“Pukka pies!!! We had a pukka pie for two from Sainsbury’s and I must say it was the worst pie I have ever had, if you can’t make a decent pie for that price then charge more and make it edible, we will never buy a pukka pie again and it has even made us think twice about shopping in Sainsbury’s. Avoid these pies at all costs!!!!!!!!!”
“This pukka pie was dreadful, very little meat in it (and I mean very little meat). In fact it was a pastry pie with a smear of gravy inside. I used to like pukka pies but I will never buy another.”
“I was looking forward to a Chicken and Bacon Pukka Pie...absolutely disappointed only ate a little of it...horrible sickly pastry with hardly any filling.....would not buy Pukka Pies again”
“Beef pasty is the worst pasty I've had for a very long time! The 'beef' ha, is just mush, all the veg is raw! Pastry is too thick.....even my dog turned her nose up. Just take a trip down to Devon or Cornwall and see how they are made, or I could come to you and show you!!!!!”
“Have bought pukka steak pies for years. No longer two tiny pies of steak just pastry and gravy. What a shame always praised these pies what has pukka done. Will no longer buy them will make my own. Very disappointed”
“Can’t believe I purchased such rubbish , not one piece of meat in the pie and 2 tiny squares of potato . Wasn’t worth putting the oven on for this rubbish, wont be buying them again and I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone DONT BUY THESE.”
“What has gone so badly wrong with pukka pies ? They used to be full of meat and flavour, but now they are mostly gravy, fatty gristle, and poor quality pastry. I hope they get their act together soon otherwise they will lose their loyal customers.”
“Oh dear PUKKA ! What have you done ?......I only ate PUKKA pies because of their gloriously fluffy digestible pastry and not like the hard types that give you heartburn. So why have you gone back to the old fashioned,rock solid stuff you enveloped your meat with...awful stuff !...I shan't be buying this rubbish again and have even thrown out the second pie I had bought to be consigned to the garbage...Thats it for me !.......If it ain't broke don't fix it !......A crying shame...this once loyal customer ain't coming back !”
“This was, allegedly, a chicken and mushroom pie. However, its filling consisted almost entirely of a translucent sauce. There was no sign of any mushrooms and the three or four tiny pieces of chicken would have fitted on a teaspoon with room to spare.
This really is a disgraceful effort and I certainly won’t be wasting my money on a Pukka Pie again. There was nothing pukka about it.”
“I have just finished a Chicken and Mushroom Pukka Pie-Having tried a Minced Beef Pie last week I thought-OK last time the Guy putting in the Filling had missed that one!
But-NO-He must have been sacked because the Pie was lackinh Chicken!! Plenty of Pastry-but again no Filling-What a Load of Rubbish-Will not be buying again.”
“Just ate half of a Pukka steak and kidney pie and Oh My Word, how they have changed! The used to be filled to the brim and have lumps of steak in them- the kidney was always diced which was not ideal but not a deal breaker- but now they are half filled with some type of pureed mush with nary a lump of meat in sight. Needless to say, the other half went in the bin and I won't be buying another.”
“Any company that knowingly continue to manufacture pies that receive such appalling ongoing reviews deserve to be prosecuted for misrepresentation. It's true - the gravy does smell of beef or chicken but substantial content of either ingredient is missing which is what happens when a manufacturers key objective is to make profits rather than provide good value. When questioned they would no doubt plead that their specification does conform to some standard or other (but only just). Perhaps they should provide a straw for the suckers that buy their pies as 99% of the content would pass thru a straw”
