Name: Gousto
Rating: 2.52

“Great food but very poor delivery options. Used for three years no problems and lately deliveries always after 7pm it's to late. Driver's saying delivered and goods not been there. Change courier”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, thank you for your review. We're sorry to hear you have experienced later deliveries than usual our standard delivery window is between 8am-7pm so our couriers should be staying in line with this. We use Yodel Monday - Saturday and DPD on a Sunday. Monday is our busiest day, however it may be an option to look at choosing a different delivery day to see if performance is any better. Please do get in touch with us if the late deliveries still persist, you can do this by sending a message with your post code, email address and full name linked to your Gousto account, by clicking ‘Get in touch’ on Gousto.co.uk/Help and select ‘Trustpilot/Review’ from the drop-down menu. Best wishes, Kylie - Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“I’ve had Gousto and Hello fresh and compared both. Gousto wins hands down. They have a great choice of recipes. Their recipe cards are easy to store in the folder provided for free. If something is damaged or missing they will refund ( credit in the next box) and aside for once in 2 years, if I ever had a problem ( delivery, box late ect...) they get back to you within the hour / day. They are very good at using materials that can be recycled or upcycled ( their pretty cooling box have become storage boxes 📦 for my magazines and my son also made a board game with one of them ) As someone who doesn’t drive , Gousto is really helpful and handy to have around. Like anything in life, nothing is perfect and everything takes efforts but great rewards come with it. Thanks to the whole Gousto team x Marie”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Marie, thank you so much for taking the time to send your review to us, it's really great to hear what you like about Gousto and how we have made a positive impact, along with reusing our materials which is fantastic, and really lovely to hear your son got creative with our boxes! Thank you once again for your kind words. Best wishes, Kylie - Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“It’s a good service and serves a purpose. Good food choice. Poor customer service and delivery though. Having had over 20 boxes and recommended numerous friends, would think treated better. Had a box recently stolen following their change to Yodel who are awful. Got my money back in the end but no update followed. They now also use city sprint who give you no indication of when they will deliver. Meaning you have to wait around all day. They previously used DPD who are far superior. Pity they now use delivery partners who are cheaper.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi There, Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We are truly sorry to hear that you did not receive your Gousto box, and for the inconvenience, this has caused you. We work with couriers who we trust to get your box to you correctly. We are very sorry that, in this case, things didn’t work out for you with our courier company but we really hope you will give us an opportunity to make it right. I'm sorry that no one got back to you with the outcome of the investigation. I would like to take a further look into this for you, so could you please go to this link http://www.gousto.co.uk/get-help/contact. You can then click on ‘Contact us by email’ and select ‘Trustpilot/Google Review’ from the dropdown. In the email could you please mention my name. Best wishes, Amina - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Fantastic and customer service is second to none. I really can not believe all these negative reviews below, hell some of them don't even seem to have given it a try as one person is complaining they don't cater to 1 person?? I actually buy the meals for 2 for just me and simply freeze or refrigerate my meals for another day making 1 meal last 2 days! Customer service is always excellent and if there is anything damaged or maybe a bit of veg is wonky they are always very quick to help and give a credit for the problems.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback! I'm really glad to hear that you've enjoyed our service so far and that our customer care team has been able to resolve all issues very quickly. We look forward to continuing on this journey with you. Best wishes, Klaidas - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Would love to try the Gousto food but none of these companies cater for single people, great pity”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Grace, Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. Even as a single person you are able to enjoy our service if you do order for the portion size for two people. you are able to save one of the portions either for later that same day or save it for the following day. I will also get this feedback passed on to our team. Best wishes, Klaidas - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Some orders don't arrive some they deliver differently to what I selected.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, Thanks for reaching out and sharing your experience. I'm sorry to hear that you've had issues with your deliveries and orders - this isn't what we expect and you should always receive what you've ordered! I'd really love to get all this sorted for you so could you please could you send me a message with your postcode, email address and full name linked to your Gousto account, by clicking ‘Get in touch’ on Gousto.co.uk/Help and select ‘Trustpilot/Review’ from the drop-down menu, I'll be able to help resolve this for you. Thank you, Zara - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Twice now Yodel have been rubbish at delivery. It is noon and the driver hasn't even left yet. Noway are we going to receive by 7 ! Gousto are not getting a grip as requested.