Gourmet Society reviews

Do not give them your credit card details, they are thieves who hide in the small print. …

I note the difficulties experienced by people trying to cancel their subscriptions. I speak as I find and Gourmet Society cancelled my free subscription with just a couple of days left before the renewal was due. I dealt with Rebecca who …

Be care of their auto renew – rip off
Please be very careful about using gourmet society. It is not easy to end the subscriptions and the auto venue facility so make sure you have a plan to review …

I echo the voices of countless others here that feel like they have been scammed out of their money. NEVER sign up for this service as they will just take your money year after year without your consent. They cover themselves of cause by …

So I’ve gone through a similar experience as many others when it comes to trying to cancel this subscription, it seems. …

BE WARNED – this obviously crooked business does not accept cancellations. I told them a full week before my renewal was due that I didn’t want to renew. They simply ignored my written online communication & took the money from my bank …

Warning cancel does not mean cancelled. Having cancelled my membership over 3 years ago, I was surprised to see a Direct Debit from GS. Naturally I called to complain, and got scripted response… nothing we can do but cancel again and …

Had a similar experience to many people it seems! Contacted to cancel within the time required. Still was charged. Contacted to let them know and they had no record of me cancelling and refuse to refund. I don’t know what the point is of …

I have given time for cancellation of membership. But instead of cancelling and returning money they send me renewal card. Big time scammer……I will be informing my bank for fraudulent transaction and information local authority….

I seriously advise people NOT to take out a gourmet society membership.
I had taken one out last year and it were renewed just recently. (Was not aware of a auto renew) …

I have lost my job & tried to cancel less than 24 hours after renewal, and have been refused any sort of refund. I understand a full refund might be a stretch but no compassion for people left skint in this virus is really telling. …

Complete scam, cancelled my free trial, I have email confirmation of this but they’re still charging me

I previously had a tastecard which I used several times and found that the offers were fantastic for me. I came across an offer on o2 for a 6-month membership with gourmet society so I thought I would try them for a change. During the time …

Am so shocked to see how many people have had the same experience as me due to this company! I got charged over 30 pound for this membership that I have never once used! I called their phone lines to cancel before it ran out and got no …

they unlawfully rejected my cancellation and refund request because it was 1 day after the renewal. …

All the restaurants I found that accepted the card were offering as good or better deals to anyone. When I tried to cancel my membership before it expired I was told I had given insufficient notice and I had to pay for an additional year …

Like all the other poor suckers on this review site, we have been scammed.

We have never even received a card in the first place, so completely forgot …

Do use this company or download the app. They are scammers and the restaurant choice they have on there app are restaurants which nobody would ever choose! I have been charged £34.99 for a membership which I haven’t used and do not require. …

1) The deals they offer are worse than you can get on free voucher/coupon code sites or direct with the restaurants. …

Really disappointed in Gourmet Society. Thought it was a wonderful idea when I signed up and I did set a Google alarm for the day it was to be renewed in case I didn’t use it. Unfortunately I was so busy in my new job for the first few …

Scammers. Do not use. Offers are very restrictive and limited in terms of use. Even if you cancel your membership they will continue to bill you and do nothing to help. Customer service responses generally take over 36 hours. Terrible company, avoid at all costs.

Just tried to use it at Cafe Nero and it wasn’t accepted

Absolutely con artists!! Do not sign up for trial or membership they just rob you of your money. Tried to cancel multiple times before they took the £39.99 of me they said they have no record of me doing this even though I’ve sent emails …

When something seems to good to be true it usually is……..
Yes many offers of 25% off but always dependant on things like for example. can be used on a tuesday after 10am before 1pm on only selected products but not …

Membership cancelled just after midnight on the day it was due to renew and Gourmet society refuse to cancel the membership, despite not having working phone lines. …

2 fails out of 2. On both occasions the restaurants listed on their website no longer offer the discount. What is the point of having the membership? None; we will be cancelling, waste of money. They either need to entice restaurants to stay on the site or quit and close down as this now a scam.

If I could give less than 1 star I would!!! Do not be fooled – this company will offer you a freebie and then charge you £35 when you haven’t even used the app!! I received the offer as an NHS worker 2 months ago and now they have taken …

I cancelled my free six month trail shortly after taking this policy out. I am disappointed that although I have cancelled it I have still been charged. I have contacted customer services who were very unhelpful and asked for screenshots to prove I had cancelled it. Won’t get a refund. Be careful if you are taking this out

awful company ashamed to say i used to work for these crooks. same company as tastecard, they will do their best to take the 39.99 from your account. Bad for the industry. Take it from me is you do not use this card you receive bigger …

I have purchased 3 Gourmet cards over past years and never regretted buying them as the number of times saving money has paid for the card many times over. Not had any problems using my cards since 1999.

DO NOT USE
Be very careful – after the O2 free trial, the business auto-renewals your membership and will take £39.99 from your account. …

I should have read the reviews before signing up for this through my company.

