Blue Apron: Meal Kits Reviews

by Mjjs76

Sometimes when I ordered food from blue apron it was good or just ok. But sometimes it wasn’t such as receiving spoiled tilapia or like my last order had the ponzu sauce spilt all over the bag and all over other ingredients when it arrived ruining the entire meal. When I voiced my concerns to customer service they refused to issue a refund and said I could receive a credit towards future orders. I said no thank you, I don’t know when I’ll be ordering again and would just like a refund, they still refused. If I were to buy defective or spoiled food from the grocery store they would give me a refund with my receipt if that’s what I wanted not a gift card, and for this I cannot give blue apron a good rating. A customer should not be forced to get a gift card for defective food they should get a refund if desired within a reasonable amount of time. I was forced to purchase and for this I will not be ordering from blue apron again. I feel it’s dishonest business practices and stealing from my credit card.

by SallyAnnaBee

Amazing recipe IDEAS and general flavors, but the written recipes are normally so sloppy or if followed exactly will result in a terrible outcome. You must have some knowledge in the kitchen for for this delivery service to be at all plausible for you, because you often have to improvise around their inadequate instructions or ingredients. Speaking of ingredients, there is ALWAYS at least one ingredient missing, rotten, or otherwise unusable (looking at that nasty, rubbery tilapia and tough steak) in each box and nobody at the company will do anything to remedy these problems. Most recently, weeks after I’d confirmed the recipes in an upcoming order of mine, I went to check it (out of habit?) and it had changed to three recipes I did not want without notifying me. Thank god I had checked in time to cancel the order, because upon further inspection, almost all of the recipes offered for that week were suddenly “sold out”. Sold to who? I’m a paying customer, a subscriber to the service who confirmed my order, and for whatever reason they’ve been sold to someone else without any notification asking if I’d still like my box despite the fact that I can’t get any of the meals that I wanted? What a nightmare. Most likely making the full switch to Home Chef soon if all this trouble continues.

by Djdtech

What started off as the go to meal delivery service has taken a turn for the worse. I used it years ago in another state and was thrilled with the service and innovative recipes available. After getting an offer in the mail, I decided to try them out again, but I was sorely disappointed. The first delivery was delivered a day late. The second delivery was then canceled by blue apron. We are now on week three and the delivery was said to be shipped and delivering today. After not showing up, I got an email at 5pm saying that it had been delayed again. On top of the inconvenience of having to scramble for dinner tonight, I have been let down with the choices now available. What used to be exciting dishes with flavors from across the globe has become cheap and mundane. I have tried out other meal kit deliveries, and your money is better spent with pretty much anyone else.

by Mariposa11746

BlueApron is great the only thing I have difficulty with is if I want to swap/change a recipe; I find that to be challenging. Great possibility it’s just the user/me. The recipes have been really good and inventive, although I would like to see a little more variety of vegetables it seems to always be kale, collard greens, carrots and/or potatoes. Prior to blue apron I cooked everyday normally so the recipes have been a nice change up and are incredibly easy. Blue apron takes me out of having to think and using spices I haven't used before, it’s been enjoyable. I also like that my meals are for two and the portion sizes are perfect and help me stay w/in a good portion size for me which is helpful for the New Years resolution. I am excited about the whole 30 trial I love the idea and hope that we can make it for every meal if someone wants to make that choice. It would be great if Blue apron helps to lose weight with easy healthful meals.

by 84woodywagoneer

My wife and I are trying to make healthier lifestyle changes, and or meals is one of the more drastic changes we are focusing on. We signed up for the weight watchers meal plan for two, with two meals per week. So far we have been relatively satisfied with the meals. They taste good and don’t take long to prepare when compared to other meal delivery services. The only complaint I have, as with other meal delivery services, is we’d like to have options for more meals per week, especially with the weight watchers meal plan. I feel that having more meals per week options would help us stay on track with healthier eating. The other complaint I have is some meals don’t have a lot of substance, which left us still quite hungry. For example, we got the grilled chicken with apple and kale salad ( I can’t remember the exact name), and we got one chicken breast for two people. We just wish there was a little more chicken; however, I understand WW focuses on portion control, but the portion still felt a bit small for two people.
Overall, I’d definitely recommend Blue Apron for the ease and faster prep time than other meal delivery services, and also recommend the WW meal plan since it shows you the number of points for each meal. Hopefully Blue Apron will increase the number of days the WW meal plan is offered, or offer both a 2 and 4 meal per week plan.

