Waterstones Reviews 

5,375
TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Considering 645 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Regular customers frequently praise the support team for being extremely helpful, friendly, and quick to resolve online ordering questions or account queries. Consumers also love the impressively wide selection of special edition books and deeply appreciate the cozy in-store atmosphere paired with excellent coffee. However, some customers also noted receiving damaged items due to insecure packaging and faced frustrating delays with unfulfilled orders that never arrived. A few people additionally reported encountering unhelpful staff members during physical store visits or waiting extensively for a basic reply to customer inquiries.

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Customer service

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love visiting a Waterstones. Last visit I bought a signed copy that turned out to be missing the signature - didn’t realise this until I got home. Contacted customer service and they shipped a new s... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lisa was very helpful and quick to respond to my original query, and then gave some additional information which I found really useful. Great Customer Service!! This is one reason why Waterstones is t... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I’m impressed at how helpful Lisa and Peter were when I asked a question about stocking my recently published poetry book (bilingual) . Lisa quickly passed my query to the relevant department and then... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service for cancelling an order that was taking to long to arrive before we were moving house and were even given a link for where the book was in stock. Cecilia was very helpful an... See more


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  1. Book Store

About Waterstones

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Waterstones' mission is to be the leading Bookseller on the High Street and online providing customers the widest choice, great value and expert advice from a team passionate about Bookselling; uniting readers with the perfect books and bringing them together with authors through our events programme.

Browse millions of books online - Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children's, Textbooks and Audiobooks. Discover our range of Signed & Exclusive editions, Gifts and Games. Sign up for our Waterstones Plus card to earn and redeem as you spend in our shops, cafes and online. Free UK delivery to store and on orders of £25 or more.


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Staff

I was at your Peterborough store. Your staff members were fantastic. So helpful and caring. The shop was tidy, clean and well stocked.

I also use the kings lynn store aswell. Both stores are incredible.
Never had an issue, staff happy to help. Both store have gave me fantastic recommendations.
I will say the manager at Peterborough was the reason i fell back in love with books

June 18, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Book token refund

A book I ordered was cancelled and refunded onto book tokens I’d already recycled. Fortunately, I emailed with Lisa from customer services who was able to transfer the amount onto a new book token for me. She was very kind and professional—thank you, Lisa!

June 23, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Incredible customer service

Incredible customer service. Fast replies and helpful solutions.
The postal service in my country lost my package and they sent me a completely new one without extra pay.
Very grateful

June 23, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Little crease in new book

Brought a copy of the odyssey from the online store. Great book. Recommend it if you’re in to Greek mythology. But my copy had a factory crease in it. The kind people at Waterstones gave me a little refund. Which I wasn’t expecting. The lady was super nice. Thank you again

June 21, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Lorraine from customer support was fantastic when it looked as if I was not going to receive a book I had ordered for Father’s Day in time due to there being no stock. She sourced the book from another warehouse and had it sent out with 48 hour delivery meaning it was received in time.

June 22, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hayley from customer support was just FAB

Hayley from customer support was just the best experience with customer support i've had in years.

Super quick to reply, incredibly polite, extra touches in the emails just did well to make me feel important, which everyone likes.

Issue resolved that day with no questions and ongoing support offered. Will defintiely use Waterstones again in future.

June 18, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lisa was very helpful and resolved my…

Lisa was very helpful and resolved my issue promptly and correctly. Lisa was very kind and personable and is a credit to Waterstones and is one of the reasons why I prefer to shop with Waterstones than with soulless online marketplaces.

June 15, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer support

I contacted customer support due to our parcel being damaged in the post. Customer service were so friendly and offered two suitable solutions for us. Thank you so much.

June 17, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Customer Service

The customer service support I’ve received has been amazing. I had an issue with the delivery of my order and got a response very quickly. All the team members I have interacted have been personable, professional and knowledgeable. I will definitely be looking to order from Waterstones again!

June 14, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I got in touch with customer services…

I got in touch with customer services as I received a damaged book and I couldn’t have had better service! Georgina was exceptional. She gave me the initial information I needed and has been very quick to respond since and get my replacement on the way. I got my first reply yesterday and everything is resolved today thanks to her. She was polite and friendly in her emails as well. Some of the best customer service I’ve ever experienced! Thank you so much Georgina

June 16, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First Class customer service.

Waterstones staff have always been most helpful in my experience. I recently had a call with Customer Support to resolve an issue with duplicate Waterstones Plus cards. The support agent, Alyssa, was quick to grasp the issues and dealt with my problem quickly and efficiently, following up my call with a confirmatory email. Efficient and courteous at all times. Very impressive customer service!

June 12, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

100% Customer Satisfaction

I was interested in purchasing some dominoes from Waterstones however I needed to know the size, colour and material of the playing pieces prior to placing an order.
The website unfortunately didn’t give me those specific details so I emailed their customer service in an attempt to gain the information. My enquiry was picked up by Lisa, one of their customer care team who was brilliant in finding the information for me. As it was Waterstones also didn’t have the specific information but Lisa contacted the manufacturer of the set, obtained the information and emailed me back all within an hour and a quarter of making my enquiry.
This is excellent customer service. Well done Lisa and Waterstones. 100% Customer satisfaction.

June 12, 2026
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