Hungryroot Review 2025: This Hybrid Delivery Service Might Be the Best of All Meal Kits

Looking for the ideal way to take the stress out of your weekly grocery shopping and meal-planning routine? I found it. Hungryroot meal delivery occupies an interesting place in the world of meal kits and online grocery delivery services because it straddles the line between both worlds. The company, which started in 2015 and sells itself as a meal kit service, is actually closer to an online grocery store than a place that’s going to send you half an onion wrapped in plastic and a tiny baggy of cumin to make some so-so black bean tacos or a random stir fry. Hungryroot does offer prepared meals and ingredient kits with recipe cards—but like a regular supermarket, it also offers basic grocery items. It’s a service that would work for anyone who hates going to the grocery store, as well as anyone who wants to experiment with a highly customizable weekly meal plan.

While it’s not as simple as clicking subscribe and letting your weekly meals plan themselves (although as you’ll read below, it can be that simple if receiving a box full of surprise food sounds good to you!), there are a lot of benefits to the fact that Hungryroot isn’t easily definable. It’s flexible, can accommodate a wide range of dietary preferences, and is the best choice for a long-term commitment.

Keep reading to learn all about how Hungryroot works, and why I prefer it to many other meal delivery services.

What’s the Hungryroot ordering experience?

Before you pick a single Hungryroot meal, you have to take a quiz that gathers information about your household’s eating habits. It has questions about your household size, dietary preferences (the brand can accommodate keto, dairy-free, plant-based, gluten-free, pescatarian, and many others), and goals (I chose “grocery shop less,” “try new things,” and “simplify cooking,” but “lose weight” and “waste less food” were among the other options).

Then they assess what kind of home cook you are. How much prep do you feel like handling? What kinds of appliances do you have in your kitchen? Do you have preferences regarding flavors, cuisines, and ingredients? Finally, you tell them how many days a week you’d like your plan to cover each meal, plus any add-ons like desserts and snacks you want included in your Hungryroot delivery.

Once you’ve finished the quiz, Hungryroot makes a recommendation for a weekly meal plan. For my omnivore household of two, covering breakfast most days, lunch every day, a few dinners, and a few snacks and sweets, the site recommended a $140/week plan. From there, you can adjust up or down based on your preferences: The cheapest option is $70 for around three two-serving meals a week, while the most expensive meal plan option clocks in at around $240/week.

After you set up your first Hungryroot delivery, you can start the rather enjoyable process of grocery shopping. The more expensive your plan, the more credits you get, which you can redeem for everything from meal kits to snacks and grocery items. Spending points on Hungry Root is a lot more fun than spending dollars at the grocery store much in the same way that spending tickets on a cheap toy at the arcade felt more fun than spending your parents’ money on something at the toy store.

Meal kits for things like Rainbow Ground Bison Tacos and Seared Lamb Chop Dal go for around 11 credits, while most snack add-ons run anywhere from one to three credits. You can choose to go all-in on their suggested recipes, stick to prepared meals (a lot of microwave-friendly bowls, soups, and sandwiches), or use the service to grocery shop a la carte. I decided to try a little bit of everything.

What to expect in a Hungryroot box

Hungryroot uses different carriers depending on where you live, and shipments tend to arrive 3-5 days after the deadline to edit your order. When my first order showed up, it looked like a lot of food. I went for eight Hungryroot recipes in addition to a handful of add-ons, prepared meals, and grocery items, and felt like I had enough in my fridge to last way more than a week (spoiler alert: that was true).