by Blackavar015

1. This is a review of app, not the service.
2. Please make a full screen version for tablets. I can expand the view partly, but not fully. Why? If there’s a way to do that, why is it not user friendly?
3. Please improve the “extras” interface. One of the surprises about BA that I like is the wine service. The only way that I know how to reach that screen is by clicking on an ad (for something that I don’t want) in the middle of the screen. Then I can access a drop down menu that maybe, kinda gets me where I want to go. Then, you keep listings for wines that are sold out - and I click on that, realize it’s sold out, and then when I go back to the original screen, you’ve kicked me (way) up into the kitchen utensils. Then I have to scroll a very long way back down to the wines. There are customers out there who, when confronted with this sort of commercial tactic, wind up aborting the whole transaction.
Otherwise, BlueApron works fine. Thanks.

by JTrav09

I’ve tried two other meal kit companies and by far, Blue Apron is my favorite. The meals are easy to make and are really delicious!! I’ve also had so many different types of food that I’ve enjoyed. My goal in 2018 is trying to eat better and Blue Apron definitely has assisted with that. I also decided a while back to reduce how much meat I eat, but I didn’t think I would find too many vegetarian meals I would like. Mannnnnn....listen hear!! Blue Apron vegetarian meals are my favorite and they are actually filling. However, I do love the chicken. It’s juicy and taste great regardless how it’s cooked.

On the other hand, there are a few things I don’t like about Blue Apron. First, they seem to force certain types of food in your meal. When I first became a customer, I ate potatoes like every week. I had to take a break for like two weeks bc I was getting tired of potatoes with or in almost all of my meals. Now it’s snow peas, but that’s not a big deal; I just throw them a way. Snow peas don’t make or break your meal. The second thing I don’t like is the chicken portion size; especially when it’s already chopped up. I ran out of chicken for one of my taco/wrap meals before. Last, is the price. $60 for three meals a week is sometimes too much for me. Nevertheless, I’ll still give them a five because I can’t give them 4.5 stars.

by MGardner1234

We have been using Blue Apron for about 4 months now. I love the different options that are given each week. The meals have all been great.
I am able to go in, pick the meals that look good to us and then when they come, I place each meal and ingredients in a clear plastic container and write in dry erase marker what meal is in it. I enjoy that I don’t have to shop and really ask what’s for dinner each night.
I love that everything is labeled and the quality is simply amazing. The protein quality is ABOVE wonderful, beats supermarkets and local specialty stores near me. I will say this. My husband, mom and I do not have small children so we love the different options of food. If you have picky eaters or are looking for more Americana home cooked I would recommend going elsewhere. We love the more unique flavors and we have had foods that we have never heard of and most certainly wouldn’t be willing to try otherwise. I have had 1 issue and customer service, called, emailed and followed up. I am 1,000% satisfied and really have enjoyed this service as well as BlueApron !

by Jennifer-Best Resume Coach

I love Blue Apron! It’s so convenient, the ingredients are fresh, the protein is high quality (especially seafood and ground beef/pork) and the meals are delicious! By using the recipes and learning how to do preparation first, I’m actually becoming a better cook/chef! It’s awesome. Even my husband who is hard to please likes it. Anything with spicy sauce or seasoning I can make it on the side or non-spicy first and let him have all the spices. We are a family of 3 most of the time (when my son visits we are 4) and the 4-meal weeks work great for us. We usually have a serving of leftovers for lunch the next day. When he comes we have just enough food. I like that all the veggies are seasonal too. Thanks Blue Apron for making it easy & delicious! Can’t wait to try the Thanksgiving menu!

by Mres Ned Pepper

We love our Blue Apron Meals. My husband has a lengthy illness. Planning so many meals from our old family recipes became boring. We eat most meals at home. The variety of meals of various international foods has been much more exciting and delicious than my old fashioned cooking.
I enjoy learning new ways to prepare my meals that I am serving my husband. I am amazed how he has enjoyed them and asks for repeats of them. We are both 80 years old and usually stuck in our ways. I like not having to shop for groceries , the ease and organization of preparation, using fewer utensils , and of course, the outstanding flavors in each meal. I have never cooked this delicious ever… it is not too late to learn with the help of Blue Apron!
Dishes and cuts of meat, chicken and fish are excellent.

