Largo Public Library

Being an avid reader myself and quite studious, it has been difficult to find a place (library) that I can truly enjoy. Aside from the beautiful architecture of the building it has a lovely outer layout. The interior is just phenomenal. Such a vast space filled with various sitting/​reading areas and even private study rooms! The library always maintains a clean, organized environment at all times. The staff is very polite and helpful for that matter. If you have children they can enjoy the kids section with all sorts of fun books and reading area as well. The library is definitely up to date with technology making it very easy for you to request your books online and then can pick them up at your convenience. It also has a nice quaint bookstore with a nice selection! The prices are a bargain too! There is also a lovely cafeteria on the right side once you enter in the main lobby. Their menu is somewhat simple but delicious. You can go online and see the menu for yourself. Trust me this is a library you will want to visit again and again.

The Largo Public Library is such a nice place. It’s like no other library I’ve seen. It is located in Largo Central Park. The architecture of this building is amazing, surrounded by palm trees. There is a café in the lobby where you can have coffee, milk shakes, cookies, etc. Go visit the Largo library and bring the little ones.

I feel like I can’t say much beyond what other reviewers have said, but this place deserves another 5 star review. This is everything a library should be. I love the drive here down a long, tree-​lined, small winding road. There is beautiful landscaping on the outside. Inside, there is a café whose items I have yet to try but will probably need to update my review once I do. There is a fantastic selection of books. I know I can pretty much find anything on my reading list here. I love the self check out feature, but have yet to use the drive thru.
If you’re looking for a fantastic library in Pinellas County, look no further than this one.

Wow! That sums this library up. Large section for kids. Café: Coffee shop!!! Activities for kids throughout the month. Well organized. Excellent library and in a great location.

If every community had a library as great as this one, there’d be a lot more people regularly reading! As others mention, the ability to order books online and pick them up in the drive thru is a major plus if you’re in a rush. But this is a great library for browsing, too. The modern, clean building is bright and airy, and there are plenty of great places to relax and flip through a magazine. Their used book sale is also really great.

Likely the best kids section in the county, Largo library has a beautiful children’s section located in a wing of its own. Toys & games available for play, large selection of kids music & books on CD and of course hundreds if not thousands of kids books. From baby board books, preschool & toddlers, early readers & beginner chapter books the library has lot all.
With a large upstairs nonfiction & teenage section along with the downstairs fiction area where a variety of DVD & music are also available, this library has it all!

I never used to get excited about coming to libraries, but that’s because they weren’t Largo Public Library.
If you have children, there is a wonderful children’s section. Tons of books with a play area. My three year old requests, or maybe demands, that we come here on weekends.
There’s also a large section for the adults. There are tons of books, but also DVD’s and CD’s. You can order your books online, and then swing in to pick them up once they’re available.
The café on the first floor as you walk in is also exceptional. I’ve tried their burrito, their rueben, their tuna wrap, and they have always been exceptional. They also offer deserts, soups,
Right across from the library is Largo Central Park, which has a fantastic playground. There’s not too much more that I can add, as the other reviews are pretty fantastic. This place definitely deserves a 5.

AMAZING library! This is like the library of all libraries! Well, at least the ones I have been to in the area. I didn’t expect much with it being in Largo, but holy cow! When I walked in I was blown away. LOVE IT.
There is a drive thru book return and book pick up also I think? Awesome! Upon entering, there is a café to your right and a small bookstore to the left. The library is two stories with plenty of space to sit down and read or browse the Internet. Very clean and well organized library. I honestly haven’t roamed the entire library yet but plan to soon!
Staff are very friendly and helpful. Superb customer service! There are return windows for your books where you slide your books/​media in, kinda like a Redbox return. Very technologically modern. When checking out your books, you scan your library card, enter your password, place your books on the scanner and BAM! You’re done. What’s cool about this is you can log into your library account online, reserve what you want to pick up, they email/​text you when it’s ready to be picked up so literally, you could be in and out in under 2 minutes. Very convenient for me– I just drive by on my lunch break.

There’s something about that upscale feeling that hits you as soon as you enter. An art gallery, snack bar, drive-​thru, large bookstore and an English language learning center. Two levels with plush carpeting, with computers on the second floor. Very comfortable seats. Large children’s area. The building is surrounded by a park, at the intersection of three bus routes. This building was planned well and is money well-​spent.

Order books online, pick up on drive thru. The library is very well kept and a great place to study. They even have a little café where you can get a snack. The self check out is great and very easy to use.

In a word… WOW! I have never seen a public library with these sort of amenities. It’s really more of a Barnes & Noble but the books are free to read.
My kids love this place. We often stop after school for a snack in the café (which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as a specials board) and do their homework there between the kids extracurricular activities. My daughter loves the children’s section where she can play or participate in the many children activities they offer. My son likes to tuck himself away in a corner and do his homework or work on the library’s computers.
The facility is absolutely lovely. Eco-​friendly, well-​decorated, spacious, warm and inviting. The staff is very friendly and helpful. There is absolutely something for everyone here, including a café offering everything from breakfast through dinner and a bookstore where the books are at great prices.
I highly recommend this to anyone living in Pinellas County. It’s absolutely worth the trip!

A beautiful library to enjoy. Clean, well-​staffed, it’s always a pleasure to go here. I love their online computer service — it’s so easy to choose what you want to read, place a hold, then simply pick it up when you receive the email. Browsing in the library is always a pleasant way to spend an hour or so. The librarians are very nice and personable. Excellent selections. A fantastic library, I go every week, and I love it.
I do think the café is overpriced, and their (iced) coffee is weak. It’s nice to have a place to go and get a bite, and the service is very good, but overall I would have to say skip it.

Wow! This library is simply lovely. If you are in the Largo area and love books, this place is a must. Actually, with the café in front and the restful gazebo in the courtyard, this library is worth the visit even if you aren’t so keen on books. Bright, peaceful, and well maintained, one could easily lose a couple of hours in the stacks. Great library, Largo!

This is pretty impressive for a small town library. The DVD collection isn’t terrific, but every library in the county is using the same computer system now, so you can request films from other branches and pick them up here.

Huge library, awesome! Lots of programs and stuff too. As always, libraries, please start getting some «real» technical books.

Facing an extended stay in the sleepy community of Largo on Florida’s central Gulf Coast, I headed to the library in order to become a member so I can maintain a healthy supply of reading material for the pool and beach. The old building — low-​ceilinged, windowless, and cluttered, which made it very claustrophobic — has been replaced by a dazzling two-​story structure in a park-​like setting quite unlike anything you’d expect to find in a small town. Walls of glass infuse the space with natural light and, unlike the former facility, in this one the aisles separating the bookcases are wide enough to allow two people to pass with neither one needing to suck in his gut. There are sections dedicated to those interested in personal investment, career opportunities, and small business assistance; a children’s department boasting a collection of some 40,000 books and computers programmed with educational games and research materials; a teen zone that features a writer’s club open to all middle and high school students; Internet access via one hundred computers; and an extensive selection of videos, DVDs, CDs, audio books, and sheet music. That it’s open on Sundays is an added bonus. An over-​priced Starbucks-​style café at the entrance seems superfluous, and to allow patrons to carry drinks throughout the building is asking for trouble. Unfortunately, placing no limit on the number of videos and DVDs that can be taken at one time, as they did before the introduction of self-​check-​out stands, results in shelves empty save for a few titles starring the likes of David Spade and Pauley Shore. But, aside from these minor complaints, this is a library of which the local residents — heavily responsible for raising the funds that built it — can be proud.