About the Company
rating: 4.7
Categories
- Public library
Contact Information
Phone: +1 956-681-3000
Website: http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/
Address: 4001 N 23rd St, McAllen, TX 78504, United States
- Sunday: 1–9 PM
- Monday: 9 AM–9 PM
- Tuesday: 9 AM–9 PM
- Wednesday: 9 AM–9 PM
- Thursday: 9 AM–9 PM
- Friday: 9 AM–6 PM
- Saturday: 9 AM–6 PM
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Reviews
Review №1
Rating: 5
Good place to find books and other resources to help with everyone s educational development
Date: a week ago
Review №2
Rating: 5
Pleasant experience. Front desk lady was courteous and helpful to get a library card and to borrow books. Also, sweet ladies at the bookstore.
Date: a week ago
Review №3
Rating: 5
Better customer service
Date: 2 weeks ago
Review №4
Rating: 5
Idk if it still is or not but if I m correct this library was or still is the biggest or second biggest one story library in the state or nation or something like that . If it really caught your curiosity google it bro lol
Date: 2 weeks ago
Review №5
Rating: 5
Date: 3 weeks ago
Review №6
Rating: 1
The workers in the little book store the library has were talking about hanging witches and all kinds of crazy stuff. The older white lady working in the store looked so sweet but the things that came out of her mouth damn.
Date: a month ago
Review №7
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №8
Rating: 5
Very helpful group of people in their work
Date: a month ago
Review №9
Rating: 5
Great library and greater staff. Whole family loves going here. We are from Mercedes and come here about 3-4 times a month. Great activities for kids and teens. Enjoy doing summer reading programs each year. Lots of mangas. Coffee shop with baked goods and a used book shop. Can check our movies and games for Xbox, play station and Nintendo switch.
Date: a month ago
Review №10
Rating: 1
Date: 2 months ago
Review №11
Rating: 5
Love their activities. I take my children often so they can interact with other kids. Grateful for the program they created to assist teens with personal care items. We have donated and will continue to do it
Date: 2 months ago
Review №12
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №13
Rating: 5
Love this mega Library McAllen has. Great investment. Love the childrens section where families can bring their kids to several activities
Date: 2 months ago
Review №14
Rating: 5
Great location, plenty parking, helpful and informed staff. Large, clean, public facility & immense resources. Overall the biggest, friendliest family oriented library in the RGV.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №15
Rating: 5
Love this place : )
Date: 2 months ago
Review №16
Rating: 5
Excellent
Date: 3 months ago
Review №17
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №18
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №19
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №20
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №21
Rating: 5
Date: 4 months ago
Review №22
Rating: 4
Date: 4 months ago
Review №23
Rating: 2
The childrens area is very empty. They hardly have anything for kids to enjoy. All they have had is a handful of Legos, 2 magnetic maze things, 3 vehicles, a basket of play food and a toddler play block/cube. Thats it. It can be hardly be called a childrens area.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №24
Rating: 5
Wonderful time visiting with Star Wars characters. Purchased some old books.
Date: 4 months ago
Review №25
Rating: 5
Date: 5 months ago
Review №26
Rating: 5
Love my 27 years of service gets me a prime parking spot
Date: 5 months ago
Review №27
Rating: 5
Very nice especially the Star Wars exhibit cant wait to take my granddaughter to see the great displays they have. Nice and cool
Date: 5 months ago
Review №28
Rating: 5
One of the most functional. Today we went for glasses for the eclipse
Date: 5 months ago
Review №29
Rating: 4
The kid area doesn t have a lot to do, just few games, hopefully they could have more toys there Otherwise, it s a big and modern library with study rooms. A lot of place to read, study, work and plenty of sitting and connection. The wifi woks perfectly as well.
Date: 6 months ago
Review №30
Rating: 5
Date: 6 months ago
Review №31
Rating: 5
Date: 6 months ago
Review №32
Rating: 5
Date: 6 months ago
Review №33
Rating: 5
Well, in this day of age things going up its nice to know you can pay 15 cents a copy for your needs. Also the Friends of the Library opened their doors for those slightly used paperbacks and hard cover books on sale. You can always find something here
Date: 6 months ago
Review №34
Rating: 3
Date: 6 months ago
Review №35
Rating: 5
Date: 6 months ago
Review №36
Rating: 5
Date: 6 months ago
Review №37
Rating: 5
Nice place to check out books very kid friendly
Date: 7 months ago
Review №38
Rating: 5
Very big and clean! The staff was nice and very helpful. Lots of books. Lots of activities for the kids.
Date: 7 months ago
Review №39
Rating: 5
I use the free genealogy services there. Great way to research my roots.
