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Overview

Room & Board has a rating of 2.9 stars from 10 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Room & Board ranks 471st among Furniture sites.

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  • Value
    3
  • Shipping
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  • Returns
    1
  • Quality
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Top Positive Review

“Beautiful designs and family heirlooms”

Mark R.
11/3/20

We've been fortunate to purchase a few items from Room & Board, and every item we've purchased exceeded our expectations. We've purchased wall shelving, a large armoire, a side table, glider chair for nursing, and a children's table with 4 chairs. Our kids table and glider was our first purchases, and I can say after 7+ years of abuse they have held up amazingly well. The table and chairs have crayon marks that wipe right off, and the glider looks like it did the day it was delivered.

Top Critical Review

“Room and board isn't what it used to be...”

J N.
1/28/22

Room and board isn't what it used to be. I can handle the higher end prices and waiting 6 months for furniture to be delivered, but ultimately it's not worth it. They really seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to the people that actually deliver the items as the last 2 orders have been messed up in ways that waste incredible amounts of my time to resolve. As a homeowner, you do not want to take on more "fix-it" projects if you don't have to. Why does the delivery matter so much? Well, Imagine one driver being so lazy that he practically demands you to drive your own truck to pick up the items so he doesn't have to. Then when you say no, he hangs up in the middle of cussing at you. When they do finally arrive, they have broken one of the items. Worse yet, they don't pay attention when moving furniture and now a doorframe needs to be repaired on your brand new house. All I wanted was some furniture. Not to spend time with a welder, a painter to fix my doorframe, and to pick up furniture that I'm paying to have delivered. Never ordering from them again.

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Thumbnail of user jn206
4 reviews
27 helpful votes
January 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

Room and board isn't what it used to be. I can handle the higher end prices and waiting 6 months for furniture to be delivered, but ultimately it's not worth it. They really seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to the people that actually deliver the items as the last 2 orders have been messed up in ways that waste incredible amounts of my time to resolve. As a homeowner, you do not want to take on more "fix-it" projects if you don't have to.

Why does the delivery matter so much? Well, Imagine one driver being so lazy that he practically demands you to drive your own truck to pick up the items so he doesn't have to. Then when you say no, he hangs up in the middle of cussing at you. When they do finally arrive, they have broken one of the items. Worse yet, they don't pay attention when moving furniture and now a doorframe needs to be repaired on your brand new house.

All I wanted was some furniture. Not to spend time with a welder, a painter to fix my doorframe, and to pick up furniture that I'm paying to have delivered.

Never ordering from them again.

Tip for consumers:
shop elsewhere

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Thumbnail of user suzannem1020
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 10th, 2023
Verified purchase

Up until now, I was a big fan of Room and Board. I am not feeling so good about them at the moment though. I have a dining room table with a leaf from them which no longer stays together completely. I called and emailed pictures of the issue, and after quite a while was finally contacted by someone who was able to help. The part was probably lost during our recent move, so it is not their fault. However, given that I have spent over $25,000 on their furniture and rugs, I would have thought that they would send me the part at no cost. I have no choice but to pay the extra $100 plus on it, but I am disappointed and surprised that a high end company that prides itself on customer service would charge me for the part. I have recommended this company to family and friends, but in the future I am not sure that I will, and I am no longer so eager to order from them for myself.

Thumbnail of user lynnew169
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 1st, 2022
Verified purchase

While moving to a new state, I decided to buy what I thought would be my last sofa bed. I ordered a queen size from Room & Board. It took 6 months to get it, mostly due to supply chain issues during Covid. It finally did arrive and while the sofa itself is very nice, the bed is IMPOSSIBLE to sleep on. Like sleeping on concrete. Room and Board offered to 'exchange' it, but would first have to have it examined to determine whether I could get full value. This would mean shipping this one back and, because the one I had is no longer made (I wonder why), I would have to pay at least an additional $500 for a different brand with no guarantee that I wouldn't have the same problem. So, it's taken months for me to figure out a solution and finally bought a topper from R&B (with a discount) and bought a mattress pad to smooth it out (another $200). The whole purpose of buying this sofa bed was to avoid having to add anything to the mattress. It's better but you still feel the very rock solid mattress beneath you. I will NEVER BUY FROM R&B again, no matter how pleasant the customer service has been. The fact remains that I spent $3500 + topper + pad and if I had the financial ability, I would get rid of it and start all over again.

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Thumbnail of user seanl457
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 7th, 2022
Verified purchase

After the excitement and anticipation of waiting two months, for what was to be the signature piece in our home office, furniture arrived damaged, with chips in multiple locations, and what also appears to be an attempt to repair other damage prior to delivery. 2+ months to get an exchange.

Tip for consumers:
Make sure you are okay waiting months for a replacement if the original purchase is damaged.

Thumbnail of user julieb964
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
November 18th, 2023

Horrific experience at Boston where the manager was awful to me; patronizing and condescending. I was sneered at for taking a blanket with tags off a display shelf with intent to buy.

Tip for consumers:
I was considering buying my entire household furniture from here and had $100,000 budget

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I left

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Thumbnail of user markr1576
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
November 3rd, 2020

We've been fortunate to purchase a few items from Room & Board, and every item we've purchased exceeded our expectations. We've purchased wall shelving, a large armoire, a side table, glider chair for nursing, and a children's table with 4 chairs.

Our kids table and glider was our first purchases, and I can say after 7+ years of abuse they have held up amazingly well. The table and chairs have crayon marks that wipe right off, and the glider looks like it did the day it was delivered.

Thumbnail of user ashleyr162
3 reviews
9 helpful votes
February 19th, 2018

Their pricing is minimal in some cases. However, there are other places much cheaper that's for sure.

Thumbnail of user patriciam614
73 reviews
422 helpful votes
February 19th, 2019

I have many R&B pieces in my home. I can count off thirteen at the moment, and may have more than that. Over many years I have purchased case goods, benches (one custom), tables (one custom), and bookshelves from them, and all have been excellent quality. Their delivery service could not be better. I have a long, winding driveway that is not accessible for the huge delivery trucks furniture companies use. I always request a step-down service to deliver with a small truck. The last time I got a R&B table delivered (with a heavy stone top), the dispatcher or someone else messed up and sent out the full-size truck. The delivery guys parked down on the main road and carried the table and the stone top up to my house. It's about a quarter mile walk uphill! They could have passed on delivering and rescheduled for a smaller vehicle, but they went to all that trouble to keep the delivery appointment. That is great service. The few times I have had a problem with the quality of a R&B piece, the company has swapped out a replacement without fighting me on the issue. Highly recommended for quality merchandise and top-notch customer service!

Thumbnail of user subashk
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 17th, 2018

Its nice i like this service somuch, iam happy.its nice i like this service somuch, iam happy, keep it up

Thumbnail of user patg62
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
February 19th, 2018

If your looking for furniture at a great and affordable price shop here won't be disappointed you will find quality furnature at a price you can afford

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