University of Toronto Bookstore

The go to place for some UofT merchandise. The place has expanded its merch lineups since many years ago. Now have collaboration with OVO, underamor, and roots. Can also pickup a teddy bear that says someone from UofT loves me <3

The building is beautiful. It used to be the Toronto Central Library (the original Toronto Reference Library, which also had children's room and circulating section). I have to admit that I usually visit the lower level, so my review is mostly about it. The store is very spacious, and has a good variety of products (clothing, dorm essentials, bags, stationery, textbooks, some digital equipment and software, and of course souvenirs/gifts with the university logo). The products are not cheap. Even though all clothing is made overseas (developing countries with cheap labor) and fabric are not the highest quality, the prices can be quite steep. I guess if you wanna show off that you attending the school, you need to pay for it, even though you already forked out a fortune on tuition. sigh. My biggest complaint is the customer service. whoever manages the store, they are doing a terrible job in training/motivating people. I visited on a weekday, early afternoon (but past the lunch hours) and there was literally ONE employee in the entire place, manning a cash register (all the other cash registers were closed). He was keeping cool (honestly, if I were him I would have a meltdown), with a lineup and people asking convoluted questions - and he was all on his own. it's either everyone else quit on that very day, or they just didn't notice that the lunch was over. anyways, it's been more or less my experience during previous visits as well. or there would be a few cashiers, but for whatever reason, only one person was able to process my transaction. I mean some people are nice, but overall it's like nobody really gives a toss. some products get messy - and mixed up. the clothing displays can definitely use some TLC. as for my last visit, after seeing the lonely cashier and the line up I just put the merch back and walked away. my bad: I forgot to mention: there was another employee in the store, but she was on the Canada Post counter, so I don't think she would be able to cash me out.

I enjoyed my time at the Bookstore! The staff are friendly and very helpful - particularly Katya who showed me around the Trade Books section on the top floor!! Customer service folks are willing to help you out, and store has a good selection of items. They have sales for the holidays so take some time out to visit the Bookstore yourself and you’ll find some good deals :)

A one stop solution to student requirements at UofT. You can get pretty much get anything from a pencil, notebook to a UofT merch. Prices are mid range. And a must place to visit as a UofT student, faculty etc. They have refund or exchange policies for most of the clothing apparel’s.

Quite expensive but have some discount recently. All kinds of things could be found there, even cuuuuuute Jellycat! Support credit card, debit card, student card, and alipay/wechat oay.

A Vast collection of books and souvenirs. I was searching for fridge magnet and couldn't get one. The pull over that I bought is of good quality. The cost was slightly on the higher end.

The store itself is aesthetically pleasing to browse in and it’s nice to window shop, however like any university the items are pretty pricey.

Good selection of books. Specific course kits can be found here, but are often expensive (you may be better off going to Amazon for some textbooks). They have a neat textbook buy back program and lots of other good thinks like stationary and clothing. I wished they carried small packages of Ibuprofen and bandaids for emergencies. Lots of U of T 'swag' such as sweaters and mugs as well.