diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/ButtonsUiState.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/ButtonsUiState.kt
index 9688167ddb58..422096058944 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/ButtonsUiState.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/ButtonsUiState.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ package org.wordpress.android.ui.mlp
  * The buttons visibility state
  */
 data class ButtonsUiState(
-    val createBlankPageVisible: Boolean,
-    val createPageVisible: Boolean,
-    val previewVisible: Boolean
+    val createBlankPageVisible: Boolean = true,
+    val createPageVisible: Boolean = false,
+    val previewVisible: Boolean = false,
+    val retryVisible: Boolean = false
 )
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/GutenbergPageLayouts.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/GutenbergPageLayouts.kt
index e882debc92d6..5141b560f8f8 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/GutenbergPageLayouts.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/GutenbergPageLayouts.kt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ data class GutenbergPageLayouts(
     val layouts: List<GutenbergLayout> = listOf(),
     val categories: List<GutenbergLayoutCategory> = listOf()
 ) : Parcelable {
-    val isNotEmpty: Boolean
-        get() = layouts.isNotEmpty() || categories.isNotEmpty()
+    val isEmpty: Boolean
+        get() = layouts.isEmpty() || categories.isEmpty()
     fun getFilteredLayouts(categorySlug: String) =
             layouts.filter { l -> l.categories.any { c -> c.slug == categorySlug } }
 }
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/ModalLayoutPickerFragment.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/ModalLayoutPickerFragment.kt
index 843ea71df642..343479f57f35 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/ModalLayoutPickerFragment.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/mlp/ModalLayoutPickerFragment.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ import com.google.android.material.bottomsheet.BottomSheetDialog
 import com.google.android.material.bottomsheet.BottomSheetDialogFragment
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.modal_layout_picker_bottom_toolbar.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.modal_layout_picker_categories_skeleton.*
+import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.modal_layout_picker_error.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.modal_layout_picker_fragment.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.modal_layout_picker_layouts_skeleton.*
+import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.modal_layout_picker_subtitle_row.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.modal_layout_picker_title_row.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.modal_layout_picker_titlebar.*
 import org.wordpress.android.R
@@ -33,8 +35,6 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.utils.UiHelpers
 import org.wordpress.android.util.AniUtils
 import org.wordpress.android.util.AniUtils.Duration
 import org.wordpress.android.util.DisplayUtils
-import org.wordpress.android.util.ToastUtils
-import org.wordpress.android.util.ToastUtils.Duration.SHORT
 import org.wordpress.android.util.setVisible
 import org.wordpress.android.viewmodel.mlp.ModalLayoutPickerViewModel
 import org.wordpress.android.viewmodel.mlp.ModalLayoutPickerViewModel.UiState.ContentUiState
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerFragment : BottomSheetDialogFragment() {
         previewButton.setOnClickListener {
             viewModel.onPreviewPageClicked()
         }
+        retryButton.setOnClickListener {
+            viewModel.onRetryClicked()
+        }
 
         setScrollListener()
 
@@ -126,6 +129,14 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerFragment : BottomSheetDialogFragment() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the header description visibility
+     * @param visible if true the description is visible else invisible
+     */
+    private fun setDescriptionVisibility(visible: Boolean) {
+        description?.visibility = if (visible) View.VISIBLE else View.INVISIBLE
+    }
+
     override fun onCreateDialog(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) = BottomSheetDialog(requireContext(), getTheme()).apply {
         fillTheScreen(this)
         window?.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND)
@@ -171,22 +182,20 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerFragment : BottomSheetDialogFragment() {
         loadSavedState(savedInstanceState)
 
         viewModel.uiState.observe(this, Observer { uiState ->
+            setTitleVisibility(uiState.isHeaderVisible)
+            setDescriptionVisibility(uiState.isDescriptionVisible)
+            setButtonsVisibility(uiState.buttonsUiState)
+            setContentVisibility(uiState.loadingSkeletonVisible, uiState.errorViewVisible)
             when (uiState) {
                 is LoadingUiState -> {
-                    setTitleVisibility(uiState.isHeaderVisible)
-                    showLoadingSkeleton(uiState.loadingSkeletonVisible)
                 }
                 is ContentUiState -> {
                     (categoriesRecyclerView.adapter as CategoriesAdapter).setData(uiState.categories)
                     (layoutsRecyclerView?.adapter as? LayoutCategoryAdapter)?.update(uiState.layoutCategories)
-                    setButtonsVisibility(uiState.buttonsUiState)
-                    setTitleVisibility(uiState.isHeaderVisible)
-                    showLoadingSkeleton(uiState.loadingSkeletonVisible)
                 }
                 is ErrorUiState -> {
-                    setTitleVisibility(uiState.isHeaderVisible)
-                    showLoadingSkeleton(uiState.loadingSkeletonVisible)
-                    ToastUtils.showToast(activity, uiState.message, SHORT)
+                    actionableEmptyView.title.setText(uiState.title)
+                    actionableEmptyView.subtitle.setText(uiState.subtitle)
                 }
             }
         })
@@ -202,17 +211,20 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerFragment : BottomSheetDialogFragment() {
         })
     }
 
