“The overall quality is very poor. Little flavour throughout the range.
Steak Pie overcooked tough "grey" lumps in a bland sauce
Chicken & Mushroom. A few small cubes of chicken in what looked and tasted like wallpaper paste. Not a hint of mushroom. Bland & unappetising
Steak & Kidney. Used to be the only reasonable pie from Pukka. Now the kidney and flavour has disappeared. The claim minced kidney. The texture of chunks is what "makes" a S&K pie !
Pastry is not at all nice. Claggy top and hard base
Overall outclassed by Aldi pies at nearly half the price”
“I have just discovered the range of pukka pies you put in the microwave and I just have to say that they really are so delicious and convenient. The pastry is cracking!!!!! GREAT pies!”
“There is no kidney in them. I want chunks of kidney not a minced mush. The pastry is nice. The steak a bit chewy but at least you can see it. Not so the kidney. Will be looking for better quality pies or make my own in future”
“No kidney at all and extremely chewy beef, the only edible part was the pastry, I haven’t had one for ages and was looking forward to it, very disappointing.”
“I like Pukka pies and have always enjoyed their steak and kidney pies. I love kidney. One of my favourite dishes is creamed kidneys so I like to be able to taste some kidney in there. Up until now (20 May 2020), the pies have been quite nice. But this evening my pie had no kidney in it at all. That's serious, so far as I am concerned. I might try another steak and kidney pie, but probably not.”
“Thought I would treat myself to a Pukka Steak Pie,wished i had not bothered,too much gravy ,hardly any meat,very poor for the price and wont begoing there again”
“Three pieces of awfully chewy beef terrible,trading standards should be looking at these,advise folk not to buy ,hard neck calling them steak and kidney Bill from Fife”
“Awful... OK the pastry and gravy was good but the steak (in my steak and kidney pie) was tough and chewy.... every bit spat out (apart from the tough bits that got stuck between my teeth). I can only presume the kidney component is part of the gravy.
Thinking of eating one.... don't!!!”
“When Pukka pies first came out they were a quality product. I’ve just had one that was disgusting. Nothing but gravy and gristle. Why such a quality product has gone down hill is a great shame, selling such a poor quality product will be their demise!”
“Steak & Kidney Pie had no kidney and very little steak. Just felt like I was eating pastry and gravy. The chicken and mushroom pie was slightly better but the description of “chunks of chicken” was an exaggeration. I don’t normally buy ready made pies but was seduced by the packaging and marketing. As these were bought from Tesco was the quality compromised for the price I wonder ??? If these pies are the norm I definitely wouldn’t repeat the experience”