Date: 8 months ago
Review №40
Rating: 5
Date: 8 months ago
Review №41
Rating: 5
Date: 8 months ago
Review №42
Rating: 1
Staff is the worst, I was at the teen area to study. The staff there where laughing loudly and chatting they had the door open so the rest of the library outside could hear them. After letting them know to lower it down after a couple of minutes they continued to laugh loudly again. Not only was I being disrupted but many other people there where also getting stressed out. Please have a talk with your staff, very disappointed.
Date: 8 months ago
Review №43
Rating: 1
Got Kick Out Of The Library For Reading A Book!!! Nobody comes here to read books there just for show. People only come to hangout Just CALL it a Boys and Girls Club or Remove All The Books Call It A Convention Center Saw the art exhibit just a Musical where place come to die. My Tax should just go else where. The Only good thing was the guy in the front he was so nice and polite he made my day after the matter what happen.
Date: 8 months ago
Review №44
Rating: 3
When renewing card today, all my information was out for everyone to hear as she had it on the loud speaker. There should be some privacy!
Date: 8 months ago
Review №45
Rating: 5
This is definitely a go to place in the Valley. The library has a huge selection, its own separate youth and children s sections, video games, Spanish section and coffee shop. The whole building is about the size of a Walmart. The only drawback is that it does not have much Christian fiction that my wife enjoys.
Date: 8 months ago
Review №46
Rating: 5
Date: 9 months ago
Review №47
Rating: 5
Date: 9 months ago
Review №48
Rating: 5
Date: 9 months ago
Review №49
Rating: 5
Very confortable and tranquile place
Date: 9 months ago
Review №50
Rating: 5
love this place amd whats awsome is that they have a offw shop really relaxing . good enviorment for indoor libary . love love love -Oscar Reyes III . I Also get a FREE COOKIE WOOO HOOO :D FOR THIS ! IT WILL BE WORTH THE COOKIE !
Date: 10 months ago
Review №51
Rating: 5
Messed up, needed help and didnt ask for some. NRJ.
Date: 10 months ago
Review №52
Rating: 5
I think this library is awesome! They have a great childrens section and staff. Their teen section is fantastic. The sprawling layout is comfortable. They have invested in leading technologies like 3D printing. Their staff are friendly and helpful.
Date: 10 months ago
Review №53
Rating: 5
The MPL cafeteria is the spot to hang out at it s warm cozy and comfortable stop by
Date: 10 months ago
Review №54
Rating: 5
Date: 11 months ago
Review №55
Rating: 5
I love this library!!
Date: 11 months ago
Review №56
Rating: 3
Went looking for free Eclipse glasses, but they were out. Had a sign on doors that they were out of them, so I didnt go in.
Date: 11 months ago
Review №57
Rating: 5
Ive always been here since it opened, this place has great food, great staff, theyre really helpful, quiet, so many activities for children, a place for teens & events for them, study rooms, & etc. All kinds of stuff here.
Date: 11 months ago
Review №58
Rating: 5
That my age of 75 I need help on some item. Your staff is always ready to help. I would like to thank the young man that help me today. Sorry I did not get his name. Please thank your staff for their help.
Date: 11 months ago
Review №59
Rating: 5
Date: 11 months ago
Review №60
Rating: 5
Date: 11 months ago
Review №61
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №62
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №63
Rating: 5
Tranquility and happiness Excellent attention from the staff
Date: a year ago
Review №64
Rating: 5
Good place not quiet enforced. Big enough to be quiet.
Date: a year ago
Review №65
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №66
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №67
Rating: 1
Not that great for college students. Thats not even to mention that youd need to fight tooth and nail for a study room. You cant even study at the tables in the lobby.
Date: a year ago
Review №68
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №69
Rating: 1
Im very upset...came to the library this AM(the power is out at my home so the library is/was a nice air-conditioned space for my family in this 95+ degree weather). I moved to the lobby BUT the only place to sit were 4small(uncomfortable tables; wheres the other setting?
Date: a year ago
Review №70
Rating: 2
It is a beauty building, but little attention was paid to making it a quiet place to read. The reception desks use intercoms to compensate for the plexiglass barriers, so those conversations echo throughout the library. To exacerbate the noise problem, the staff doesn t bother to enforce typical library etiquette, nor do they abide by it themselves. In my latest visit someone was in a Zoom meeting on one side, while two staff members chatted (not quietly) on the other side of me, and not far away a construction worker on break watched a movie on his phone before he fell asleep, snoring.
Date: a year ago
Review №71
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №72
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №73
Rating: 5
Wonderful
Date: a year ago
Review №74
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №75
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №76
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №77
Rating: 5
Great library! Lots of Space
Date: a year ago
Review №78
Rating: 4
Date: a year ago
Review №79
Rating: 5
Most of the intellectual property contains encrypted messages... Trade secrets service mark also attained threw the environment no parking gscorpyright1981SMregistar
Date: a year ago
Review №80
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №81
Rating: 5
Great place to kill some time out of this hot summer heat in McAllen. Clean well equiped library with computers and printers as well
Date: a year ago
Review №82
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №83
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №84
Rating: 5
Beautiful library lots of space & great book selection! We re regulars. Had to come back and add to my review. They have the coolest Star Wars setup going on right now June 2023! Check it out! My son & I are obsessed.
