How to get up to $210 off QuiteLike
At the end of 2023, after using various meal kits for a few years, our team wanted to try something different.
Many of them meal kit options felt repetitive; we wanted something with more variety.
After doing a little research, we came across the Australian-owned company QuiteLike.
The menu was appealing to all of us, so we immediately paid for it, and we’ve been using them ever since.
QuiteLike was a hit with our families, especially my teens who can be fussy.
We still use QuiteLike, so we reached out to them to collaborate and get a discount for you.
Get up to $210 off your first 6 boxes with code 210THRIFTY.
Here is our full review plus.
What We Love About QuiteLike
Firstly, it is Australian owned and inspiration for the recipes comes from all the amazing cultures we have here.
When you look at the recipes to choose from, you’ll find Asian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and more plus meat and vegetarian options.
It’s a delicious menu of 30 seasonal meals to choose from weekly which means you are eating produce currently in season and it changes regularly.
My kids and I found it hard to stick to 5 recipes as there was such a wonderful variety.
With some of the other meal kit options out there, we felt the meals were all based on carrots, rice or potatoes which we quickly got sick of.
You’ll see with QuiteLike, that that is not the case at all. The chances of you picking 5 meals based on the same thing are slim.
Customer service is also extremely responsive, the quality is the highest of all the meal kits we’ve tried and the recipes are easy.
Plus you can collect Flybuys points on every order now.
Cook’s Perks = BIG Rewards!
Get rewarded for choosing QuiteLike as your meal kit option. Not only do they have a great discount, they also have:
Welcome gift for new customers
1 x Flybuys point per $1 spent for your first 6 orders
5 x Flybuys points per $1 spent for your 7 to 12th orders
10 x Flybuys points per $1 spent after 12 orders
Another gift after 12 orders
Is QuiteLike Worth It?
This is the first question we get about all the meal kits, is it worth it?
Generally, people use meal kits to make life easier. The meal plan is done for you, ingredients and recipes shipped to you so all you have to do is cook.
They aren’t about being super frugal but can save money with discount offers e.g. Get up to $210 off your first 6 boxes with code 210THRIFTY.
When you consider the time you would spend planning meals, researching recipes, writing the shopping list etc. They can save significant time.
While those things still need to be done to some extent, by having a meal kit delivered, we don’t spend as much time on them, and we can make more money with the time we save.
Also, we don’t need to think about our dinners, our kids can easily cook the recipes and it has drastically reduced the mental load around food for us.
This means for our home, meal kits are worth it and with QuiteLike the quality and variety are superior to other meal kit options in my opinion.
So while the price might be ever so slightly more than the cheapest options in Australia, it is better value in terms of quality and variety.
Another thing to note, the quality has remained superior since we first tried them.
we recently tried all the meal kit options again and QuiteLike came out in front for us in terms of value, quality, variety of recipes etc.
What Comes in a QuiteLike Box?
All the main ingredients are packed in the box for you, with only minimal things such as oil or eggs occasionally needed to complete a recipe.
Recipe cards are there so you can follow the recipes easily or add extra things if you want from your own pantry.
All your produce is carefully packed, there is a biodegradable/recyclable cooler bag with icepacks for the meat and other items such as sauces and cheese that need to be kept cold too.
How Fresh are the Ingredients?
Each box we have had has been impeccable. We ordered a few towards the end of last year, then reached out to get you a discount and have continued throughout this year.
The ingredients are the freshest and the meat is significantly better quality.
Cuts of meat were leaner, firmer and contained less liquid when we cooked them.
While all meat will produce some liquid when cooking, cheaper places add water to increase the weight.
The lack of quality elsewhere is what prompted us to search for other options at the end of last year and is how we found QuiteLike.
At this stage, the freshness, quality and variety are so good, we are not considering going back to any other meal kit.
How Much Does QuiteLike Cost?
The cost depends on the plan you choose, ours is 4 meals for 4 people at a cost of $162 + $9.99 shipping.
Plans can be for 2, 3, 4 or 5 recipes per week for 2 or 4 people.
This works out to be about $10 per person per meal but if you use the discount, it brings the price down further.
One thing to note, most of the recipes have been large enough servings that we had enough for 4 adults plus leftovers so depending on how much you eat, you might find the same.
You can stretch some of their recipes as well as they are not loaded with rice or potatoes like many other meal kits. We haven’t done this but you could easily stretch many of the recipes to feed more if you had guests or something.
