What’s For Dinner

We have ordered a variety of items from whats for dinner. The entrees feed 2 adults and a 3 year old. My partner and I both work, and I find I save money using this service, and not having to prepare it is wonderful. Also it exposes our child to a variety of foods. The quality is high and consistent. I recommend this service highly, the quality is great.

We got a gift certificate in January and have ordered a couple times. The food is good, not spectacular; the portions are smaller than I expected (still enough for the number of people stated; I’m just used to places whose idea of a «serving» is my idea of two servings or more).
Things I didn’t like: Cost relative to serving size. I think restaurants (if you bring the leftovers home for another meal) are cheaper, in the same range of quality (this is good food, restaurant quality good, but it’s nothing so stand-​out that I would class it as spectacular). Minimum order for delivery — that’s a lot of food to commit to, in order to find out if you like it (but walking in and buying on-​site would get around that — note that «on-​site» is the Chef’s Pantry in Sellwood, not this address). Selection — you can only order from one menu per week and coupled with the minimum order, you’d jolly well better be interested in at least half and preferably ¾ of the menu. I seldom am.
Things I do like: delivery right to my house, which they do very well at scheduling and handling. Well-​packaged food with clear directions for preparing and serving. Side dishes (not as many options as I’d like, but some of them are excellent). The desserts. The handling of allergies and sensitivities (I asked, because I am, and he was able to tell me everything that might be a problem for me and in what degree — and offered substitutions and alterations to the recipes if I put it in the comments — not all recipes can be altered but he told me which could). The taste, while not stand-​out, is perfectly good; I didn’t stare in shock and then bliss out, but I was happy to eat it. And the service and communication were easy, friendly, and pleasant.