Reviews of Chinatown Branch, Chicago Public Library (Library)

2100 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago, IL 60616, United States

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At the present the business receives a score of 4.2 out of 5 and this rating was based on 86 reviews.

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REVIEWS OF Chinatown Branch, Chicago Public Library IN Illinois

Myisha Mosley

The temperament and operational procedures made this the worst library I’ve visited. I had to leave and go to the atm to come back and pay for my printing because they don’t take cards. The kids in the study room were loud, joking and playing. I asked them if I could use the extra table in the room cuz it was large enough to spread out the missing kid’s poster flyers. The kids were nice, and said sure as long as I didn’t mind them being too loud (which I didn’t). Shortly after, an African American female security guard who clearly bitter that all she’d done with her life was work there, tried to put me out because she said I had no right to intrude on their room. Once the kids told her they didn’t mind at all (while they’re still loud) she said she was going to get the branch manager. Then she lied and said we were filming the windows when all we did was take shots of MY missing flyer poster. We left as soon as we were done. Don’t give up on your goals and dreams boys and girls. Because of you do, you’ll end up bitter like this woman, mad at the world

Joseph Blewitt

This branch is a good place to study. Caveat scolaris: Sometimes there are a lot of children running about, so if you're going here to study, you have to be able to tune them out.

captain hyderabad

Nicely organized

Bin Sun

staff sucks!!

Yessenia Miramontes

Vividly colorful library with the first floor having a child’s play area and books section. There’s some meeting rooms downstairs too. At the top there’s a section for teen/adults to sit and use computers and librarians to assist you. I will say it’s okay to come with family but it can be a bit distracting for homework depending on the level of noise.

Terrence

Nice building. Has a Mandarin class for the public. But, sometimes, it is TOOOO LOUD, NOISY, WILD, AND CRAZY, especially when the children are not in school!! I have had to run out of there. IMPOSSIBLE for (serious) study, concentration, and productivity, like you would expect to be able to go and do at a library. Cafes are even much quieter.This long time, reported, problem here must be properly stopped asap!! Such atmosphere there also attracts and encourages more of the same wild behavior. This is unfair to serious Chinatown library patrons!!

Chen David

Sikai Wu

Amy Wu

Maybe the library appearance is outstanding but the interior design is not right for a library’s need. The second floor has a teen technology area which only has a curtain to isolate it from the rest of library. Any noise from that technology area, the whole library can hear it clearly. This is not a quite library that encourages people to read in its building.

Theo Kirkley

Channy Ke

(Translated by Google) Huaying Library is more like a community activity center. It will be very lively on weekends. Some people sing, there are many children, there are many books and magazines, and there are computers to check the information. If you want to review, it is recommended to bring your own soundproof headphones. Or find another place. (Original) 华埠图书馆更像是一个社区活动中心,周末来这边会非常热闹,有人唱戏,也有很多小孩,书籍杂志蛮多的,也有电脑可以查阅资料.如果想要复习,建议自带隔音耳机,或者另寻他处.

Maggie Lin

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Connie Hsu

Wonderful. Good location. Easy to find

Robert Parungao

A busy library with plenty of community programming. Very clean and well managed.

Adrian C

Best place for borrowing books. It's not ideal for studying and doing homework, due to the many screaming and loudness of the kids

JS S

Beautiful place and staff is very friendly!

Michelle Calderon

Polgar Tree Service & Removal

Extremely high class public library !

A. Lawrence

Nice place. Well stocked but the hours listed are wrong.

marie p

Carrie Marie

Love love love this place

Gohurs K

iris gao

Really appreciate it. clean&pretty design>a wonderful exist

Yanjun Jiang

Sarah Sadiqaphoenix

Big and beautiful library. It has the adults and kids section with a lot of computers and books for your convenience. The workers are quite helpful but the place is a little noisy

Lawrence Esbrook

Amazing library

Lottie Czerwien

Donald Kong

Library staff is very efficient and they check all cd and DVD for missing items. Love all the cultural events.

郑先

Lorena Valencia

It's a very nice place

Cynthia Castillo

kaiwen chu

This place is not like a library, and many people come here to talk loudly! A library should be a very quiet place, I do not know why!

Liam Li

Great Library

Kristin Talbert

yw t

worst public library I’ve visited

Natalia M

What a wonderful place! Great location to provide access to books and spacious reading/hang out quarters. Always pretty clean and with a public bathroom. It is very nice that they have books for all ages and also a kid-themed zone so that the little ones can play and explore. A really nice place to set up play dates. The staff is also very helpful and nice.

Alien X Inc.

Jesus Christ! Where do I begin... Security guards are really rude... Other than that It's nice place to study and bring the children.

Jeff Rusnack

One of the more architectural interesting libraries. They have Chinese language and English books. The teen area is nice, and no one mentioned the great DVD and comics collection!

Mohannad Safadi

Small, new, and clean library. The design for this place is super nice and unique. I came here to study and was happy until school was out. The kids were extra loud and obnoxious. Felt like a mall rather than a library. I kind of wish they built it differently so there would be better noise control. Basically watch out for prime hours where it is too loud to get anything done.

