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WebstaurantStore Reviews Summary

WebstaurantStore has a rating of 1.6 stars from 851 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with WebstaurantStore most frequently mention customer service, credit card and return shipping. WebstaurantStore ranks 27th among Restaurant Supply sites.

service
233
value
225
shipping
225
returns
182
quality
204
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California
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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We ordered 2 wall gas heaters from the company and didn't realize they required 30inches empty space between the heater and the wall. It didn't work for us so we had to return both units. It's 20-30% stocking fees which is ridiculously high and they charged shipping costs twice, to ship to and to return. Btw, both boxes wwre shipped without any taping, they use staples to close the box which was horribel. One box was opened with the staples ripping through the cardboard box. Thankful the unit wasn't damaged.
The return department only provided 1 label for both heaters and FedEx only allows 1 label per unit. I had to carry one heavy unit back from Fedex and asked for another shipping label. It took a while with so many exchanges for them to send out the 2nd label. Then, after 1 month since both units were shipped back, out credit card still shows 0 refund. I called the company and was asked if the units were sent back because it didn't show in their system. After being put on hold for a while, i was told that the system showed both units were received. But because they were shipped back to their warehouse and people there didn't let them know, they didn't know to credit back. I was then told that the message was sent to the warehouse and the credit should be refunded by next week. I felt like this company was being dishonest. It was like they delayed the refunds and if people are way too busy with life and don't check their credit card statement, the company can just quietly keep the refunds. I will check back next week and if the refunds are still not there, I will file a dispute with my credit card company.
Stay away from this company!

Date of experience: December 1, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Sam, and I am sorry you had to return your items! As a wholesale website, we do not include any of the shipping charges in the cost of the items. Therefore, we do have to charge shipping for each of our orders and we do not have any general shipping discounts. Certain items do ship for free though! Be sure to watch out for the “Free Shipping” banner on select items throughout the site.

The reason that we charge a restocking fee is to keep costs, and ultimately our prices, down for our customers. When you buy from a company that has no restocking fees, you pay for returns that the company handles, indirectly, through higher prices. There are a lot of costs associated with processing an order, as well as returning an order. Most companies do build it into their initial pricing, but we try to charge it only when it is needed.

If you have any additional questions please feel free to live chat with us, or you can email us at help@webstaurantstore.com.

Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Extremely unreliable
November 30, 2022

Placed multiple orders and every single one was delayed. My latest one was delayed for 2 months and still never received product.
Customer Service suggested I call before placing an order to check stock. I did this... product was still delayed and when I contacted Customer Support I was informed that 1 item was being delayed but the shipping department decided to hold my entire order until that item was available.
She contacted the shipping department to release one of the items but informed me that I would have to re-contact customer support to get each item released she couldn't ask for my entire order to be released...The customer support team is helpful and informative but it seems like webstaurant as a whole just makes the entire process difficult. They do have good product but you can find the same stuff with Sysco and literally get it within 24 hours. Thumbs down for Webstaurant but 2 thumbs up for Sysco!

Date of experience: November 30, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Victoria and I am so very sorry to hear that your recent orders were delayed! There are a few reasons why these orders were delayed and I am happy to look further into this for you! If you can message me the order number or the email address used when placing the orders I will take a further look for you. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Horrible Customer Service For Returns
November 24, 2022

We paid membership, ordered a pallet of products, needed to return them after finding out that the product delivered was incorrect, when we tried to send back they deleted my account for a policy violation? They said the could no longer find my order and they can't help me, now I'm stuck with $7k worth of products i have to liquidate to a 3rd party. They might as well just state on their website ALL ORDERS FINAL. They're horrible, i dont care about their pricing as much as i care about receiving the right product.

Date of experience: November 24, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Hi Jean, thank you for your review and I am so very sorry to hear about your situation! I would like to look further into this situation for you further to see how we can resolve the issue! If you can message me the order number please, I will get right on it! I look forward to hearing back from you!

Utah
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I placed an order and received notification the item would not arrive until February. I contacted Webstaurant via the web chat, requesting to cancel the order as I needed the item sooner. They were accessible, responsive, friendly, and helpful. They exceeded their promised timeline to process the cancellation. This was excellent customer service!

