Banner for Gousto

Gousto Reviews 

50,115
TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.6

While we don't verify specific claims because reviewers' opinions are their own, we may label reviews as "Verified" when we can confirm a business interaction took place. Read more

To protect platform integrity, every review on our platform—verified or not—is screened by our 24/7 automated software. This technology is designed to identify and remove content that breaches our guidelines, including reviews that are not based on a genuine experience. We recognise we may not catch everything, and you can flag anything you think we may have missed. Read more

Review summary

Created with AI, based on recent reviews

Looking at 4,324 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Customers frequently praise the wide variety of delicious, easy-to-follow recipes, helping them discover new dishes and enjoy cooking. Many find the ingredients to be of good quality and fresh, providing good value with well-proportioned meals. Reviewers also highlight responsive and helpful customer service, noting quick and satisfactory issue resolution. However, some reviewers noted issues with ingredient quality, including items arriving perished, squashed, or with short expiry dates. Delivery service is a common concern, with reports of late, damaged, or improperly delivered boxes, sometimes spoiling food. Additionally, a few customers experienced missing ingredients or felt that customer service was unhelpful when problems arose.

What people talk about most

Product

Clients share ambiguous opinions on product quality and experience. Many customers praise the delicious... See more

Quality

Customers had ambiguous experiences with quality, with many reviewers expressing dissatisfaction with the... See more

Delivery service

People report ambiguous experiences with delivery service, with many expressing significant dissatisfaction.... See more

Order

Reviewers mention ambiguous feedback about order, with some finding the ordering process easy and... See more

Customer service

Consumers find customer service to be ambiguous, with many reviewers expressing significant dissatisfaction,... See more

Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good packing and overall quality of food but DFS didn't ring my bell though I was home, so box left outside my door for hours in hot weather. Some ingredients are also a little past it - particularly... See more

Company replied

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great to have box delivered, knowing that I've got meals for next few days. Recipes easy to follow, although I have a box for one person there is always plenty left for another meal.

Company replied

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Recipes are good and varied. On occasions the portions are questionable but manageable. Delivery - although consistent, none of the couriers adhere to designated safe place storage they simply dump an... See more

Company replied

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Unfortunately I have found that the quality of the ingredients / food of recent boxes has been poor. Carrots do not seem to be fresh and appear quite 'bendy' and the quality of garlic portions is... See more

Company replied


Company details

  1. Meal Delivery
  2. Food Products Supplier
  3. Grocery Delivery Service
  4. Online Food Ordering Service

Written by the company

Dinner, but not as you know it. We’ll help you whip up wholesome, impressive meals no matter your skill level, with all of the flavour, and none of the fuss. From dinnertime classics and ten-minute meals to veg-packed choices and one-pan winners, there’s something for everyone on our menu. We’ll send you step-by-step recipes and all the fresh ingredients you need too. Just pick what you fancy for dinner, and leave the planning to us.

Written by the company

No lock in

Pause or cancel for free anytime

No commitment. No cancellation fees. Skip a box or cancel your subscription online at anytime.

Contact info

3.6

Average

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

50K reviews

5-star
4-star
3-star
2-star
1-star

Asks customers to review

This company invites their customers to review, whether positive or negative

At Trustpilot, it's all about human content. This business can also access our AI-assisted response tool which helps them draft replies.

How this company uses Trustpilot

See how their reviews and ratings are sourced, scored, and moderated.

3.6

All reviews

(50,115)

4,277 reviews in the last 12 months

Write a review
Companies on Trustpilot aren't allowed to offer incentives or pay to hide reviews. Reviews are the opinions of individual users and not of Trustpilot. Read more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

it hasnt arrived

it hasnt arrived! 1728

July 5, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi there, Thank you taking time to give us your feedback, we appreciate this may have been disappointing for you, this is certainly not experience we wish for you, I'd really like to discuss your comments further, so could I ask you please click 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. If you quote this ticket reference #9737124. Best wishes

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A great range of recipes..

A great range of recipes... really enjoying our weekly boxes!

April 6, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Gary, thank you so much for taking the time to send us a review and thank you for the 5 stars! Best wishes, Sophia - The Gousto Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Food is great

Food is great. Staff are fantastic and patient if you have a problem.
Would definitely use again
Steph

July 13, 2026
Unprompted review
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Steph, thank you so much for taking the time to send us a review and thank you for the 5 stars! Best wishes, Sophia - The Gousto Team

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The food is nice but the portion sizes…

The food is nice but the portion sizes are too small, either the meat is too small or there’s not enough veg. When you do feed it back, you get a small discount for the following week but nothing seems to change!

July 5, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi GR, thanks for sharing your feedback with us. We’re sorry to hear the portion sizes haven’t quite met your expectations, and we’ll make sure your comments are passed on to our chefs for review as we continue working to improve our meals. All the best, Sophia - The Gousto Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Issue with ingredients on delivery was…

Issue with ingredients on delivery was easy to contact customer services who sorted very quickly.

