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The Honey Baked Ham Reviews Summary

Positive Highlights

  • The ham is frequently described as tasting good.
  • The Tavern Club sandwich was praised as great by one reviewer.

Negative Highlights

  • Prices are considered high and not worth the value by multiple reviewers.
  • Customer service was unhelpful and refused to honor coupons or resolve delivery issues.
  • Meal portions have shrunk, with sides like potato salad described as bland.
This summary is generated by AI, based on customer reviews from the past year

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Dec 22, 2025

Went online to look for yearly coupons. None unless you spend a 100 dollars. Went to their Huntsville store and asked for the smallest ham. It was 7.3 pounds and cost a whopping 88 dollars. Paid and then my wife asked about coupons. They had one for 7 dollars off but didn't honor it because we just paid. This came from the so called manager. I have a high income but won't return because of the price gouging. Not worth it. A poor value. The hand taste good but are unhealthy and severely overpriced. The stores want to overcharge as a fair profit isn't good enough.

Nov 26, 2025

This company has literally denied my mother what may be her last Thanksgiving meal and they don't care. My mother is battling cancer. Thanksgiving Day is also her 74th Birthday. With her cancer it may be her last Thanksgiving. I ordered a full honey baked ham meal with sides and desserts to be shipped as she is not well enough to cook. A portion of the ordered arrived. A cake and a few of the sides. I called "customer service" and was told there was nothing they could do. Even with a store 20 minutes away, they could not figure out a way to get a ham on a dying woman's table for Thanksgiving. Despicable. Honey Baked has been a part of our family's holidays for decades. NEVER again will I give a dime to such a heartless company.

Nov 26, 2025

Visited the Honey Baked Ham at Southridge in South Charleston WV for the first time in about three years. I ordered the meal and was very disappointed considering the price. The Tavern Club was great. I ordered it with Swiss instead of Cheddar but, that was the only thing that was good. It use to be when you ordered a meal it came in a box with your sandwich, side, a pickle, and a cookie. Apparently you no longer get the pickle and cookie. The Tavern Club was really good but the potato salad was bland and tasteless, no seasoning of any kind, not even salt. They were very limited on choice of soft drinks also. Considering I paid $16 and change for this thing the value of the meal is just not worth the price for a sandwich with a couple slices of meat with tomato and lettuce. I more than likely will not be back.

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North Carolina
1 review
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Customer service is terrible!
December 14, 2019

They would rather keep 15% of an order than to honor a coupon and make a wrong situation right. Buyer beware! They are only concerned with taking your money!

Date of experience: December 14, 2019
Massachusetts
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Horrible customer service!
December 13, 2019

I ordered a ham for my annual Xmas party to be completely disappointed that it didn't arrive on time! Of course no one was helpful in customer service at all! There is a store 20 mins from me but wanted to make my life easier only to get more aggravated! Never order online!

Date of experience: December 13, 2019
Washington
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Never Again!
December 6, 2019

The ham was good but delivery dreadful. Our Thanksgiving 2018 ham, despite being ordered weeks in advance, was delivered by UPS one hour before dinner and still cold. For Thanksgiving 2019, UPS dumped the box in the bushes 200 feet from our front door like trash. Thankfully a neighbor found it and delivered it. Honeybaked Ham takes no responsibility and provides no guarantees. Customer service was worthless. May The Force be with you!

Date of experience: December 6, 2019
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Dry Ham and No Sugary Crust
December 1, 2019

I have been buying Honey Baked hams for a few years now. This year, I ordered a ham for Thanksgiving. When I opened the bag it came in, there was no crust on the ham or anything. Then, the ham was way too dry. To make a long story short, no one touched the ham and ended up throwing the rest away. I was paper dry, lacked flavor and no glaze. I would not buy again since I spent over $100 for the ham only to be hugely disappointed. I would have sent the whole ham back to HB but wasn't worth the hassle of repackaging and send it back to them. Product needs to be consistent, if not, you will lose customers. Now you have lost me. Never again!

