GAIL's Bakery Neo Bankside

Quick lunch at this branch for the first time , nice place with friendly staff .
Coffee is nice and we had the salmon bagels and a sausage roll both very tasty and freshly made.
The place was fairly busy and we didn't have to wait to be served so definitely recommend it 😃👍.

Pretty location around the back of the Tate Modern and feels so cozy. Good selection of pastries and bakery products, especially the croissants, but a bit pricey and the coffee is mediocre. Very friendly employees, attentive and excellent service experience.

Over priced, inedible food & rude staff. Squash & sage slice was so salty you couldn’t taste anything but salt. Soup was flavourless. Coffee tastes like the inside of an ashtray & the staff taking your order look down their nose at you. Not what you expect after spending an atrocious £20 on soup, a glorified omelette, coffee & a chia pudding.

I've grown to greatly appreciate Gail's around London over the years. But a good cafe also keeps the tables cleared so the nice cakes, pastries, savouries can be enjoyed without being surrounded by the detritus of recent other customers. As I speak only a couple of tables are clear and new customers push plates & cups & glasses aside to place their own. There are at least 4 staff behind the counter, casually doing stuff but new customers come in batches. In the 20 mins I've been here not a single table has been cleared and at least half the time no customers were waiting to be served. Design excellent. Products excellent. The basic running of a cafe not so good. I don't want to eat and drink surrounded by the collected detritus of the previous sitters

Average coffee, chain shop just behind the Tate modern.
They have a very big choice of pastries but at 10am they had already finished the granola/porridge.
Chocolate was ok, although it said it was mostly milky, it tasted more like dark chocolate. Good choice of seats.

Edit: After a couple of extra visits I dropped my score. The consistency and satisfactory service is not always there. Twice I received very overcooked solid pale yellow yolks in 'soft' baked eggs, was also charged twice for an item and had to correct that. Their almond chocolate croissants are consistently great though! I would probably just recommend visiting another branch.

Great like every Gail's! This shop seems more geared towards sitting in for coffee and pastries rather than typical mainly bakery/ patisserie Gail's. But it is of no difference to me. The dark sourdough bread I got was still amazing as always and definitely fresh with crispy crust and fluffy inside. From pastries for first timers I would recommend almond chocolate croissant and a showstopper that is a Belgian chocolate and cherry bun. Its crumbly flaky perfection that is typically gone by midday , cause its so good! I tried a couple of coffees there , nothing to write home about , but paired with the pastry selection it will do. When eating in I also tried the two varieties of baked eggs and I would definitely get the lebneh, tomato and red pepper ones again. Runny yolks, crispy, cheesy top and flaky salt. Service was cheery and helpful in making choices too, keep in mind you might have to wait a bit to be served on weekends and lunchtimes, but nothing excessive.

Popular, high quality and cute cafe and light lunch spot. They always meet expectations, and this particular location is no different. Set in the leafy Holland Street it’s a particular nice venue. They do a hot made to order menu and then a counter of sandwiches and sweet goods. Teas are also very good.

I like this location of Gail’s. It has a cosy feel.
Their baked goods options are versatile but the consistency is not great, last time I was there the crustless pie was way too salty and the coffee wasn’t great. I hope they enhance their quality control.
Nonetheless, it’s a good place for a nice brunch.