Ngọc Tuyết Lê Triệu

Jemma Robeks

Look what I got here, nice library

小文Wen Jie

You can see how good it is!

Jaime V

Beautiful well designed building - Feng shui Great collection of books.

C-town Reviews

Many people use this as a place for their kids to play and have fun. Even though they have a childrens' area, the noise from downstairs (children's area) can be heard upstairs (adult section). There is a wide variety of books and there is an area made for teenagers.

yuxiang hou

Sandra Tobias

It's a very busy library. I was more than willing to work here. I like this place!

Yi

Martino Tai

good place 4 searching.

Alice Kong

Josh D

One of the best Public libraries in Chicago. Beautiful building and comfortable seating. I enjoy spending an afternoon here relaxing or working.

Emily N.

Beautiful library that is clean, well-organized, and equipped with both material and kind staff!

Ryan Magliola

Child friendly with a welcoming atmosphere

Armani H

Alvin Wu

Antoinette Raggs

It is too loud to be called a library. The free wifi and great choice of music makes up for it though.

H W

Overall 5 stars Environment 4.5 stars It’s a nice library in Chinatown. The only thing I notice was that it was not a quiet library. There were always kids making noises which doesn’t matter to me but matters to someone I guess.

Angela Huang

Cheng-Wei Wu

It's nice to see there is a nice and clean library in Chinatown.

Jonathan W

HJ Skyloard

The people there are very kind and can help with finding books but this one time my friends and I booked the large study room. Unfortunately we had a friend that was incredibly loud and was the first one to leave. After he left, a security guard came in telling us to be quiet and not play on the pole which we weren't. One of my friends got up but fell on the wall causing the security guard to come back and ask who did it and stuff but they noticed that apart of the paint on the wall was chipped off so they assumed it was us. They told another librarian to come in and the librarian said it was chipped off but the piece wasn't on the ground. They left but later on the same security guard comes in asking for our names and ages for a injury report when none of us were hurt. Of course we all told her our names. Now I'm not trying to say the library is a bad place, I'm just telling my experience there.

M. J.

Air-conditioning was set at the perfect room temperature so much so that my travelling buddy fell asleep when we visited in September 2018 & had to be gently woken up by the librarian as they were closing the library for the day. Employees were helpful.

linda sharpe

The Library is so clean and full of great reading materials, computers, DVD'S & CD'S. The Restrooms are kept up super clean & fresh!

Belle Lopez

Beautiful, functionally modern building, maximizing space for seating, tables and outlets with a view. CANTONESE OPERA was passionately performed by retired senior citizens.

Iris Lin

Pinny Smith

Looks nice from the outside but has inadequate and uncomfortable seating inside.

JUNJIE LUO

唐人街中國人圖書館

Andrea Molino

It's a really cool and pretty library but almost impossible to do any work at. It's fine that there were children running around on the bottom level, but there should be at least one place for people to sit and read quietly, as it is a library. The upstairs was just as loud if not louder than the child area with people playing board games and having incredibly loud conversations, nearly yelling, and no librarians said anything about it.

Jing jing

cori zhao

This libaray baited me into going on sundays when it clearly says Sunday’s will be close

Ling Lin

Hector Soto

Great awesome service from the teen service and the new clerk guy. The alarm goes off all the time.

Luke Haruki

Michael Alexander

Average Library.

Brian Mei

Great place.

Heather Lombardo

Hermia Cheung

Big place, but very loud

J Kae

Mom The Ebayer

My daughters and I had the pleasure of attending this library for the first time and I must say that I'm very impressed. The building design was breath taking; with a very attractive inside having all state-of-the-art equipment. The beautiful art work displayed on the walls were stunning while staying true to the overall Asia atmosphere . I'd like to give the library a 5 star rating unfortunately, I can't because the building lacked onsite parking. You have to pay meter parking or self pay in the lot across the street going east of the building. Also, I had a very difficult time getting games and crayons for my daughters to play with because both of the children librarians were absent from work. After asking two library employees if they could assist me, they weren't able to because they didn't have keys to the activity storage area - only the children librarians. :(

Etniak Kainte

The security force here does their level best to make everyone acutely aware of their presence: a guard is walking by me every minute or two, checking on the bathroom right after I leave, watching from the 2nd level yelling down at folks; their presence feels disproportionate to the actual threat posed by patrons. So it's impossible to give this library a good rating when I'm made to feel constantly under the microscope.

Thang Do

Top Floor Parking. Working by machine (Pay by Credit card only )

Michael lin

新蓋的圖書館 不錯喔

Antoinette Choate

Great for kids. Probably loud for adults wanting to study.

罗副桂

Tania Huycke-Phillips

Really cool, newer library. Not from the area so we just looked around. Much brighter than the old location - love all the windows! Quiet and welcoming.

Business Hours of Chinatown Branch, Chicago Public Library in Illinois

SUNDAY
CLOSED
MONDAY
(VETERANS DAY) 12–8PM HOURS MIGHT DIFFER
TUESDAY
10AM–6PM
WEDNESDAY
12–8PM
THURSDAY
10AM–6PM
FRIDAY
9AM–5PM
SATURDAY
9AM–5PM

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Chinatown Branch, Chicago Public Library en Illinois
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