Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach

Beautiful library located in the downtown West Palm Beach area. My first visit today… it was wonderful! Helpful staff and a beautiful building. Was able to find all the books I wanted, which never happens.
The library holds lots of community events and truly seems very actively involved. It was wonderful to see that they provide career help and lots of activities for little ones. Karate, resume building, yoga… so great! Plus, it is located in a beautiful, clean building.
I feel very grateful for this library and walked out with an armful of new books I can’t wait to read.
Thank you, Mandel Library!

Clean with a lot of selection. DVDs are always available to rent.
Smells from the dunkin donuts permit ate the first floor and you find yourself over at the counter ordering up something from dunkin donuts menu.
They have free wifi here and it’s free to park on Sunday’s.

I have not been to this library since they moved west.
Well done! Impressed with the Dunkin Donuts served in the library.
I was only there to pick up my card since I registered online. Service was expedient.
When I went home to log on, my log in information was not working. I emailed tech support to let them know and not expecting a response until a weekday since today is a weekend.
Within an hour I received both a phone call and an email stating my issue has been resolved. I was truly more impressed with the call since it is unnecessary when an email is sent. Their tone was pleasant and with a sense of urgency to accommodate.
I am pleased to see our tax dollars are put to good use. Libraries will always be needed. They offer more than books. They have a wealth of free services that are the best kept secret!

It’s been many years since I’ve lived and worked in down town West Palm Beach, and the library was always a good place to find some books or videos. Since they’ve built the new library, I’ve not been back to see it. Today I had the opportunity to not only enter the building, but I had the pleasure of taking a yoga class. I had no idea that free (donation box) yoga classes are offered 4 times a week. The instructor was wonderful, and moved slow enough for even a novice like me. I’ll defiantly be back for more classes.

This is a great library in a great location. I’m in the area for a few weeks, and needed somewhere quiet to go with my laptop. Their movie selection rivals Netflix (I actually love Netflix, but this is free, and who doesn’t love free?). It seems they also do a lot of services for the community. I haven’t attended any of them so I can’t vouch for the quality, but there are plentiful posters for yoga classes, career services, computer classes, and library events. There is a Dunkin’ Donuts on the first floor, but I’m not sure why you would want to go there except for a quick coffee since it’s Clematis St and there’s a lot of cafes and restaurants close by. The second floor is dedicated to teens. I spend a lot of time on the fourth floor which has even more computers and lots of seating. It’s also generally more quiet up there.
On the negative side, there aren’t stairs to go up to the third and fourth floor, as far as I know. I haven’t had any problems with the elevator, but it just seems inconvenient to me that you can’t just walk up. Also, the library seems to attract homeless people. I’ve come across a homeless girl in the bathroom washing her hair in the sink and brushing her teeth. At least they have a clean place to go? …Just a heads up.

It’s a beautiful building but more a community center than a library. The selection of books is pathetic for a city this size unless you want the latest best seller. I appreciate and use the DVDs and computers and exercise classes, but isn’t a library supposed to be mainly about books? Often I have to go out to the county library for books or use interlibrary loan.
The planners of this building made a huge mistake when they failed to include public stairways between all the floors. Instead there are only two slow elevators, and yesterday one was broken.
And why is the city promoting obesity and diabetes by taking up valuable library space with, of all things, a doughnut shop? Can tubby Americans really not go an hour or two without stuffing their faces with sugar, grease and white flour?

This is the most fantastic library I have ever been in, in florida. (I’m very much in love with the NYC public library for its architecture and design, plus it’s where big & carrie set up for their wedding in SITC)
This library is four floors tall and very spacious. There is even a dunkin donuts inside of it now that connects to the outside as well, so if you are doing a power study session in floor 4– you can come down the stairs and have a snack or more coffee.
The bathrooms are pristine clean And they smell clean.
I went today with my mom. Picked her up in my convertible and off we went. They have an online feature that allows you to look up titles on anything, hit select and «request» and they will find all your titles for you, put a tag on them with your last name, and hold it over in the holding section for you to pick up at your leisure. (You have 5 days to pick up)
This was a feature I took advantage of while searching for alien & yoga material (I know Random & odd combo right?) but wait! There is a handy self check out so no one that is working there needs to know your odd ball selection of reading material. No judgements! Everything about this library is high tech. There are a lot of classes going in here, even in the summer! Yoga Pilates zoomba dance salsa you name it — computer classes, craft, art, writing, directing and film as well. Visiting this location is always a great experience. Parking is paid– first 2 hours is $ 1.00–

Wow! Now THIS is most certainly a library!
Note in this review that I actually haven’t checked out a book (or even seen all the levels of this place) but I came here for their Saturday morning yoga session upstairs on the 3^rd floor.
Staff was friendly, the location is easy to find (parking was $ 1, right around the corner), and the library was clean, bright, and had lots of things to see.
They have a Dunkin Donuts attached, too, which was very neat and welcoming (I had an iced tea — very nice staff there.)
If I ever get a chance to check out all of the wonderful things hiding in this library, I will update my review accordingly.

Beautiful clean library. Lots of sunlight and computers to use. There is also a Dublin donuts to keep the energy going if you’re studying. They also have a great kids section. I’ll definitely be coming here more often!