Date: a year ago
Review №85
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №86
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №87
Rating: 5
Very awesome
Date: a year ago
Review №88
Rating: 1
It was horrible.
Date: a year ago
Review №89
Rating: 5
What a beautiful place to read a book or get out of the hot sun.
Date: a year ago
Review №90
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №91
Rating: 5
Great community library which offers people a vast selection of services for adults and children. The library is also available for students to use and get study rooms. I come here with my kids all the time for the children activities and several events they have each month during the while year. We will definitely coming coming back
Date: a year ago
Review №92
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №93
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №94
Rating: 5
Very good library with all kinds of books and computer service and printing of documents
Date: a year ago
Review №95
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №96
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №97
Rating: 5
Awesome Public facility. Clean , cool, secure(security/Police on site) plenty of seating/tables(work areas), computer lab and printers,individual rooms for privacy, kids area, outdoor patio, even a small deli/store. Very easy to navigate, friendly personal- but they do have self check out also if thats your thing. Even allow you to check out mobile hotspots as well as electronics-like a PS4! Peaceful, tranquil atmosphere wherever you decide to park it! Beautiful waterfall feature at the entrance. Wonderful experience Everytime.
Date: a year ago
Review №98
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №99
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №100
Rating: 5
Its a really nice library. Clean and organized. Not only can you check out books but also movies and video games. It has study rooms, computer lab, you can even have 3D figures printed here. The cafe has affordable coffee and pastries. Overall a great experience.
Date: a year ago
Review №101
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №102
Rating: 5
Excellent library. The largest one story building library in the US. Also has the best used book store in the RGV.
Date: a year ago
Review №103
Rating: 5
Very clean and quiet library with helpful staff. Lots of parking spaces. And lots of fun and educational activities for the kids.
Date: a year ago
Review №104
Rating: 5
Love how big the library. The cafe had the best grilled cheese sandwich. Spent 2 hours there.
Date: a year ago
Review №105
Rating: 5
Very friendly staff, very clean bathrooms.
Date: a year ago
Review №106
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №107
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №108
Rating: 5
The staff was super polite , and the place was extremely big ...
Date: a year ago
Review №109
Rating: 5
Love the building and staff! I really love their bookstore! Awesome books at a very economical price. I really enjoyed the private rooms to study and their coffee shop. Found my new favorite place to study
Date: a year ago
Review №110
Rating: 5
Great place for book lovers, knowledge and over all tranquility. Study rooms are great place to collaborate and focus.
Date: a year ago
Review №111
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №112
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №113
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №114
Rating: 1
He called me too fat and denied me service.
Date: a year ago
Review №115
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №116
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №117
Rating: 5
Excellent bookstore, it has an area for childrens books and another area for adults, apart from a cafeteria, a large computer area, printers to make color and black and white copies. Everything and the bathrooms were very clean and very friendly.
Date: a year ago
Review №118
Rating: 4
Date: a year ago
Review №119
Rating: 5
Love this Library!
Date: a year ago
Review №120
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №121
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №122
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №123
Rating: 5
The people of the library bookstore are lovely and helpful.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №124
Rating: 5
Quite great place to work
Date: 2 years ago
Review №125
Rating: 5
The staff are great !! Much better place to read, study or use the computer then Mission Library.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №126
Rating: 1
The place is good some noise from the people who doesnt respect but terrible customer service. As long you dont deal with them youre good.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №127
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №128
Rating: 5
Nice library. Great computer department, easy, convenient, friendly helpful staff. It has a quick station that doesnt require a library card. Print, fax, scanning capabilities. Note, if you need to scan youll need to have a usb drive. Also, BE SURE to log out and close your tabs, others will have access to it when using the same computer. It still shows up in recent activity and there are those who will try to log into your information. May not be the same on the main computers. Library card required access usually has a pass code only you know so your information is more secure. Quick access however, is open to anyone so be aware.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №129
Rating: 5
Excellent place.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №130
Rating: 5
Excellent services. My girls absolutely loved their books and we will be going back. Circulation desk staff are very helpful and polite. We even got to read a few books while enjoying the sounds of the waterfall outside. 5 stars!
