Such a disappointment. We’ve ordered several times from here and EVERY time it was perfect. The meats were amazing, always tender never fatty or “ropey” but since they’ve been brought out oh lord they... Voir plus
L'entreprise a répondu
Bien que nous ne vérifiions pas les affirmations individuelles, car les avis reflètent l’opinion personnelle des utilisateurs, certains avis sont accompagnés du statut « vérifié » lorsqu’il est possible de confirmer qu’une interaction avec l’entreprise a eu lieu. En savoir plus
Pour protéger l’intégrité de la plateforme, chaque avis, qu’il soit vérifié ou non, est analysé par notre logiciel automatisé 24 h/24 et 7 j/7. Il identifie et retire tout contenu qui enfreint nos conditions d'utilisation, y compris les avis qui ne se basent pas sur des expériences authentiques. Nous sommes conscients que nous ne pouvons pas tout détecter, et vous pouvez nous signaler tout élément qui aurait pu nous échapper. En savoir plus
Lisez les avis des autres
My order was 2 days late, packaging damaged and sausages thawed. Flimsy outer box was externally soggy and the inner insulating ‘blanket’ burst open. Contents at +9.4 C. Past orders over the la... Voir plus
I received my first order from Donald Russel today. Extremely happy with price and delivery. i took advantage of their deals i got 4x 320g entrecoute sirloins, 1.2 kg of dry cured sliced bacon and 1.2... Voir plus
For me, always an excellent company with good reasonably priced products but most definitely when on offer. Apart from one-off orders through the year, I always order my Christmas and New Year meals f... Voir plus
À propos de l'entreprise
Écrit par l'entreprise
Based in Aberdeenshire, a region renowned for its high quality produce, Donald Russell is an award-winning fine food specialist and supplier to some of the world’s top restaurants. Enjoyed by customers all over the UK, their passion for great-tasting food has earned them the status of Royal Warrant holder for almost 50 years and 34 Great Taste awards, as judged by discerning Food Critics. Their extensive range includes grass-fed British beef and lamb, locally landed seafood, fully prepared meals and much more.
Coordonnées de contact
Harlaw Business Centre, AB51 4FR, Inverurie, Royaume-Uni
- 01467 629666
- info@donaldrussell.co.uk
- www.donaldrussell.com
3,4
Moyen
3 k avis
Aucun historique récent de demande d’avis
Cette entreprise n’a pas récemment invité ses clients à l'évaluer, donc les avis ne sont peut-être pas représentatifs.
A répondu à 44 % de ses avis négatifs
Répond généralement dans un délai d'une semaine
Comment cette entreprise utilise Trustpilot
Découvrez comment les avis de l’entreprise sont collectés, notés et modérés.
Appalling customer servoce
Terrible quality of packaging for a frozen food delivery. Since closure of Scottish base everything has gone downhill including customer service. Stayed on phone twice and not answered after 30 mins. No reply to website message or email either. Best to avoid and we will not be buying again after many previous purchases.
10 août 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
We’re very sorry to hear about your experience, particularly as a long-standing customer. The issues you’ve described with the packaging and the difficulty you’ve had getting in touch with us are certainly not the level of service we want our customers to receive.
We’d really appreciate the opportunity to look into what has happened and see what we can do to make this right. Please email us at help@donaldrussell.com with your order number and details of your experience, and our team will investigate this for you.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the disappointment and frustration caused.
The Donald Russell Team
Excellent meat and reliably good service
I have used Donald Russell for a couple of years and every order I have had has been excellent. Delivery has always been on time and the meat in perfect condition. My only criticism -and it is tiny -is that the range is a bit limited but overall, the firm is my go to online butcher
7 juillet 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you so much for your wonderful review and for choosing Donald Russell as your go-to online butcher!
We're delighted to hear that you've consistently enjoyed the quality of our meat and that your deliveries have arrived on time and in perfect condition.
We also really appreciate your feedback regarding the range available. We're always looking at ways to improve and expand our offering, so we'll certainly take your comments on board.
Thank you again for your continued support, and we look forward to serving you for many more years to come!
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
Excellent good value Fillet Steaks…
Excellent good value Fillet Steaks delivered promptly
5 août 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you so much for your fantastic review!
We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed our Fillet Steaks and found them to be excellent value. It's also great to know your order arrived promptly.
