Dinnerly Review

Wednesday, September 11th

2024 Meal Delivery Company Reviews

Dinnerly

• Meal kit service
• Priced at $4.99/portion or less
• 45+ recipes to choose from each week, including breakfasts, sides, and desserts
• 5-step recipes
• $9.99 shipping

Dinnerly is one of the most affordable meal kit services we've ever seen. They save money by using digital recipe cards (instead of the typical paper ones you'll probably throw out anyway), fewer ingredients per dish, simple packaging, and no big marketing campaigns. Depending on how many people you're serving and how many dinners you choose per week, you could pay as low as $4.57 per portion: good luck doing that with a trip to the grocery store and your own meal planning.

Easy to preview options - including breakfasts, sides, desserts

The easiest way to preview Dinnerly's meal kits is by looking at the Weekly Menus. Not only can you see the next three weeks' recipes, but they also let you see the week you're currently in for reference. You'll always have about 45 meals to choose from, though we noticed that some of them are a little light on the vegetables (like the Seared Steak with Scalloped Potatoes and the BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza). We like that Dinnerly's "meals" include breakfasts, sides, and desserts for additional variety: why not have some Toasted Coconut Chia Overnight Oats with Apricots and Almonds or some Mini Flourless Chocolate Cakes?

Serves 2 or 4 people for 3-6 meals each week

When you're ready to get started, you'll indicate if you want to serve two or four people, and if you'd like 3-6 meals per week. There's a box to check if you'd like your whole shipment to be vegetarian. After entering your zip code and email address, you'll choose your preferred delivery day - in our area, it was Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday - and when you'd like your first meal kit to come, usually at least a week out or more.

DIY when it comes to avoiding allergens

Unfortunately, there's no way to sort out allergens here, either during the meal selection process or while browsing options. The good news is that you can preview all recipes well in advance, and the complete nutritional information and ingredients list is right on the site.

Complaints resolved

So, being relatively new to the meal kit marketplace, how is Dinnerly doing? The Better Business Bureau's "C" rating might make you raise your eyebrows a bit, but we're not overly worried: there were 84 complaints filed with the BBB in the last three years, and Dinnerly was able to resolve all but one. Compare that with other services with nearly 10 times that number of complaints and you'll see that it's not such a big deal. By the way, we worked out as we dug around that Dinnerly is the "affordable meal kit" offered by the same company as Marley Spoon (who you'll also find in our reviews).

Great feedback from subscribers

Otherwise, Dinnerly's track record is pretty positive, with over 1800 five-star reviews. Subscribers say that the recipes are truly as easy to prepare as promised, and that they love the variety of meals to choose from every week. Like many meal delivery companies, Dinnerly has had some issues with shipping in recent months (boxes come late at night - or just plain late) but they always demonstrate their commitment to customer satisfaction in their responses.

Affordable meal kits worth a look

Dinnerly ranks right up there with some of our favorite meal delivery options, given an even bigger boost for being so impressively affordable. Give it a try and see what you think.