AllRecipesReviews 230

Allrecipes has really messed up. Anyone ever try to sort recipes? Since '[categories' were added, I have been fighting with the system to find stuff. These folks cannot even alphabetize the categories not less the recipes within. Each time I try to search with the same criteria I come up with items not in the original sort, out of order (not alphabetic when specified by title), or not relevant to specific search item. Example: Chicken Soup yields Chicken Stroganoff. Go figure. I hate this site now.

Sent email to customer support - get the same nonsense back about javascript and cookies. I wonder who on earth is doing the programming? Something as simple as sorting is beyond the staff. Cannot sort the collection names created when you save a recipe - they are displayed exactly in the order created - last created, first on list. Cannot sort within a category. And my biggest pet peeve is not being able to find recipes saved prior to when they added collections. Printing with changes is a problem.

They need to drop trying to be a social network site and return to what worked. The pretty pictures just clutter my screen. A thumbnail in a list would be perfect. This site is SLOW. It is poorly designed using outdated technology.

I repeat: I HATE THIS SITE NOW!

I used to love allrecipes. It was like a small community of women/men sharing their family recipes. I went back recently and the site has changed- I'm surprised my recipe box is still intact. I had a very hard time finding it.
Pictures of the dishes are professionally shot- (they used to be amateurly-taken and didn't always look appetizing but were accurate).
The dishes seemed invented by the same few people- (presumably on the allrecipes team). Not by a community passing down their family recipes.
This site is a total money-grabbing sham. It's horrible how they've deviated from their grass roots and small community goals.

I just got on and I can not organize my shopping list like I use to. My only option is to delete. I have several personal recipes and all the ingredients go to the bottom. If I click on a recipe to add it then go back it rearranges all the recipes and puts me back at the top. Defiantly not user friendly anymore. I will be moving all my recipes to another site and closing out this account.

After years of entering recipes, writing reviews, blogging, and getting new ideas from this site, someone(s) on the allrecipes.com staff decided they needed to update their website. I'm only guessing they used 20-30 year olds who don't spend a lot of time cooking.

The updated site has the following problems:

Users can't access all the recipes they've entered onto the site.
Emails with a link to a new review of your recipe don't go to the review: they go to the recipe. From there, you have to find the "reviews" section on the page.
When looking for new recipes, users can't sort by recipe ratings.
Users who've posted blogs in the past can't access them.
Blogs are now filtered through their staff and, so far, the one I wrote about the problems I'm having with their new site hasn't been posted.

This used to be an incredibly user friendly site. Now, it's more focused on the look than ease of use and content. A perfect example of turning marketing over to those who haven't got a clue about what it's like to be a cook (or an iPhone user... but that's another story).

Update: This site has become tooo commercialized. Way too many ads and the competition has gotten much better. I have been using other sites that have far less traffic and the recipes are very creative and delicious.
Original: Allrecipes can turn you into the best cook on the block with thousands of recipes from drinks to main dishes and everything in between. So many to choose from and always a recipe for what you have a hankering for. Take my word, you will be surprised at what you can do with the help of this website.