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, Thanks for taking the time to share your experience and I'm really sorry that your delivery was later than expected. Our delivery slots are from 8am-7pm although the couriers will usually send an estimated delivery window on the morning of your delivery. You will receive an update as soon as your box is scanned onto a van and the driver is out on their route for the day. In some areas, this may not be until the afternoon depending on the shift of the driver but you should still receive your box by 7pm. If you need any further help, please send me a message with your postcode, email address and full name linked to your Gousto account, by clicking ‘Get in touch’ on Gousto.co.uk/Help and select ‘Trustpilot/Review’ from the drop-down menu, I'll be able to help resolve this for you. Best wishes Zara - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Can't believe the negative reviews here. Vs other food boxes Gousto has one of the most diverse menus, timely delivery and cost effective meals ever. i highly recommend. what i have noted is there is this highly vocal group of customers who complain about every little thing but basically they are stingy who don't want to pay the price of a proper meal!”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi There, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us. It's great to hear you're enjoying our wide range of recipes available, and are happy with the service we provide. Best wishes - Jodie The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“I recently canceled my subscription with Gousto (after being a loyal customer for almost 2 years). I can live with the fact that ingredients are missing every now and then or with other human mistakes as mentioned in other reviews. However, I think the way they recently raised their prices is an absolute disgrace. They always used to charge extra for recipes with "premium ingredients" like salmon or steak, but now they also started charging extra for ordinary recipes like rice with chicken. They didn't even take the time to inform their customers about this extra charges or the reason behind it. Extremely disappointed.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Laura, Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. I'm really sorry to hear that you have cancelled your subscription with us after being with us for so long. We have always offered premium recipes within our ranges which usually includes recipes such as salmon, steak or multiple proteins within one recipe. This has increased to our new chopped range which takes the need for food prep, as well as us adapting some of our choices to offer more personalised options for meals where possible. This is also displayed on each recipe that has a surcharge on it before popping it into your basket so that you are aware that there is a price difference. Best wishes, Klaidas - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“We were looking forward to trying - out Gusto; but it was a non - starter for us. We were so incensed by the lack of professionalism that we posted our in - depth review on 'TripAdvisor', under the title:- "Not - So - Mucho - Gusto!!" We have only just discovered the so -called email addresses of the executive team; and I wish that I had bombarded every one of them with my feedback. I am now getting emails from people purporting to be Gousto staff apologizing for each cock - up.......not one of them listed on line as a genuine staff member! No doubt you will dispute my email address - just like those I had to deal with; by my TtipAdvisor review speaks for itself.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, I’m really sorry your first experience with us was so disappointing. We’re working with our factory team at the moment to investigate the system error, so we can make sure this doesn’t happen again. We can’t apologise enough for the inconvenience, it’s certainly not the standard of service we wish to provide, or the first impression we want to make. I'm sorry for the disruption you’ve had to your Gousto box. it’s certainly not the standard of service we wish to provide, or the first impression we want to make. Please know this is not our usual level of service. We’re doing everything we can to overcome these challenges, and we really appreciate your support. Gousto does not use Trip Advisor for reviews. We would like to discuss this issue with you further could you please get in touch via this link, and add your email address, postcode and my name, we will then be able to access your account, to address this issue. https://www.gousto.co.uk/help-centre Best wishes, Winnie - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“terrible. continuously missing ingredients. wrong meals sent. one portion size delivered for a family of four. a product that is supposed to simplify a busy family life, actually made it more difficult. after moaning to work colleagues about my issues, i was to learn i was not alone!!! very poor. would not recommend at all.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. I would like to sincerely apologise for the poor experience that you have had recently and I can assure you that this not the standard of service that we aim to provide and our team are working hard behind the scenes to ensure that something like this does not occur again. Just to give you a little context, we are continuing on our mission to feed as many families as possible during this time and to aid with this we have recently opened a brand new factory, but despite our best efforts, we have experienced some teething issues. Please know that this is temporary and we are returning back to our usual level of service. Best wishes, Klaidas - The Gousto Team.

