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McDonald's Bakers

Cafe Coffee shop Bakery

🫤 My mum and I come here every time we meet up in Glasgow for a catch-up, and the food is nice. Usually the staff are lovely too, however on our visit today this was not the case. The lady who I'm assuming is the manager as she was in a black top instead of the red like the rest of the staff was absol... People often mention staff, rolls, good, coffee, nice, friendly, roll, Glasgow, breakfast, cafe,


Address

71 Union St, Glasgow G1 3TA, United Kingdom

Contact

+44 141 248 5090

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (248 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 7:30 am to 3:45 pm
  • Thursday: 7:30 am to 3:45 pm
  • Friday: 7:30 am to 3:45 pm
  • Saturday: 7:30 am to 3:45 pm
  • Sunday: 9 am to 3:30 pm
  • Monday: 7:30 am to 3:45 pm
  • Tuesday: 7:30 am to 3:45 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: staff (24) rolls (16) good (12) coffee (11) nice (10) friendly (10) roll (10) Glasgow (9) breakfast (9) cafe (9)
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  • 2/5 Maya H. 1 year ago on Google
    My mum and I come here every time we meet up in Glasgow for a catch-up, and the food is nice. Usually the staff are lovely too, however on our visit today this was not the case. The lady who I'm assuming is the manager as she was in a black top instead of the red like the rest of the staff was absolutely horrible. If I was writing a review about just her I'd give zero stars if possible. I was aggressively shouted out when I went to get a table while my mum queued with the lady saying I couldn't sit if I hadn't paid. This has never previously been an issue. While we waited she yelled at several other customers, even telling some of them exactly where to sit and what to do. She yelled at her staff too, demanding that they clean when they were in the middle of serving customers. The staff looked absolutely miserable, with not a single smile to be seen anywhere. I feel awful for them and am not at all surprised they've got vacancies posted in the window. Not once did I hear her be nice to anyone in my time there today, all she did was shout. Won't be coming back again as long as she works here, as it's an awfully tense atmosphere.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Andrew O. 1 year ago on Google
    OMG if you like Great coffee amazing pastries and great prices this is the place to come. First visit here as I’ve usually gone to weather-spoons whilst waiting for a train from Glasgow central. The food is lovely and there is a great selection of pies, pasties, filled rolls, full breakfast, and those lovely pastries. The staff are very friendly and the place is very clean. Will definitely eat here next time I’m in Glasgow.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kurt M. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely the best cakes in Glasgow,we came from our home in Lanzarote for a visit to Glasgow to see Family this is a Gem of a place ,Staff are super Attentive and Friendly...can't wait for our next trip...
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Beth 2 years ago on Google
    Pleasant, basic wee bakery with cafe. It is very busy but food while simple is well presented and the cafe and bathroom are clean. Hot pie was amazing coupled with a coffee and cake was perfect for lunch at a cost of £5 which is reasonable. Cakes are soooooo good 😊
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Michael M. 4 years ago on Google
    Lovely little old school bakery with very pleasant staff who are quick and knowledgable. Bacon and black pudding bap with a coffee for less than a fiver. Great way to start a Sunday. Recommended if your passing.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Doris B. 1 year ago on Google
    Quick coffee and homemade lentil soup. Delicious hot soup and the coffee hit the spot. Clean, well priced with friendly staff.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Specky G. 1 year ago on Google
    Pleasant and efficient staff. Lovely piping hot lentil soup and excellent steak pies with rich gravy and a properly well fired crust.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Stuart A. 5 years ago on Google
    Great for a breakfast Americano and roll and square sausage.

  • 5/5 Daniel G. 1 year ago on Google
    Wow! Great looking display of sandwiches in the cabinet, really friendly staff, Very tasty to eat. Highly recommended. Will always go here in future. Thank you.

  • 4/5 Vaughan T. 5 years ago on Google
    If only all McDonalds were like this...

  • 5/5 Marianne R. 5 years ago on Google
    Loved it will defo be back

  • 5/5 Marie Q. 4 years ago on Google
    Foods lovely here

  • 4/5 smokey m. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice breakfast rolls.

  • 4/5 Katie P. 4 years ago on Google
    Good cuppa and ham salad rolls delicious.

  • 5/5 thomas t. 4 years ago on Google
    Great wee shop with fresh big cakes baked the old fashioned way and tasty .very helpful and friendly service from the staff.

  • 4/5 Sarah P. 4 years ago on Google
    Great wee cafe ??

  • 5/5 Ruth W. 4 years ago on Google
    Amazing strawberry tarts. ❤

  • 5/5 raymond f. 4 years ago on Google
    Good breakfast choice, coffee fantastic. Rolls good choice.

