Tessa Faulkner opened it in March 2021, after noticing West London had nothing like the artisan bakeries she cycled to in the east. Three sourdoughs, white, wild rye and 7-seeded, are baked in the Ladbroke Grove kitchen, which also supplies a second Layla in Acton, opened in 2025.
A white-balustraded mezzanine sits over the open kitchen, looking down on a triple-deck oven and the oak counter. The corner shop has wooden benches and tables on the pavement outside.