Date of experience: December 1, 2019
Georgia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I have purchased honey baked hams for Christmas for almost 40 yrs. And in recent years have purchased a whole roasted turkey or turkey breast for Thanksgiving. I served myself 2 slices of turkey & served my husband 2 slices as well. We didn't eat anymore of the turkey, it was nothing like what we have had before. It wasn't sweet at all & was very bland in taste, & it was even tough. I don't know if your cooking procedure has changed, but it was disgusting & not up to the usual standards. We don't want to even take another bite of it, so can I return it to the store for a refund, a credit, or to put toward another turkey (if it might be better) or a ham? Purchased at East - West Connector Austell, Ga. On Monday. Susan Wallace

Date of experience: November 29, 2019
Florida
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Terrible turkey
November 30, 2019

It was just my husband and I for Thanksgiving this year. I had a small turkey combo meal delivered with 1 turkey breast, mashed potatoes, gravy and cinnamon apples. The total came to 65.00. I should have just bought a few frozen microwave dinners like Swanson's or Marie Calender's as they would have tasted better. Waste of my money and will never order those turkey meals again. They need to just stick with their hams as the are delicious but their turkey is just HORRIBLE!

Date of experience: November 29, 2019
HBH Customer Experience Team .. — The Honey Baked Ham Rep
over a year old

Hi Chris,

Thank you so much for contacting us. We are so sorry to hear of your dissatisfaction regarding your holiday meal. We appreciate your feedback as we are always looking for ways to improve. We would like to hear more of your recent experience as this helps us grow, please email us at [email protected] with your contact information so we may discuss this with you further or you may call us at 800-367-2426 to speak with one of our associates.

Thank you again and please have a wonderful day.

Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Delivery problem
November 22, 2019

My wife ordered a turkey and ham and was promised delivery before we left on vacation. The ham is delivered but not the turkey. My wife calls them and they say it will be delivered while we are gone. That does not work for us. After a half hour of going back and forth with a manager my wife gets frustrated and hangs up. Needless to say we are done doing business with them.

Date of experience: November 21, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Pecan Pie Perfection!
November 22, 2019

I've tried just about every store bought, frozen and homemade Pecan Pie recipe out there and simply put... THIS IS THE BEST PECAN PIE ON THE PLANET! Absolute Pecan Pie Perfection!

Date of experience: November 21, 2019
Ohio
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Honey Baked Ham, Polaris Rd, Columbus, Ohio is terrible!
June 24, 2019

I ordered a honey baked ham and some sides for Father's Day which were to be ready at 10:00 am the day before. I placed my order over a week in advance and called back to confirm it. My husband went at 10:15 to pick the order up and they said, it's not ready. He patiently waited while they made the sides and got the order ready. We went to serve this the next day at a family celebration and the glaze was so hard you couldn't even cut it. It was like the ham was wearing a helmet! Due to the fact that the glaze hadn't dripped down between the slices, there was no honey glazed taste to the ham. Everyone was asking about the glaze. We paid $84.00 for this half ham and it was an embarrassment to say the least. I called a couple of days after to speak to the manager (owner) and she wasn't in. I told the girl what happened and asked her to have the manager (owner) call me. I waited two days and never heard back so I called again. I got the same girl and she said, I told her about it and I'm sorry she didn't call you back. I said, please tell her I will wait another day and if she doesn't have the decency to return my call, I will write reviews on her. She never called. We have bought numerous honey baked hams over the years and never encountered one like this. For an owner not to respond to a customer complaint is unheard of. I could have bought a bigger ham at Costco for about $25.00 that would have tasted better than this and I wouldn't have to explain to my guests why the honey glaze looked like a helmet on the ham. I will never order from Honey Baked Ham again and will be sure and tell everyone about this terrible experience at the Polaris Store.

Date of experience: June 23, 2019
New Jersey
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Fatty Prime Rib
January 1, 2019

Ordered a Prime Rib for Christmas Dinner from the online store. It was about $100. And about half of it was fat and inedible. Very embarrassed to have to serve this to my guests. I have ordered hams in the past and they were really good. Last month my sister ordered 2 Tenderloins and they were exceptionally good. I don't know what happened with his Prime Rib. Realizing that Prime Ribs do have a certain amount of fat, this was exceptionally fatty.

