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

I had one of the worst experiences with…

I had one of the worst experiences with Marley Spoon. My box arrived with marinara sauce spilled all over everything — every single ingredient was ruined and had to be thrown away. Nothing could be salvaged.

What made it even more frustrating was the customer service. It took weeks just to get a response, and when they finally replied, the “credit” offered didn’t come close to addressing the fact that the entire order was a complete loss. The delay and dismissive resolution showed me how little Marley Spoon values its customers.

At this point, I don’t even care about the credit. What matters is that Marley Spoon has proven to be unreliable, both in product quality and in customer support. I will not be using their service again, and I certainly will not be recommending them to anyone.

September 8, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Catherine, we’re very sorry to hear about your experience. Receiving a box in that condition and then not getting timely, adequate support is unacceptable, and we completely understand your frustration. Your feedback has been taken on board, and we’ll be working hard to ensure situations like this don’t happen again. Best regards.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bruised and poor quality and undersized…

Bruised and poor quality and undersized produce, leaky protein bags that ruin the rest of the ingredients, late deliveries or deliveries that were never sent. I’ll never use them again!

September 23, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi J! Thanks for your feedback. I am sorry to learn about the dissatisfaction with the recent deliveries due to the missing and damaged items and late deliveries. Of course, this should never happen. If you still need assistance, please provide your comments to our customer care team at contact@marleyspoon.com (mailto:contact@marleyspoon.com) or through our live channels, either via chat or via phone 866-228-4513. Kind regards!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

First order

First order, ice melted, food warm and two meals had plastic separated form container. Threw it all away. Contacted support with no response. Cancelled service. Then get charged for a second delivery. No email saying it was being sent. Contacted support with no response. Today I get a notice package is out for delivery. Unable to get a hold of ANYBODY at this company.

UPDATE- crazy response from Marley Spoon. Of course I tried emailing and chat- NO RESPONSE!

September 15, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Young, thanks for your review and we apologize for the bad experience you encountered. Currently, our phone lines are closed and we advise our customers to contact us through the chat option when they try to call our number. You can also email us or send a direct message through Facebook. Furthermore, we look forward to hearing your feedback and to helping you. All the best, The Marley Spoon Team.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely dissatisfied 2 weeks in a…

Absolutely dissatisfied 2 weeks in a row got wet boxes, ice packs were completely melted , my jar of pickles were smashed open and water laying in bottom of box i have pictures i sent to them and no response either time I will be canceling my subscription

September 12, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Linda, we’re truly sorry to hear about the repeated issues with your deliveries and that you haven’t received a response to your earlier messages, that’s not the experience we want for our customers. Please reach out to our Customer Support team via email or live chat so we can look into this right away and make it right for you. All the best!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The recipes are tasty and generally…

The recipes are tasty and generally easy to prepare. I prefer the oven roasted entrees compared to the stove top prepared because there is too much aerosolized oil and it coats every thing in the kitchen!
A major complaint is how you present the recipe instructions…in paragraph form, they are difficult to track when cooking. I would prefer a vertical listing of ingredients and the assembly directions parallel on the right hand side to that…the old fashioned way a listing a recipe.

September 20, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Healthy, yummy, no-shopping meals

I am a teacher, and during the school year I want to be able to make no-shopping, no-planning, good-tasting, healthy meals for my family. Marley Spoon has many, many options to choose from. If you are following health guidelines (low fat, low carb), if you want comfort food, or if you want to try an exotic blend of spices, they have something for you.

Each meal comes with easy to follow instructions and fresh ingredients. On the rare occasion that something is damaged during shipping, customer service is easy to contact and has always made good on the problem.

It is very easy to pause your subscription too, so long as you plan ahead. Our family cooks for ourselves during the summer and on school breaks. I go to the website and pause the subscription for those weeks (even the whole summer!) - easy peasy.

My only complaint is that some dietary info is buried behind a couple of clicks. I have to eat low sodium meals, and sodium content is not a search term I can use the way low fat or gluten free is. I can find the information with a few clicks, but I wish it was easier.

Other than that finicky thing, I am very pleased with our Marley Spoon subscription.

September 19, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Marley Spoon is wonderful

Marley Spoon is wonderful. I’ve been cooking with them for 7 months now and love selecting my meals every week. There are so many choices, I have never had the same meal twice, and have learned some great recipes and cooking techniques that I can take with me if I ever do decide to leave the service. I also love the “chef series” recipes they will offer, which go above and beyond a typical recipe to have you do things like making dough from scratch as part of your recipe, so you can take your experience even further. In my entire time with the service, there was only one delivery issue where my box arrived late and I couldn’t use the ingredients due to a holiday week — customer service took care of me by issuing a sincere apology refunding the cost of my box. Each week I am more confident in my cooking than the last, and enjoy the opportunity to cook cuisines from around the world.