-    private fun showLoadingSkeleton(skeleton: Boolean) {
+    private fun setContentVisibility(skeleton: Boolean, error: Boolean) {
         categoriesSkeleton.setVisible(skeleton)
-        categoriesRecyclerView.setVisible(!skeleton)
+        categoriesRecyclerView.setVisible(!skeleton && !error)
         layoutsSkeleton.setVisible(skeleton)
-        layoutsRecyclerView.setVisible(!skeleton)
+        layoutsRecyclerView.setVisible(!skeleton && !error)
+        errorLayout.setVisible(error)
     }
 
     private fun setButtonsVisibility(uiState: ButtonsUiState) {
         createBlankPageButton.setVisible(uiState.createBlankPageVisible)
         createPageButton.setVisible(uiState.createPageVisible)
         previewButton.setVisible(uiState.previewVisible)
+        retryButton.setVisible(uiState.retryVisible)
+        createOrRetryContainer.setVisible(uiState.createBlankPageVisible || uiState.retryVisible)
     }
 
     private fun fillTheScreen(dialog: BottomSheetDialog) {
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/viewmodel/mlp/ModalLayoutPickerViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/viewmodel/mlp/ModalLayoutPickerViewModel.kt
index 0b4c416a32c1..065ad52c0fb9 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/viewmodel/mlp/ModalLayoutPickerViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/viewmodel/mlp/ModalLayoutPickerViewModel.kt
@@ -107,11 +107,7 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerViewModel @Inject constructor(
     @Subscribe(threadMode = ThreadMode.MAIN)
     fun onBlockLayoutsFetched(event: OnBlockLayoutsFetched) {
         if (event.isError) {
-            if (networkUtils.isNetworkAvailable()) {
-                updateUiState(ErrorUiState(string.mlp_generic_error))
-            } else {
-                updateUiState(ErrorUiState(string.no_network_message))
-            }
+            setErrorState()
         } else {
             handleBlockLayoutsResponse(GutenbergPageLayouts(event.layouts, event.categories))
         }
@@ -124,6 +120,14 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerViewModel @Inject constructor(
         loadCategories()
     }
 
+    private fun setErrorState() {
+        if (networkUtils.isNetworkAvailable()) {
+            updateUiState(ErrorUiState(string.mlp_error_title, string.mlp_error_subtitle))
+        } else {
+            updateUiState(ErrorUiState(string.mlp_network_error_title, string.mlp_network_error_subtitle))
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun loadLayouts() {
         val state = uiState.value as? ContentUiState ?: ContentUiState()
         launch(bgDispatcher) {
@@ -183,6 +187,15 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerViewModel @Inject constructor(
         fetchLayouts()
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retries data fetching
+     */
+    fun onRetryClicked() {
+        if (networkUtils.isNetworkAvailable()) {
+            fetchLayouts()
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Dismisses the MLP
      */
@@ -308,11 +321,12 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerViewModel @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     fun loadSavedState(layouts: GutenbergPageLayouts?, selectedLayout: String?, selectedCategories: List<String>?) {
-        if (layouts == null) {
+        if (layouts == null || layouts.isEmpty) {
+            setErrorState()
             return
         }
-        val categories = ArrayList(selectedCategories ?: listOf())
         val state = uiState.value as? ContentUiState ?: ContentUiState()
+        val categories = ArrayList(selectedCategories ?: listOf())
         updateUiState(state.copy(selectedLayoutSlug = selectedLayout, selectedCategoriesSlugs = categories))
         updateButtonsUiState()
         handleBlockLayoutsResponse(layouts)
@@ -320,8 +334,10 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
     sealed class UiState(
         open val isHeaderVisible: Boolean = false,
+        val isDescriptionVisible: Boolean = true,
         val loadingSkeletonVisible: Boolean = false,
-        open val errorViewVisible: Boolean = false
+        val errorViewVisible: Boolean = false,
+        open val buttonsUiState: ButtonsUiState = ButtonsUiState()
     ) {
         object LoadingUiState : UiState(loadingSkeletonVisible = true)
 
