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AllRecipes

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AllRecipes Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of Allrecipes has significantly declined, with many customers expressing deep dissatisfaction with recent changes to the website and app. While the platform was once praised for its user-friendly recipe search and community-driven content, users now report a loss of functionality, including the inability to sort recipes effectively and access saved content. Customer service has been criticized for being unresponsive and vague when addressing concerns. This shift has led to frustrations, prompting many users to seek alternatives, indicating a pressing need for the company to reassess its approach and restore valued features.

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Massachusetts
7 reviews
17 helpful votes
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My 35 yr old son turned me on to this site, he's just beginning to cook and finds it easier to follow than a cookbook. He finds it easy to cook 1 meal for himself without too many leftovers. Kudos for intelligent planning of information and ease of reading

Date of experience: November 1, 2013
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Love this site
April 29, 2013

Love this site. Especially benefit from others' comments on posted recipes. Videos are incredible as a learning tool. Ingredient lookup function is priceless when you have leftovers and want to combine them/use them up. Very few sites that I'm faithful to and this is one!

Date of experience: April 29, 2013
GB
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I enjoy experimenting with the food and cooking. Found this website a while ago while searching for some recipes. I'm glad for finding it very quickly. So many recipes any reason from breakfast, lunch, celebrities to many more. Thanks for sharing wonderful ideas

Date of experience: February 15, 2013
Ireland
8 reviews
74 helpful votes
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I have to admit I'm quite limited in the kitchen so this site is a real find for me. Great range of recipes with fantastic ideas and videos that even I could follow. This is one site I have bookmarked as it is great to surf ever few weeks to get new ideas and inspirations. I love this site.

Date of experience: May 24, 2012
RU
12 reviews
32 helpful votes
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I adore cooking and Allrecipes is one of my favorite sites. The reviews help to choose good recipes and this often saves time and money. Their low-calorie menus allowed me to lose several kilo this spring without skipping meat and some other products I cannot live without. I always apply to Allrecipes whenever I have inspiration to cook something special.

Date of experience: May 24, 2012
Washington
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
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OMG I'm in love with this site. That's all I'm going to say!

Date of experience: May 15, 2012
Washington
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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This is my go to site for recipes. Whenever I run out of ideas for meals I go to this site for fresh ideas. I knocked off one star because I think they are lacking on vegan/vegetarian/healthy recipes but I love everything else about this site. I always read the reviews before trying out the recipes.

Date of experience: February 10, 2012
Virginia
9 reviews
17 helpful votes
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Amazing recipes, helps me through dinners and school!

Date of experience: January 1, 2012
Oregon
3 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Love the recipe ideas on this site, they give me a lot of great inspiration (especially around the holidays!)
Generally, I tweak the recipes a little to suit my tastes and occasionally make them more efficient, but overall it is a great site for relatively simple recipes.

Date of experience: November 9, 2011
New York
16 reviews
46 helpful votes
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Amazing place if you want a recipe to cook anything. A+

Date of experience: October 16, 2011
Arizona
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Ha, I love this place. I just signed up and you are previewing one of my favorite sites. I am on it at least once per day. Some of my best creations are taken from all recipes.

Date of experience: July 27, 2011
Illinois
11 reviews
44 helpful votes
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Love this site!
July 23, 2011

Love this site! When I came to US I don't know how to cook, allrecipes taught me pretty much how to cook. Recipes range from simple to not-so-simple, but the best part are the the feedbacks, reviews and tips from other people/cooks! Yummy website!

Date of experience: July 23, 2011
Pennsylvania
3 reviews
24 helpful votes
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This site is great
May 11, 2011

This site is great. I can browse different recipes by what meal it is, what food is in it, or my type of food. I can then save the recipes I like in my recipe box. I love to do that so I don't forget the recipes that turn out good or ones that look good from other users. I also love reading the reviews. Sometimes people change the recipes a bit for the better so I love hearing their input.

Date of experience: May 11, 2011
Washington
3 reviews
29 helpful votes
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I love this site
May 10, 2011

I love this site. It is a free site and just as the name suggests, all the recipes you can imagine are there, old and new, fancy and simple. I have to say if you love to try new meals, and are not a seasoned cook, you can learn here at a minimum cost at the grocery store.

Date of experience: May 9, 2011
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Hi,
April 2, 2011

Hi,
I absolutely love the website but unfortunately for some reason I cannot access "My Recipes" box. This has happened 3 times since I have been a member (about Nov/Dec 2010). It is so disappointing as I can't get to the super recipes I have saved and can't save any of the latest ones. Please help! I am using an iPad 1 if it will help. Thanks so much. Helen

Date of experience: April 2, 2011
North Carolina
9 reviews
30 helpful votes
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This is the best recipe website! I adore the 'ingredients' feature where you can put a list of ingredients that you have on hand and it will show you a list of recipes that incorporate those ingredients. I can't tell you how many times this feature has helped me out as I'm struggling to think of what to make for dinner without having to go to the store. I love to read the reviews - they are so helpful with adding things or taking away things to make the recipe better. This is a go-to site for any cook.

Date of experience: November 26, 2010
Rhode Island
12 reviews
55 helpful votes
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This is so far the only recipe site I use. I love the serach feature,, it is very extensive. I like that you can adjust the servings on a recipe and it will change the ingredients for you. My favorite part is to read the reviews, because I have learned a great deal about how to imprive the recipe. When I look for the a recipe I sort by recipe rating for a dish.

Date of experience: November 17, 2010
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This is a awesome website
November 11, 2010

This is a awesome website. This is the first place I go for recipes. I love how you can adjust the recipe by how many servings. Great for trying a new recipe. Love love love it!

Angela

Date of experience: November 11, 2010
California
40 reviews
261 helpful votes
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Allrecipes is like sitejabber but for recipes with all of the user reviews and you can really tell which recipes are the ones that most people like. This is very useful when you are trying to find new recipes for guests where you don't exactly know their tastes.

Date of experience: November 5, 2010
Washington
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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This is by far the best recipe website I have found. If you click on the "ingredients" section, you can choose up to four food items that you have on hand. This brings up all the recipes in the database with those four ingredients. This is so helpful with the common problem "what do I cook for supper tonight?". I find it helpful to read the viewers comments before I try any new recipe. It gives me great ideas! I rate and save all my recipes to my recipe box.

Date of experience: November 5, 2010