July 5, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi there, thank you for your wonderful review and five-star rating, it’s greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Sophia - The Gousto Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

There is a great variety of recipes to…

There is a great variety of recipes to choose from, and ordering is easy. In fact, there are so many options that choosing can be the hardest part!

One thing I don't like is that if you don't place your order in time for the following weeks delivery, Gousto automatically selects recipes for you. I would much prefer to simply skip that week's delivery instead. It would also be helpful if they sent reminder text messages to do this rather than just emails.

My biggest issue was with the delivery. The driver threw the large box of ingredients over my 6-foot back garden fence instead of coming to the front door and leaving it in my designated safe place. I reported this to Gousto, but unfortunately nothing has been done about it, which was very disappointing.

July 8, 2026
Unprompted review
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Lisa, thank you for your wonderful review and five-star rating, it’s greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Sophia - The Gousto Team

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Sadly disappointing

I really wanted to like Gousto, I was hoping it would help my teenage Daughter be more independent with meals whilst my husband and I worked long shifts.

Despite informing DPD and Gousto where to leave the box if no-one home - every box was left in a non designated area, we came home on one occassion to find the box had disintegrated in the rain and had to retrieve the items from soggy cardboard.

Soft veg i.e: courgette was always damaged as it would be placed at the bottom of the box.
Ingredients missing! or ingredients provided that were too small for the meal, for example: medium potato, but actually only provided one the size of a minature new potato.

I think we persevered for longer than most people would, but in the end it was causing more problems than us just meal planning and buying the ingredients from a local supermarket.

I have awarded 3 stars because on the rare occasion Gousto got it right the meal was very tasty and we continue to use the recipe card.

Thank you for your response Gousto... hopefully the review will help ith the communication between yourselves and the delivery company you use.. and also to help those packing ( i realise this is a very pressured job) just to take a little care to put the delicate food at the top... Its a great idea and if it had worked for us I would have considered rejoining.

Our positive experience was that Gousto customer service was very good when we explained the problems we were having and we were always reimbursed after we had provided photo evidence.

November 6, 2025
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi there, Thank you taking time to give us your feedback, we appreciate this may have been disappointing for you, this is certainly not experience we wish for you, I'd really like to discuss your comments further, so could I ask you please click 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. If you quote this ticket reference #9734391 (https://gousto.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/9734391). Best wishes

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The food is always fresh

The food is always fresh. The flavours of the food after you cook it is nice.

July 5, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi,

Thank you so much for your feedback. 

-Gousto Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love the variety hassle free shopping…

Love the variety hassle free shopping only thing couple things in chicken iv had dates not been good still usd up iv recommended gousto definitely save money as in a supermarket I would spend more.
Keep up the good work 👏

July 9, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi, 

Thank you so much for your feedback. 

-Gousto Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Food is really nice but delivery…

Food is really nice but delivery service is shockingly bad.

July 4, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi there, Thank you taking time to give us your feedback, we appreciate this may have been disappointing for you, this is certainly not experience we wish for you, I'd really like to discuss your comments further, so could I ask you please click 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. If you quote this ticket reference #9734090. Best wishes

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Should have been 5 stars, but…

Firstly, the positives - having been a customer of Hello Fresh for quite a number of years we have become bored with their menu choices and lack of ‘fresh’ ingredients (ironic huh).
Gusto has been a refreshing change. The menus seem more varied and the recipes, although generally more complex are certainly tastier. We have enjoyed every meal we have tried over the last 3 weeks trying 4-5 recipes per week and would not score any of them below an 8 out of 10 with many being ‘10’s’.
The only reason I haven’t scored a 10 is the following gripes:
1. The packers have a habit of packing bread or other soft items like tomatoes first and then placing potatoes on top of them. Surely they should be picked/packed first.
2. The ice packs, although seem sturdy, have leaked and soaked the box and menu cards.
3. Some of the items were not the freshest meaning they had to be used first, even though we store all the fresh items in the fridge. I had to go to the supermarket to buy tomatoes- not great.
Customer services deal with ‘bad food’ quickly and seamlessly, but not ideal.
Overall, very pleased, and would have given a 5 star review if not for the few minor gripes. We love the struggle of dinner decisions being made easy!

July 12, 2026
Unprompted review
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi there, Thank you taking time to give us your feedback, we appreciate this may have been disappointing for you, this is certainly not experience we wish for you, I'd really like to discuss your comments further, so could I ask you please click 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. If you quote this ticket reference #9734083. Best wishes

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointed!!

Have used Gousto for years, both subscription and ordering one off boxes. Always thought they were great, sometimes have issues with ingredients but any issues are quickly resolved.
Unfortunately ordering my box for next week I’ve accidentally checked out twice as I didn’t realise the first order went through, and now have one box scheduled to arrive on Monday and the exact same box to arrive on Tuesday. Tried to sort it via online chat this morning to cancel the box for Tuesday however no one got back to me. I called them this afternoon to be told there is nothing they can do, they can’t cancel the box and I will be paying almost £100 for food where half of it will not be eaten as we are a family of 2.
We eventually agreed after a lot of negotiation that I will receive 50% of the cost of the box back however they will still be sending the food which will be wasted. I find it absolutely ridiculous that it cannot be cancelled when there was still 2.5 days from when I called until the box being delivered on Tuesday.

