Spicy Joes Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.7

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Looking at 61 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently mention the exceptional quality, fresh ingredients, and truly delicious flavors of the various spice blends, which consistently make home cooking taste like an authentic restaurant meal. People also appreciate the prompt shipping options and exceptionally friendly communication provided when placing everyday orders. Some reviewers were not happy with delayed deliveries, noting extended waiting times and difficulties receiving prompt responses when trying to track their packages. A few customers additionally mentioned having to follow up multiple times over several weeks to resolve ongoing issues concerning missing shipments.

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just ordered my first order with spicy joes , fantastic customer service via email. I can not wait to receive my order and try them out and Nige sent them the same day as my order was placed. I will l... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have bought Spicy Joe’s Tikka blend now 3-4 times and find it so much better than the others blends on the market. I have tried so many before settling on spicy Joe’s I find really authentic. Thei... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I ordered this coffee mug for my friend who is a curry Buff for Xmas I had excellent communication with Spicy Joes email confirmations etc. the item was ordered on a Friday night the order was proces... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My second review first was on excellent customer service and despatch.This one is about the product , absolutely amazing like nothing I have had before so easy to use , so well blended, so authentic.... See more


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  1. Online Food Ordering Service

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Spicy Joes supply wonderful fresh spice and herbs imported from all over the world. We make our own spice blends to authentic recipes that will help you cook restaurant quality dishes. We sell salts, peppers and all types of chillies, including the hottest in the world "The Carolina Reaper". All of our products are 100% natural, no additives, preservatives or colourings are used.


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4.7

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Top notch service

Top notch service! Easy to use website great choice of products never used before but needed two specific items for a gift. Quick email response to my order and a phone call the very next day to say my order was packed and ready to deliver couldn't ask for anymore.

November 27, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding

I like to cook my own curries at home so I've been ordering my spice mixes and other bits from Spicy Joes for a few years now and they are always spot on! Great quality and great service.

November 27, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Al,s Kitchen limited addition 'Its all about the base' coffee mug

I ordered this coffee mug for my friend who is a curry Buff for Xmas I had excellent communication with Spicy Joes email confirmations etc. the item was ordered on a Friday night the order was processed and arrived on a tracked delivered Sunday morning No delay as it was the weekend Excellent Service. The mug arrived well packed with no damage hope my mate likes it.

November 23, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First of all I ordered around 20 quids…

First of all I ordered around 20 quids worth of spices which i thought was a good idea to take to Spain 🇪🇸 then I placed my order, oops I had missed something so I sent an email and Nigel rang me and was very helpful and confirmed he had rectified my order at no cost so there you have it excellent communication and service would highly recommend this company and wish them every success in the future 😀 😊

November 16, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

1-Star Review

UPDATE TO THE RESPONSE BELOW:

Wow. Where to actually start?

This reply from “Spicy Joes” is the perfect example of how not to handle a customer complaint, defensive, unprofessional, and completely fabricated in parts.

Here’s what actually happened:
— The original order was never delivered.
— We were sent five fake tracking numbers.
— We called multiple times and were fobbed off each time.
— Only after leaving a public review did they bother to send something — which did eventually include a mug (thanks, I guess).
— Shockingly, we then received an email threatening to show up at our home address to “discuss the matter.”

That is not customer service, that is intimidation. And using our personal contact details and home address in this way is a serious breach of GDPR. We’ve reported the data misuse.

Most disturbingly, the owner called my husband over 20 times in one morning trying to get us to take down the review, eventually reaching him during a meeting. When told clearly he was unavailable, the owner still tried to push a conversation. That is completely inappropriate.

Their claim that we “blamed a wife” is a total invention, just more embarrassing theatre to cover up the fact they didn’t ship the order and failed to resolve the issue properly until they were publicly named.

And now he’s falsely accusing us of “blaming each other” for the review and calling us “not very nice people.” That alone speaks volumes.

Instead of holding their hands up and apologising, they’ve opted for public character assassination.

We stand by every word of the original review. The fact they spent more time writing this aggressive response than replying to actual emails says everything.

If they focused half as much on running a trustworthy business as they do on insulting reviewers, they’d be in a better place.

Avoid. The mug isn’t worth the hassle.

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1-Star Review: Avoid at all costs
Spices were never sent, despite multiple email alerts and five separate phone calls. I was repeatedly told the order had been dispatched.. even received five different tracking numbers, none of which ever worked. Nothing was ever delivered. No refund ever offered or given, despite many requests, for an order at a cost of nearly £40.

Feels like a complete scam. The fact that AL’s Kitchen recommended them and now has removed them from their you tube says it all …Bullshit company.

