Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon Reviews 

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Considering 75 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Consumers frequently mention that the recipes are inventive and delicious, making home cooking a truly enjoyable daily activity. Many individuals also appreciate receiving fresh ingredients and discovering exciting new flavor combinations through the large selection of weekly options. However, some customers also noted persistent issues with missing items, incorrect orders, and poorly protected packaging that leads to messy leaks. Some people were dissatisfied with delayed deliveries and unresponsive customer service agents when attempting to resolve these frustrating fulfillment problems. A few reviewers additionally experienced unexpected charges and receiving boxes containing spoiled produce or items they never actually ordered.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I like the variety of cuisines offered and the imaginative recipes for holiday WOW (like the pumpkin maple French toast bake). However the box doesn’t consistently provide the recipe cards. I collect... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The food/recipes have been 3/5 overall. The real problem is not just that they don't deliver to the correct location (though very annoying), but that they don't then send out another box for that wee... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I'm disappointed with the lack of variety of prepared meals that go by Balance. I switched from Nutre for similar reasons. While I generally like the meals and their pledge for healthy prepared me... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Very expensive service and bad customer service. You’d think for such an expensive product they’d have better customer service. Other meal kit companies are wayyy above Marley Spoon from a customer se... See more

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We are Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon We love cooking - Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon is making it easier to cook the food you want to eat. We bring together seasonal ingredients, simple, delicious recipes, and make it easy so you can enjoy the fun part - cooking. Experimenting with food is what we do everyday. Our chefs are always in the Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon kitchen creating and perfecting exciting dishes for the weekly menus. Combining fresh, quality ingredients comes naturally to them and by practice they make perfect. Creating simple step-by-step guides along the way makes for an easy experience for cooks at home. Fresh Ingredients We bring great ingredients to your door. Technology allows us to become your local greengrocer, butcher and fishmonger. Or at least it gives us the opportunity to reconnect you with the core values of knowing where your food comes from. Building relationships with sustainable suppliers ensures that we are a lot more than just an online shop. Enjoy a fantastic cooking experience and eat well at the same time. We do everyday!


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unacceptable response

I ordered my first week’s worth of 6 meals and a market meal. I received the order on time but when I opened the box found only a few items of one meal and nothing of everything else. Essentially I got nothing. How can this happen? I immediately reached out to customer service on the app with my complaint. I received a generic response offering $15 towards my next purchase. I sent again to more adequately explain the issue and same response. I called the customer service line to a message that they are experiencing a high volume of calls and redirected me to the app or email. I sent to email twice with pictures and detailed explanation of the issue. No response yet. I have since advised my credit card company of fraud. This is utterly unacceptable and I have now made it my mission to expose obvious ineptitude at best and outright fraud at worst.

12 October 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Bryan! Thanks for reaching out. We're sorry to hear that you were missing ingredients for one of your meals. Of course, this is something that should never happen. If you still need assistance, don't hesitate to DM us via our social media channels or contact our customer care team via our live chat. All the best!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The food is great, but...

The food is great. However, the service is terrible. There has been something wrong--missing ingredients, damaged ingredients, missing/wrong recipe cards, etc.--with almost every box we have received. In one case, we were even missing the main protein for one of the dishes. For the prices, this needs to be fixed.

16 October 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Brian, thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear you enjoy the food, but we’re truly sorry for the repeated issues with your orders. Your comments regarding missing or damaged ingredients and recipe cards have been shared with our fulfilment team to prevent these problems in the future. We appreciate your patience and your support, and we hope to provide a better experience moving forward. Best!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Quality of ingredients hasn't been the…

Quality of ingredients hasn't been the best - portions are pretty small as well. I'm iffy about keeping this subscription service. I've used them for over 3 years, but the quality has gone downhill.

15 October 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi, thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that your recent experience hasn’t met your expectations. Your comments about ingredient quality and portion sizes have been shared with our team to help improve future meals. We truly appreciate your support over the past 3 years and hope we can provide a better experience moving forward. Best!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The recipes are always spot on

The recipes are always spot on, the ingredients are fresh and the meal plan I have chosen provides me with healthy meals that are filling enough that I'm not snacking throughout the night.

15 October 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

HORRIBLE customer service…don’t even try.

I want to love this company because they have so many great choices in meals; however their customer service is HORRIBLE. I got one meal that was inedible and it’s taken Weeks to get back to me via email, dropped twice via chatbot, and then a phone number that tells you to use their chatbot or email via message!!! Still haven’t got resolve.

23 September 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Cassie, thank you for sharing your feedback. We are very sorry to hear about your experience and truly regret that the meal did not meet your expectations. We also apologise for the delays in responding and any frustration caused by our support channels. We take quality and customer service seriously, and your comments have been shared with our team to help improve both. If you’re open to it, we would like to make this right. Please contact us directly at support@marleyspoon.com with your order details so we can resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for allowing us to address this. Best!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The service and food quality has gone…

The service and food quality has gone down hill. Cucumbers delivered rotten and items missing and this order the recipes were not included

13 October 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi N Vogel, thanks for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about the missing items, rotten cucumbers, and missing recipes. Please contact our Customer Support team so we can investigate and resolve this. Best!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Staying with Marley Spoon

We have been using Marley Spoon for several years after having tested several other popular meal delivery companies. We have stayed with MS because they seem to have the largest choice of meal plans, especially vegetarian, and the deliveries are reliable.

