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Reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the product for its quality and the delicious, varied recipes that are easy to follow and quick to prepare. Many appreciate the convenience of having pre-portioned spices and sauces, which helps them create flavorful meals without waste. The customer service is frequently highlighted as excellent, with people noting prompt and helpful responses to their inquiries. However, some customers expressed dissatisfaction with the subscription model, particularly regarding trial periods. A few other people also felt that the spice blends contained too many unhealthy ingredients like sugar and seed oils, and some mentioned that recent orders have been bland.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We love SimplyCook. We've subscribed for over a year now and we've never eaten so well. Vegetarian meals at restaurants are very very rarely as good as what we cook ourselves with these magic pots.... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The Team respond promptly to request for assistance. Although, over several rears, I have only had to go to them about three times!! The Recipes are very easy to follow and the ingredients needed... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We enjoy the opportunity to cook different meals without waste. In the past we have bought, for example, spices for a particular dish which have taken cupboard space for years before being thrown out... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

So I ordered the free trial £1.98 postage ,but there was a bit of a mix up but it was quickly resolved by Simply cook . I got my pack of 4 recipes and tried the Sicillian chicken with onion mash... See more

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About SimplyCook

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At SimplyCook, we want to get Britain cooking!

Even with our nation’s love of food, TV chefs, and recipe shows, most of us only cook 6 meals or less regularly. We’re here to change that, making cooking simple, hassle-free, and fun, so you can easily expand your repertoire.

😋 We love flavour! Our mission is to make your dinners taste amazing while keeping cooking easy..

We have a few ways to help solve "what’s for dinner"

🔥 Flavour Kits: Letterbox-friendly kits with inspiring recipes. Each kit contains everything you need to create 4 delicious, flavour-packed meals at home. Perfect if you already have ingredients and just want to add exciting flavours. → www.simplycook.com

🥕 All-In Recipe Boxes: Fresh ingredients plus our signature flavour kits delivered straight to your door. Ideal if you want a complete meal solution with no shopping required. → www.simplycookallin.com

🛒 Single Flavour Kits in Supermarkets – Pick up individual SimplyCook Flavour Kits in major UK supermarkets. Great for trying us out or adding extra inspiration to your weekly meals.

👋 We care about our customers. We’re a small team, and every review is read by someone on the team. If something isn’t right, we’ll put it right, plus we love hearing your feedback and suggestions.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer care and service and…

Excellent customer care and service and I love their wide choice of recipe boxes, which result in delicious meals.

10 January 2026
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Hi Marion,

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a lovely 5* review! This is lovely to hear! I hope you continue to enjoy the kits.

Customer Happiness Team
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy to follow recipes from a wide cultural base.

Easy to follow recipes with clear timelines, necessary ingrediants and equipment mentioned. Very tasty meals result and easy to cook. Usually no more than 20 minutes needed. Wide cultural base of recipes.

10 January 2026
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Hi there,

Thank you so much for this excellent five star review! We're so happy to hear that our wide variety of kits have made mealtimes easy and exciting for you, and hope that you continue to enjoy them!

We appreciate you taking a moment to provide us a review, and are always on hand to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delicious meals & fab customer service

I love simply cook because their recipes are simple follow, quick and delicious. They are also adaptable, I don't like super spicy food but the recipe usually tells you how you can make it milder. You can also switch out ingredients for others if you wanted to. Most recipes take well under an hour to make which is great when you're busy working. They also don't need tons of ingredients so they save me money on my weekly shop.
Customer service is fab, I had a missing delivery and they were very quick getting back to me and sending a replacement.
Thank you Simply Cook, especially Mia and Mandy who resolved my delivery issue :)

10 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Lizzie,

Thank you so much for this fantastic five star review. We're so happy to hear that the ease of our kits are helping you out in the kitchen - and on your food shop!

We really appreciate your words, and are so pleased that you're loving our service. We hope you continue to enjoy your mealtimes with us - and are always here to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Teriyaki salmon donburi…

I cooked the teriyaki salmon donburi with my son, who's home from uni on a break. The recipe was adaptable and enough for him to use 6 chicken thighs while i used x2 salmon fillets and the kit was enough for both. He enjoyed the chicken and i definitely enjoyed the salmon, which i did to crispy deliciousness (the skin, that is!). How the Simply Cook team are able to densify all that flavour into those little pots is amazing.

8 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Donna,

Thank you so much for your wonderful five star review! We're so happy that our kits are helping to inject the flavour into the kitchen, and that you're loving the versatility of cooking with them.

