Thorntons Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.4

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Review summary

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Evaluating 287 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the helpful staff for their polite attitudes and efficient assistance when handling inquiries. Buyers often highlight the remarkably fast shipping, noting that packages arrive safely and ahead of schedule. People appreciate the seamless purchasing process and the reliable overall service provided. Some reviewers were not happy with occasional missing or damaged items upon arrival, alongside alterations to traditional sweet recipes. A few people also felt that certain chocolates failed to match previous standards, mentioning overly sweet flavors or unwanted ingredient changes. Others expressed frustration regarding delivery delays or discrepancies found inside their parcels.

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Customer service

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Order

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Product

Reviewers highlight ambiguous aspects of product, with many expressing deep satisfaction with the rich... See more

Staff

Users describe positive interactions with staff, frequently highlighting helpful and polite representatives... See more

Delivery service

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Whilst disappointed by the fact that the initial delivery had an item missing, the team at Thorntons made good and arranged for the item to be delivered promptly an courteously. Well done. Hopefu... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I ordered chocolate as a Christmas gift back in November. After three weeks with no delivery, I checked my order and realized it had been canceled—and I hadn’t received a refund. I reached out to cust... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered 5 bags of our favourite flavours (which are occasionally on a bulk buy special). They arrived within a few days. Sadly one of the flavours was wrong (nutty instead of mint). Contacted CS and C... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First time buying direct from Thorntons. Easy to navigate website. Superb prices. Super fast shipping. Order delivered next working day. Slight mix up with one particular item but an easy mistake to m... See more

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Company details

  1. Candy Store
  2. Gift Shop

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For over a century, Thorntons has specialised in crafting high quality chocolate, sweets, toffee, fudge and other confectionery. Our rich heritage has seen us constantly create and improve new and favourite recipes to enhance your chocolate experience.


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Damaged Santa

I received a damaged Santa which was quickly resolved by the customer care team.
Great service thanks very much Thornton

19 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Hannah @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful and friendly

17 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Hannah @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Customer Service

I made a mistake on my order, emailed them and was very pleased to see that they amended it immediately. That is a very good service. Thank you very much.

19 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Hannah @ Thorntons

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I ordered chocolate as a Christmas gift…

I ordered chocolate as a Christmas gift back in November. After three weeks with no delivery, I checked my order and realized it had been canceled—and I hadn’t received a refund. I reached out to customer service and received a prompt response from Chelsea, who was incredibly helpful and apologetic. She quickly confirmed when the product would be back in stock and even offered me an alternative option. Thanks to the solutions she provided, I was happy to wait for the item to become available again. The entire resolution process was smooth, and I can’t thank Chelsea enough for sorting everything out so efficiently.

19 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Chelsea was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Hannah @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Deelicious

First time buying direct from Thorntons. Easy to navigate website. Superb prices. Super fast shipping. Order delivered next working day. Slight mix up with one particular item but an easy mistake to make. Chelsea in customer services was quick on the case…..very pleased. Deeelicious!

17 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Chelsea was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Hannah @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

wrong personalisation

i received my order but 2 of the items had cross referenced names, however Thorntons dealt with brilliantly, replacements quickly sent and received with no drama.

10 December 2025
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Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Hannah @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant customer service.

Had an incorrect item in part of a larger order. Contacted customer service and they immediately sent out a replacement.
Incredibly quick and responsive service and excellent customer care.

16 December 2025
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Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely service from Chelsea at…

Lovely service from Chelsea at Thorntons. I forgot to put in the freedelivery code and after contacting customer services Chelsea advised she would refund this to the card I paid on. Very greatful.

16 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Chelsea was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thorntons staff - excellent

Thorntons staff (advisor Chelsea in particular) very helpful and understanding - let down by delays and misinformation by PO so goods receive 1 day late in extensive protective packaging - no chance of damage to chocolates or wine bottle. Also great service in refunding postage when Promo Code missed at check out due to accessing website for ordering from too many sources (my doing) Looking forward to sampling the wine - chocolates no doubt as per usual - one of our favourite selections.

15 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Chelsea was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Changed delivery at short notice.

For the second year I decided to send gift boxes of Thornton's to groups of my extended family. Last year this went off perfectly. This year, at short notice, one group split and I found i had sent the present to the "wrong" party. At short notice I asked Thornton's to redirect the gift-parcel and within a couple of hours I received a lovely confirmation that this had been effected. Perfect!

15 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5 stars to Chelsea in Customer Support

I have given 5 stars on the basis of the assistance given to me by Chelsea in Customer Support. It was not a 5 star delivery, as an item was missing. It was easy to contact Customer Support, as an email address was given. Chelsea responded immediately - even though it was evening - and sorted things out for me. 5 stars to Chelsea.

11 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Chelsea was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thornton’s Customer Service fantastic

Chelsea in customer support was fantastic. I had recently moved and not changed my default delivery address. After placing my order I immediately contacted customer support and Chelsea got back to me within 24 hours to let me know if she had managed to stop the order recall it and send it out to the new address. Very impressed with the service and very grateful this close to Christmas. Thank you.

13 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Chelsea was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer services

Royal Mail were tasked with my delivery & whilst claiming they had delivered, the chocolates were never received (in fact the proof of delivery photo appears to be of the parcel still in the back of the delivery van). So I spoke to Chelsea at THORNTONS who dealt with my enquiry exceptionally quickly & reordered my chocolates. Very polite & curteous, would definitely buy from them again

13 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Chelsea was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fast delivery!

I ordered online yesterday (Thursday morning) and it has just been delivered the next day (Friday morning) with Royal Mail! Very happy! There was an offer on the website of 10% off plus and extra 10% off when you subscribe to the newsletter so I got 20% off my order in total! Delivery cost was £3.95.

12 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy and helpful

Very quick and easy. Although they didn’t have an item, they let me know and offered an alternative or a refund.

11 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you Anissa for being so helpful…

Thank you Anissa for being so helpful with our query this week.

6 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Anissa was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Selection of bags

Item ordered. Not available
Email offered an alternative which was excellent
Very quick service

11 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

Thank you for your review – we can’t wait to serve
you next time!
Best regards,
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE!

GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE!

Ordered some Chocolate Covered Toffee over 3 weeks' ago. However, as my order had not arrived,
I contacted their Customer Services and received a response from Chelsea. She was very professional and managed to sort the issue.

8 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

We’re so pleased to hear Chelsea was able to help you
with your recent order. We’re here to help whenever you need it
All the best!
Lewis @ Thorntons

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cannot fault dispatch and delivery…

Cannot fault dispatch and delivery time. My mother is very fussy and asked for a thorntons figure for christmas. First off... the minimum order was £15 so added a couple of bags to make up the checkout. Thorntons used to be in Glasgow fort and you got 2 pick & mix bags for £5. With my husbands blue light discount it came to £8 for both. Honestly wish I wouldn't have bothered. The figure seems so small compared to what you used to get in asda for a tenner years ago. Menu has also gone downhill. No more vanilla truffles.. I don't think I'll be rushing to order from here again. One small figure and 2 small bags of chocs for 25 quid and that was with discount.

10 December 2025
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Reply from Thorntons

Thanks for your review.
We appreciate your feedback as it will help us improve our service. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Hannah @ Thorntons

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