Gousto Reviews

2.5 Rating 674 Reviews
35 %
of reviewers recommend Gousto
2.5
Based on 674 reviews
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Courier
Average Delivery Time
Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 45%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 60%
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Telephone, Email, Live Chat
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Under An Hour
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Gousto 1 star review on 3rd March 2024
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Gousto 1 star review on 3rd March 2024
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Gousto 1 star review on 3rd March 2024
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Gousto 1 star review on 3rd March 2024
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Gousto 1 star review on 3rd March 2024
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Gousto 1 star review on 19th November 2022
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Gousto 1 star review on 19th November 2022
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I have been cooking quality foods for over 30 years and decided to try this company called Gousto in the UK. Gousto deliver components of meals, with recipes so you can compile the meal yourself. I’ve just amended my review today on the basis of receiving a new box and deciding to cook tonight the Goan style pork. So going through the components, although all appeared fine apart from the spinach which for sure was dated,,,, Haho on and up. This curry timings as mentioned before are simply rubbish, if you are buying this stuff in order to impress someone by cooking for the first time,,,,really really don’t bother it’s amateur to say the least,,,, don’t embarrass yourself. If your a mum or dad wanting to either have food for you and the partner or all of you don’t bother. Even with all of the discount a poor meal is still a poor meal. Dont bother with this stuff ,,, get a recipe widely available on multiple sites and on Sunday simply make meals for the rest of the week until the next Sunday and do it again,,, it will save you a fortune planning a little,,, but avoid this rubbish. Get fresh veg,,,, the ones from Gousto are not. We had this stuff delivered on sat and it’s only Wednesday and stuff is starting to rot rot and yes it’s been in a refrigerator. Anyway on to our Gousto review,,, this is my revised review after the nonsense reply from Gousto,,,, but let’s stay balanced. Delivery: So the ease of delivery - good Packaging: Could do better, plastic stuff inside something like paper covering it, not sure what’s that is about, apparently it’s a reusable cooling pack. The paper covering the plastic bag will break down, leaving the plastic. Items of food were also wrapped in plastic which is not good. Coriander and veg for instance unnecessarily in plastic. Food: Well overall, not to bad at the price range. I would however point out that there is a propensity to use lots of pans and dishes. With a little more thought some of these could be cut out of the process. Boiling of the kettle a number of times in one menu was also over the top. Don’t get me wrong, the overall experience is not bad and I do recognise that they are a business ultimately selling stuff, but with a little more imagination, reasonable could be good. So as we speak I’m doing the comforting cottage pie. I’ll not go through every thing but the timings are simply wrong, especially item/stage 4. My suggestion is do this stage for at least 25 mins, allow to cool and in item 3 add one cube of oxo as their mix is poor. Item 7 don’t cover the broccoli with water, have a little in the bottom of the pan or ideally in a colander above some steaming water, for 5 mins. There are lots that can be done to add an extra dimension to this food, with a little thought,,,, but haho. Use the cheap cheddar sent by this company and supplement it with a little Parmesan cheese,,, don’t worry you will use it in lots of future dishes. Lots of useful recipes are out there on the web from a variety of sources. I’ve edited this review about 4 times now. I’ve just cooked again this menu exactly as per the process and let me tell you for me it was flavourless and was just food material, without any joy. I have no idea who puts up,the menus,,,,and more importantly the timings,,,, it could be anyone. I did get a reply on my original review,,, but one of my own puppies could have written better response,,,, certainly a more meaningful one. Angry now, that companies in the UK can put this stuff out and call it cooking or dinners. Just remember these business are simply selling you stuff,, for profit. Look at your local supermarket for local produce and get the recipes of the web. Don’t rely on a box packed by some person, god knows where to fulfil your needs. I’m not as an individual going to provide this rubbish business with any more of my hard earned cash and simply continue to cook myself and provide my family with much far better quality food as I have been for many years. I’m sorry I even considered this business.
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Posted 6 months ago
Check how they charge you!!!!!
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Posted 6 months ago
I am so bitterly disappointed in the Gousto team! I was really enjoying picking my meals and then cooking them. Unfortunately 3 weeks in a row my box has been left outside my apartment building on the floor in the baking sun which is available for anyone who walks by to help themselves to. The driver didn't even bother ringing my bell or entering the building to atleast put it outside my actual apartment door. I called 2 weeks ago about this issue and by the time I got home from work, even the ice block packets were completely melted as it had been sat in the 30 degree sun for 5 hours on the curb. I was reassured that they would be taking this up with the driver and I specifically asked if this would happen again the following week and the guy said to me that it most definitely would not. But it did!!!!! Same exact thing happened again. He then tried to lie to me to say they were not allowed to enter the building but I called him out because before these 3 incidents, every other gousto box was delivered to me by hand after the bell was rang, at my front door... INSIDE THE BUILDING. So needless to say, I will not be using this service again which is very unfortunate as like I said, I was very much enjoying the recipes. What a shame that the team has let down Gousto like this and lost a loyal customer.
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Posted 7 months ago
Very tasty meals,but portion wise it does not worth it if you want to cook for more than 1 person.I used to cook the 2 peson box recipes for me and for my partner,and after 1 hour max we would feel hungry again because the portions were simply not enough.Too much fuss for so little food.I deleted my account as we do not have time and money to spend in order to end up hungry,sorry not.Photos on recipe cards are also deceiving,as in reality they barely fill your plate.