Date: 2 years ago
Review №131
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №132
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №133
Rating: 5
Ive just been using the library for books, but my daughter just had an improv class there and is a very excited girl. Thanks for the opportunity.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №134
Rating: 5
A lovely Library and the largest single floor libraries in the country! And every once in a while the library hosts a table top game day. In the large meeting Hall A and B. All trading card games MTG, board games and such. A real benefit for the Rio Grande Valley and especially the City of McAllen, the McAllen Public Library has several large conference rooms many private smaller conference rooms that made be reserved for use by the public. A venue for many events of learning and culture for the valley. Especially during this period of quarantine.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №135
Rating: 5
Very good service, the girls are very kind and pleasant
Date: 2 years ago
Review №136
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №137
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №138
Rating: 5
A very beautiful library, the spaces are excellent dedicated to reading and it has several specific rooms for children and adolescents, it has a book store where you can buy them at very good prices (up to 2 dollars for hardcovers). There is a cafeteria. Several activities are scheduled.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №139
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №140
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №141
Rating: 4
Date: 2 years ago
Review №142
Rating: 5
Beautiful Library, well-maintained Staff is friendly and helpfull
Date: 2 years ago
Review №143
Rating: 5
Ive always enjoyed my time in the library and Im happy that we get to have a chance to have such a variety of LGBTQ options as well.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №144
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №145
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №146
Rating: 5
The largest Library in Texas.. Beautiful, Quiet, Clean and the staff are very helpful. I encourage everyone who hasnt been here to stop by and bring your children, the have section for Children. They also have a computer room.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №147
Rating: 5
Big library with a lot of resources. Pretty impressed.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №148
Rating: 5
Great collection. The study rooms are wonderful.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №149
Rating: 5
Went in to obtain a library card and continue with my sons and I tradition of reading a book every night before night time. Everyone was great, staff are helpful and eager to to answer any and all questions you may have. Always a great day to spend an afternoon.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №150
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №151
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №152
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №153
Rating: 5
Awesome!!!
Date: 2 years ago
Review №154
Rating: 5
Very nice and clean facility.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №155
Rating: 3
Its nice but they have inconvenient activity times for kids, during hottest time of day and nap time.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №156
Rating: 5
Theres currently a Frida Kahlo exhibit that looks pretty sweet. As always, facility is clean and spacious and the staff are very helpful. Great place to study, hangout, or grab a coffee and baked goods.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №157
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №158
Rating: 5
Very pleasant to do stuff on the internet there, make copies and the works
Date: 2 years ago
Review №159
Rating: 1
Date: 2 years ago
Review №160
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №161
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №162
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №163
Rating: 5
Great service
Date: 2 years ago
Review №164
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №165
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №166
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №167
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №168
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №169
Rating: 5
My kids love going there
Date: 2 years ago
Review №170
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №171
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №172
Rating: 4
Date: 2 years ago
Review №173
Rating: 5
My son loves it !! Gives me time to catch up on stuff too . Saturday tutoring....he loves it!
Date: 2 years ago
Review №174
Rating: 5
Great selection, great facilities, super staff.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №175
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №176
Rating: 5
Big, quiet, and clean. Coffee shop up front is a nice touch too
Date: 2 years ago
Review №177
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №178
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №179
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №180
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №181
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №182
Rating: 5
Staff so helpful
Date: 2 years ago
Review №183
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №184
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №185
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №186
Rating: 5
I always have a very pleasant experience at this location , staff is very patient and always helpful. Mr. Cerda was extremely helpful.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №187
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №188
Rating: 5
I use a study room and the person go out 5 min after 4 pm, and I have an interview at 4pm , I will suggest to encourage people leave on time the room , but all other was great , thank you library staff!!
Date: 2 years ago
Review №189
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №190
Rating: 4
Date: 2 years ago
Review №191
Rating: 5
Love it here
Date: 2 years ago
Review №192
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №193
Rating: 4
Good public library. Overall, I never found this location less conducive to study compared to other libraries. City public libraries usually cater to the general public of course! They have an expansive collection of fiction books and it can be overwhelming. Theres always something fun to find or read here. A good collection of books in Spanish as well. For the nonfiction, too many of the books here feel dated. Id recommend anyone browsing here to try the STC library which is open to the public. Always felt this to be the weakness of this library. Good chunk of the library is dedicated to kids books which is awesome. Id say a third of this place is. Its a good mission that theres so many accessible books for the young ones.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №194
Rating: 5
Very friendly staff.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №195
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №196
Rating: 5
Date: 3 years ago
Review №197
Rating: 1
The one who attends helps but is bitter
Date: 3 years ago
Review №198
Rating: 5
Nice great atmosphere spacious parking, a very nice employee Elsa n another gentleman in the back very helpful.
Date: 3 years ago
Review №199
Rating: 5
I love this library. It must be a great place to work because there are so many happy employees here, friendly and helpful. MY KIDS LOVE IT!
Date: 3 years ago
Review №200
Rating: 5
The library is very quiet, and librarians are very helpful when you need a book on hold or needing to finding it. The library has a section for kids, teens, and adults each with books beautifully organised. definitely coming again.
Date: 3 years ago