Thank you for choosing Donald Russell, we really appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again soon!
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you so much for your lovely review!
We're delighted to hear that you received excellent service from us. Your kind feedback is greatly appreciated by the whole team.
Thank you for choosing Donald Russell, and we look forward to serving you again soon!
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
Great quality as always but just lately…
Great quality as always but just lately there seems to be a shortage of lots of meat especially chicken
10 août 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you for your review and for your kind comments about the quality of our products!
We really appreciate your feedback regarding availability, particularly our chicken range. We understand how frustrating it can be when your usual favourites are unavailable. We're working hard with our suppliers to improve stock levels and bring more of our range back as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience and continued support.
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
Donald Russell provides Quality…
Donald Russell provides Quality products with excellent value Steaks.
As a family Donald Russell is our go to supplier.
26 juin 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you so much for your wonderful review!
We're delighted to hear that you and your family continue to enjoy the quality and value of our products, especially our steaks. It's fantastic to know that Donald Russell is your go-to supplier, and your continued support really does mean a great deal to us.
We look forward to serving you and your family again soon!
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
Consistently high quality food
Consistently high quality food, particularly the ribeye steaks and sausage rolls.
10 août 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you so much for your lovely review!
We're delighted to hear that you continue to enjoy the quality of our products, particularly the ribeye steaks and sausage rolls, two fantastic choices!
We really appreciate your continued support and look forward to serving you again soon.
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
No bother at all
No bother at all. I love all I have from here on my eyes it takes some beating. I am so proud to buy from here and will continue to buy from here. I only eat Chicken and will continue to.The delivery is excellent and the prices are very competitive.
10 août 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you so much for your wonderful review!
We're delighted to hear how much you enjoy our products and that Donald Russell continues to be a firm favourite of yours. It's especially lovely to hear that you're enjoying our chicken range and that you've been pleased with both the delivery service and our prices.
Your continued support and loyalty really do mean a great deal to us. We look forward to keeping your freezer stocked with your favourites for many more orders to come!
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
The original Donald Russell used to be…
The original Donald Russell used to be great but since they have been taken over not any more. They seem to mostly try to get rid of old stock and the packaging is now well below par. They use cardboard boxes which are wet when the goods arrive and one of the meat packs was torn open. I contacted them and sent pictures of that mess but they have never replied. A great shame.
23 juillet 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
We’re very sorry to hear how disappointed you’ve been with your recent experience, particularly as a long-standing Donald Russell customer.
We have been reviewing our packaging and working towards a more environmentally friendly approach, following feedback from customers that some of our previous packaging was difficult to recycle. However, we completely appreciate that any changes we make still need to ensure your order arrives safely, securely and in the condition you would rightly expect. We’re therefore very concerned to hear that your box arrived wet and that one of the meat packs was torn.
We’re also sorry that you didn’t receive a response after contacting us and sending photographs. We’d really like the opportunity to look into what happened and make this right for you. Please email help@donaldrussell.com with your order number and details of your previous contact so our team can investigate further.
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Comments like yours are important as we continue to review both our packaging and the service we provide.
The Donald Russell Team
Great quality Produce and service let…
Great quality Produce and service let down by wanting to order more but a huge amount listed is out of stock
30 juillet 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you for your review and for your kind comments about the quality of our produce and service!
We're sorry that the current availability of some of our products has prevented you from ordering more. We completely understand how frustrating it can be to find so many of your favourites out of stock.
We're working hard with our suppliers to improve availability and bring more of the range back into stock as soon as possible. We really appreciate your patience and continued support while we do so.
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
Will Avoid Now and Warn Others
When ordering was concerned that so many items out of stock or not even on site. Order has now arrived, woefully packaging, wet cardboard box, ice packs empty etc. Wrote and complained, there answer this is not our normal standard. Untrue look at the latest reviews before mine. Look elsewhere and warn any other customers you know.
21 juillet 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
We're very sorry to hear about your experience and completely understand your disappointment, both with the current product availability and the condition in which your order arrived.
Receiving an order with wet packaging and empty ice packs is certainly not the experience we want for our customers, and we sincerely apologise that we've let you down on this occasion. We also appreciate your frustration regarding the number of products currently unavailable.
