GAIL’s oxford

Summer town, Oxford branch - breakfast with mates - scrummy! All sufficiently replete on a variety of breakfast options. It's a bakery so don't expect a fry up! Excellent coffee - vegan options available but a little limited. Lots of cakes, pastries, rolls and sourdough bread to take away. Pretty busy on the Sunday we visited. Outside seating available.

Great cafe. Very friendly staff, and always excellent coffee and food. The garden is a highlight if the weather is nice!

Really nice place to get tasty, wholesome food and sit the window to people watch, or read a book on the shared tables. There's also a garden round the back which is nice in the summer!

Located on the road to summertown, This placed offered a wide range of artisan pastries, croissants and savoury snacks. The cinnamon rolls and almond croissants were a delight You can also grab a coffee from their selection. Seating options might be limited but you can always strike a conversation with the person sitting next to you

Absolutely love this cafe. Has a lovely garden in summer and the staff are awesome and super kind people. A great place to people watch in Summertown. Has an really great scrambled egg and sourdough toast breakfast. Highly recommend

There is no doubt that the pastries are top notch and taste really amazing at Gail's. However, I find the customer service appalling! It happened twice with me and my friends. The first time we asked them about a specific item if we can buy it/reserve in advance, we did understand that there are rules but it's the manner of how they explained it to us, she sounded condescending over the phone. So we thought okay maybe we just need to visit the shop and take chances. Today we went there and and we managed to buy the pastries we love as a take away. While we were waiting for our other friend who by the way was still by the till paying for her items, me and my other friend quickly sat down and had a little sip of coffee and had a quick bite of the pastry (P.S I am also pregnant so needed fuel at that time). The guy who works there saw us and loudly told us off in front of the rest of customers that if we bought it as "take away" then we should go outside. It was so embarrassing as the rest of the customers were looking at us. My point is they should have came over to us and told us directly rather shouting for the whole of Oxford to hear. We left in embarrassment. We would appreciate it if they could be more sensitive to their paying customers and don't treat us like dirt. Just saying!

One of my favourite bakeries of all time!!! Great staff, great variety of products and lovely sitting area with heatings from the top. I love the outside seating and it is so lovely with a lot of nature! I loved the ham and cheese croissant and sausage roll is absolutely incredible! So many great desert options as well and love that not always you will get the same pastries. Hot chocolate was lovely and having sitting in drinks in their lovely cups was lovely. I would love to see some point card systems or some student discounts or some lunch set to make some of the items affordable. Having some filter coffee options will be lovely as well. There were couple of various savoury items last time I have visited but today there was only a cheese scone and sausage roll. Having some more savoury items in the morning and some more vegan lunch items could be nice.

Lovely freshly baked goods. Quite moreish cookies.

On Sat morning I grabbed a cheese twist to go as there was a long queue and few seats. When I got home, I saw that the pastry looked very dark but got no choice at that point other than to eat it or bin it. I ate 2/3 and binned the last one; it was like chewing on saw dust. If you charge for a small pastry as much as a whole cake in a supermarket than you have to serve quality products. If a bake is not up to a standard, DON'T serve it. I will not be going back because there is a lack of quality control and I don't want to waste my money again.

Lovely, chilled place, very friendly service, and a space to sit outside at the front and people watch, as well as a garden in the back. As it's in Summertown, it is a bit pricey, but the drink and pastries were good quality. This was my first visit to Gail's and it certainly won't be my last. Recommend