Sun Basket reviews and discussion

3.8

75% of reviewers would recommend to a friend

Reviews mention

  • Fresh ingredients and vibrant produce
  • Clear, easy-to-follow instructions
  • Convenient ready-to-eat options
  • Flexible, customizable subscription flows
  • Occasionally bland, underseasoned flavors
  • Overly spicy heat in meals
  • Small, unsatisfying ready-meal portions
  • Quickly spoiling produce and proteins

Sun Basket earns largely positive reviews for fresh ingredients, easy-to-follow recipes, and genuinely convenient meal kits and ready-to-eat options, indicating the brand works for time-pressed cooks seeking healthy variety. Reviews also flag weaknesses—flavors can skew bland or, at times, too spicy; portions and Fresh & Ready bowls run small; repetitive menus and extensive chopping slow things down; and packaging waste and quicker spoilage frustrate some users.

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16 reviews and posts

  • I tried Sun Basket on and off for a couple of months. I love cooking and food so I was a bit skeptical at first but I do have to say that the recipes are delicious and easy to follow. I can confirm that using Sun Basket absolutely saves you time around meal time. You can tell that the Sun Basket team is putting thought into the rotation of recipes and ingredient quality as well. As per my photo, I love keeping the recipes for my favorite dishes and trying to tweak them a bit. I like the fact that Sun Basket is putting an effort into reducing its packaging footprint and using recyclable packaging.

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    I wish Sun Basket would partner with grocers to put together Sun Basket kits I could pick up locally. Maybe this is a Midwest thing but I enjoy going to the grocery store and would love to be able to get some Sun Basket recipes without having to deal with all the packaging that comes with it. If you could strategically partner with a nutritionist or offer nutritional advice, I would be much more inclined to make Sun Basket a part of my weekly meal plan.

  • I would 10000% recommend this service to anyone and everyone especially moms that just gave birth! The instructions are clear and easy, food is fresh and delicious!

  • Practical, but the recipes can be a bit basic and their seafood tends to have a strong smell. I found myself skipping weeks because I wasn't very interested in their recipe offerings. That said, it's one of the better meal kits out there.

  • The meals were interesting and the ingredients felt very fresh but I just didn't love the flavor profiles. It felt a little bland and boring. I was hoping for something with more punch.

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    I'd like stronger seasonings and flavors in the meals.

  • My roommates and I love Sunbaket. We were a bit sad when Plated ended post-acquisition from Albertsons so this was our alternative. The food quality is amazing and they really understand subscription flows. So when we're away or may need less food during the week it's super flexible for all of us. They have a lot of amazing options, I haven't had a recipe I didn't like.

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    The rebrand is 100%. It looks like they took the team to Joshua tree and got high on psychedelics. But I'm here for it!

  • I like Sun Basket out of all of the home cooking kits. The meals are more flavorful than competitors out there. Easy to follow directions. One gripe I have is the re-branding…. They went way too retro, not really a fan of the packaging now. But thankfully nothing changed with their food! Easy to skip and customize too from week to week!

    Feedback

    Beware sometimes with their spicy meals. Start small with the peppers/sauce!

  • I've been an on-again, off-again customer of Sun Basket for a couple years now. Overall, I like the quality and freshness of their products and they are a great option for convenient, healthy meals. The subscription and ordering is easy to manage online or via the app. My primary reasons for not continuing are that I really don't really want to use it often enough to keep an ongoing subscription, and while the packaging materials are relatively eco-friendly, the serving sizes are too small for multiple meals/leftovers.

    Customer
  • Sunbasket has a lot of healthy delicious recipes, but the recipes call for so. much. chopping so be warned that making these recipes will take longer than one might actually think. Also there's a lot of inefficient packaging.

  • Love the recipes. Meat quality has been great. One of the best subscription food boxes out there for sure. The biggest issue is how quickly the meat and produce spoil. I like to use these kits to help supplement my weekly meal plan and if I end up pushing one of the meals out a few days it almost always suffers. Sometimes I even have to toss it. You're so close yet so far away, Sunbaskt!

    Feedback

    Produce and meat are quick to spoil :/

  • Sun Basket is great! When both of my in-laws passed away within 6 weeks of each other I really couldn't bring myself to cook. Sun Basket had an amazing array of delicious meal kits and ready-to-eat meals. The ready-to-eat ones were a lifesaver. So many different items, all of which were delicious. Highly recommend!

    Friends with Sun Basket
  • Meals were good and tasty. Just couldn't justify the price for what you are receiving. Meal kits are notorious with being more carb heavy (rice=cheap) which doesn't make it the most noutrishes option for my family.

  • I like the concept of a healthy meal kit, but for one, it's hard for a company to cater to all the various types of dietary restrictions customers want. I found that the recipes were okay but not as good as some of the other meal kits we've tried.

  • Used this for a few months just for fun to switch things up and learn new techniques and recipes without the hassle of spending an hour in the grocery store finding ingredients.

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    I did not like the amount of packaging waste it created, recyclable or not.

  • The recipes are relatively easy to make, but they often lack flavor. Portions are good, if not on the bigger side. Many choices. Have often missed the cut off to skip or change items, and they arent good at making picks based on past choices. Packaged well, sometimes greens go bad quickly so those meals need to be prioritized.

  • I was a Sun Basket subscriber for over a year and loved the concept. It was so convenient that all the ingredients I needed were right in the box, along with easy-to-follow 30-minute recipes. I ended up pausing my subscription because the recipes ended up feeling repetitive. I will consider re-subscribing after my break!

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    I do not eat red meat or pork, which slightly limits my options. This will be great for someone with a wide variety of options available!

  • I've done their Fresh & Ready meals. Not really my favorite at the price point - they're on the small side and while the sustainable packaging is appreciated, it makes it difficult to prepare without burning the actual bowl the meal comes in.