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Posted 7 months ago
Ordered my first box and it arrived on time and well packaged. Got a good discount too. What I wasn't expecting to get was gastroenteritis. All the meat was off, replaced it all, still managed to get severely sick within two days of using it. I'm very careful with cooking so I know I didn't undercook anything. Appalled at the quality of meat that was sent, that I still somehow managed to get sick, and that the best the automated customer support could do was offer £9 off my next box. Never, ever ordering again.
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Posted 7 months ago
My deliveries had been paused and I was not entered into a suscription. I ordered as and when required and it worked well. I hadn't ordered for a while and they sent me a offer. Think it was 60% on first and then 20% on next few boxes. I placed a order for the 60% and then a second order with the discount, all vegan. I was then off on hols. While I was away I got a message saying they were delivered an order the next day, which included fish. I had not ordered it. When I rang to cancel it (from Italy), I was told I couldn't and suggested I could give it away to a neighbour but I would have to pay 60% of the charge for doing so!! Apparently when I used the voucher, it reactivated my subscription.!!. They ended up delivering it to someone down the road. I don't even eat fish. Shoddy customer service and noone to escalate a problem to. There's better companies out there I have been told. So will move over to one of them. I would not use them for this reason
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Posted 7 months ago
Made a meal from the box sent and my husband bit into a small watch type of battery which broke his tooth. Contacted them they asked for pictures and a form to be emailed. However the email address sent does not accept emails. Been ignored since. They have not even said sorry disgusting. What if he had choked. AVOID THIS WAS HIS FIRST EVER ORDER
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Posted 10 months ago
Despite no longer having a live subscription for over 1 year, gousto took full payment for 5 meals without authorisation. No subscription made and they are classing as a one of box! I have complained and requested cancellation and refund. This has been refused and only a small good will gesture offered due to the cut off. If a had been aware sooner I would have cancelled. Have received an appaling service from them, no reply to my last email. I have since deleted my account and urge anyone not using to do the same
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Posted 10 months ago
The receipts were ok but not very flavoursome. It’s the 1st time I’ve used a company like this, subscription cancelled and back to normal cooking. It’s not and quicker and easier than cooking normally
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Posted 11 months ago
Food was delicious when it’s all delivered. First box was perfect, no issues. The second box half of it was missing, they credited my account for half the amount, eventually. But then they added pending transactions on my card without authorisation. I have 3 pending transactions when there should be 1. I’ve send 4 emails with no response. Not happy when they have about £40 of unauthorised pending transactions on my card and no one is answering to rectify the issue!!! Be very careful with this company. I’ll be cancelling!
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Posted 1 year ago
been using Gousto for a couple of years but recently deliveries seldom appear, leaves me having to go to the shops to buy goods and then wait for Gousto to refund my money - my advice is go to the shop, buy your goods and give Gousto a miss. Also veg is usually old and wilted. No customer service, no help, they just don't care.
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Posted 1 year ago
we’ve using Gousto for at least 5 years now. We recently had a break from it and missed it so much. The variety is so good. Since we’ve been using we choose fish and vegetarian options at least 50% more than we did before based on the great recipes. They introduced us to Basa fish which we love so much. I think in those years we’ve had box delivered to another house and various ingredients missing, but always been given a refund. The good has outweighed the negatives by miles
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Posted 1 year ago
Generally very tasty meals although couple of ingredients missing. Much too much plastic used in packaging. Most ingredients wrapped individually
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Posted 1 year ago
1st time of using,missing item and a rotten onion, not tried any food yet. Short use by date. Will not be using again.
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Posted 1 year ago
I put a meal in my basket then went to look at other options, as it had been in the basket for a while they automatically took the payment and processed the order. Firstly they admitted they done this but when a complaint was raised told me I had made the error and accepted no responsibility for the error. I've actually raised a dispute with the bank due to this being a fraudulent transaction.
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Posted 1 year ago
Don’t bother as too many issues with deliveries. So unreliable and absolutely no customer service. Not prepared to make sure repetitive issues are resolved.
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Posted 1 year ago
The prawns poisoned me. They had been in a white van more than two days before delivery. Getting any kind of apology or real response is impossible.
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Posted 1 year ago
A random selection of recipes were selected and money taken from my account without my approval. Asked Gousto to cancel and refund me. They said they cannot do this because i was past the 'deadline' which i was unaware of. Now I'm stuck with some food i don't want or like and money taken from my account in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Will not be using them anymore and i suggest you don't use them either unless you like mediocre food & having money stolen from you without permission. They will automatically take your money if you have selected recipes or not, judging by the reviews, i'm not the only one who has been targeted by the Gousto greed. Absolutely criminal behaviour.
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Posted 1 year ago
Hey so I just cancelled my next Gousto box delivery as it my first one there was ingredients missing for 2 recipes so far and for my Spag Bol they gave me absolutely rotten onions and garlic cloves! It takes A WHILE for onion to rott so you can imagine how old it must have been! I've been disgusted with the quality of product I received and will NOT be using their service ever AGAIN!! VERY DISGUSTING AND DISAPPOINTING EXPERIENCE
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Posted 1 year ago
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Posted 1 year ago
Gousto is rated 2.5 based on 674 reviews