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    Tu Luc Bookstore

    4.7 (20 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Classic children's book in Vietnamese!
    Quang T.

    Great customer service. Came here last month to buy children's books in Vietnamese; they have an excellent selection. The one I wanted only had 1 copy left, and it was among a big shelf of lots of other books. The man working there personally came and helped me sift through the shelf to find it. The one I bought ("Goodnight Moon" in Vietnamese) turned out to be missing one page, which I discovered after I got home. Brought the book back today. This being a Vietnamese shop, I was cautious to dig out my receipt and bring it, lest they give me a hard time about refunds. The same guy was at the counter. I showed him the problem. He looked in the computer and saw there was another copy. We checked that one and it had all the pages. Without hesitation, he gave me the other copy and took back the old copy (no time wasted recording any returns). He even apologized. Used to Vietnamese levels of customer service, I was impressed.

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    Jen K.

    Since I live in OC, in the area with the largest Vietnamese population in the US, there has to be at least one Vietnamese bookstore. My community leader friends (thanks Ysa and Julie) pointed me to Tu Luc when I sought their advice. I was shopping for some children's books for my friends (they keep breeding) and thought I go old school instead of online shopping. I had came across some books online and was curious to see if they had some of the books in their store. It might helpful if you know some Vietnamese since this non-Vietnamese, of course, missed their store since I was just looking for Tu Luc but the storefront name is Nha Sach Tu Luc. Nha Sach apparently means bookstore in Vietnamese. (Feel to view my photo of the storefront) to avoid having to do a u-turn like I did. Parking was pretty easy amazingly for the weekend. Ventured in the store and luckily they had some English words for this non-Vietnamese. I browse the aisles and they also have some CDs and magazines. Majority of the book are in Vietnamese. I did find one of the children's books I was looking for. It was probably one of the rare few books that was in English. Majority of the books were in Vietnamese, which makes sense for the core clientle. They had a wide selection of books. Books from Vietnam and popular American books translated into Vietnamese, like Harry Potter (good) and Twilight (bad). Taking a mental note to perhaps purchase their Vietnamese language book for kids for future gifts . The book I bought was at full price so $3 more than if I had bought it on Amazon but it's worth it for me since I rather support a local business over Amazon any day. Staff speak minimal English but was able to find out their hours. They are open daily from 9:30am to 7:30pm, and you can check out their www.tuluc.com

    Candace M.

    They have a range of selections. They sell every Vietnamese newspapers , even new young adult novels ( iris cao ) kids books, music books ( piano , guitar) DVDs . Great customer friendly service , very clean store

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    Cute and clean small Viet bookstore. Bought one news and one magazine only for $3.25! Affordable and welcoming atmosphere

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    I really like this book store. I found some Vietnamese book that I like and they are all affordable.

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    From the look around the store they are fully stocked all book about any subject you need in Vietnamese.

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