Date of experience: January 1, 2019
Rhode Island
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Ham great... service lacking
December 30, 2018

After reading the nightmare stories above my complaint probably sounds minor.
I drove 1/2 hour both ways to get HoneyBaked ham for Christmas dinner. I knew I'd have to wait in line... it was as anticipated, out the door and into the parking lot... freezing temp. 45 min wait...
When I did get in the door I saw that only two of four cash registers were being manned and half the store was empty space where customers could have easily lined up rather than having to wait in bitter cold... 20-25 additional people could have been out of the cold without violating fire code...
After paying for my ham, I asked to speak to manager to express my astonishment that only half his registers were being used and further commented on his lack of consideration for customers waiting on sidewalk in freezing cold when he could have organized his space better for a longer indoor line.
THE MANAGER WAS RUDE... IMMEDIATELY RAISED HIS VOICE AND TOLD ME OFF... IF I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY HE RAN HIS STORE I COULD JUST NOT COME THERE... ETC ETC... WOW... THIS GUY IS DEFINITELY IN THE WRONG JOB.
The days of good management skills and customer service being integral parts of the equation are gone! Love the ham but won't go back...

Date of experience: December 28, 2018
Utah
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Not down hill slide
December 24, 2018

Bought a ham several years ago and we picked it clean, just bought another and had hardly any coating and was tasteless, could have bought and mad e a better ham at a quarter of the price and would have been a lot better, time for them to close up shop.

Date of experience: December 24, 2018
Massachusetts
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Poor customer service
December 20, 2018

I ordered a ham/pecan pie combo back in September for delivery this week. Our dear friend who is just home from a long recovery from a heart attack texted me to thank me for the TURKEY and pecan pie. I know my friend doesn't like turkey and we are all honey baked HAM fans. I have a ham being delivered to myself tomorrow for our family holiday dinner. I was on hold with Honey Baked for over an hour explaining my situation and at the end of the call I am no better off than I was before calling. No exchange, no refund, no accomodation of any kind. In fact the "supervisor" Mike couldn't get me off the phone quick enough. I know it's the week before Christmas but really this was very poor customer service. I work for Edward Jones and they ship their admin staff hams every year. It is a big account and I will make sure they're aware of the poor service and maybe we can find another company to do business with because clearly Honey Baked doesn't care about their customers even though their website says "satisfaction guaranteed".

Date of experience: December 19, 2018
Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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HoneyBaked scam
December 17, 2018

We hosted 20 people at our house thanksgiving, many of whom were from out of town. I normally make Thanksgiving but because of a lot of kid activities this year, I thought I would try ordering a meal. I ordered two meals from HoneyBaked ham online: a thanksgiving feast and a small ham with two sides meal. I scheduled for it to be delivered on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. So on Wednesday, I checked my login account to see what time I could expect it. Boy was I surprised to see it would be Friday! The day after thanksgiving. When I called, they apologized for the "inconvenience" (you think?) but then questioned me about why I would schedule my Thanksgiving meal to be delivered the day before. They made it my fault. I assumed they would ship it to me or deliver it to me to have it there on time. They then blamed ups and said something happened once the order got to ups. I was then told they could ship me something that day (Wednesday) to be delivered Friday. The timing struck me as odd as I had just received the notification about my previous orders new Friday delivery date (an order put in a month before). I told them to cancel the order. I wanted a refund. I would then have to rush to make a dinner after all. They tried to console me with the thought at least I would get $200 worth of food for free. Sure. Oddly, After I finished my grocery shopping I then got a notification saying my order was rescheduled to be delivered Wednesday. When it arrived late that night, it was only the ham part of the order and not the larger turkey feast. The turkey feast NEVER came. I think they forgot to put it in and then rushed to try to get it to me Friday. My family coined a cute little nickname for this terrible company. We now refer to them as HoneyBaked Scam. I operate a large local Facebook group and the name has caught on. They deserve it. I get it that people make mistakes but then to lie and pass something off as the customer's fault is really something else. What a terrible company. #honeybakedscam

Date of experience: December 16, 2018
Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Where is my mothers order?
December 14, 2018

I ordered mys mothers favorite honey baked ham cakes for christmas, almost 2 months in advance, and have been charged. The order says it was shipped, but where is it? Its almost closing time, and, my elderly mother is going to have to either open her door for delivery at a late hour (dark), or not receive it at all. Over an hour wait to talk to customer service. I thought that a company with such a stature would be better than this. Where is the understanding customer service?