E.g adding potato or serving a side of rice, freshly baked sourdough or similar can stretch these meals but other meal kits tend to be based on those ingredients so can’t be stretched as easily.
This makes QuiteLike much better value in my opinion.
Our Menu for Two Weeks in Summer
We have some clear preferences in our tastes which is shown in the meals we chose below.
When selecting your meals there are all sorts of meat or vegetarian options from all over the world,
For week one in our summer example, we ate Italian and Asian-inspired meals. We always try to have seafood at least once a week, usually fish we’ve caught ourselves but the salmon from QuiteLike was just as good.
Week One:
Italian Style Lemon Chicken Schnitzel with Caper Sauce and Salad
Quick Satay Chicken Noodle Bowl
Italian Steak Salad with Tomato, Rocket and Parmesan
Fast Sweet Chilli Salmon Rice Bowls
Week Two:
Sweet Chilli and Chicken Cashew Stirfry
Chipotle Salmon with Avocado and Coriander Salsa
Lamb, Feta and Za’atar Pie (16 Year old particularly keen to do this one)
Baked Satay Chicken with Lemongrass Rice
Our Menu for Two Weeks in Winter
To give you an example of how different the seasonal menu can be, here is an update with what we are having in the coming weeks.
Note, we are travelling in July, so I do not have a box every week.
A week in July
Lemon, garlic and thyme chicken pot roast
Thai chicken noodle soup
Lamb steaks with parmesan mash and buttered greens
Teriyaki salmon parcels with ginger greens and rice
Week 2 in July
Quick coq au vin
Quick chicken laksa
3-hour slow-cooked beef barbacoa tacos with pickled cabbage
Vegetable and tofu dumplings with mushrooms and greens soup
A week in August
Fast beef lasagne
2-hour braised tarragon and leek chicken (a favourite of ours)
Italian-style sausage and vegetable soup
Paper bag steamed miso butterfish with sweet potatoes
Dietary Requirements
One issue for some people is dietary requirements and QuiteLike does a good job of managing this.
QuiteLike clearly lists allergens on all ingredients and the recipes so you know when you are choosing what you can and can’t have.
We often swap out breadcrumbs for gluten-free breadcrumbs, soy sauce for our own gluten free soy sauce etc if there are recipes we want to try that aren’t 100% gluten-free.
Since most of the recipes you are made with fresh ingredients, it’s easy to adjust as needed.
The vegetarian options with QuiteLike were more varied than others and included gluten free, dairy free, nut free choices too.
However, you will need to click on each recipe on the site individually to see the allergens it contains. That’s one of the only things we didn’t like about QuiteLike, we couldn’t see at a glance on the site which meals were allergy friendly/gluten free/dairy free etc.
Our Favourite Recipe
We have thoroughly enjoyed trying the different recipes from QuiteLike and love how many options there are.
The favourite meal by far has been Braised Tarragon and Leek Chicken with Greens which you can see below.
Packaging
With deliveries of any kind comes packaging and meal kits can have a lot of packaging when you look at everything that comes with it.
QuiteLike has a good balance between providing all that is required in the correct portions, while also minimising the packaging as much as possible.
When meal kits first came out, there was a lot of plastic and small packaging. That’s not the case anymore and most packaging is now made from recycled items or is biodegradable and/or recyclable after use.
Be conscious of how you dispose of any packaging and make sure you do it correctly.
Overall Opinion
We think it’s pretty clear we have thoroughly enjoyed QuiteLike and will continue to use it for some time.
We’ve been using meal kits on and off for almost a decade and have tried many but we feel QuiteLike is one of the nicest options available now.
QuiteLike is not the only meal kit we tried at the end of last year. We tried some of the large companies again and some smaller companies but QuiteLike is the only one we contacted to discuss getting you a discount.
The quality is above average, extremely fresh and delicious. With 30 recipes to choose from, inspired by numerous cultures, I feel there is something new to try every week.
Supporting Australian businesses is a focus for my family as well, so we like that QuiteLike is based here and inspired by the diversity here.
My only issue is the website and not seeing at a glance if the recipes contain gluten etc.
If you want to try QuiteLike, get up to $210 off your first 6 boxes with code 210THRIFTY.
Disclosure: We reached out to QuiteLike for a collaboration after paying for a few boxes and liking the service. After that, we received one free box and continued to pay for future deliveries. A fee was paid for this specific post, the review is our own and our full disclosure policy can be found here.