We'd like to reassure you that we are actively working on rebuilding availability and will be bringing the full Donald Russell range back into stock. We appreciate that this will take some time, but we're working hard to improve the range and availability for our customers.
We'd also really like the opportunity to look into your individual order further and see what we can do to put things right. Please email us at help@donaldrussell.com with your order details and reference your Trustpilot review so our team can investigate this personally.
Your comments regarding the packaging and delivery will also be passed to the relevant teams, as feedback like this is important in helping us identify where improvements need to be made.
Once again, please accept our sincere apologies for the disappointment caused, and we hope you'll allow us the opportunity to address your concerns directly.
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
Donald Russell in name only
Ordered our "favourite" Lasagne which I received an email telling me was back.
Not so since the takeover as it is now a barely edible shadow of its former self since the real DR went bust and the name was bought.
Looks and smells like the cheapest supermarket sludge and the ingredient list tells the story, pumped full of preservatives and additives, something the "real" lasagne from DR never was. So disgusting it was thrown in the food bin after a few mouthfuls.
Half of it arrived semi defrosted as well in a soaking wet cardboard box.
Won't be back.
7 juillet 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
We're very sorry to read about your experience and completely understand your disappointment, particularly as the lasagne was previously a favourite of yours and you were looking forward to ordering it again.
We're also very concerned to hear that part of your order arrived semi-defrosted and that the packaging was wet. This is certainly not the condition we expect our products to arrive in, and we sincerely apologise for the experience you've had.
We appreciate you sharing your thoughts regarding the lasagne itself, including the changes you've noticed in its quality and ingredients. We will ensure your feedback is passed directly to the relevant product and quality teams for review.
We'd also really like the opportunity to look into your order in more detail and see what we can do to put things right. If you're happy to do so, please email us at help@donaldrussell.com with your order details and reference your Trustpilot review, and a member of our team will investigate this further for you.
Once again, we're very sorry that your recent experience has left you feeling this way, and we hope you'll give us the opportunity to address your concerns directly.
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
Previous Donald Russel customer with concerns about new owners
I have been a loyal customer of Donald Russel for many years. They veered away from their focus on quality meats, mainly Aberdeen Angus Beef , and expanded into poorly related product areas..which is possibly a part cause of their demise. Very sad to see, as I loved their Beef products and their customer service, and quality was excellent.2025 saw a downturn in product quality, and delivery packaging. Right up to the end customers were kept in the dark, until there website became non responsive. the new owners are attempting business as usual, with the same branding, but different address, but crucially have not advised old Donald Russell customers of changes. I have emailed them three times to request a simple clarification. “Is their beef product which uses exactly the same look and description, though higher prices, delivering Scottish Aberdeen Angus Beef sourced as before?” No reply from Customer Service, the last of three being to the new Managing Director of the takeover business.All customers of Donald Russell and their personal details have been transferred without certainly my permission. i believe this may be in breach of budiness best practice..and if beef products are not Aberdeen Angus as before, it could constitute misselling.. Answers needed from the new owner, who continues to send out the self same sales emails as before..but all is not as before. Buyer beware….
18 juillet 2026
Avis spontané
Réponse de Donald Russell
Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns, and we're very sorry to hear that your recent experience has left you feeling this way, particularly after being a loyal Donald Russell customer for many years.
We completely understand why you would want clarity around the changes to the business, our products and sourcing, and we're especially sorry to hear that you've contacted us several times without receiving the response you were looking for. That's understandably frustrating, and we apologise for the lack of communication.
We take your questions regarding the sourcing of our beef, product descriptions and your personal data seriously, and we want to make sure you receive an accurate and comprehensive response rather than providing incomplete information here.
Please email us at help@donaldrussell.com, referencing your Trustpilot review, and we'll ensure your concerns are looked into properly and responded to by the appropriate team.
We're working hard to rebuild the range and the experience Donald Russell customers have known over the years, and feedback from long-standing customers such as yourself is incredibly important as we do this.
Once again, we're sorry for the frustration caused and hope you'll give us the opportunity to address your questions directly.
Kind regards,
The Donald Russell Team
A clear case of 2026 budgeting...