Date of experience: November 23, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Kim! I am so very sorry your item was delayed until February, but happy we were able to get that cancelled for you! We appreciate your time and hope you will think of us the next time you have a need. If you have any additional questions please feel free to live chat with us, or you can email us at help@webstaurantstore.com.

California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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We ordered a double-deck oven made by CPG from this site. Total $6554. As soon as we unboxed and installed the oven, it did not work. We called the CPG warranty, and they told us it takes at least 3 weeks to process a warranty to dispatch a technician. Now we are restocking and can't do business because of these people. If you want to return they charge you 20% stocking fees. I guess they make their money from returns.

Date of experience: November 23, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review and I am so very sorry to hear that your new CPG oven did not work upon arrival. I am glad to hear that you have been in contact with the warranty holder who will be able to resolve the issue for you, but so sorry there is such a long wait for service! If you can message me the order number or the email address associated with the order I can take a look at the claim for you. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Tennessee
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Do not do business with this store.
November 23, 2022

Expedited service is a joke and it is expensive. I called to cancel an order because I had not received it and was told it was no problem. Almost a week later I was told it could not be cancelled. Terrible communication. I contacted the vendor for the product directly, it was at least $75 cheaper and was shipped to us within two days. We still have not received the order from WebstaurantStore!

Date of experience: November 23, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Eva, and I am very sorry to hear that your order was unable to be cancelled. I am happy to look further into the situation for you if you can message me with the order number or the email address the order was placed with. Once I have this information, I can see what options we have. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Kazakhstan
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Rude reponse
November 23, 2022

I tried to buy goods from that terrible store, but they canceled my order for unclear reasons to me and moreover banned my account. Their email is rude, their response was:
"Hello,
We are emailing to inform you that your order has been cancelled and your account has been closed.
We are canceling your order due to activity relating to your account and are closing it based on our cancellation policy. This can be reviewed in the Policy section of our website.
We are not permitting you to place orders on our site."
I visited their Cancellation Policy page, but it doesn't include any clear information. That "we are not permitting you to place orders on our site" just got on my nerves. Really this was totally unnecessary. If you don't new buyers to visit your sorry $#*! page then just apply some limitations. Don't waste our time, pricks!

Date of experience: November 23, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Salamat, and I am very sorry for your frustrations! I see you have been in contact with the appropriate department who provided instructions to contact your card holder for a resolution.

California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Damage products
November 22, 2022

In our office, we order 6 tables and 4 of with them bad damaged. The boxes were perfect. And they still want to talk to the carrier. What a bad excuse. They should be a shame to send products like this!

I will make sure every client on Instagram is aware, unless I get 4 new tables free charge. I am still waiting for a solution on Monday. The immediate solution should have been " we are terribly sorry, let us replace them right away "

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Date of experience: November 22, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review and I am so very sorry to see that you received 4 of your tables damaged in transit! I am happy to hear that our Customer Solutions department is working with you to resolve the issue! If you have any additional questions please feel free to live chat with us, or you can email us at help@webstaurantstore.com.

Pakistan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They cancel the order even after payment done
November 17, 2022

I tried placing order, then within 24hrs I received their email that due to payment verification failed your order has been cancelled and your account has been closed. When I confirmed this from bank, they confirmed the payment is reflecting in card which means transaction is done but WebstaurantStore cancelled the order due to this false reason. Stay away from this horrible supplier!

Date of experience: November 17, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Talha, and I am very sorry for your frustration in this process. I assure you that this is not meant to be an annoyance. The internet is just becoming an ever-increasing dangerous place to shop, and we take pride in being one of the safest sites out there. It sounds as if you have been in contact with the appropriate department to notify you of our process of contacting your card holder to assist you further in resolving the issue.

