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KitchenNiche.ca is an online store selling premium kitchenware, cookware, and teas from various brands. They offer free shipping on orders over $150 in Canada and the USA.
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Ordered Mercto pasta maker in late March 2021. Didn't hear a word for a month so i contacted KitchenNiche. They said it would be delivered in May. It is now late June and again i have not heard from them. Terrible customer service. Companies like this should not be in existence.
Do not order from kitchenNiche.ca. Customer service was absolutely terrible with almost absent responses. My shipment was delayed for two months with zero communication or update. When I asked about the status of the order, it was met with silence. When I asked for a refund I was ignored. Fortunately I paid through Paypal and I had to escalate my complaint before I finally received a refund 2.5months later. Don't waste your time ordering from this amateur potentially scammy fly by night store.
I can see I'm not the only one who has ordered a pasta maker from this jenky website and have had no response to why my order is a no-show. Misleading is an understatement. If you look up the location of the store it is out of a house in Calgary. It has been a month since I ordered my pasta machine and no response on where it is or why it hasn't shown up. I was trying to support local companies but this one is horrid. Stay away from them.
On Mar. 28/21, I placed an order for 2 items. On Mar. 29, I received one of the items as a gift from my husband so I emailed Kitchen Niche & asked that they remove one of the items from my order because I no longer needed it. No response. I emailed again, no response. I telephoned but all I got was voice mail with no opportunity to leave a message. On Mar. 30, I emailed them 4 times & tried telephoning. Again just a voice message. By then I no longer wanted to deal with a company with such poor customer service so I emailed to cancel my entire order. In between my emails I received an email from them that they were processing & packing my order! I immediately emailed back to cancel my order. In total, since Mar. 29 I had emailed them 6 times. No response. On Apr. 1, I received an email from them saying that they had shipped the one item even though I had repeatedly asked for the entire order to be cancelled! It will be returned because I do not want to deal with this company.
Just received my order and the quality of my products are great and very happy with my purchases. Thank you. Its our 3rd time purchasing products from your company and return for the quality every time.
Anne & Peter Davis
New Brunswick Canada
I ordered this pepper grinder through another online kitchen store, and after 3 months of being told it was back ordered, but should arrive soon, I gave up and ordered the same through KitchenNiche.ca. It arrived within the week! Great store, great pepper grinder.
I ordered maple tea bags in bulk from Kitchen Niche. Their website is so user friendly. The tracking was effortless and I received top quality products in secure packing and a personalized note. Thank you Kitchen Niche for delivering my order!
No reputable company should accept an online order for a product they won't have in stock for six weeks, and to add insult to injury, CHARGE you for the item 6 weeks before they are able to ship it. My simple pasta roller order turned into a multi-month saga of misleading information, ignored emails and phone calls and wasted time.
Unlike Amazon or any other reputable company, Kitchen Niche will accept orders and bill you for things it doesn't have. The fact that the item is backordered is hidden in the body of the item description, so read the fine print carefully. After they take your money, they will send you an email confirmation, stating that they are "processing and packing" your order - kind of misleading when they didn't have the item in stock for 6 more weeks. Then came the fun of trying to follow up on the order - allow 3 days minimum for them to respond to an email, if at all. Ditto with phone calls. Just a nightmare from beginning to end. I finally got my wife's birthday gift 5 weeks after her birthday. It was a lesson for me to read reviews about a company before you purchase from them.
I ordered an item from them and have made 6 request as to where my order is and I have not got a reply my order number is *******, I'm starting to think this is a scam.
I have a Zyliss Wire Whisk. And liked it so much, I decided to get one for each one of my family members for their birthday gifts. I have been looking for a couple of years. Any kitchen supply stores and on the internet. I finally came across the Kitchen Niche in Canada. I ordered six Zyliss Wire Whisks and two other items. All of this totalled over $100.00. I didn't receive free shipping. And when the Zyliss Wire Whisks came. They were not what was pictured on the Kitchen Niche Website. And everyone in family agrees they suck! I did email Kitchen Niche. I never received a reply. Kitchen Niche is miss representing products, false claims to the free shipping and no real costumer service. Very disappointed.
I recently ofered a few item from Kitchenniche.ca with a order # but did not receive any email confirmation of this purchase. I have send a quite few emails to Sanda but did not hear back from her at all. I was thinking this website is scamp and started to search around and just read so many similar case like mine. I need to call my credit card company to dispute this charge, It is very scary to purchase anything online on this kind of website. I will never order anything from here any more.
Sold a product they did not have. After 5 attempts to contact them as to where my purchase is, almost 3 weeks later they claim that it will take another 6 weeks for product to arrive. Very poor service and misleading website. Never again will I purchase from them.