  • 5/5 Nikhil V. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place for a quick breakfast. A good variety of items to pick from. Love their Chicken Salad Roll and Doughnuts.

  • 3/5 Stevo m. 1 year ago on Google
    Best steak bake, better than Gregg's stake bake which should really be called a gravy bake

  • 4/5 Scott D. 1 year ago on Google
    Union Street, on any given morning and you need a roll and slice with tattie scone. (I'm one of those Weegie oddities that prefers links on their roll, but I'm advised the slice sausage is spot on) Can't fault it at all - unpretentious food and service for takeout and sit in. A hard ask in the middle of Glasgow these days. Morning rolls a they should be too.

  • 1/5 Nacer H. 1 year ago on Google
    I was going to go into cafe nero figured id give this place a try big mistake. The staff seemed more interested in chit chatting to each other rather than making you feel welcomed. I had zero expectations i didnt know what to expect so the bar was really low. looked for two seconds made a comment about how some pastries reminded me of my home country to get some chit chat going instead she said oh nice and carried on with her conversation as if i wasnt there.... had chosen the cream filled donut with strawberry jam and a coffee. Was handed in a take away format didnt think much of it when i sat down i was told that i had to pay extra for sitting in (didnt see on menu you would think thats important to let people know) but they would let me off this one time as it was my first experience. You may read this and think why one star, i ended up leaving literally less than a minute of sitting down i dont know how to explain but the staff seemed very uninterested and ive never felt so unwelcome because of it. Perhaps i was wrong for thinking that the atmosphere was supposed to be customer oriented and friendly the type that feels like home hence the reason i wanted to go here rather than nero instead i left extremely underwhelmed.

  • 5/5 Boyder R. 1 year ago on Google
    Unreal food fantastic place smashing staff can't wait to get back for another roll and sausage 😋

  • 5/5 Penny W. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious, fresh old-fashioned bakery. I enjoyed a ham salad roll and bought a box of cakes for a family visit later in the day.

  • 1/5 Joe C. 1 year ago on Google
    I would give zero stars if I could. I am not one to write reviews but my experience in this filthy ‘cafe’ demanded it. Bought my food without being asked if I was staying then shouted at by a little overweight lady to come and pay more as I had the cheek to sit down to eat my rubbery sausage roll. Absolutely shocking food and customer service

  • 2/5 Campbell 1 year ago on Google
    Roll not sliced properly . Link sausages still joined to each other. No egg available as plate not turned on. Coffee was ok. Had better . Food tasted good though

  • 2/5 Roxanne M. 7 months ago on Google
    Deeply unpleasant experience ordering breakfast. A female staff member was incredibly rude when I went to sit down saying I hadn't paid for that right. I replied calmy that I wasn't offered that option and she said I "hadn't asked". Bizarre as I would have had happily paid more, but I'm not psychic. Pastry was nice though, shame about the hostile customer service.

  • 5/5 Nicole P. 7 months ago on Google
    Excellent baked goods. I had my first steak bake and it was incredible! The rest of the group raved about their sandwiches. We'll be back for sure.

  • 1/5 Zaynah R. 10 months ago on Google
    Went in today to sit in and eat. I asked for an egg roll and an extra egg. The lady behind the person who was serving made a gagging sound when she was given my order, I then sat down and waited for my food. When I received it there were egg shells in my eggs. Other customers got asked if they wanted sauce etc with their breakfast yet I was the only person they did not ask. I was suffering from really bad allergies and my eyes were swollen and red, so I had my hand over my eye and due to how bad it was I was unable to leave until it got a bit better. The lady came to me very rudely and told me I was not allowed to sleep. I told her I was not sleeping and that I was unwell. She argued back with me and then told me I had to leave because I had been there for too long. I had only been there for 30 minutes. Majority of the staff are racist. They do. It offer salt or pepper either. Most of the time the food is nice but the treatment toward non white customers is appalling

  • 5/5 Gerard M. 6 months ago on Google
    I like the gamon salad. Rolls in this bakery are fresh and tasty, and you can also get hot filled rolls as well

  • 4/5 Nuria Alcover D. 10 months ago on Google
    I have never been there. Our friend Andy brings us Scottish pies when he can pop into McDonald's bakers during work break. I am spanish and don't die for pies. Unless they are these ones. The best pies l have evere tried!!