April 23, 2025
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Reply from Spicy Joes

Where to start here !!! But by saying that the only Bullshit here is this review itself !! The order was dispatched with EvRi originally and the customer says it never arrived, Immediately upon learning this we sent not only a new order but included a free gift Al's Kitchen Mug) this was sent with Royal Mail and it arrived next day. Photographic proof is available, Not only that but they received a full refund as well. So, they had the order + gift and their money back !!! WE sent absolutely loads of texts and emails - Non replied to and when the guy did answer his phone, he very abruptly said he was in a meeting making money and blamed his wife for the review and put the phone down hahahaha
As regards Al's Kitchen we are still featured in many videos and new social media post's - we make all of his spice blends, mugs, aprons and soon to be t shirts.
Not very nice people whom we have had the greatest of pleasure in registering on the new customers to avoid register, that many small online businesses use to vet customers.
Why people get kicks from writing nonsense reviews is beyond us i am afraid.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Same issues about delivery times are still happening

Unfortunately the theme of long delivery times and/or them completely ignoring chase up emails is still occurring which doesn’t bode well. Still waiting for the order and still waiting for them to even acknowledge my chase up emails. I always want to see a small company thrive but if they can’t even answer emails asking where the order is then…Be aware if you’re thinking of placing an order.

November 12, 2025
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Reply from Spicy Joes

It is such a shame to read reviews like this ! Adam ordered his items on 4th November. On the page that he ordered from there is a big polite notice informing customers that we quote 5 to 7 WORKING DAYS for dispatch, even on the pop up notice when you open our site it is there in big letters:

Please note : That due to the popularity of Al's Blends
orders are taking 5 - 7 working days to dispatch. All orders are dispatched using fully tracked courier service

Its plain and quite easy to understand for most people.

Adam's order was dispatched on 12th Nov, that is 6 working days and has been delivered.
We as a company have done absolutely nothing wrong, we have dispatched his order on time and it was delivered in good order, we have the proof of delivery picture.
As for contact, we have tried calling him several times, even left a voicemail but no answer on each occasion - strange that.
We are a small family business, who work extremely hard to offer fantastic products at a great price, all of our blends are freshly made, that's why they are so good and very popular and also why it takes a little time to get them out.
So when we get customers leave reviews like this it does really annoy us, especially when he says he likes to see smaller businesses thrive. He is really helping by leaving reviews like this.
So very sad that people do things like this - Adam enjoy your blends !

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never again!

Tried to buy Al's spice blend combo. Order placed on 17th October and despite repeated promises that the products have been sent, I have still not received anything. Nigel always replies quickly but that is easy to do when he has no care for the truth. Have asked for a refund and will look elsewhere in future.

November 11, 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Spicy Joes

We have waited for a while to reply to this review. We have been trying in vain to get in touch with Steve, sadly is one of those people who leave a bad review and then won't answer his phone (at least 7 or 8 times) or reply to emails. Its such a shame when people do this, it's just ignorant and bad manners.
His order was originally dispatched with EvRi and unfortunately fell foul of their system and as far as we can establish is still sitting in one of their depot's, as are 1000's of other undelivered parcels that people send. They are a disgrace to be honest. We have since stopped using them.
As soon as we found out that he had not received his order, we immediately resent a replacement on a Royal Mail 24hour tracked service, he received it next day (we have a photo of them receiving it), not only that we also refunded him his £13.94 just as a goodwill gesture. So he has had his order and a refund!
We were really sorry that his original order didn't arrive and went above and beyond to rectify the situation straight away.
Of course he didn't amend his review funny that !!! We hope that you enjoyed your blends Steve.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely the best service

Absolutely the best service, best products, best recipes.
This was my first time with this company and honestly have only one word
OUTSTANDING!!
I can not recommend enough and huge thanks to Nigel for going over and above to help me out.
Superb customer service! Thank you so much
The products amd recipes are amazing and knock spots of the over priced rubbish takeaways that I have put up with for years! Never again thanks to these guys!

November 7, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have bought Spicy Joe’s Tikka blend…

I have bought Spicy Joe’s Tikka blend now 3-4 times and find it so much better than the others blends on the market. I have tried so many before settling on spicy Joe’s I find really authentic.
Their customer service is spot on as well, I recently entered my email address incorrectly! They rang me and sorted the issue out very quickly and efficiently. I would highly recommend this company.

November 3, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely amazing Product been ordered…

Absolutely amazing Product been ordering for 2 years now the Spices are amazing and they all come with barcode on back to scan and instruction on how to make my family love the tikka spice and the butter chicken i can't make it fast enough lol

October 21, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Greate spices, can take time to arrive

Nothing wrong with the spices, infact they are fantastic.
Just be aware that the site states dispatch in 5-7 days, but my experience is that it can be longer than that

The First time i ordered i had to chase after 2 weeks. This second time over 3 weeks andhas to chase chasing.

To be fair both times the company dealt with the issues stright away, contacted me and resolved quikcly

September 18, 2025
Unprompted review

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