection of books

Lovely bookstore to wander on a rainy afternoon!

Beautiful bookstore with vast variety of books. The music is amazing, such a great ambience! It’s location is conveniently right in the middle of everything as well!

Amazing and delicious food

Amazing bookstore! I attended an event for artist Guno Park there and it was incredible. Cool place to relax from the city and search for a good book.

Very fine and beautiful store. Big section dedicated to art and fashion.

Great place for reading!

Very pretty interior. A little smaller than I thought it would be, good selection of art, fashion and photography books, very tiny selection of vinyl and DVDs. Its in the Flatiron district on Broadway, to the west where it splits, just north of Eataly and Hill Country

Lovely bookstore, wonderful books. The window display is amazing.

Great place to look around and buy unique books. Antique atmosphere looks gorgeous.

Super cute bookstore love the interior

Beautiful interior and houses a great selection to boot!

Great bookstore Great selection

Great bookstore in a striking space. Large collection of large-format books on various subjects like photography and architecture, wonderfully presented

Overall the experience was good. There was older gentleman who asked me if I needed help.But the cashier was rude. As a customer who spent $80 in one time, I would like to ask the management of the store, please train your employees, and if they don’t like their job that much, maybe it’s better to work somewhere else.

Beautiful bookstore!

Bright, tidy, and beautifully designed bookstore with lots of interesting titles, especially on New York and travels, two of my favorite subjects.

Not so many fiction books

Quiet oasis amidst a snowstorm.

Beautiful book store. I hope they can have a little coffee stand somewhere in the back.

This is definitely one of the most beautiful bookstores in Manhattan. The place has a spot for book presentations and other events and the interiors are really well decorated.You could find a variety of commercial and some rare books as well. You should definitely spare 30 min to stop by and know the place.

They presented a lot of new and classic collections and I love how they assisted me!

Great advices! Professional, cautiousness staff. Thank you.

Beautiful store with a fabulously curated book selection!

Great selection of books to choose from and one of the few bookstores that carries titles that are harder to find online. Rizzoli is my go to for harder to find titles before I reach out to other local bookstores. Thank you!

Gorgeous bookstore.

Great taste of books and music;) Lovely interior and friendly staff, events are awesome, comfortable sofas! My favorite bookstore and spot in the city! ❤️🥰 I wish I could do more shopping here so this great bookstore can be sustainable in the future.

I really enjoy this bookstore! My only complaint is that the titles seem oddly organized at times -- almost random.Otherwise, love the large selection on architecture, art, etc.

Beautiful book store. Service is a hit or miss. One associate went out of her way to respectfully engage make recommendations and check me out quickly; while another couldnt be bothered to help me a book. This book store is a hidden gem go check it out!

Really great bookstore. Huge selection and the decor is exactly how you want a bookstore to look. Very helpful staff as well.

Worth every second spent in this awesome bookstore! (But be briefed: I love books!) The staff is helpful, the space is inviting. Check the appearance of writers, promoting their work, at a room, in the rear of the store. Whats not to like?

Beautiful book store. Last left (remember the Rizzoli in Soho years ago). Their selection is smaller than before but still very interesting. The interior of the shop are very nice.

Classic old time feel when paper was all we had. Good location great food nearby for energy to read voraciously. Try Eataly counter for pizza or pasta.

Love their books

The price is different from the one you can see at the book to how much the cashier makes you pay

Very helpful staff, thanks to Stan for helping me find the perfect book for the day. There is no sitting areas however there are several restaurants now open with outside dining in front.

Legendary bookstore and publisher 🐐All I can say is: can I live here? 🤤

A wonderland of books. You wish you could buy up half the store!

I love to support my local shops and the Rizzoli Bookstore makes it oh so easy to do so.In addition to a great selection of new books, their used section downstairs is fantastic. I also love that I can always find a fun little toy or desk item in their gift area. On a regular basis great authors come for readings and signings.Oh, and I cant forget to mention...the staff! They are fantastic and if you check out the website you can get some great reading recommendations from them.

Amazing collection of books. The staff was very friendly and they offer amazing discounts too. I will surly visit again to buy more books soon.

This store was so beautiful, and the owner so sweet and knowledgeable. He had a fascinating history for how each book came to be at his store, and he was incredibly helpful. This is THE best book store in NY, hands down. Go browse and be ready to be wowed!!!

Lots of new books with a huge selection of art, architecture, and photography books.

A great place to browse, especially art, design, photography, and fashion books, in a clubby upscale atmosphere. If you are looking for a specific title, ask for assistance - theres no way you would find it on your own. This location does not stock the wide range of international magazines available at other Rizzoli doors.

Great service. Dont forget your mask.

Such a NYC treasure. Good selection of books, a beautiful, charming setting and very helpful staff. Worth going to for the experience, even without buying a book.

Not a place to find your basic James Patterson, caters to very specific categories...arts, lit, higher end kid books, arts and crafts. I have always managed to find good gifts.