I ordered a tagine in August for more than 200.00 and it is November and I still have not received it. I get many excuses and promises that it is in the mail. I opened a complaint with Paypal to get my money refunded but Kitchen niche does not respond to Paypal requests. Their prices are listed as a bit cheaper price but it isn't worth it for the aggravation-don't fall for it. They are scammers.
I ordered a few items from Kitchen Niche that I couldn't find in local stores and was very happy with the products and service! One of the items didn't fit the appliance I bought it for, and they were very easy to deal with in returning it. Everything went smoothly, and Sandra was very helpful. Thank you!
Kitchenniche sent me 2 incorrect items and I tried contacting them several times to ask for either a refund or return to no avail. I would never buy from them again.
I purchased a pepper and salt mill - firstly the price was some of the best for on-line shopping. Order got here in 4 days which is amazing especially dealing with Canada Post. Never new this on-line company existed til now. Thankful I found them
Lorna
In June I ordered tongs. July I made contact. Sandra said there was a note saying it would be late. August, contact again. Sandra said to be patient. It is October. No product. I sent two emails. No response. I advised Kitchen Niche I was handing it over to my credit card company. WHICH I DID! Then Sandra responded saying no need to contact credit card company, they would return my funds upon request. TOO LATE! Credit Company is handling it.
The service was decent, responded to most emails. The two critiques I have to there service was failing to notify me (keep me updated) when there was a long delay in receiving my order. I had to ask them each time to get updates. Also, they missed one item, and when I notified them, they refunded me rather that ship me it. I figure they didn't want the extra shipping cost, yet that item was one of the two main priorities to me in that order. So I am not satisfied with that outcome which does counter their guarantee.
I ordered some thing on September 12 and on September 14 it was packing and processing. I needed this for a birthday gift on September 28. I I have called and sent several emails to someone name Sandra and to date she has not bothered to call me return my emails etc. Obviously she took my money almost $200 but has not bothered to answer my emails or calls as to where the item is. Do not bother buying from this company as their customer service is horrendous
Don't bother ordering from this place. I ordered a pepper mill and it's been almost a month and still nothing. Probably a scammer site. Stay away.
Update: After 8 weeks from ordering I had to contact my credit card to reverse the charges. (It takes 30 days to process) The website wouldn't return my money.
Answer: We are aware that some of the reviews aren't very flattering. While we do Make mistakes, I can assure you that many of those reviews are made up. Many of them we do not even recognize. We're not sure who's doing it but we assume it's a competitor. I can Assure you that you would be more than satisfied if you order with us. Please see our near-perfect rating with Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aag/details/ref=aag_m_fb?ie=UTF8&asin=B000638D32&isAmazonFulfilled=1&isCBA=&marketplaceID=A2EUQ1WTGCTBG2&seller=A2DRB13QITTSF1 Please do let me know if you have any questions. Roman Koller www.kitchenniche.ca
Answer: Hi Robert, Please email me at [email protected]. I will taje care of you. Kind regards Roman
Answer: Please send me an email to [email protected] with your order information and I will make sure to get back to you ASAP. Thank you!
Answer: Hello, Unfortunately, we are an online store only and currently do not have a retail location where customers can stop by. You are more than welcome to order from our website at www.kitchenniche.ca Kind regards, Sandra www.kitchenniche.ca
Answer: Hello Roger, Please check your spam/junk folder. We have sent you 2 emails within the last week to answer all your questions. Kind regards, Roman www.kitchenniche.ca
Answer: Hello, Our return policy can be found at http://www.kitchenniche.ca/shipping.php. What you are looking for might be this part: "INSURANCE: We always use appropriate packaging materials and boxes for all shipments to make sure you receive your items in perfect condition. However, if you should receive a damaged item, please contact us by email or by phone. We will either replace the damaged item/s or issue a full refund, whatever you prefer. Damaged items must be reported within 3 business days of receipt. All shipments are fully insured. RETURNS: If you are not happy with your purchase, please contact us within 30 days of receipt of your merchandise. For Christmas gifts, you may return them until January 31st. You will be given instructions on how to return your item/s. The returned products have to be in their original condition and packaging. The customer is responsible for the shipping cost on returns. If you had free shipping with your order and return any items you will be charged the exact shipping amount we paid to ship your order." Kind regards, www.kitchenniche.ca


Hi Marlene,
I am sorry you feel this way. While we had indicated that Tagine would take longer to ship out due to it being backordered, it definitely took longer than we had hoped.
The Tagine was sent to you last week, as per your email conversation with customer service. We emailed you the Canada Post tracking number last week. Did you check your spam folder? It was emailed to you directly from Canada Post. I checked on the shipment and it looks like delivery was attempted on November 3rd. You should have a delivery notice card in your mailbox.
We'd be happy to offer you a discount on your item for the sub-par shopping experience we provided. Please let me know if you'd be interested.
Kind regards
Roman