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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not possible to give a zero ... Hence one star... Absolutely terrible customer service. I booked a taxi in advance as needed to get to the airport for a particular time ... Driver accepted... Was late... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer service from Fonacab driver this morning who arrived exactly at time taxi booked for my wife and got her promptly to her destination. More than happy to recommend Fonacab

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Be cautious using the app. The location tracking doesn't function properly despite it being a method for the driver to see your location. I was charged a £5 no show fee despite the fact I was waiting... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pre booked fon a cab taxi from Lisburn Road to city airport for 9am. Arrived late. Honda taxi, upholstery filthy stains on seats. Driver rude. Have deleted the app from my phone . Never use fon... See more

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  1. Taxi service
  2. Transportation service

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Northern Irelands biggest Taxi Company with more than 1000 drivers at your service. Download our app to book, track and pay for your taxi or book on 02890 333 333. In the four years since the first of our 46 reviews here was published, we've completed just under 20,000,000 journeys getting people from across Northern Ireland where they need to be as quickly and efficiently as possible. While we never like to disappoint any passenger, we're proud of the high standards we strive to achieve across so many bookings and where we do have an issue, we work to put it right. Reviews are not monitored and responded to in real time. If you have a complaint or feedback about our service, we would be grateful if you could email your contact details, details of your journey and a description of the issue encountered to customerservice@fonacab.com. We log, investigate and respond to every query we receive. This profile has only been claimed since 30th April 2025 so any reviews published before this date would not have been acknowledged as we were unaware of them


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2.2

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TrustScore 2 out of 5

55 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I took a cab to downtown

I took a cab to downtown. The driver b.itchslapped me with he´s gun. But that is not the worst part. I noticed he wasn´nt wearing a seatbelt, wich is very dangerous and illegal.

1 June 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

18 year old booked taxi at 7.30pm for…

18 year old booked taxi at 7.30pm for 2.30 am from town to crumbling. 2.57 am taxi, blue Toyota, was 5 mins away after 5 mins car was reassigning, silver Toyota was 5 mins away again after 5 mins car was reassigning again. Notified black Volkswagon was here checked where we were got out of car ran round street to check no sign so phoned driver to be told he was there for 10 mins and phoned three times was on another job now phone office - we were literally watching phone for updates and there were no missed calls, phoned office got automated answer phoned back explained what happened and was told I can see on map he was there told him no he really wasn’t but insisted and said no other cars available as fully booked in town. Would not have believed any of this except I picked up my daughter from same place and was sitting with him waiting for taxi. Luckily I was there or he was stranded on his own. Obviously none of these drivers wanted to do a run to crumlin cos they’d make more staying local - tell customer this instead of putting them in a dangerous situation.

26 March 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Honestly the worst taxi service about

Honestly the worst taxi service about. Booked an 8 seater taxi bus but was told 2 taxi’s would turn up (which was okay). 25 minutes after agreed collection time still no taxi. Called back 4 times to be told it was on its way, eventually one turned up (35 minutes late) and the other one was cancelled on the app, absolute joke

3 December 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Impossible to get a taxi

Impossible to get a taxi, when you try to order a taxi on the app it has an error but takes your money, worst taxi company ever

25 September 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad service

Bad service, I have been a customer for 6 years twice a day for 5 days a week and for several months very often the taxi does not come to pick me up from work at 2-3 am! 24/7 open and taxi none! Portadown very hard to catch a taxi. The people who work in the office are rude!

2 September 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Thiefs

Thiefs
Always taking me the long way to take more money from me ...
It already happened in 5 occasions.
Dont use them!!

31 July 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Value Cabs & fonaCab have monopolised…

Value Cabs & fonaCab have monopolised Taxis in Belfast, it is near impossible to get a Taxi in Belfast city centre on a Fri or Sat nite after 11.30 unless you are prepared to flash the cash at drivers pulling up. Their apps are only useful for day time during the week, pointless and useless when you prebook a taxi for Fri & Sat as drivers switch off to cash in on people willing to pay double and even treble the fare to get home.Ring the call centre and they’ll keep palming you off with its busy, the taxi will be another 5 mins.The whole system is not working and needs looked at again in terms of regulation. Unfortunately I have to give these companies a 1 star on here, my choice would be no stars.

3 July 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service, really helpful kind polite informative driver. Car clean and fresh. Highly recommend

1 July 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disaster

Disaster
Absolutely disgraceful company, which cannot be relied on. Booked a taxi last night for this morning for traveling to Dublin and when the taxi did not come I called Fona Cab and was told that no taxi is coming and I have to wait. Unfortunately the bus to Dublin can not wait. So disappointed ! Do not use them !

9 May 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scammed by an aggressive driver

My driver was extremely rude to me because I need to pay by card. He left the meter running while he reversed around outside my house holding the card machine out the window and swearing. I offered to go into my house to get cash and he shouted “no”. I said I shouldn’t have to pay the extra money for the meter being left on and he gave me more abuse, I had to pay it to get away from him. I called the office to complain and they refused to refund me.

6 March 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fraud happening out here

Fraud.. i did two trips... for both..different was charged from bank and different amount receipt was given....

Moreover additional deduction of £8 charged for no reason...

called their customer services which routed me to their admin team which doesn't pick the calls...

I am still chasing for refund..

24 February 2022
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