  • 5/5 Linda M. 4 years ago on Google
    Best bakers left in Glasgow cant pass the door good pies, not forgetting the soup in their cafe. Yummy

  • 5/5 Sharon D. 4 years ago on Google
    What a find! We stayed in Glasgow for a few days and went back here 3 times. The filled rolls are very fresh with good quality meat fillings. The rhubarb tarts don't look particularly inviting but they were absolutely delicious. Very reasonably priced too.

  • 5/5 julie e. 4 years ago on Google
    It was amazing all fantastic ham/cheese toastie great, lovely coffee and the best pineapple cake I've ever had, massive, fresh and full of filing and very tasty. A great find and good prices

  • 1/5 Leanne B. 4 years ago on Google
    Policy not to give tap water when eating in because they sell water in plastic bottles. Not wanting to contribute to plastic pollution unnecessarily and need the water to take medication after eating. Was lied to by staff saying that "the tap water is not connected to the mains" followed by "the city water is horrible and not safe to drink". They conceded and gave me a sip of water for my medication. Terrible service and a policy that promotes single use plastic pollution.

  • 5/5 Mel S. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice quite cafe by Trongate. Very friendly staff and efficient service! The pastries are amazing too!

  • 5/5 Josh H. 6 years ago on Google
    They serve breakfast till noon and their coffee is the best I've had yet in Glasgow. Their chicken sandwich is also really good.

  • 5/5 Alexander P. 4 years ago on Google
    Bacon rolls are awesome and the staff remind me of that auntie you only see at Christmas

  • 1/5 Carol F. 4 years ago on Google
    I can't find the McDonald's bakers in the Govan shopping centre, I so hope the owners read this review. You seriously have to get a grip of the staff in your Govan bakers. I went in at 2pm to get something to eat nothing everything was gone this happens regularly for a cafe that used to be the best in the area it's been run into the ground.

  • 5/5 Natalie S. 4 years ago on Google
    The rolls are delicious the best rolls a have tasted anywhere really nice and fresh the cakes are really nice also best wee bakery out.

  • 4/5 david m. 4 years ago on Google
    Tasty food but pricey compared to greggs

  • 1/5 john f. 3 years ago on Google
    wont be back in your cafe again period very rude staff were rude wont let me use toilet

  • 1/5 John F. 3 years ago on Google
    Wont let me into toilet very rude

  • 5/5 Tom J. 4 years ago on Google
    I mostly grab a chicken roll on my way to work and boy is it good. Quite a filling of chicken with some greens, onions and tomatoes. Worth the buck. Staffs are nice and friendly too. Dont know the other stuff but a 5 star from the rolls and friendly staff.

  • 3/5 د. عبدالله إبراهيم �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A well-known and famous restaurant (Original) مطعم معروف ومشهور

  • 5/5 Röbbie O. 4 years ago on Google
    Rolls. Delicious. Cakes. Delicious. Staff. Not so delicious but friendly and kind. Photos. Makes me wish I was there

  • 4/5 William T. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice wee roll and links

  • 1/5 Kyle M. 4 years ago on Google
    Seem to have problems putting sauce on rolls...

  • 5/5 Angus M. 4 years ago on Google
    Well friendly.

  • 4/5 Colin C. 4 years ago on Google
    A nice bakery that one. sausage roll are yummy.

  • 4/5 J L. 4 years ago on Google
    Friendly staff great service good Scottish food

  • 5/5 Rozlynn J. 4 years ago on Google
    Really good breakfast rolls and coffee and at good prices

  • 5/5 Ian M. 4 years ago on Google
    Excellent customer service

  • 5/5 Catherine H. 4 years ago on Google
    Great place. Excellent staff. Quality fare x

  • 4/5 Martin C. 4 years ago on Google
    I really nice place.

  • 4/5 Joe T. 4 years ago on Google
    This is a hidden gem if you want value for money place that serves hot or cold sandwiches and rolls.

  • 5/5 Irene T. 4 years ago on Google
    First time in here and will definitely be back. I was very impressed. Such a selection of well filled rolls, delicious. Breakfast rolls too. Choose what you want and they'll cook it. Lovely selection of cakes. Loved my big mug of coffee. Would definitely recommend a visit here

  • 5/5 Jean C. 4 years ago on Google
    Good food

  • 5/5 Annette C. 4 years ago on Google
    Fantastic grub family loved it best strawberry tarts as well

  • 4/5 Charles L. 4 years ago on Google
    Good value. Once we communicated slice = square sausage all went well.

  • 5/5 Emma S. 4 years ago on Google
    Very lovely staff, food is great and affordable. I have been here a few times with family, and my favourites to get here are definitely salad rolls and the steak pie! 5*


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ In-store shopping

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