Surely this won’t be prepared for me until the day before so why can’t it be cancelled?! It’s really put me off using Gousto and I’m not sure I’ll be using them anymore after this week.

July 12, 2026
Unprompted review
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi there, Thank you taking time to give us your feedback, we appreciate this may have been disappointing for you, this is certainly not experience we wish for you, I'd really like to discuss your comments further, so could I ask you please click 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. If you quote this ticket reference #9734037. Best wishes

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My box didn’t arrive

My box didn’t arrive. Used the live chat but didn’t get a reply after 35 minutes

July 12, 2026
Unprompted review
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi there, Thank you taking time to give us your feedback, we appreciate this may have been disappointing for you, this is certainly not experience we wish for you, I'd really like to discuss your comments further, so could I ask you please click 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. If you quote this ticket reference #9734017. Best wishes

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Unfortunately one of the ingredients…

Unfortunately one of the ingredients was missing so I had to improvise.

July 12, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi there, Thank you taking time to give us your feedback, we appreciate this may have been disappointing for you, this is certainly not experience we wish for you, I'd really like to discuss your comments further, so could I ask you please click 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. If you quote this ticket reference #9733853. Best wishes

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We cancelled a subscription 12 days ago…

We cancelled a subscription 12 days ago and they have still taken money out of my account, we contacted them to have money refunded to be told it’s be processed you have had an email and they can send 15% back. But we don’t want it, we did not order it. Answer nothing I can do!! We want to speak to a manager, No I am and nothing we can do!!! Absolute Joke DO NOT USE THESE PEOPLE they will rob you

July 12, 2026
Unprompted review
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Dain, Can you please head to 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. Please also quote this reference #9733170 so we can access your account and look into this for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Customer support is really great

Customer support is really great

July 11, 2026
Unprompted review
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Egle,

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review!

We really appreciate the kind words and feedback, it means the world to us and really helps us improve each day to make sure everyone loves their Gousto meals.

If there's anything you need don't hesitate to reach out to us!

-Jay

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great quality meal options, quality produce and excellent service.

The app is really easy to use and there are hundreds of recipes available each week which means you avoid repetition. It’s great value for money, the meals are perfectly proportioned and taste great! Ingredients are good quality too. If issues occur like items being missing or damaged then refunds are initiated instantly and deducted from future orders. There is online assistance available during normal working hours which gives you access to a real agent not a bot, and they are professional and quick to deal with any issues. All in all a great service and far better than the competition who we’ve also tried!
To further enhance the experience, offering more than 5 days worth of meals would be good, having longer exploration times would make it more flexible, and offering more delivery slots would make it easier.

July 12, 2026
Unprompted review
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Leyanne,

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review!

We really appreciate the kind words and feedback, it means the world to us and really helps us improve each day to make sure everyone loves their Gousto meals.

If there's anything you need don't hesitate to reach out to us!

-Jay

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Top quality and easy to follow recipes

Top quality and easy to follow recipes

July 4, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Alan,

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review!

We really appreciate the kind words and feedback, it means the world to us and really helps us improve each day to make sure everyone loves their Gousto meals.

If there's anything you need don't hesitate to reach out to us!

-Jay

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great dishes

Great dishes. Quality of chicken breast not been as good as before

July 4, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Wesley, thanks for taking the time to leave us a Trustpilot review. We're glad to hear that you're enjoying our meals, but sorry to hear that the quality of the chicken breast didn't meet the standard you've come to expect from us. We take comments like yours seriously and will share this with our operations team so we can look into it with our supplier. Best wishes - Mol, The Gousto Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Skipped box

I thought I had skipped this box as I was on holiday. I trued to cancel it when I realised it was going to be delivered but was told it couldn’t be cancelled or delivered to another address. Unfortunately this meant the whole box was ruined as it sat on my step for several days.

July 3, 2026
Gousto logo

Reply from Gousto

Hi Marion, Can you please head to 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. Please also quote this reference #9732096 so we can access your account and look into this for you.

The Trustpilot Experience

Anyone can write a Trustpilot review. People who write reviews have ownership to edit or delete them at any time, and they’ll be displayed as long as an account is active.

Companies can ask for reviews via automatic invitations. Labeled Verified, they’re about genuine experiences.

Learn more about other kinds of reviews.

We use dedicated people and clever technology to safeguard our platform. Find out how we combat fake reviews.

Learn about Trustpilot’s review process.

Here are 8 tips for writing great reviews.

Verification can help ensure real people are writing the reviews you read on Trustpilot.

Offering incentives for reviews or asking for them selectively can bias the TrustScore, which goes against our guidelines.

Take a closer look