11 October 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Delivery is terrible

Delivery is terrible. Two boxes never arrived. The boxes that do arrive are usually a day late. Repeatedly I contact customer service and have NEVER received a response. The products and recipes are fantastic but something needs to be done about shipment and customer service immediately

11 October 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Jill, thanks for your feedback and for taking the time to rate our service. We're terribly sorry for the experience that you've had with delivery and with our customer care team, this is not what we strive to provide. Please speak directly with our customer care team via chat or Facebook chat so that we can work with you and get this resolved as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you. All the best!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Better than most, but could still use improvement.

Initially, I was impressed at the higher quality of ingredients (vs Home Chef) e.g., grass fed beef and vegetarian sauce(s). I have found it takes too much time to chop up the garlic that is in a lot of these recipes so just purchased a jar. Most of the meals are quite full of flavor and taste fresh. The last box I got was wrong in more than 1 way and trying to make meatloaf patties w/ ground chicken was a disaster. Hoping their packing people get back to doing a better job.

8 October 2025
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Wrong ingredients

My last shipment was supposed to be the Steakhouse Beef Tenderloin. I got a package of ravioli instead of the beef. I was very disappointed!

6 October 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Debbie, thank you for your feedback, and we’re very sorry to hear about the mix-up with your order. This isn’t the experience we want for our customers, and we’d like to make it right. Please contact our support team via email, live chat, phone, or at www.marleyspoon.com so we can review your order and provide a suitable solution. Thank you for your patience!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This whole order was shockingly bad

This whole order was shockingly bad. The Marley spoon meals were horrible except for the “chicken pizza” and the chicken meatballs with Marinara sauce. The lobster ravioli is way too fishy without even tasting like lobster (though the bisque was good.). The cheesecakes were missing. The only things worth eating were the tamales, the cheese plate, the pumpkin muffins and the non-Marley Indian dishes. The Marley meatballs tikka masala were the worst Indian food I’ve ever had and the chipotle chicken tortillas and cheese were pure, flavorless mush I’m assuming due to having been previously frozen and then thawed. It should be noted on the website that all of the Marley meals are previously frozen. I can buy better, cheaper frozen food at the grocery store.

27 September 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Kay, thanks for your feedback! I am sorry to learn about the dissatisfaction with the recent delivery. If you still require assistance, please provide your comments to our customer care team at contact@marleyspoon.com or through our live chat. All the best!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The delivery service has gotten…

The delivery service has gotten horrible over the last several months...I am thinking I need to find a new service.

2 October 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Charles, thanks for sharing your feedback. We are sorry to learn that you have been experiencing issues with the delivery partner who services you. Rest assured that any reports will aid in the regular performance evaluations made to all our delivery partners. If you haven't reported the issues already, please reach out to our lovely customer care team, who will be happy to provide assistance and flag the matter for you. Thanks in advance and kind regards.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

WE LIKE THE CONVENENCE AND vatiety of…

WE LIKE THE CONVENENCE AND vatiety of recipes far more than hello fresh. GREAT WAY TO HAVE ALL family members be able to take responsibility for a mean. HOWEVER, TOO MANY meals use POTATOES USED AS SIDES. I AM POTATOES OUT.

4 October 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Upon arrival it was pretty wet inside…

Upon arrival it was pretty wet inside the box
My suggestion for each meal, put all the seasonings ( in separate packages) but in one bag, for each meal.
it would save a lot of time, trying to find everything.also ask the delivery person to ring doorbell, we have to constantly be looking out the door all day, thank you

29 September 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tasty

Everything so far has been tasty and my family likes it. Seems like high quality ingredients and a wide variety of recipes. The only less positive is that I have to pick my food almost a week ahead of time but worth it to have good food!

2 October 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Marley Spoon has been just fine

Marley Spoon has been just fine. The quality certainly decreased a little and mistakes were made more often recently which has meant we've looked to another service for a while.

If you truly do love cooking, this is the box for you. Unique and innovative recipes. Sometimes they do miss, and when that happens, they miss hard.

Overall I don't feel negatively about this company, and we'll certainly try it again in the future if need be. Subscribed for about 3 months or so.

2 October 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I went into their site

I went into their site. Saw the menu was not interested and deactivated within minutes. Still got charged for 10 meals that I did not choose. I called immediately when I saw the charge pending to see why im being charged. Of course the phone lines were busy. So I emailed amd I got a copy paste letter saying if I didnt deactivate by the deadline.

Tried the meals and they suck worse then their customer service. Meatballs are tasteless amd soggy. I donated the meals. Most expensive 5 minutes

23 September 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Kristi, thanks for your feedback. We're so sorry to hear that our service has not met your expectations. Of course, this is not the experience we work tirelessly to provide. Please note that our weekly menu is always available at www.marleyspoon.com/menu, where you can browse meals without needing to enter any personal information. Additionally, the first box can be skipped if a request is made prior to the billing date. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you need further assistance, you can reach our Customer Care team at contact@marleyspoon.com, chat, or Facebook chat. All the best!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Satisfied in San Francisco

After months of miss deliveries we are now on track.
The meals are remarkable. I find myself making dishes I would never have tried. We were with another meal kit company for three years. It became repetitive. Not the case with Marley Spoon. Month after month we have a wide selection.
Very happy in San Francisco.

28 September 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Meals & Ordering Experience

All meals have been delicious & easy to prepare. The selection of meals is amazing. The delivery service used by Marley Spoon is much better & more reliable than other meal services I have used. I have ordered several times over the last 6-9 months & have been very impressed with the quality of the ingredients.

24 September 2025
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