September 18, 2025
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

They tend to leave out important…

They tend to leave out important ingredients. For example they forgot to put ground beef in the box for the meatloaf meal. Poor quality control. This has happened to me several times now. It wrecked the whole meal. Then their reply is so weak and doesn'thelp.

September 14, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi! I’m so sorry to hear that these deliveries were not up to standards. Of course, this is not the experience we work tirelessly to provide, and we would love to use your feedback for active improvements. For this, please feel free to provide your comments to our customer care team at contact@marleyspoon.com (mailto:contact@marleyspoon.com), chat, phone call, or Facebook chat. Thank you in advance!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer service

Excellent customer service. Meal options are very good with a wide selection. I wish there were a few additional healthy small items to add onto to orders, but I really like Marley Spoon

September 19, 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Improvements Being Made

We really have been satisfied with all of the recipes we received so far. We did have an issue with the quality on some of the items, but our concerns were quickly answered to our satisfaction. I’m just holding off to give a five star rating to see if the quality continues. However, as I’ve mentioned, the recipes really are delicious.

September 19, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I'm really enjoying Marley Spoon

I'm really enjoying Marley Spoon. I'm finding the ingredients are very fresh and good, and the recipes are interesting and tasty. I definitely notice Martha's touch in the recipes!

September 18, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unhappy customer …

I left a message because I did not get my steak on my last order and no one has of yet called. The week before my order was messed up. I was compensated.

September 9, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Donna, thanks for your feedback. I am sorry to learn that you were not satisfied with our service. If there's anything we can do to help, please feel free to provide your comments to our customer care team at contact@marleyspoon.com (mailto:contact@marleyspoon.com), or through our live channels, either via chat (available in the bottom right corner of your screen at marleyspoon.com (http://marleyspoon.com/)), or via phone (866-228-4513). All the best.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Delivery and packaging only negative

We have really liked the food, it is Five-Star. Deducting two stars because we have had trouble receiving delivery a couple of times now. OnTrac reports that they have received the box late. This past week they did not receive it at all.
Also, the box arrives with items tossed out of the inner box and scattered under the ice packs and the meat, and sometimes damaged. And all the items are wet, even though we bring the box in immediately after we receive delivery notification.
Maybe the smaller items should be packaged in a plastic bag or something, to protect them, like Blue Apron?

September 14, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hello there, thank you for your feedback. We are so happy to hear that you love our food and have rated it "Five-Star." However, we are very sorry to hear that our delivery and packaging have not lived up to your expectations. I understand your frustration with the late deliveries, and that you received a box that was not delivered at all last week. This is definitely not the standard we strive for, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. Your feedback about the wet, damaged, and scattered items is very valuable to us. Your suggestion to package the smaller items in a bag, similar to other meal services, is an excellent idea. We are committed to improving our packaging, and I will be passing this along to our packaging team to see if this is something we can implement in the future. We want to make this right. Please send us an email at contact@marleyspoon.com or contact us through our website's chat function, so that our customer care team can resolve this for you. All the best!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What is happening to Marley Spoon- gone dark, meals not delivered, but charged

The meals have always been good- but my meals were supposed to come Tuesday- got a notification late Tuesday that they wouldn’t come until Wednesday but not to worry as they carefully pack the boxes. Wednesday I was notified there was a production error and they wouldn’t arrive until Thursday. They never showed up and I was charged. further, they say my next box is coming Tuesday and have charged my credit card, but considering I never received last weeks and you can not reach anyone I am concerned that there are greater problems.

September 11, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi, thanks for your feedback. I am sorry to learn that you were not satisfied with our service. If there's anything we can do to help, please feel free to provide your comments to our customer care team at contact@marleyspoon.com (mailto:contact@marleyspoon.com), or through our live channels, either via chat, or via phone (866-228-4513). All the best.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good food

Good food! We almost always enjoy our recipes and it saves the hassle of planning for weekday meals. We often have leftovers for lunch!

September 12, 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The meals have always been good- but…

The meals have always been good- but they switched to a new delivery service. My meals were supposed to come Tuesday- got a notification late Tuesday that they wouldn’t come until Wednesday but not to worry as they carefully pack the boxes. Wednesday I was notified there was a production error and they wouldn’t arrive until Thursday. I spoke with someone Thursday and she assured me the meals would arrive by the end of the day. They never showed up.

September 12, 2025
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Reply from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Hi Susan, thanks for sharing your feedback. We're truly sorry to hear about your poor experience with our service, this shouldn't have happened. Please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team so we can help. All the best!

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