Send A Meal
Send A Meal Reviews - Prepared Meal Delivery Reviews
Send A Meal specializes in family sized servings. Not everything on the menu is prepared, so be sure to check the heating instructions before you buy. Entrees, sides, and vegetables are sold in three to four servings per item.
There are no single meals available. This meal service is an online company that strives in providing fully prepared gourmet meals nationwide so that there is always time for a meal. Send A Meal company offers many different service plans from 2 day delivery plans to weekly plans in which you get to choose a new meal every day for a full week. Each prepared dish feeds four or more people; however, each can be frozen for up to six months. If you are looking for an individual meal, simply divide it up evenly and place the rest in the freezer.
Not everyone has the luxury of time. Some have to work long hours just to make ends meet, especially with today's economic down turn. And because of this most families are deprived of dinner time together or a healthy diet. Send A Meal is company founded to help modern families have delicious and healthy meals effortlessly all the time. They understand the need for time and convenience, as well as the importance of family togetherness.
A sampling of photos of Send A Meal Prepared Meals
Send A Meal no longer makes their own food. You can go to Omaha Steaks or Lobster Gram and buy directly from them, saving money in the process.
Although still new to the food industry, they have already gained many loyal customers. They are loved because of the variety of gourmet food products they offer as well as the efficiency of their deliveries across the country. Send A Meal has a variety of products like pastas, seafood, beef, pork, soups, side dishes, appetizers, and desserts. These prepared meals are shipped frozen and come with easy-to-read instructions. They are fully-cooked, with the exception their steak selections.
Their servings are good for two to four people. However, if you live alone, you can easily split them up to serve you for a couple of days. Of course, there are many working moms or single parents who would wish to be free from time-consuming meal planning. Send A Meal offers great meal planning menu selections to eliminate the hassles of "What's for dinner? or "What's for Breakfast and Lunch?"
For special occasions such as birthday or anniversaries, Send a Meal offers the choice of gift certificates and gourmet food gifts that can be received through the mail same-day if ordered before a specific time or through email and then printed out. Free shipping also applies to all special occasion orders. Located on the gift certificate is a list of meals to choose from and how to redeem them. Once selected, your order will be shipped via standard ground shipping. Additional charges apply if the food product is expected sooner.
Though they guarantee deliveries nationwide, certain restrictions do apply. However, home deliveries are guaranteed to arrive when specified. Shipping is refunded if the meal arrives late if there is a failure of the carrier to make the delivery.
Our Send A Meal Review of their Meal Delivery Service
Beef Stroganoff - $34.95
Sorry for the poor picture quality but you can still see this is not a very large microwave tray that is supposed to serve four people. The food did taste better than it looks, and without a green vegetable, it wouldn't qualify as a complete meal. We were a little surprised with the quality of the meat given Send A Meal is owned by Omaha Steaks. The pasta was good, as was the gravy. I would reorder this again for about $12. There is just no way I can see people spending $34.95 for this.
-Morris Pelphner
Breaded Chicken Cutlet with Mashed Potatoes and String Beans - $39.95
This prepared meal kit serves four, so for about $10 a serving, I thought this is a pretty good value. There are two chicken cutlets in the picture, but only one cutlet per person would serve four. The mashed potatoes are good, as are the string beans, and the chicken is small, but it's not bad. It's not a meal I would be excited about reordering, but it is about the average price for a meal of this quality. Having to buy the whole package of four is a bummer for me.
-Nicole DiLayne
Meat Lasagna - $25.99
I wonder what people are thinking as they sit in their meeting rooms and decide to offer products like this for $26. There is nothing special about this Lasagna, and you can easily find one in your neighborhood market for about $8. The idea that it serves fours is an insult, although I would prefer to use the word scam.
It was good, and probably one of the better Lasagna's you can get from a meal delivery service, but that more a statement of quality Lasagna's out there than this being so great. Even so, it is not worth anything near the price.
-Chef Aldo Piquanti
Shrimp Scampi $25.99
I was surprised how much I liked this, even though there is no way it serves four, the shrimp, were tiny, and it had to be cooked on the stove top. It was good, and with some added Parmesan and a sprinkle of basil, it was quite a treat. The sauce was spot on.