I was interested by the +plus membership (including cinema and hotels discounts) …

Pease save your money, time and avoid the pain by not subscribing to this total wreck of a value proposition. Complete rip off, misleading and a useless app. Fast food chains and Pizza – there is nothing gourmet here… although they are …

Company clearly runs it’s business model through scamming people out of money. I signed up for a free trial and they have now taken money from my account saying I agreed to their terms, which apparently change according to circumstances so the customer always loses. Avoid at all costs.

I was quite disappointed on my first attempt at using this. A membership is bundled with my Barclays account and it suggested a restaurant in the area. I tried to use this at Anjanaas South Indian & North Indian Cuisine. I was told by the …

Awful service – Transfer 3 times to different people including taste card who said they cant help as they are a different company. …

Never ever use these people ever again used many times and got in once and they made so many excuses at the restaurant 3 Hammers wolverhampton never use this app rip off use the AA app excellent and no lies More

Awful
Advertiesd 25% off at the Hengist in Aylesford so I brought the card as I thought that and another couple of meals would pay it off only to be told when I got …

Awful. Since obtaining my Gourmet Card the restaurant’s that I have visited which have claimed to be part of the Gourmet Society on the app are either no longer affiliated or the days they operate conflict what’s advertised with Gourmet …

This works very well for me as my local pub serves good food and accepts the card and 25% off food and drink is quite a saving.

Complete scam! They took money for the renewal fee from my PayPal account with not even a reminder. Won’t give me a full refund for a service that I’ll never use. Ridiculous.

If you want to get offers at anywhere other than Prezzo, Bella Italia or Pizza Hut then don’t buy it.
Sold like a dining club to introduce to new and exciting food. Basically all it …

Awful company, take your money even though you try to cancel many times. You cant cancel online, you have to phone them, you can never get through and when you do its too late. Rude and Ignorant

this company is so hard to contact and not actually worth the money. I had to call 3 times to cancel my membership because they keep hanging up in between transfers to the cancellation team. NOT worth it

WARNING

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES USE THIS COMPANY. THEY WILL NOT ALLOW MEMBERSHIP …

Very poor. Multiple restrictions on using the membership pretty much means no discount at all as it’s completely unusable. Very dishonest company. Avoid.

Used for buying cinema tickets. Turns out I was buying discount codes which cost me £22 then when applied to odeon I still had to pay another £8.75 on top.

They have taken money from my PayPal account without my knowledge or authorisation. Will not refund despite me not having a clue what this is for!
Terrible customer service.

Do not buy! Complete waste of time as mobile App does not work properly. When I select the ‘near me’ function, the 2 closest restaurants are in Colchester and Dundee! I live in Lancashire!

Beware the sneaky large annual renewal that you can’t cancel on-line – looks more like a money skimming business than one that helps restaurants and customers (and makes a fair profit as a result)

Scammers, ditto with scripted response of it’s your responsibility despiteme having cancelled the previous year. . Don’t fall foul to this immortal business.

What a fabulous find this was ! with 25% off our total bill its paid for itself with 2 visits – sorry to see all the negative reviews but its Brilliant for us – we like the Japanese ones which are expensive – but now when we go our £100 bill is £75 each time – Thanks to the Gourmet Card AAA++++

Email on their website on the 14th (A month before my subscription ended) declined all knowledge and declined to refund!

Appalling service. Have been trying to be taken off their website since January and the customer service is the worst yet. They don’t care about their customers. AVOID at all costs, if you’re looking for something like this go for Tastecard….or just avoid avoid avoid.

Came free with a lloyds account, it has worked out very well for living in the center of London where it gives many top restaurants 50% off food have used the card 30 times plus and must have saved hundreds of pounds!

THE BIGGEST SCAM GOING!!! Refuse to refund you after them unknowingly taking £40 out of my bank for a subscription I cancelled a year and a half ago!! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!!

Just a nightmare to use . Just want to click on the relevant deal I want and continue with my life not spend half an hour starving to death getting frustrated Just to order elsewhere

scammers just realised u have been taking money out of my account for YEARS. RETURN MY MONEY!!

Cancelled last year, taken another subscription this year refuse to refund. Bunch of fraudsters

BEWARE
DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY
THEY ILLEGALLY TAKE MONEY FROM YOUR ACCOUNT AND YOU CANNOT GET IT BACK …

None of the restaurants listed near me are accepting GS card.

Taken money from my account without permission asked twice and they will not refund. Never use this company

Automatic renewal- a scam . never used them and never sent membership details .

Now t really useable. Complex system and no real reach into relevant restaurants

So bad, how can this company be allowed to trade?
Scamming Fraudulent Dishonest

Very good discounts, free from my lloyds bank account

Great product. Used it 3 times so far and saved 25%.

Got the card free with a lloyds acount works out fantastic

don’t sign up EVER, they just take your money
total fraudsters

Worst customer service, take your money for full years membership after free trial. Money grabbers.

App very poor, range of discount very limited and ever shrinking it seems, customer service is poor and not worth paying for

possibly one of the most obnoxious people I’ve had the displeasure of talking to. Will be going elsewhere.

You can get upto 50% off

Basically a scam. Useless

Dire, see all post below for all you need to know!

Can not be worse

Criminals

Thieves and scammers

APPALLING – AVOID