Maybe create a wine bar or coffee and snack in the back. I appreciate the person that helped me. Clean and lovely book store I love the architectural design

Beautiful store and wonderful to peruse

Very welcoming. You get this warm feeling when you enter. I would like to spend more time here than I had though. One day....

A great little hideaway book store. Quiet with soft jazz piped in... nice place to browse and relax with a good book. Excellent selection of cook books, biographies of great and obscure celebrities.

A classy, old fashioned bookstore

This book store has a huge selection of older and newer books. My time there was an absolute and amazing escape from the noise street. I felt great there. I even ran into a book of my favorite, Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I had never heard of. 🙏

Beautiful bookstore, fantastic selection. Didnt have the new release I was looking for as they only had a few delivered, but staff friendly and helpful

It was nice lookin around and seeing the cool varied types of books and rare prints.

Great selection of books and relaxing atmosphere. Quite busy when I went in

The store was my idea of paradise when I was a kid. Still is.

I was able to order a book from Italy ! It takes about 2 months but worth the wait ! Courteous book sellers are on hand to guide you through the shops well designated categories in beautiful bookcases, dramatically high ceilings are impressive. Architecture isBeautiful and convenient to walk into this building across from Madison Park and just slightly North of the Flatiron Building!

I visited and browsed. It a nicely arranged bookstore in the Flatiron/Chelsea area. Pleasant and fairly quiet.Rizzoli seems to specialize in art books (I know the publisher does), and thats reflected here.This is probably not where you want to go for the latest paperback bestseller, but if youre looking for art books and larger hardcover formats, its a place to look.

Five stars because when was the time you THOUGHT you were gonna get some PASTAS and ended up buying a $150 book about The Pre-Raphaelites? You coffee table will THANK YOU.

Good assortment of art and architecture books from various publishers... super helpful staff...

Sadly, Rizzoli has gone the way of most things What was once an elegant shrine has been reduced to a shell of its former self more closely resembling something you might find at your local strip mall. The quality of the Rizzoli Books has gone way down as well. I am a collector of books, particularly art monographs and I was none too please to note the rapid deterioration of a recently purchased rather expensive slipcased John Currin monograph which was noted to have the lettering almost completely rubbed off even with minimal shelving. When I contacted Customer Service I was told its an HQ problem, not the stores problem and no remedy was offered. Gagosian, Assouline and other purveyors of fine art books would never handle things this way. From prior experience I can tell you that they would happily do a swap out and apologize for the inconvenience. So, good bye Rizzoli, sad to see what has become of you.

Excellent selection of art books. Awesome aesthetic overall - one of my favorite bookstores Ive been to. Friendly staff.

Great Bookstore amazing stuff huge selection. Happy place

A lovely old fashioned shop with many categories you wouldnt normally find in a shop this size, such as wine, Italian literature, and architecture.Nice decor and atmosphere and the prices were reasonable. A book lovers shop.No negatives really but it just didnt blow me away enough to get that fifth star.

Elegant book store

Iconic bookstore in NY ❤

I love this store, it has floors filled with wonderful books and it is quite elegant. They have sections for French books, Italian books etc.There is a little something for everyone. As you saunter around, you will wonder about the history of the store because its beautiful inside. Make sure you have ample time to look around, you wont want to leave.

Great store in a neighborhood that is devoid of bookshops. Well edited selection. Great spot for gifts. Frequent readings and events here

Im not entirely sure why there are so many bad reviews of this place! Rizzoli is a really neat store which is pretty artfully designed and full of interesting books.My sister and I stumbled in here the last time I was in New York.This place has tons of coffee table books -- and lots of photography books, so maybe coming here looking for shelves full of novels is a misguided approach. However, this is a great place to snag a gift for a book lover, as there are many different sections from fashion to food.I didnt end up getting anything, and nobody offered me any help, but I did enjoy my experience here. Id definitely come back to check out the new offerings when in the city.

Excellent bookstore especially when smaller and independent bookstores in Manhattan are becoming a thing of the past. The sections here are small but if you are looking for something in general, they may have a book or two about it. This place is good for foreigners and artists as there are many books in French, Italian, and about art.

Nice to have a book store like this in the heart of the city. Great browsing. Highly recommended if you like to read

Niche bookstore with an excellent selection of new and old titles.

If you are interested in large coffee table art books, this is the place for you. There were few magazines and the childrens section was limited.

A very quiet library like place, this place has pretty great titles some of your typical titles along with another of variety of its own i found the architecture section quite interesting with their books on topics to my interest I recommend it it’s a great book store

Sitting in the middle of downtown Manhattan, this books store is an ever changing environment with exclusive titles for the young and the restless readers. Not to mention its childrens books that which have a great seating area but also a great selection too. A visit is a must. As timeless as any place could be, I find myself resting on influence here.

THE BEST EVER

Almost like an old fashion library. Interesting and specialized selection of books.