Splendid Spoon Review: Is It Worth It?
Splendid Spoon is a vegan meal delivery service built around soups, smoothies, grain bowls, and noodle dishes — all ready to eat in minutes. I tested it myself to see if it’s worth the price. Here’s the full breakdown.
Splendid Spoon At a Glance
- Best for: Vegans wanting no-prep meals
- Price: Starts around $8.99/meal*
- Menu: Soups, smoothies, grain bowls, noodles
- Delivery: Weekly, nationwide (contiguous US)
- Rating: 4.5/5
Vegan meal delivery has grown a lot, but most services in the space are built for a general “flexitarian” crowd, with a small vegan section tucked in as an afterthought. Splendid Spoon is different — the entire menu is plant-based, so there’s no filtering, no reading every label, and no guessing whether a dish secretly has dairy or honey in it. That alone makes it worth a closer look for anyone who’s vegan full-time rather than just cutting back.
What actually convinced me to test it wasn’t the marketing — it was how often “vegan meal delivery” and “Splendid Spoon” showed up together in the same breath online. So I ordered a box myself, ate through a full week of meals, and tracked pricing, taste, and how the whole process actually felt day to day. This review covers all of that.
How Splendid Spoon Works
You choose a plan size, pick your meals for the week from the rotating menu, and Splendid Spoon delivers everything in an insulated box, shipped frozen to lock in freshness. Meals thaw quickly and are ready to heat in minutes — heat and eat, or blend for smoothies.
Every meal on the menu is 100% plant-based, so there’s no need to double-check ingredients before ordering.
Setup takes about five minutes. You pick a plan size based on how many meals you want per week, choose from the current menu, and confirm your delivery day. After that, it’s mostly hands-off — Splendid Spoon keeps sending the same order each week unless you go in and change it, skip a week, or swap meals before the weekly cutoff. That cutoff matters: miss it and you’ll get your default selections instead of whatever you meant to pick.
Pricing
Plans start around $8.99 per meal* and scale down slightly with larger weekly orders. Shipping is a flat fee added at checkout. There’s no long-term contract — you can pause or cancel anytime from your account, which makes it easy to test for a few weeks without committing to anything ongoing.
Compared to eating out or ordering takeout for the same number of meals, Splendid Spoon comes out well ahead on cost. Compared to cooking from scratch, it’s more expensive per meal, but the time saved is the real trade-off you’re paying for.
Menu and Meal Quality
The menu is split across soups, grain bowls, noodle dishes, and smoothies. Portions are reasonable for lunch-sized meals, though anyone with a bigger appetite may want to order two per sitting. Flavor-wise, the soups are the strongest category — thick, well-seasoned, and clearly not an afterthought. The grain bowls hold up well too, with enough texture variety that they don’t feel like mush by the time you eat them.
The smoothies are a nice bonus category rather than a main event — good for breakfast or a mid-afternoon reset, but not something you’d build a full meal plan around on their own.
Who Splendid Spoon Is Best For
If you’re vegan and want zero-prep meals without relying on takeout, Splendid Spoon is one of the more reliable options available. It’s a strong fit for people with limited time to cook, anyone trying to eat more plant-based meals without a big lifestyle overhaul, and people who want built-in portion control without counting anything themselves.
It’s a weaker fit if you’re feeding a full household on it, since per-meal pricing adds up fast at scale, or if you strongly prefer large, hearty dinner-style portions over the lighter lunch-sized meals that make up most of the menu. See how it compares directly against Purple Carrot if you’re weighing options.
Final Verdict
Splendid Spoon isn’t the cheapest way to eat, but it saves real time and the food quality holds up. For anyone burnt out on cooking every night or looking for an easy way to stay consistent with plant-based eating, it’s one of the better vegan meal delivery services on the market right now.
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Is Splendid Spoon fully vegan?
Yes, every meal on the Splendid Spoon menu is 100% plant-based.
Are Splendid Spoon meals frozen or fresh?
Meals are shipped frozen to preserve freshness and quality during delivery.
Can I skip a week or cancel anytime?
Yes, there’s no long-term contract. You can skip deliveries or cancel your subscription directly from your account.
Does Splendid Spoon deliver nationwide?
Splendid Spoon delivers to the contiguous United States. It does not currently ship to Alaska, Hawaii, or outside the US.
Is Splendid Spoon gluten-free?
Many meals are gluten-free, and the menu is filterable by dietary preference, but not every dish qualifies — check individual meal labels before ordering.
*Prices subject to change at any time. Confirm current pricing on the Splendid Spoon website before purchasing.