GAIL's Bakery - Brentwood Reviews 6

TrustScore 3 out of 5

3.1

69 High Street, CM14 4RW Brentwood, GB


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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Staff quite indifferent towards the customers - tables typically not cleaned down both of which are disappointing features given their pricing. Food good quality but cold with no offer to warm anyt... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Today in this rainy weather the best thing is to have coffee and freshly almond croissants from Gail’s of course! Florin has been such a lovely smiley person ready to serve us and chat with my son. We... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why is the food in brentwood always burnt looks horrible and now card payments only will take my business elsewhere

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible Experience with an almost inedible bag via 'Too Good to Go.' Wrote to Gails customer service as well as Too Good to Go as I am a regular customer spending a lot of money monthy in their store... See more

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Company details

  1. Bakery
  2. Brunch restaurant
  3. Cafe
  4. Caterer
  5. Coffee shop
  6. Meal Delivery

Written by the company

Dedicated to the craft of baking. Available to buy in-bakery, online at https://order.gailsbread.co.uk and on Waitrose, Ocado, Deliveroo, Gorillas and Amazon Fresh.


Contact info

  • 69 High Street, CM14 4RW, Brentwood, United Kingdom

  • 1277200885

3.1

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

6 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Staff very warm and friendly today and…

Staff very warm and friendly today and as ever. Delicious hot chocolate and super hot as requested. My go-to whenever I’m in town.
Thanks again Gail’s

26 April 2025
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Reply from GAIL's Bakery - Brentwood

Hello John, thank you for the positive feedback, the team will be thrilled. We are happy to hear you had a great experience and hope to see you again soon. 
https://gailsbread.co.uk/order/

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why is the food in brentwood always…

Why is the food in brentwood always burnt looks horrible and now card payments only will take my business elsewhere

14 March 2025
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Reply from GAIL's Bakery - Brentwood

Hello Jennifer, thank you for taking the time to review our bakery. We are sorry to learn about your experience: please get in touch with our central Customer Experience Team via https://gails.com/pages/contact [https://gails.com/pages/contact,]  quoting this review so that we can identify your feedback. We'd appreciate the opportunity to discuss your feedback further.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible Experience with an almost…

Terrible Experience with an almost inedible bag via 'Too Good to Go.' Wrote to Gails customer service as well as Too Good to Go as I am a regular customer spending a lot of money monthy in their store and the email I received was an insult. There was no personalisation of my experience, it was a clear 'copy and paste' job which they must use for 'Too Good to Go' complaints and it took 4 days for this copy and paste email to reach me! I paid £7.49 for a wilted salad with two small bits of chicken and a small goats cheese salad. When I told the staff member I did not like goats cheese I was told 'tough' basically. They had so many pastries & cakes left on the counter too! Gails is a bakery, why are they giving me two old salads with wilted lettuce and hardly any chicken. It was a complete waste of £7.49 as nothing was eaten. Prior to this I spent a lot of money in this bakery but this has put me right off spending another penny with them. I can see from Trustpilot that the results are terrible so the customer service across the board is useless!

9 February 2025
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Reply from GAIL's Bakery - Brentwood

Hello Jenny, thank you for reviewing our bakery. We are sorry to hear you were
left disappointed with the Too Good To Go bag you recently collected. Please
know we are subject to Too Good To Go's Terms and Conditions when it comes to
the bags, their value and content. Although we encourage our teams to be
generous, we also need to make sure we respect the terms of our agreements, and
that all customers purchasing a Too Good To Go bag receive the same treatment.
That said, we appreciate your feedback which has been shared internally for
consideration.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Gail’s Brentwood

Staff quite indifferent towards the customers - tables typically not cleaned down both of which are disappointing features given their pricing.
Food good quality but cold with no offer to warm anything for you!
Hot chocolate tiny for the £4 you pay!
(Brentwood)

3 August 2024
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Reply from GAIL's Bakery - Brentwood

Thank you for taking the time to review our bakery. We are sorry you didn't
enjoy your visit, please get in touch with our central Customer Experience Team
via https://gails.com/pages/contact [https://gails.com/pages/contact,]  quoting
this review so that we can identify your feedback. We'd appreciate the
opportunity to discuss your feedback further. 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Today in this rainy weather the best…

Today in this rainy weather the best thing is to have coffee and freshly almond croissants from Gail’s of course! Florin has been such a lovely smiley person ready to serve us and chat with my son. We love ❤️ to go Gail’s and have a nice coffee in such a beautiful atmosphere.

31 May 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor Customer Service

I had a very disappointing experience after visiting Gails Bakery in Brentwood this week, in which I ordered 2 coffees and 2 cakes (£16.00). I had the App, which collects stamps, and needed one more stamp to get a free coffee. The staff member serving me told me the stamp would take 30 minutes to show, so I needed to buy both coffees and I would get 2 stamps. However, I checked the App whilst I was having my coffee and noticed only one stamp had been applied. I told the staff member of this error who advised me to contact their customer service by email, as they were unable to add the stamp that had been missed. I subsequently emailed them with my experience and they replied saying only one stamp is given per transaction. They have not resolved the issue that the staff member had given me wrong information as their staff have clearly not been updated or trained with the correct information for customers. Their Customer Service have not apologised for their error in communication and they have not given me the extra stamp that I should have been given for their miscommunication, which would have resolved my complaint. The point of a complaint is to look at where things are going wrong and to improve services along with customer satisfaction. This is clearly lacking with Gails Bakery, as all the poor reviews left for them have a reply to contact them, however it is clear they do not resolve customer complaints.

6 November 2023
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Reply from GAIL's Bakery - Brentwood

Hi Sarah, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback, although we are sorry you were left disappointed on this occasion. Please be assured we have followed this up with the bakery team so that we can do better and we hope you will consider giving us another chance as we'd surely like to see you again soon.

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