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Waitrose Reviews

2.6 Rating 650 Reviews
37 %
of reviewers recommend Waitrose
2.6
Based on 650 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Own Driver, Courier
Average Delivery Time
Next Day
On-time Delivery
Greater than 80%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 80%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Live Chat, Telephone, Email
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
1.9 out of 5
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About Waitrose:

At Waitrose.com, you’ll find all the quality and value you’d expect, together with the kind of service only Waitrose can offer. Your order will be picked, packed and delivered from your Waitrose branch by our Waitrose Partners – people who own a share of the business, and will always take as much care with your shopping as you would yourself. With a wide range of products and brands it makes it the perfect place to grocery shop

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Phone:

1344 42 4680

Email:

customersupport@waitrose.co.uk

Location:

Waitrose Customer Sales and Support teamWaitrose LimitedDoncastle RoadBracknell
Berkshire
RG12 8YA

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Anonymous
Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I have used virtually every online supermarket delivery service over the years. They are less than perfect. But I have only ever trusted Waitrose with my Christmas delivery. This year I booked my slot in October. It arrived early this morning; the order was missing 2/3rds the driver immediately said ‘you’ll need to phone customer services. The delivery before you was also incorrect.’ I was advised by customer services that there was no possibility of the missing items being delivered. I had to wait an hour to be contacted by a ‘manager’. In the meantime I had to send my husband to brave the traffic queues to our nearest Waitrose store to replace all the missing essentials. Very, very annoyed to receive a call And immediately informed ‘this call is being recorded’. They have utterly failed in my eyes. Being offered a £25.00 online voucher for my next shop by way of non negotiable compensation for the wasted time and stress caused is derisory. I will not be using the voucher or Waitrose online again.
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Posted 5 years ago
So upset: Waitrose Christmas delivery failed on 20 counts today. They could not take payment for my amendments early last night and said they would get back to me to take the payment. They never did. I spoke to 5 people. None of them were able to help. ‘Sorry for your inconvenience, we cannot do a thing to help’ was the message. As a result we have not received most of our Christmas order. Extremely frustrating to be treated SO BADLY. This is not the Waitrose I remember in days of yore.
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Posted 5 years ago
Waitrose online is truly rubbish. I placed my Xmas order in early October. It arrives today with chicken breasts substituted for the turkey plus cow dairy products subbed for the ordered dairy free. Instead of a bag of carrots I got a single carrot with a sticker on it. I'm working up to Xmas day I explained. No notification my Xmas items were not available. They attempted to explain their behind the scenes processes which are fascinating I'm sure but they have truly stuffed my Xmas dinner. Searched everywhere today 22/12 for turkey but no. I hope waitrose staff think of me when eating their xmas dinners.
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Posted 5 years ago
DO  NOT ever have Wairtose delivery. Yesterday I waited for hours for my Christmas delivery only to find out eventually when I logged into my account that it was canceled. I was told by customer service that for data protection reasons they couldn't inform me that they canceled my order. Customer service is the worst I have come across, may only comparable to John Lewis's
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Posted 5 years ago
Tried a Heston stolen and am in total agreement with Mr Higgins. Bought two of these from the Ramsgate branch - one to be for a gift. Having tried the first one and finding it to be absolutely awful i.e dry, tasteless, lacking fruit or marzipan, we took the second one back for a refund. I feel sorry for anyone who has bought this product to keep 'til Christmas Day. What a disappointment this will be!
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Posted 5 years ago
Waitrose Lamb Keema Masala was delicious. Had a lovely kick to it that I really enjoyed.
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Posted 5 years ago
Bad costumer service and almost expired items So I have ordered food with Waitrose delivery twice. The first time more than 50% of all the items expired within 1-2 days. I mean, who east all their weekly groceries shoppings within 1-2 days? To me it seemed they sent me all the stuff they needed to get rid off! The second time I had to re-schedule my delivery. So I called in two days before the actual delivery date to re-schedule for on day later. Everything was re-scheduled (This is what I assumed!) but I never received a confirmation Email. So I called in the next day again to confirm that my delivery date was re-scheduled. The member of staff on the phone told me that it was not re-schedule and that my order will be delivered the day I selected in the first place. I told the gentleman that I re-scheduled and that nobody will be at home at that time. His answer was that they cannot undo this and that it was too late to re-schedule now. He promised me a 20% discount off my next order for the inconvenience. I have never ever received that discount!! So however, the driver arrived with the delivery and called me because I wasn't at home. They driver re-scheduled my delivery for the next day. AGAIN I didn't receive an Email to confirm this. So I had to call in AGAIN only to find out that it has NOT been re-scheduled for the next day. So the lady on the phone cancelled my order completely this time and set up a new one with the exact same items to be delivered the next morning. But! She was not able to give me the 20GBP discount that I had on my original order. So I ask her why not, since this mess up was clearly not my fault! She said she could give me a refund. After 5 days I got that refund. (At least!) When my delivery finally arrived, again: I found items that expired within 1 day... I mean, seriously?! Conclusion for me: -disorganised members of staff who only do half of their job -no intention to make up for the mess they have caused at all -almost expired items -5 phone calls, 5 different members of staff and just wasted lifetime to re-schedule an order that wasn't even good. equals: I will never order there again!
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Posted 5 years ago