@@ -332,13 +348,14 @@ class ModalLayoutPickerViewModel @Inject constructor(
             val loadedThumbnailSlugs: ArrayList<String> = arrayListOf(),
             val categories: List<CategoryListItemUiState> = listOf(),
             val layoutCategories: List<LayoutCategoryUiState> = listOf(),
-            val buttonsUiState: ButtonsUiState = ButtonsUiState(
-                    createBlankPageVisible = true,
-                    previewVisible = false,
-                    createPageVisible = false
-            )
+            override val buttonsUiState: ButtonsUiState = ButtonsUiState()
         ) : UiState()
 
-        data class ErrorUiState(@StringRes val message: Int) : UiState(errorViewVisible = true)
+        data class ErrorUiState(@StringRes val title: Int, @StringRes val subtitle: Int) : UiState(
+                errorViewVisible = true,
+                isHeaderVisible = true,
+                isDescriptionVisible = false,
+                buttonsUiState = ButtonsUiState(retryVisible = true)
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_bottom_toolbar.xml b/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_bottom_toolbar.xml
index dc4c4c375dfc..bf86cc8b7977 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_bottom_toolbar.xml
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_bottom_toolbar.xml
@@ -8,15 +8,32 @@
     android:paddingBottom="@dimen/mlp_bottom_button_vertical_margin"
     android:paddingTop="@dimen/mlp_bottom_button_vertical_margin">
 
-    <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
-        android:id="@+id/createBlankPageButton"
-        style="@style/Widget.ModalLayoutPicker.Button.Secondary"
+    <LinearLayout
+        android:id="@+id/createOrRetryContainer"
         android:layout_width="0dp"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/mlp_bottom_button_horizontal_margin"
         android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/mlp_bottom_button_horizontal_margin"
         android:layout_weight="1"
-        android:text="@string/mlp_create_blank_page" />
+        android:orientation="vertical"
+        android:visibility="gone">
+
+        <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
+            android:id="@+id/retryButton"
+            style="@style/Widget.ModalLayoutPicker.Button.Primary"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:text="@string/button_retry"
+            android:visibility="gone" />
+
+        <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
+            android:id="@+id/createBlankPageButton"
+            style="@style/Widget.ModalLayoutPicker.Button.Secondary"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:text="@string/mlp_create_blank_page"
+            android:visibility="gone" />
+    </LinearLayout>
 
     <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
         android:id="@+id/previewButton"
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_error.xml b/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_error.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..251a9f782f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_error.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    android:id="@+id/errorLayout"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="@dimen/mlp_layouts_row_height"
+    android:background="?attr/categoriesBackground">
+
+    <org.wordpress.android.ui.ActionableEmptyView
+        android:id="@+id/actionableEmptyView"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent"
+        app:aevImage="@drawable/img_illustration_empty_results_216dp"
+        app:aevImageHiddenInLandscape="true"
+        app:aevSubtitle="@string/mlp_error_subtitle"
+        app:aevTitle="@string/mlp_error_title" />
+</FrameLayout>
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_fragment.xml b/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_fragment.xml
index 24787cd1ebb2..0b051ed38dac 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_fragment.xml
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_fragment.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
         android:scrollbars="vertical"
         app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
 
+    <include
+        layout="@layout/modal_layout_picker_error"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
+
     <LinearLayout
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_subtitle_row.xml b/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_subtitle_row.xml
index e0f0047d7292..bed2fa6bdc96 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_subtitle_row.xml
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/res/layout/modal_layout_picker_subtitle_row.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     android:layout_width="match_parent">
 
     <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/description"
         style="@style/ModalLayoutPickerSubtitle"
         android:text="@string/mlp_choose_layout_subtitle" />
 
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/WordPress/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index b3ee27ab5346..51b0224a6ca4 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -2898,7 +2898,10 @@
     <string name="mlp_notselected_description">%s</string>
     <string name="mlp_notice_page_created">Page created</string>
     <string name="mlp_notice_blank_page_created">Blank page created</string>
-    <string name="mlp_generic_error">An error occurred while fetching the layouts</string>
+    <string name="mlp_error_title">Layouts not available due to an error</string>
+    <string name="mlp_error_subtitle">Tap retry or create a blank page using the button below.</string>
+    <string name="mlp_network_error_title">Layouts not available while offline</string>
+    <string name="mlp_network_error_subtitle">Tap retry when you\'re back online or create a blank page using the button below.</string>
 
     <string name="capture_button_alt">Capture</string>
     <string name="flip_button_alt">Flip camera</string>