Arkansas
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I ordered. Says usually ships in 1 day. Waited 5 days no emails, no call ls, no cancellation. I finally got tired of waiting and got online chat forum with a rude bleach that started asking for ID and personal information to supposedly confirm shipping address. They already had all of that and authorized payment too. Then the rude troll troll threatened to cancel order. Hung up and left the forum. Sorry $#*! people. Don't do business with these sorry $#*! people. I know I won't. I was spending several hundred dollars and planned to do much more business. Not now. Sorry $#*! rude people

Date of experience: November 17, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Hi John,
Thank you for your review, and I am very sorry to hear that you had this interaction! I am happy to look further into the situation for you! You can message me the order number, or the email address used to place the order and I can provide you with an update to the status of your order. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Oregon
1 review
5 helpful votes
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3 cases missing, $285.18 worth of product
November 15, 2022

I ordered compostable bowls and lids. The bowls arrived. When we went to use them we noticed the lids were never delivered, rendering the bowls useless. I contacted customer service and they said their tracking proves the lids were delivered. The weight and dimensions of the packaging for the tracking delivered, does not match the weight and dimensions of the 3 cases of lids. They said, sorry it says delivere, and refuse to make it right.

Date of experience: November 15, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Jessica, and I am so very sorry to hear about your experience! I am happy to look further into this for you if you can provide me with the order number or email address used when making your purchase. Once I have this additional information, I will look into the situation for you! I look forward to hearing back from you!

New York
1 review
6 helpful votes
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The Chinese scale weighed me 50 Lbs lighter than my actual weight. When I tried to return it the company offered me half of what I paid and charged me $20 to ship it back on top of that. A sleazy company with crappy products. And they'll pay you to write a positive review.

Date of experience: November 9, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Patrick! The reason that we charge a restocking fee is to keep costs, and ultimately our prices, down for our customers. When you buy from a company that has no restocking fees, you pay for returns that the company handles, indirectly, through higher prices. There are a lot of costs associated with processing an order, as well as returning an order. Most companies do build it into their initial pricing, but we try to charge it only when it is needed. If you have any additional questions please feel free to live chat with us, or you can email us at help@webstaurantstore.com.

Pakistan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Poor CUstomer SERVICE and RISK analyst Team.
November 8, 2022

Hi,

We are their newest customer. We registered a few days ago and placed order today. While checking out and paying with my card they confirmed my order and all of a sudden they canceled my order and closed my account. I repeatedly asked their Customer Support live chat but they are unable to help me. We contacted our bank and they also confirmed that the payment was approved. I do not know where to ask for help. I tried to reach all risk analyst teams through Linkedin and none of them have open messages. I am a new business and was going to launch a new range with a few pre-orders and these mishaps are unbearable for us. THIS REVIEW IS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIGHER MANAGEMENT OR HELP US REINSTATE OUR ACCOUNT. MY ORDER NUMBER IS *******

Date of experience: November 8, 2022
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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WTF
October 18, 2022

After reading all the negative reviews I have decided to go elsewhere and pay more for satisfaction!

Can not believe ANYONE would buy from these land pirates!

Unbelievable bad reviews! WoW

Date of experience: October 18, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Hi Tori,
Thank you for your review, and I am happy to look into any issues you may have experienced with The Webstaurantstore. If you would like to send me additional details, I will get right on it! I look forward to hearing back from you!

New Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shipping and Cost
October 13, 2022

I order 3 items the same. They Said in order to purchase them for that price I would gave to buy them in groups of 3, The item Was $36.99 each. It said I had free shipping. It took over a week to get I Item sent to me and they charged be $102 to ship and they won't give you anything orher then sorry have a nice Day

Date of experience: October 13, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Shane! I am happy to look further into this issue for you if you can reply back with the order number you are referring to please? I look forward to hearing back from you!

Singapore
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bull $#*! company
October 12, 2022

They have a horrible return policy. I've ordered for by business but will never order again.
Made a mistakes on sizes and asked for returning the same day of their delivery After Shipping and their 20% restocking fee, it's barley worth returning, and they said they will not proceed to take it back Do not support this site

Date of experience: October 12, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Mauro! The reason that we charge a restocking fee is to keep costs, and ultimately our prices, down for our customers. When you buy from a company that has no restocking fees, you pay for returns that the company handles, indirectly, through higher prices. There are a lot of costs associated with processing an order, as well as returning an order. Most companies do build it into their initial pricing, but we try to charge it only when it is needed. If you have any additional questions please feel free to live chat with us, or you can email us at help@webstaurantstore.com.

Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bad return system
October 11, 2022

We spent $200 on syrup containers that happened to be too small for what we needed for. Tried to make a return. It was impossible so we lost our money. I do not recommend anyone to buy here.

Date of experience: October 11, 2022
Web A. WebstaurantStore Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your review Xenia, and I am sorry you were unable to return your product! I am happy to look further into this for you if you can reply back to this with the order number, or can live chat with us, or you can email us at help@webstaurantstore.com. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Oklahoma
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Problem was solved.
October 3, 2022
Updated review

WebstuarantStore shipped us a replacement chest freezer. The replacement is working correctly. Problem solved. Thank you.

Date of experience: October 3, 2022

Very Noisy CF20HC Commercial Chest Freezer
September 13, 2022
Previous review

We ordered the Galaxy CF20HC Commercial Chest Freezer - 19.4 cu. Ft. On Sept 8th 2022. Received it September 12th 2022. The next day we turned it on and it was just the most noisy freezer we have ever heard. At this point we just turned it off and don't want to run it. Every time the compressor runs it just makes all kinds of noises. We contacted WebstaurantStore about it and they said no returns and there is nothing they can do about it.

Aside from our noise problem. Looking at the details of manufacturing it is made in China and the sheet metal is not very good lots of rolls, bumps and trim not connected to the metal. The bottom of the inside of the freezer is very thin anything could poke through it. These are not shipping damages it clearly poor manufacturing. We would be fine if it operated quietly but this is just over the top for this kind of money.

Customer service isn't going to take any responsibility for what they are selling this is some kind of one way ticket online china reseller with zero customer service. We need a lot more freezers good thing we only started with one from this seller. If you order anything from this company and it fails in the first month your not going to get any help. In our case it was a failure on first use. At least we found out very fast how they support their product lines before ordering more freezers. We would go for a replacement if it was not fixable but at this point knowing how they operate it will just be better to return the item and never do business with this kind of company again.

We should not be surprised finding all the bad reviews for WebstaurantStore. Not sure how they are still in business with all these bad reviews. They should have been cut off from a merchant account a long time ago. First and last purchase.

Another thing to note. When I opened the box and took a look at the bottom of this freezer it had scuff marks all along on the bottom like it was used or moved before. After reading many reviews we have to wonder was this a return and then reboxed and sent to us damaged? It had a small scratch on the front of the unit that had to happen before boxing. So is this a scam is Webstaurant collecting restocking fees knowingly shipping damaged products. Thats a good way to recirculate damaged goods and make a profit. Its clear to us at some point this unit was outside of the packaging and moved around. We will be talking with Visa about this since it seems to be a trend with this retailer.

Date of experience: September 13, 2022
California
1 review
20 helpful votes
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Orders
September 28, 2022

I accidentally duplicated an order for a 60 in gas range and then contacted them within 2 hours to cancel the order. They refused and pretended it has already processed. That is not true.
So they are going to charge me a huge return fee and shipping fee for nothing. I can buy whatever I need thru amazon or katom. I still have 10 appliances to purchase and will never use webstaurant again. They are charging me $1117. 88 to cancel an order I placed 2 hours prior.

Date of experience: September 28, 2022
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Buy from another company
September 19, 2022

Do not buy from Web restaurant they sell chip, dented defective equipment. And the people that they hire to deliver the equipment hurries up and drops off the equipment outside the door and they takeoff no time to inspect in front of them. By the time you open the equipment which is on Pellets and wrapped like a cocoon. You find is defective, You contact the company and there's nothing they can do for you. You only have 5 days to report damage! Please save your money and go to another place customer service is horrible!

Date of experience: September 19, 2022

From the business

Conveniently shop over 345,000 restaurant supplies & equipment products in our online restaurant supply store. Extremely fast shipping & wholesale pricing on ALL restaurant supplies from the #1 restaurant supply company. Over the years we have expanded our selection of commercial equipment and wholesale supplies to include healthcare, educational, food, beverage, office, parts and hotel supplies.

Our focus is your convenience – order online from your laptop, desktop, or smartphone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our fast shipping, low prices, and outstanding customer service make WebstaurantStore the best choice to meet all of your professional and food service supply needs.


webstaurantstore.com
Founded in 2004
Lititz, PA, United States
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