Website and system Useless, entered 29 items clicked on delivery and first available day was Saturday the7th (Tuesday the 3rd was placing order). So I click on first available delivery spot to be told 4 of the items we had bought that were on offer would not be on offer on Saturday(but we are buying today Tuesday???), we Begrudgingly pushed to confirm delivery therefore having to spend another £7.00, only to see 4 further items are "not available from your store?". the 4 items were waitrose baked beans (4 pack), Tetley t-bags, whole tinned tomatoes and chopped tin tomatoes. So next stage after wasting an hour of my life was press Delete every item and will never use Waitrose again. Sort out your S..t system.
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Posted 5 years ago
Thought we’d go for the more expensive Beef bourguignon. So disappointing. No dept of flavour in the sauce (definitely not a jus) or the meat. And the mushrooms very wet. Waitrose is usually very good.
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Posted 5 years ago
Waitrose products are normally very good, but I was tempted to buy Nigel Haworths Lamb Lancashire Hot Pot - word of advice - dont bother! It is tasteless and mainly full of onions and if I didn't know what the meat was I would have been unable to guess
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Posted 5 years ago
Dry, tough and tasteless Prompted to buy Heston's Pistachio Stollen from the picture on the recent communication from Waitrose. Bought at the Waitrose Oundle store, couldn't wait to get it home to try it with my morning coffee. It certainly looked the part but slicing into it was apparent that it was dry and quite tough. Biting into it confirmed this, plus it was tasteless lacking enough of the essential ingredients especially the marzipan. Did I get a duff one or are they all like this but I won't be buying another one to find out.
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Posted 5 years ago
Waitrose Farnham. Waitrose product and service are always excellent. My issue is the Duchy organic brand. Often over the last 6 months fersh veg is unavailable, specifically, Spinach, Broccoli Spears, Avocados, Raspberries. I was told its a national shortage but it appears to be one that is not suffered by Sainsburys, in my opinion it is caused by having a single supplier,, which you do for far too many products. In my view you also abuse your position by undercutting other brands where theyu are available, Yeo valley dairy as an example wher Duchy milk, yoghourt is sold cheaper, I understand business but isnt it the resposibility of all of us to encourage more organic producers. My 3 star review is really 5 stars marred by the 1 star for supplying and encouraging organic foods, as sustainability becomes more and more of an issue Waitrose will, in my opinion, suffer. David H.
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Posted 5 years ago
I tried to buy some HEETS yesterday in Waitrose Leighton Buzzard and after showing my ID to the cashier I’ve been refused sell as apparently Waitrose doesn’t accept National ID Cards as a form of an ID. The government does but Waitrose doesn’t. I can travel abroad with my ID but can’t use it to buy an age restricted product at Waitrose. I am not required by law to have a UK ID and my National ID Card is valid in this country. I found this situation humiliating!!! It is against the Equality Act 2010 to discriminate and treat unfairly anyone when buying goods. Also according to the Article 20(2) of Directive 2006/123/EC of discriminatory treatment relating to the nationality of a service recipient in the conditions of access to a service which are made available to the public at large by a service provider it was a direct discrimination against me. Shame on you Waitrose!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
I tried to buy some HEETS yesterday in Waitrose Leighton Buzzard and after showing my ID to the cashier I’ve been refused sell as apparently Waitrose doesn’t accept National ID Cards as a form of an ID. The government does but Waitrose doesn’t. I can travel abroad with my ID but can’t use it to buy an age restricted product at Waitrose. I am not required by law to have a UK ID and my National ID Card is valid in this country. I found this situation humiliating!!! It is against the Equality Act 2010 to discriminate and treat unfairly anyone when buying goods. Also according to the Article 20(2) of Directive 2006/123/EC of discriminatory treatment relating to the nationality of a service recipient in the conditions of access to a service which are made available to the public at large by a service provider it was a direct discrimination against me. Shame on you Waitrose!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Waitrose delivery is the worst thing you can do!
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Posted 5 years ago
Staff helpful and polite, good produce and fish
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Posted 5 years ago
I must say I was very disappointed with the Stratford-upon-Avon store. They do not take you to the product you require but only point in the direction. No meet & great at the till. Didn’t wait for me to catch up with my packing. The first time the woman raised her head or spoke to me was when she asked me for the money!! I suggest you look at M&S Maybird staff are excellent. Always greeted with a smile and ask how you are. They don't rush your shopping through and will always take you to items you can’t find. They go at the pace of the customer.
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Posted 5 years ago
Absolutely outstanding service at Waitrose Salisbury! The staff is always very friendly and helpful! I have a little baby and they always bring my hot drink at the table. I cannot thank them enought!
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Posted 5 years ago
We have shopped at Waitrose and Sainsburys for many years and the experience in both has been excellent. However, recently Waitrose at Handy Cross, High Wycombe has had a problem with badly smelling toilets. A further downer is that Waitrose have chosen to use newly designed grey labels with very small writing so that you either cannot find what you are looking for and give up, or you end up buying things that you did not want. For example the Deeside still and sparkling water labels are identical apart from one very small word lower down which I did not see, so I ended up with 6 bottles of still when my wife had asked for sparkling. Such a shame that one of the best supermarkets has gone so far downhill as a result of bad management.
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Posted 5 years ago
Clean supermarket and friendly staff. There is good rapport amongst staff but occasionally you overhear gossip too frequently and it can tarnish the perception of a professional environment. On the whole though, lovely staff, clean place and good quality produce.
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Posted 5 years ago
Waitrose is rated 2.6 based on 650 reviews