Posted 3 years ago

“I have used Gousto for approx 18 months which has been useful during the lockdown. You pay a premium price for food being delivered to your door but we thought it was a way of providing meals whilst we were shielding. Recently our boxes have failed to arrive on 2 occasions. When you try to sort this you are invited to a 'Chat' box. The chat box is obviously overseas, as is the telephone number available. It is so frustrating when they say that they have compensated you for the non arrival - when in truth all they do is credit the cost of the box to your Gousto account so that you are in a position to use them again. Customer service is poor, and a service which thrives on being 'convenient' is not worth the extra cost of the food in the boxes if you can not rely on it.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi , many thanks for taking the time to share your experience with Gousto. I would like to offer our deepest apologies for the trouble you had to experience with your recent Gousto box delivery. This situation is not ordinary and these incidents are not typical of us. We are very serious when it comes to our customers satisfaction. I would like share this feedback with our depot team, so they can further look into this. Could you please get in touch via this link, and add your email address, postcode and my name, we will then be able to access your account, to address this issue. https://www.gousto.co.uk/help-centre Best wishes, Fadumo - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“I've been using Gusto for about 18mths and almost weekly. We had a few chicken issues but it was mostly ok. Delivery v good in our area. However, it's become more and more frequent that the quality of ingredients is awful. Spring onions, garlic or cooking onions are normally way past their use but today was the worse..it started with the wrong bits and bobs pack sent for one of the meals but then went to fridge to make one of the other meals to find my lower shelf with 6 packs of Gusto chicken full (I mean dripping on the floor ) of meat juices!! They have said they will replace the bits and bobs pack and one of the chicken packs .. yesterday my fridge smelt awful and I thought it was salad that looked a bit sad so threw it all..today still a bad smell and its the Gusto chicken! We found a small pin hole in one pack but I can't use the other 5 as there is still a bad smell and the amount of juice in the fridge leads us to believe that more packs will have holes so Im not risking salmonella.. if the packs smell bad that's good enough for me. I tried to live chat the above info and three times live chat ended abruptly and at the last chat they were not refunding me the whole box so I've lost 32.00!! So I'm done.. bad quality food with things missing and not to mention the portion sizes which are not enough for 4 adults along with 5 packs of meat being thrown way I'm 38.00 out of pocket”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. I can't apologise enough for the poor experience that you've had recently. I can assure you that these issues will be investigated thoroughly by our team and they will do everything that they can to ensure that this never happens again. I would also like to apologise for the chat ending abruptly as this should not happen. I would like to take a further look into this for you, so could you please go to this link http://www.gousto.co.uk/get-help/contact. You can then click on ‘Contact us by email’ and select ‘Trustpilot/Google Review’ from the dropdown. In the email could you please mention my name. Best wishes, Klaidas - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Dear Gusto, We had our second box arrive yesterday upon un packing we noticed a lot of the ingredients were past there best, damaged or missing, we have ordered for a family of 4 yet some of the ingredients were only for 2 off people, all the cans provided were dented/damaged, I don't feel the courier could have carried this out. Similar to your another customer we were offered a very small amount to "buy" in the groceries, this is totally unacceptable, we are using this service so we don't have to take unnecessary trips to the shops, the amount offered will not cover the items to replace, we are more annoyed that someone responsible for packing theses good has thought that its good enough to send them on to us, you need to restore my confidence in you”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi J. Charles, Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. How disappointing to hear this. We’re truly sorry for the inconvenience and the service you had with us. We would love to look into this further, can you please get in touch via this link, and add your email address, postcode and my name, we will then be able to access your account, to address this issue. https://www.gousto.co.uk/help-centre Please advise us of the missing ingredients. Best wishes, Fadumo - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“My box arrived however there were lots of ingredients missing so I am unable to make 2 out of the four recipes. Also, everything was shoved into one box so I had to hunt through it to check all the ingredients were there- not what I wanted after a long day a work!!!! I was offered a partial refund, but that didn’t really cover the hassle of having to go out and buy more food in order to make dinner! I have used hello fresh previously and found that a much better service”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Stephanie, Thanks for taking the time to share your experience and I'm so sorry that you've had issues with missing ingredients. This isn't the level of service we expect our customers to experience and all feedback is taken on board so improvements can be made. In terms of the packaging in our box, the 'unboxing' experience is so important to us, and the reason that our veggies, tins and breads etc are loose in the box is so the amount of unnecessary packaging is minimal. I