But the price didn't work more me. Even if this served two at $13 each, it would be close, but I had to wash a pot. $12 per serving I probably would reorder it, so make your buying decision accordingly.
-Morris Pelphner
Send A Meal Reviews from Consumers
Meat Was Tough In All Entrees, Super Disappointed
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Fair
- Reheating:
Fair
- Customer Service: Poor
- Shipping: Fair
- Taste and Food Quality: Poor
- Value: Poor
I purchased a "sampler' meal from the Senior menu for my 84 year old dad. He is not picky, but he wasn't impressed. Said the meat was tough. For all 4 of his entrees. I was super disappointed.
-Tawnya H, CA
Gift Certificate Problems - Too Difficult For The Elderly
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Poor
- Reheating:
Poor
- Customer Service: Poor
- Shipping: Poor
- Taste and Food Quality: Poor
- Value: Poor
I have been trying to use a gift certificate my elderly parents received as a gift for their anniversary. We have tried to place the order on line and through the phone, neither of which we have been able to redeem the gift certificate due to it not being "valid". Customer service has replied via e-mail several times stating the code is good and go ahead and use it. When we call to place the order, they state the code in invalid. I have yet to receive a phone call from customer service as this is day 5. The representatives who answer are not able to directly put me in touch with THEIR customer service. I have even talked to a supervisor who was unable to help me. If we are ever able to get our food, I will never order from this company again. As a somewhat computer savvy middle-aged adult having this much problem ordering food, I can't see an elderly person trying to navigate this system.
-Dana, Phoenix, AZ
Why Allow Special Instructions If You Don't Use Them?
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Good
- Reheating:
Fair
- Customer Service: Poor
- Shipping: Poor
- Taste and Food Quality: Fair
- Value: Poor
I use this service to send a thanksgiving meal to my daughter that is college, Now before I made the order I called the company and verified with them to see if they could deliver to a campus if I give them the building and room number in which they told me YES. So I place the order as well as put in special instruction to call her when they get close so she can meet them, that way it's easier on both parties. Well that's when it all went down hill,
My daughter call me checking up on the order in which I told her it was delivered and didn't she get a phone call. She tell me no one call her and it's not at the front office, therefore I made a phone call to SendAMeal informing them of the situation. They said it was delivered and signed for; that's when I inform them they was suppose to call her per SPCIAL INSTRUCTION ON THERE WEB SITE !!, while not only did my daughter not get a phone call but they delivered it but to the other side of the campus. Now my daughter had to find a security guard to let her in the office her delivery was sent to because this was THANKSGIVING BREAK and 90% of campus staff was gone, lucky she was able to get her food and enjoy her thanksgiving but the hassle she had to go through to get it was unacceptable. What's even worst was SendAMeal send me a email saying Item was delivered and their not responsible for the driver calling the customer ahead of time.
Now my question is what is the point of having special instruction if you don't use them and second if you know your third party delivery system will not perform the task at hand, why didn't SendAMeal have one of there people call the recipient and let them know it's on it way? That would have made me a father not seeing there kid for thanksgiving feel a whole lot better. Therefore I will never use this company again.
-Donovan, Centennial, CO
A Complete Disappointment
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Good
- Reheating: Poor
- Customer Service: Poor
- Shipping: Poor
- Taste and Food Quality: Poor
- Value: Fair
I used Send a Meal to place an order for a good friend who was homebound due to a medical condition. In filling out the order, the postal system generated an error in the mailing address. As a result, the food never got to the proper address. But what was most frustrating was that there was absolutely no attempt make to contact me even though I had put down my own phone number as the person to contact to obtain the delivery.
IN trying to resolve the situation, all customer service did was send me an email saying they are not liable for the order and that they have already charged my credit card and could rectify it for me by charging me another full price (over $200)
So I am out over $200 and have no product received or even any communication received about any issues.
This was a complete disappointment to me.
-Maria, Washington Twp, NJ
Save Your Money
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Fair
- Reheating:
Fair
- Customer Service: Poor
- Shipping: Fair
- Taste and Food Quality: Fair
- Value: Fair
I ordered an Anniversary meal for my brother and sister in law, but they sent me the info on how to redeem the voucher, they have no way of contacting a live person to straighten it out, so I have to say, please save your money and go elsewhere!