by NEPA94

The BA app is so streamlined and easy to navigate I actually look forward to opening it. The only problem I’ve had is deciding which meals to order from the variety of choices given! Deciding when or if I want a delivery is my choice. BA does not tie you down with a subscription or contract. Using their app I’ve been able to appreciate the nutritional values of their meals. What I truly enjoy is the education I’m getting! So many ingredients I never heard of as well as the tutorials for the various methods used to successfully follow the recipes are beneficial to any cook! Being a newbie, a particular favorite of mine is the section in each recipe that has tips from other members of the BA community. One question usually has multiple answers from those who are more than happy to share their spin on a recipe.

by SleepingInMyCar

Blue Apron has proven to be a wonderful way to make meals easier and fun. It saves a lot of trouble with shopping and makes cooking a fun and educational experience. It’s nice not to have to think about getting all the ingredients and having to find the recipe and hope it’s a good one.

I haven’t had one single Blue Apron meal that I disliked. There were literally only one or two that I rated less than 5 stars. The meals are creative, tasty, interesting, and all the ingredients are fresh and pre-measured. I have expanded my cooking skills greatly since using the service.

BlueApron works great and gives me all the options of the website and services in an easy to use interface. Pricing is extremely fair, even after the trial period. For the quality and convenience and variety, $10/meal seems very reasonable. A+++

by SilvyLou

I have never been disappointed with a single recipe from Blue Apron. There were times when I was cooking with food I’ve never heard of before but I never discarded an ingredient or changed a recipe. I figured, how bad could it taste? A recent recipe for roasted broccoli called for squeezing the juice of a fresh lemon on it after it baked. I said to myself, “I don’t need lemon juice on my broccoli. My broccoli is fine the way it is.” Then I said, “What the heck!” OMG! What a new taste sensation! I also roasted garlic cloves with the broccoli because they were left over from a previous recipe. If a recipe calls for two cloves of garlic, Blue Apron will send a whole bulb of garlic so there’s always leftover garlic. I cook for just myself so Blue Apron has been great for me. I thought about trying other food services but I figured, why mess with perfection! Give it a try, you will not be disappointed!

by Gaetanoschild

We love Blue Apron and BlueApron . It is easy to use, and we haven’t had any issues using it. Pricing is transparent so we always know how much we are getting charged. Food choices are easy to make based on the complete information, including nutrition, for each meal. One can change the order up to a certain point in time, one can add a premium meal if one wishes, and can even add wine or additional meals. Company coming? Don’t think that is a problem either, order meals for 4 instead of two! Or do the meal prep instead, which lets you prep your meals for the coming week.

I was brought up doing cooking of a certain ethnic group, and Blue Apron has allowed my husband and I to try out new ingredients and techniques! I wish my mom had lived long enough to try Blue Apron - I think she would have loved it!

by Ray 1958

This has been our first week, with Blue Apron, and we were quite happy! We recently spent a week in Florida, with friends and they shared 3 recipes with us. We were pleasantly surprised with the quality, recipe diversity and the portion control, with these meals. They then set us up with 2 free meals to further evaluate the program and it’s usefulness for us, on an everyday basis.

We have loved the 2 meals and had just one mishap. We received an incorrect recipe sheet for one of the meals. Fortunately, you provide the instructions on BlueApron .

We anticipate keeping the program, at least through the winter and even through the Covid-19 pandemic. The biggest hurdle I see ties to summertime meals and events that tend to be last minute get together as. Perhaps the meal options can better reflect that style of eating as we get closer to that time.

by B-Stevens

So I usually just cook from the recipe cards, but for some reason I couldn't find the one for the recipe I wanted to make (I have about a 3" stack of recipe cards from Blue Apron because I thought I would end the service soon after beginning). Needless to say I haven't ended it, but I still have all the recipes. With BlueApron , however, I was able to pull up the missing recipe and cook away. In addition, BlueApron is very helpful in planning my menu and with skipping weeks where I know I won't be able to take full advantage of the service. Overall, I'm very pleased with Blue Apron. The food is fresh, the recipes are delicious, and although the portions are generous, the portion control has also helped me to control my weight. I went out to dinner with my wife not long ago and 70 bucks later with bland food, I was wishing we had just come home and had Blue Apron.