I've been buying Donald Russell items for many years and can think of only 1 historic issue that I was forced to report. Today however is a very different. I feel a sense of 2026 budgeting has been forced upon their clients, and a more digital and impersonal approach when calling or making contact. The traditional polystyrene packaging that guaranteed both product protection and minimal risk of defrosting whilst in transit, that also included a handing packing list for ease of checking upon de-boxing, is gone and has been replaced with a cardboard box that arrives soggy and falling apart. My last 2 orders have NOT been pretty with very poor external packaging, plus de-sealed meat packs internally, some with frost bight. My last order was thrown away due to all items being open and thawed and was forced to be replaced.
A clear case of money saving at its worst im afraid.
Unfortunately after more than 12years as a customer, I will not be ordering any further items from Donald Russell.
8 juillet 2026
Avis spontané
★☆☆☆☆
★☆☆☆☆
The bar was already fairly low following the issues around Christmas and the company's closure, but when Donald Russell was bought out, I decided to give them another chance because I genuinely believed they deserved one.
Unfortunately, I was genuinely surprised to find that the quality appears to have declined even further. The product quality was disappointing, the packaging was poor, and the customer service experience was worse than before.
The parcel arrived defrosted. I was unable to speak to anyone directly, and my emails went unanswered. Thankfully, I had documented the condition of the delivery and was able to provide the evidence to my bank, which allowed me to successfully raise a chargeback on my card.
Based on my experience, I would strongly advise others to avoid using this company.
19 juin 2026
Avis spontané
Postcode Discrimination
As a loyal and high spending customer for years I was pleased to see the company survive…. but ….they no longer deliver to my address. Their FAQ states they deliver to mainland UK addresses which is untrue and when you seek out the list of postcodes they discriminate against, my postcode is not listed but they will not deliver.
I suspect Donald Russell has truly ceased to exist .
30 juin 2026
Avis spontané
Buyer beware june 2026
Buyer beware. June 2026
I know thw company has been going through charges but i wont be using them until they get sorted .
Summary. Take £120. Delivery a week later than expected. 50%. Missing.
10 days to chase . Another 10 days to refund. But my feeling is nothing will change.
I still belive under the sale of goods act its illegal to take money for goods offered online if they are not in stock.
So waiting any days would break this.
30 juin 2026
Avis spontané
Such a shame to see the company that…
Such a shame to see the company that used to be great now being absolutely awful to (try to) do business with.
Customer service is appalling now. I had been a loyal customer for a good number of years and loved their service. Now it won’t let me order - saying my address cannot be delivered to, despite my postcode not being listed on addresses they don’t cover.
Phoned them up thinking it may be a small bug - but was told that they no longer deliver to me, and that there was nothing they could do but I could check back as they ‘may consider adding this area onto their run’. How lovely of them that my custom is such a non-event that they think it’s fine to dismiss me like this.
Used to be fab. Will never order again from them (even if miraculously they deign to see north of Scotland as worthy of their service again).
Terrible - avoid!!!!!
29 juin 2026
Avis spontané
Been DR customer for years and always…
Been DR customer for years and always had good service from previous company however had delivery this week and appalled at condition of packaging and contents. Cardboard box arrived falling to bits meat within a white plastic wrapping all ice packs were melted and dripping water meat barely still frozen and some required to be cooked right away otherwise disposed of certainly not high standard of before. Messaged DR direct and no reply to date will not be ordering from this company again.
23 juin 2026
Avis spontané
Poor stock levels
So, I decided to buy some pork products from Donald Russell and what a waste of time that was. Out of 13 items only 2 were available, all the rest were sold out.
May be Donald Russell should have remained closed if you can carry 2 out of 13 advertised stock items.
11 juin 2026
Avis spontané
L’expérience Trustpilot
Tout le monde peut écrire un avis Trustpilot. Les auteurs d'avis peuvent les modifier ou les supprimer à tout moment et les avis sont affichés tant que les comptes utilisateurs respectifs sont actifs.
Nous avons des personnes dédiées et des technologies intelligentes pour nous aider à protéger notre plateforme. Découvrez comment nous combattons les faux avis.
En savoir plus sur le parcours des avis sur Trustpilot.
La vérification permet de s'assurer que des personnes réelles écrivent les avis que vous lisez sur Trustpilot.
Offrir des incitatifs en échange d'avis ou demander des avis de manière sélective peut fausser le TrustScore, ce qui va à l'encontre de nos conditions d'utilisation.