Date of experience: December 14, 2018
New Mexico
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I placed an order with HBH for over $400 for gifts for family. Delivery should have been on 11-21-18, but nothing has been delivered at all (today is 11/28/18). I have emailed several times, but have not received any response from the company. I was unable to reach them by phone. I have requested a refund to no avail. I am so disgusted with this company and worried I will not receive a refund. I've had to file a payment dispute with my credit card company. Needless to say, I will never do business with them again.

Date of experience: November 28, 2018
HBH Customer Experience Team .. — The Honey Baked Ham Rep
over a year old

Dear Linda B,

Please accept my sincere apology for your experience with our company. I wanted to confirm that your complaint has been resolved to your satisfaction. You are important to us as a customer and we want to ensure you are provide with outstanding customer service, as well as top quality products. We hope that you will give us another chance to serve you in the future.

California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Thanksgiving was ruined!
November 27, 2018

We ordered a smoked turkey breast on 11/14/18 and it was scheduled for delivery on 11/21/18. We didn't receive our turkey breast by 11/21/18 or any other date. I called customer service on 11/21/18 and was placed on hold as, "caller number 98". I waited on the line for 1 hour and 48 mins. For customer service and a received a recording. HBH was closed. We are disappointed with their service. I didn't receive an email or text message about my order. I

Date of experience: November 27, 2018
HBH Customer Experience Team .. — The Honey Baked Ham Rep
over a year old

I have researched and found that you order with The HoneyBaked Ham Co of California. I have forwarded your information to them and you should expect them to contact you within 24-48 hours to resolve this. Please accept my sincere apology for the disappointment and inconvenience you have experienced. We appreciate your patience.

Ohio
1 review
7 helpful votes
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More than a week, I order Turkey, Ham and all sides dishes online, after I made the order, I called the customer service to conform again able my order. They told me every things will be delivery on time before the thanksgiving day, BUT IT CAME AFTER THE THANKSGIVING DAY, so I called again and asked for my money back. I believe this will be very right thing they can do for me, right? NO, THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN ONLY REFUND ME 15% AND TOLD ME, I STILL CAN EAT THE HAM, THAT WHY 15% REFUND ONLY, WOW! I get so mad and I yell at the phone, finally, they promised to return full amount of money after I told them I will take them to the count... WHAT A DAY. I HOPE NO BODY HAVE THE LUCK LIKE I DID!

Date of experience: November 26, 2018
HBH Customer Experience Team .. — The Honey Baked Ham Rep
over a year old

Please accept our sincere apology for the problems you experienced with your order. We take full responsibility for your dissatisfaction. We have refunded you in full for the order and have emailed you a gift card for a future use. We hope you will give us the opportunity to serve you again.

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North Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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No Ham for Thanksgiving.
November 23, 2018

Ordered ham for Thanksgiving, and it was never delivered. Customer service was kind. I felt badly for them because I wasn't the only one with this problem. We received a full refund and a $50 gift card. Won't ever count on Honey Baked Ham again.

Date of experience: November 23, 2018
HBH Customer Experience Team .. — The Honey Baked Ham Rep
over a year old

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. We hope to have the opportunity in the future, to try again, to meet your expectations.

Florida
1 review
5 helpful votes
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No ham or turkey on the table this year!
November 22, 2018

Ordered a ham and turkey a month ago for our Thanksgiving. Was supposed to arrive yesterday. It was a no show. Not going to let it ruin my turkey day though. And have to add I'm thankful for side dishes this year.

Date of experience: November 22, 2018
HBH Customer Experience Team .. — The Honey Baked Ham Rep
over a year old

Please accept our sincere apology for the problems you experienced with your order. We take full responsibility for our mistakes and want to resolve this to your satisfaction. Please send a private message with your order information and I will take care of resolving this right away.