by Tippy2021

I thought so was going to sign up for Blue Apron and then give the other competitors a shot because they all have some awesome introductory pricing. But I ended up just sticking with Blue Apron because I liked it so much.
I love that a meal for two can fill us up (and we love to eat) and most of the time we have enough leftover that one of us can take for lunch the next day. (This can’t be said about some of their competitors)
I love the diversity and flavor of the meals and putting meals on the table that I would’ve never concocted on my own.
Blue Apron saves me the hassle of going to the grocery store and plan my own meals for the week. Considering that I usually end up throwing away food or purchasing expensive, high sodium frozen meals; I’m saving money and time by going with Blue Apron.
Definitely encourage everyone to give it a shot.

by That Locked-in Feeling

A well-designed app to go along with their well-designed recipes. My wife and I constantly comment on how tasty dinner is as we’re eating what we’ve prepared. The offered recipes contain all the details you need to make your choices: ingredients, prep time, nutritional data, etc.

Very easy to select and change your selection of recipes for a week’s delivery. You can look ahead about a month to make choices. Very easy to skip a week or several weeks of recipes.

If you have questions or problems, their chat help is pretty prompt (a minute of two wait after you activate the chat) and quite helpful. I’m sure it’s a real person helping, unless science-fiction quality AI has decided that Blue Apron will be where it makes its debut.

Also fairly easy to cancel membership entirely. (Which I did when I felt that I wanted a break and didn’t want to have to remember to keep skipping weeks.) I appreciate this bit of honesty in business practice. It’s also easy to re-establish your membership. (Which I also did.)

The only flaw I’ve found on BlueApron (and it’s a tiny flaw) is that if you change a week’s selections from the default choices, and then skip that week’s delivery, and then change your mind and un-skip, the selected recipes revert to the default.

by Ma In Abq

I’ve been using Blue Apron for approximately two months now and I couldn’t be more delighted! I am 81 years old and refuse to cook for one person, but I still like to eat well. My main concern was that I was wasting too many ingredients, didn’t know what I was going to eat the next day, and frankly I didn’t like my cooking that much. Problems solved with Blue Apron! I can plan my meals weeks ahead, I only get the necessary ingredients, no waste (a sprig of parsley instead of a bunch), and ingredients that I would have never thought of using or combining but that taste amazingly good! Another plus is that I can follow the instructions to the letter and end up with a magnificent dish and a clean kitchen by the time I sit to eat my delicious meal. I also appreciate the quality of the ingredients. I also realized that I am spending a lot less now than eating take out on the spur of the moment. I feel like a chef now! Thanks so much, Blue Apron!

by Imasigner

For the past 2 months I’ve been bouncing back and forth every other week between the two top rated food delivery services, Blue Apron and Hello Fresh. Both companies delivered fresh quality food with tasty recipes we truly enjoyed week after week. It was difficult to choose. Customer service was outstanding for both companies also. But the deciding factor came down to use of BlueApron and ease of ordering! Blue Apron you are the winner, hands down. Your App has a brain! It knows who I am and what I ordered previously. The Hello Fresh App on the other hand, has no clue. Every time I opened it up , it thought I was a new customer & never recognized me as a returning customer. After speaking to the technical support representative I found out I wasn’t the only one having this problem. So if it’s a recurring problem, why not fix it? My evaluation is complete. Blue Apron is the keeper. Thank you for having a user friendly outstanding App and a great company too!

by Brendon Benson

Okay, so the positives are what everyone already knows. The food is good quality and the recipes are simple but tasty.

Here is the bad:

There is no “pause” button for anything indefinite. You have to manually skip, week by week, which can be a huge pain. Sometimes the skip button won’t work and you’ll get billed for orders you don’t want. There is no way to cancel this, and you’re not given an alert as to your deadline to skip things you don’t want. And once you get fed up with all of that, there’s no way to cancel the subscription in app! You have to call. I can’t see any technical reason why these features can’t be integrated into BlueApron, so it really feels like intentional oversights. As much as I genuinely like the product, I have no plan to continue giving money to a company with such awful customer service (or at best, a horrible app development team, which I think is incredibly unlikely). This has been a very upsetting experience.