We hope you continue to enjoy your mealtimes with us - and are always here to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Can't fault their communication and…

Can't fault their communication and their 3 little pots are great to cook with
Forget the takeaways and cook with these pots better and fresher than any takeaways
So tasty and fresh ingredients 9

9 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Julia,

Thank you so much for this lovely five star review! We are so happy that you're loving our kits, and that they're helping you to ditch the takeaways - nothing beats home cooking😆

We hope that you continue to enjoy them, and are always on hand to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great selection of meals on offer and great customer service

Great selection of meals on offer, they come with a recipe card that is easy to follow.
We didn't receive our box recently, contacted customer services and within a short time received a reply stating they would resend our box and an apology. Thank you to Mia for a speedy response.

7 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi there,

Thank you so much for your wonderful five star review! We really appreciate your words, and are so pleased that you're enjoying our kits.

We hope you continue to enjoy your mealtimes with us - and are always here to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't bother buying a gift voucher

I bought a voucher as a birthday gift for a friend but they wouldn't honour it unless he opened an account and handed over his bank details. I guess that's the business model, trying to get people to sign up but don't call it a gift voucher if that's your intention. I got a refund in the end.

Thanks for the response. On the "Give a Gift" page on the website, it says "select the number of boxes you want to gift and we'll send a digital gift card valid for 12 months. The recipient chooses the recipes and whether they want their boxes delivered weekly, fortnightly or monthly." In reality, the "gift" is starting them off on a subscription that they may or may not continue once the monetary value has expired. Maybe that should be a bit clearer.

10 November 2025
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi there,

Thank you for taking the time to reach out regarding this. I apologise for the any frustration caused here, card details are needed to verify all accounts on our system. After your gift subscription ends you are rolled over onto the paid plan - however once your last discounted box has gone through this can be cancelled at any time without incurring any further charges.

I apologise again for the experience that you've had here, and our team is always on hand to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Might use them again.

I got the box for free and wouldn't normally have asked for it, or tried it. However, as it was free, I did, anyway. I usually cook from scratch, but I have to say these were lovely and very tasty. I will keep them in the cupboard.

5 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Lynda,

Thank you so much for your excellent five star review! We're so pleased to hear that our delicious kits pleasantly surprised you, and we hope that you do go ahead and return to us in the future!

We're always here to help, and thank you again for review, it's really appreciated.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Simply Cook was perfect after an accident/illness

We gave Simply Cook a go in the autumn after I had an accident and 1 of our animals was ill, just to take some pressure off my family. The plan was great for us in that we weren't stressing about fresh ingredients delivered and must be cooked within a certain number of days. The pots sat by our kettle as a reminder & inspiration to cook a wholesome meal as & when. And we're lucky enough to have both supermarkets & a local Coop nearby to pop to if needed for extra ingredients.

My only negative is a lot of the recipes are spicy so we were a bit limited on choice (the only reason I gave 4* instead of 5*). The recipes we did have were lovely, really tasty & we had control over free-range, low-fat ingredients 🙂

Finally, the customer service was excellent the one time I needed to get in touch. Customer service was via email during office hours but it gave me the flexibility to email at a time that worked for me and the replies were always quick, friendly and efficient. Thank you Mia & Lewis

7 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Lisa,

Thank you so much for your review, we are so pleased to hear that our kits gave you some respite and cooking inspiration during a difficult time - and that you've continued to love them!

I will pass your feedback on regarding our spice levels, and our friendly team are always on hand to help if there is anything you need😊

Thank you again for the review, we really appreciate it.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Waste of time

Tried to order a box with them for the first time with a voucher we got. Spent aaageees selecting recipes only for it to remove the voucher and tell us someone from the household has already used their service.
We definitely didn't, maybe previous tenants, but thanks for wasting our time

7 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Maximilian,

Thanks for getting in touch, although I'm very sorry to hear this. Have you been in touch with us through email? If not, then please email us at hello@simplycook.com and we can ensure this is looked into for you.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Well worth joining

Have loved having an account with Simply Cook. There are so many options for meals and all types of dietary requirements are covered. I cannot praise the customer service highly enough. They are very friendly and deal with customer queries super efficiently. And if thats not enough, my husband has started to prepare meals for us. This is great because he cant cook, but can follow the easy instructions. If only I had realised this year's ago!

29 December 2025
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Barbara,

Thank you so much for your lovely five star review! I'm so happy to hear that you and your husband are enjoying the ease and variety of our kits, and that it's helping you both out at mealtimes😊

Our friendly team are always on hand to help if you need anything, and we hope you continue to enjoy your mealtimes with us. Thank you again for the review, we all really appreciate it.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The recipe kits are a great addition to…

The recipe kits are a great addition to a busy family & taste perfect.
They take only max 30mins to prepare & wouldnt go back to normal cooking without them as they cut the hassle.
If you have to many you can take a break from your subscription if you drop them an e-mail.
Thanks simply cook!!! Happy new year!!!