know some customers would prefer their meals to be packaged separately in the box and this is something that I will feed back to the team for consideration in the future. I see you've mentioned that you've been in touch with the team already regarding the missing ingredients, but if there is anything else I can help with please send me a message with your postcode, email address and full name linked to your Gousto account, by clicking ‘Get in touch’ on Gousto.co.uk/Help and select ‘Trustpilot/Review’ from the drop-down menu, I'll be able to help resolve this for you. Thanks! Zara - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“I have been a customer since July. l have been extremely happy with the range of recipes and the quality of the ingredients until this last month a lot of the ingredients are on their last leg when the box arrives so I have to eat them in order of staleness also the variety of recipes have disappeared you are putting the same ones in (besides the family favourites) every week if you can't come up with new ones dig into your vaults and choose ones from a couple of years ago. Also PLEASE tell the packers not to put tins on delicate items.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Victoria, Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. I'm glad to hear that you're happy with the range of recipes we offer, but it's disappointing that you've had a decline in quality recently! There are at least 1 or 2 new recipes that are added to the menu every week, and we also release new ranges regularly, such as the current 'Seoul Train' range which contains Korean inspired dishes. A few things have been challenging in recent months such as the opening of a new factory, however I'm told these issues have been ironed out now so you shouldn't see issues in your box much longer. I will also pass the feedback on about the way your box is packed and this certainly isn't ideal if tins are being packed on top of soft items. I'd really love to get this sorted for you so could you please could you send me a message with a breakdown the issues you've had, along with your postcode, email address and full name linked to your Gousto account, by clicking ‘Get in touch’ on Gousto.co.uk/Help and select ‘Trustpilot/Review’ from the drop-down menu, I'll be able to help resolve this for you. Warm wishes, Zara - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“They will charge you for a box of stuff you don’t want if you don’t go on the app and pause your subscription. Apparently not choosing any recipes is not enough to signal that you don’t want/can’t use any of it. So wasted £35 and a lot of food.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, I'm so sorry that you received an unexpected order recently. If your subscription is active at the cut off time (12pm 3days before your delivery is due) and you have not selected your recipes or cancelled the box, a chefs selection box will be prepared for you. We do our best to help you manage your orders, we even send out reminder email to ensure you make the relevant changes to your delivery, before the order is processed. I do apologise if this was unclear, If you'd like to discuss it further please get in touch via the help section where you can email us with your details, mention that you've come through from review IO and spoken to me. We'll be happy to look into this further for you. Best wishes - Jodie the Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Having ordered and worked for Gousto i found both below par despite telling of issues to both. I am afraid it seems Gousto dont have the mentality to sort issues out despite being informed how to sort this Good Luck”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Steven, Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. How disappointing to hear this. We’re truly sorry for the inconvenience and the service you had with us. We would love to look into this further, can you please get in touch via this link, and add your email address, postcode and my name, we will then be able to access your account, to address this issue. https://www.gousto.co.uk/help-centre Please advise us of the missing ingredients. Best wishes, Amina - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Can’t fault the food but will unfortunately be cancelling my subscription due to the amount of times there’s quite a considerable amount of ingredients missing from the box. Sometimes half the box is missing, sometimes only one ingredient but it’s every week without fail.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Katie, thank you for taking the time to share your experience. I’m really sorry about all the problems you’ve had with missing ingredients in your boxes recently. I can appreciate how frustrating this is for you. We’re taking our responsibility seriously to feed as many families as possible during this time. We recently opened a brand new factory to help us do this, but despite our best efforts we’ve been experiencing some teething issues as we get everything up and running. I assure you that this is temporary and our team is working very hard to overcome these challenges, and we really appreciate your patience. Could you please get in touch via this link, and add your email address, postcode and my name, we will then be able to access your account, to address this issue. https://www.gousto.co.uk/help-centre Best wishes, Winnie - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago

“Fresh, good quality ingredients with simple to follow recipe cards = really tasty meals 😋 We are loving Gusto!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Konrad, Thank you for your great feedback! We hope you continue to enjoy your Gousto boxes. Best wishes, Fadumo - The Gousto Team

Posted 3 years ago


Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 45%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 60%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour

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