-Betz, San Diego, CA
Won't Hesitate Coming Back
Overall: Gold Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Excellent
- Reheating: Excellent
- Customer Service: Good
- Shipping: Excellent
- Taste and Food Quality: Excellent
- Value: Good
I used them for my parents in IL in 2010 and 2011 and had only positive experiences. 5 meals both times. It arrived when it was supposed to and my parents loved it. I was shocked reading the other reviews. I tried a new (organic) place this year and if it doesn't go well I won't hesitate coming back to this meal service.
-A.M., IL
No Phone Number
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Fair
- Reheating:
Fair
- Customer Service: Poor
- Shipping: Poor
- Taste and Food Quality: Poor
- Value: Poor
I ordered a meal for my 93 year old mother so she would have something to eat on Mother's Day. It was scheduled to arrive on May 11, 2012. It actually arrived on May 15, 2012. There is no phone contact at all. Next time I will order directly from the actual vendor Omaha Steaks and save about 50% on the meal ($19.99 vs. $39.95).
-Alex D, Los Angeles CA
Warning: Send A Meal Doesn't Have Any of its Own Food
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Good
- Reheating:
Fair
- Customer Service: Fair
- Shipping: Good
- Taste and Food Quality: Fair
- Value: Poor
I placed a recent order with them for some gourmet prepared meals and was shocked to find my entire order came from Omaha Steaks. I went back to the website and found this tiny mention of it:
"The main concept behind Send a Meal is to bring the best prepared foods in various gourmet styles from vendors online into one location. We supply high quality meals from companies such and Omaha Steaks, Lobster Gram and many more."
I would image its cheaper to buy Omaha Steaks products from Omaha Steaks instead of going through them. It seems strange to me that a food website doesn't have any of its own food.
I paid $45.97 for lasagna, string beans, and a tiramisu cake which was on special, originally priced at $62.95. At Omaha Steaks, the same package would have cost me $34.97. You can save 20% just by going to Omaha Steaks.
-J. K., PA
The Food Was Okay
Overall: Bronze Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Good
- Reheating:
Fair
- Customer Service: Fair
- Shipping: Good
- Taste and Food Quality: Fair
- Value: Fair
For the price of the meals, I was a little taken aback by the what you get compared what is shown on the website. The food was okay, but I would have liked to try a few individual meals instead of having to buy in bulk. Maybe I would have gotten a better selection.
The food didn't warm up as well and as equally as I am accustomed to with someone else. I didn't know they were leaving the box at my door, so it ended up staying outside all night.
-A.M.
I Will Look For Other Vendors
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Fair
- Reheating:
Good
- Customer Service: Poor
- Shipping: Poor
- Taste and Food Quality: Good
- Value: Fair
I have placed two orders with them. One was successful, the second was hugely disappointing. Due to some snafu, an order I placed on 2/22 requesting a 2nd day delivery ended up being recorded by them with an anticipated delivery date of 3/16.
When I notified them, they did not acknowledge there could have been an error or attempt to reassure me about their monitoring web orders and service. Why on earth would a customer choose to pay extra for 2nd day ground delivery for an order placed nearly 3 weeks in the future? Based on this past experience, I will look for other comparable vendors for this type of service.
-P.T., Boonton, NJ
I Will Not Use Them Again
Overall: No Medal
- Website Ease of Ordering: Good
- Reheating:
Fair
- Customer Service: Poor
- Shipping: Poor
- Taste and Food Quality: Fair
- Value: Poor
I ordered this for a family member so he would have something to eat when he arrived home from the Hospital. Scheduled to arrive on the 8th, it is now the 11th. They still have not received it. Will not use again. There is no phone contact at all.
-Belle, Pensacola FL
Share Your Meal Delivery Experiences
Morris Pelphner
Founder and Director
Prepared Meal Delivery Reviews
Chef Aldo Piquanti,
Video Food Blogger
Formerly of Gourmet-Reviews.com
Nicole DiLayne
Food Blogger
Formerly of Prepared-Meals.com
Copyright 2009 Prepared Meal Delivery Reviews. Art Commercially Licensed by Shutterstock. Contact. Companies No Longer in Business DineWise, EasyLife Meals.