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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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I now hate your website very, very extremely much! You can not maneuver the site without being completely Inundated with ads! A complete waste of my time! And what is that ignorant Spoon Stirring the Bowl crap? You used to be the best, but You sold out! Now all you are is a LOSER site!
I have never been considered a good cook, and I have no imagination of how to add to, or change a recipe, but since using the allrecipes site, I have been learning how to do that. I know some people get annoyed with others who change recipes, but for me it's very helpfull. It gives me ideas as to what to do. My cooking is definetly improving, and I have to thank everyone who has sbubmitted recipes on allrecipes.com. Maybe one day I'll feel brave enough to submit one myself.
I used to read Allrecipes for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. Going to a family gathering and decided to bring a stuffed mushroom appetizer and an Amazon ad popped up asking if I wanted a $1000. It's program to make you answer and fill out a form with your personal info. I don't like being force to fill out a form and answer questions. I will go to YouTube, Foodnetwork or any of the online food blogs. What a waste since I loved this site for years. Money and greed can ruin a good thing especially if you don't listen to your customers.
IPhone user here. Since the change I'm getting ads that I can't get rid of and the pages load so slowly that it takes twice as long for me to finish a recipe.
Another minor annoyance is how it opens up another tab every time I click 'see instructions and video' Something funny going on, here. I just want to look at the recipe!
I used to love this site and had many great go-to recipes. Wish I could access them more easily.
I've been using Allrecipes site for years. I've reviewed many recipes. I have quite a collection that I have saved. For at least a month I have been unable to access my collection nor am I able to write any reviews. I get a red X when I try to rate and review a recipe. I contacted customer service a few weeks ago and they assured me they were working on it. Blah blah blah. I am so frustrated with what you've done Allrecipes. All I can say is thanks a lot!
I used to love this website and use it all the time but now it is slower than molasses in January!
I realize that we are visual creatures and photos help sell the recipes but ever since you changed your website everything is so freaking slow! Why can't we have the option to filter out the videos? I don't understand why it takes sooo long to load?! It makes no difference if it is on my computer or a smart phone.
It's just SLOW!
This site is supposed to make cooking easier as well as fun but if you have to wait for each and every page to load it is just USELESS!
Please fix it! I miss being able to look through my recipes and add reviews!
I've all but stopped using it since they changed the site a year or more ago. Every time I try to use it I think my blood pressure rises!
Would love to make some of the recipes, but when you can't load the page on any device (we have a Dell and a Mac and an iPad and a Samsung Galaxy and an iPhone) then it isn't much use, is it?
I used to LOVE All Recipes. I can't use it on my computer now and it's even more useless on my tablet. Why, AllRecipes?! I can't even use it anymore...
This is the end for AllRecipes. They used to be my favorite spot for recipes but the ad content has gone from annoying to paralyzing. It freezes like crazy on my ipad and I"m guessing it's all that added ad code. Site is basically non-functional unless you're on a desktop and even then you might suffer a seizure from trying to read a recipes with 8 ads flashing all over your screen.
What happened? It was always my go-to when my cookbooks failed me. It was SO easy. Now, pages won't load completely & search results when they do load aren't accurate. It was great while it lasted.
The website has great recipes. But navigating and saving your personal recipes is a mess. They did a major change of the website a couple years ago. Now I frequent it less because it is so frustrating. They are trying to be like Pintrest with the "giant" photos. It's hard to navigate because these photos take up so much of the screen.
I've found some great recipes on this site, but I'm not sure why they changed the format. I miss being able to add my own notes to the recipes. Notes reminded me how well I liked it and why, and what, if anything, I would do differently next time. Why did they take that feature away?!
Given the difficulty in getting recipes to load and the irritating ads that pop up everywhere I will be leaving this sight for other options!
The new format & changes ruined this site. It takes 4ever for pages to load, then when you click on a recipe that takes forever to load. So many ads it'll drive you nuts. Shame because i used to use it for years. Some of you have asked this
To print, click the print button then you have to wait till the print page loads, either it will print or hit your print button
Also
To increase or decrease recipe servings click on the dumb little green circle & a box will open to type in the servings you need.
Great recipes there but its a shame what happened to this site, search the web for a recipe you are looking for cooks com is very good
I saw a picture on the site under "summer recipes" that I wanted ingredients for. When I clicked on picture it took me to page full of recipes but not that one. I put in ingredients that I could see in pic but still couldn't find it. This site is frustrating. I've used it for several years but may move on now.
I used the AllRecipes site 4 or 5 times a week for years. I loved how quickly and efficiently I could find something to whip up when in a hurry. Now I DREAD trying to find something new to try. The new format seems so illogical to me! There is not a single thing that makes the site easier or more efficient to use, the recipes don't even line up making it impossible to quickly scan for anything. My iPad was too old to accept the update so that was what I was using, until now. I can no longer log-in, I just get a message saying "... technical difficulties. Please try again" I've lost everything I saved and could just cry I'm so mad!
Allrecipes used to be brilliant. It was amazing. They took away menu planner, the interface sucks, you can't put your own recipes in efficiently any more, there are adds everywhere, and not just 10-15 seconds, but freaking 30 second ads. There is nothing good about all recipes anymore.
Littered with ads that pull you from what you're trying to read. Essentially useless. A giant waste of time.
I used to love this site, I used it all the time. I don't know what they have done but now it is terrible. Crashes all the time and is full of adds.
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