7 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi David,

Thank you so much for your super five star review, and a very Happy New Year!

We really appreciate your words, and are so pleased that you're enjoying the ease of our kits. We hope you continue to enjoy your mealtimes with us - and are always here to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Superb customer service

Superb customer service. I wish other companies would offer similar service to their customers.

7 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Robin,

Thank you for the super review! I'm happy to hear that our team were able to help you out with your issue☺️

We're always on hand to help! Thanks again for review, it's really appreciated.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Complex ordering system but excellent response from customer support team.

I recently signed up for a 4 weekly delivery from Simply Cook. It worked well for first 2 deliveries but I then tried to amend my next delivery date as I was away for 3 weeks.
However I ended up with a delivery of recipes that I hadn’t chosen, 3 weeks before I expected it.

I queried this with customer support and got a quick response explaining why those recipes had been chosen and offering to replace the box if required.

During follow up emails, I discovered that editing my account for a “3 week break” meant that my next delivery would be in 3 weeks time - not 3 weeks later than my planned delivery date in the system.
Bottom line is that the customer support ( MIA) via email was excellent.

6 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Dave,

Thank you for the lovely review! I'm so happy to hear that we were able to help you out with this problem, and hope that this will make ordering with us even easier in the future☺️

We're always here to help! Thank you again for review, we really appreciate it.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best meal kits I've tried

I've tried other meal kits in the past but found that they didn't have enough veg, way too much packaging and weren't versatile enough. I like Simply Cook because I buy my own main ingredients (adapting them however I want to) then use the kits to make a simple and delicious meal. I use a put luck approach and let Simply Cook choose my kits - I've not had a bad one yet. It's good value and I look forward to seeing what's in my box each time. Customer service has been excellent. Highly recommended.

6 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Candida,

Thank you so much for your fantastic five star review! We're so happy to hear that we've helped to make your mealtimes easy and exciting, and that you're enjoying the versatility of our kits.

We sincerely hope that you continue to love cooking with us - and our friendly team are always on hand to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Simply cook used to be tasty

Simply cook used to be tasty, and exciting , full of flavours but our last few orders have been so bland I've raided the kitchen cupboard every time to season it, which completely defeats the reason I brought them in the first place. Avoid!

6 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Hayley,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, however I'm very sorry to hear this. Have you been in touch with us through email? If not, then please email us at hello@simplycook.com and we can ensure this is looked into for you, we would love to hear more about the kits that you cooked and get your feedback surrounding this.

I apologise for the disappointment caused here, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super Simply Cook

Always happy with Simply Cook.Lots of lovely recipes to choose from,promptly delivered.

6 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Melody,

Thank you so much for your five star review! We are so pleased to hear you've been enjoying the recipes😊

We hope you continue to enjoy your mealtimes with us - and we are always here to help.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love Simply Cook boxes

Love Simply Cook boxes - been using them for several years now. The curries are yummy, Spinach & Paneer being my favourite.

5 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Kim,

Thank you for your excellent five star review, and for your continued loyalty! We're so glad to hear that our kits are a firm favourite in your household (and the Spinach and Paneer Curry is a fantastic choice😊).

We hope that you continue to enjoy them, and are always on hand to help if you need anything.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good customer service

Very good customer service, in fact, I would say, extremely good service. Then there's the boxes with recipes and they are terrific and easy to use. I highly recommend Simply Cook.

5 January 2026
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Gloria,

Thank you for the super five star review! I'm happy to hear that our team were able to help you with your issue, and that you've been loving the ease and deliciousness of our kits!

We're always here to help, and thank you again for review, it's really appreciated.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

So I ordered the free trial £1.98…

So I ordered the free trial £1.98 postage ,but there was a bit of a mix up but it was quickly resolved by Simply cook .
I got my pack of 4 recipes and tried the Sicillian chicken with onion mash and chard lettuce it was absolutely gorgeous and so easy to make ,I changed just 1 instruction, I wrapped the chicken breast in parchment paper and airfried it instead of using the oven ,this kept it juicy .can't wait to try the Keralan prawn curry next 😋

31 December 2025
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Reply from SimplyCook

Hi Linda,

Thank you so much for this excellent five star review! We are so pleased to hear that you're enjoying your trial box, and that our friendly team were able to help you with your issue.

We are always on hand to help, and hope that you enjoy the rest of the recipes in this first box! Thank you again for taking a moment to provide us a review, we really appreciate it.

Mia
Customer Happiness Team☀️
hello@simplycook.com

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