by Erineminem

We’ve been blue apron customers for years, but their app is a really poor reflection on the company as a whole. The search function is extremely basic. You can search for “chicken” and get a big list of every recipe that involves chicken, but there’s no option to filter your results or search for specific combinations of ingredients. I’m frequently at the grocery store trying to remember which ingredients I need for one of our favorite recipes and end up wasting 30 mins sitting in the parking lot combing through hundreds of search results. You can “save” recipes, but you can’t sort or filter your saved recipes, you can just view the entire list as a whole. We’ve been doing blue apron for so long that scrolling through our entire list of dozens of saved recipes isn’t a practical way to find a specific recipe either. Search functionality shouldn’t be so hard to come by for a large company in the modern age.

by Sigriddenijs

Blue Apron keeps on improving their company as it grows and grows with its features and its recipes. Also, now you may purchase it’s seasonings and products to cook special meals right on their site. This company has had its ups and downs. However, Blue Apron REALLY listens to its customers to make it a better experience for ALL of its customers. There is no other food delivery service to compare to Blue Apron! Our family has tried them all. We thought in the beginning when Blue Apron first came out they were the BEST.

Then the company slightly (only slightly) went down on their standards. We then started to try other companies out while still using Blue Apron. We even tried just using other companies when we came to a point when we had too much food.

After two months we went right back to Blue Apron and tried a new approach. We started to publish pictures of the quality of their recipes when they were fantastic and when they were totally below par. We also contacted representatives and informed them of what we experienced. Furthermore, we explained how we would rather have our recipes. This was mainly the bok choy and the meat pieces we were receiving. They advised us to look at what to look for and changed the way they use their left over pieces of meat, which surprised us. We now thoroughly enjoy our experiences with BLUE APRON. Fantastic Company that listens to our needs as humans that love fantastic dishes with minimal cooking.

by A Mom In SF

I think about cancelling all the time but the meals are always good, food is high quality and fresh, and my family always rates them at least a 7 on a 10 point scale. It’s nice to not have to think about dinner for two meals each week, plus I get a lunch leftover or two (we are a family of three).

The bad: there seems to be a bug. I have paused two weeks recently before the deadline and still received food. They credited the first time but I really need this solved. Also, I want an option to order some of the seasonings, sauces, or specialty ingredients as add-one to future orders so I can “make it again”. And I’d like to be able to have a section of “always on” recipes to choose from so we can get repeats. I understand they want to offer variety but it’s good to have some standards too.

by TeacherJami

App is super easy to use and Blue Apron is genius. The meals are so flavorful, they always show up to my house Mondays, so I don’t have to waste my wknd food shopping/prepping for dinners. There are lots of options to choose from weekly! I even have leftovers for lunch the next day bc portion sizes are big. I learn to cook with new ingredients, no food waste, and I get to gift boxes of free food to friends. They even have a recycling program. Can’t go wrong with Blue Apron! They even have Whole30 friendly options now. BlueApron is suuuuuuuper easy to schedule/skip deliveries...and look at the recipes during the day to get an idea of how much prep is needed. I use my app multiple times weekly! You can also preview each recipe before you add it to your order. And it’s soooooo easy to navigate/use. Good job Blue Apron 🙌🏻

by Jane In Kenosha

I have tried several comparable apps, and this, I think, is head and shoulders above the others! I have had serious problems with the other apps; I have had problems with one sending the wrong recipe cards, and, at LEAST once they sent me the wrong ingredients! Another forgot to send any of the meats and fish!

The variety of foods Blue Apron offers is amazing, and the recipes are extremely easy to follow. There are great photos; They even show photos that give you an idea for plating your creation! Also, I’ve been introduced to seasonings that I have never heard of before. I keep all the recipe cards so I can attempt to make something from one of the recipe cards , minus the ingredients that I can’t find, but I try to make it as close to the original as I can!

by WDKFilms

From signing up on the website to being able to surprise my wife with a delicious five star meal paired with wine one week later - Blue Apron makes the dream possible. Hi, I’ve never cooked a gourmet meal in my life; steaks, sandwiches, even salads - I can do that, but a balanced beautiful display of sides, a main course, and a wine with a fool proof pairing guide- complete with history and flavor notes I felt like I was getting a full education in food. The quality is great and ultimately I was able to surprise my wife with my cooking abilities which was a real treat. I would recommend this to someone who wants a turn-key option, someone who wants to learn to cook (myself), or someone who wants to supplement eating out with an in-house option (myself). Highly recommend!