• The Honey Baked Ham

The Honey Baked Ham

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The Honey Baked Ham has a rating of 1.3 stars from 216 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about The Honey Baked Ham most frequently mention customer service, turkey breast, and delivery date problems. The Honey Baked Ham ranks 2175th among Food & Drink sites.

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    66
  • Value
    65
  • Shipping
    33
  • Returns
    25
  • Quality
    60

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Top Positive Review

“Proud of offering gourmet quality.”

Robert K.
10/27/21

Folks have always offered the best holiday ham in the world. For the last 4 years you switched to a $5 supermarket brand coffee cake, and our holidays have changed, after 15 years, because we refuse to serve it for dessert

Top Critical Review

“Liars”

Kyle T.
12/23/21

Their catalog says "serves 6 to 8". The actual packaging says "serves up to 4". Now we have more people than food thanks to their false advertising. Their offer of "all anyone here can do, including my supervisor, is offer you a $15 gift card towards your next purchase." Thanks for wrecking Christmas dinner

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Thumbnail of user roseanned3
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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January 1st, 2019

Ordered a Prime Rib for Christmas Dinner from the online store. It was about $100. And about half of it was fat and inedible. Very embarrassed to have to serve this to my guests. I have ordered hams in the past and they were really good. Last month my sister ordered 2 Tenderloins and they were exceptionally good. I don't know what happened with his Prime Rib. Realizing that Prime Ribs do have a certain amount of fat, this was exceptionally fatty.

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1 review
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November 25th, 2020

This review has to be the most bizarre. I pre-ordered a bone-in ham a week ago. Went to pick it up today (the line was wrapped around the store given it's the day before Thanksgiving) only to be given a HAM BONE. Showed the guy my order confirmation. I should have checked to make sure I had what I ordered before leaving the store, but I didn't. I expected it to be right given it is the holidays and you'd think they would be more careful. Total waste of time and money. I ended up just cooking my own ham. Please train your employees to be more mindful and take pride in what they do. No one likes laziness. People like this will cause HBH to go out of business. Never buying from this company again. This is the HBH in Gretna, Louisiana off of Terry Parkway.

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November 25th, 2020

If you can avoid, do not go to this location. It is unorganized, the employees have no clue what they are doing. They say one thing and then when you do that, they say another or they say I must've misunderstood you. They advertise like you can schedule a pickup however you still have to stand on a long line like everyone else. Employees are rude. This is my first and last time going to this location so if you can avoid this location then please do. Go to another location.

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Don’t go to this location at all.

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2 reviews
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April 4th, 2021

First time i ordered the brisket and disappointed. Dry and looked processed. No taste and expensive. I also ordered sides... lemon parmesan broccoli, scalloped potatoes and sweet pot casserole. All were soggy, mushy, no taste! What a waste if money, $153.00. Sides were enough for 4-5 people

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Stick with ham onky

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1 review
5 helpful votes
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November 21st, 2018

I ordered my ham and turkey in October to ensure it would arrive before thanksgiving. Today is the day before thanksgiving and no ham or turkey. Now they say they will refund me after the holiday, but what they should be doing is personally delivering my meal to me since they have single handedly ruined my Thanksgiving meal. I will NEVER order my holiday meals from them again!

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1 review
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February 3rd, 2018

I ordered 3 hams as Christmas gifts to be shipped to 3 different places. No problem there. Except I only got 15% discount on 1. I called & was told too late, call in the am. I called first thing in the am, only to be told I was too late. I Wrote to HBH & a CS rep emailed me, correcting that problem. All was good until she offered me any item from the catalog free of charge. I could have asked for the most expensive thing but I'm not greedy so I asked for a stuffed pork roast. She said it would ship on Tuesday next, no pork roast ever arrived to this date-6 weeks. When I emailed her, my emails were returned unable to deliver. It's not the roast I'm angry about but the lie. Why did she even offer? I have saved my emails in the event HBH is even interested in Customer Service.

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November 29th, 2020

On 25-Nov-2020, we drove over a hundred miles to the Tulsa, OK location and spent $197.00, for two hams and a couple sides, sides were ok at best. Ham was dry the texture was like chewing on paper, gristle and fat was the main product of the ham. Family we had over took just a couple bites of the ham and some even spit it out into their napkins. Trusted Honey Baked Ham of Tulsa for our 2020 Thanksgiving Dinner because we have had such GREAT SUCCESS with other locations in the past. This was a total con job, they stole the cost of the meat at least. They ruined our family Thanksgiving, then there was no way of fixing it as everyone was visiting on a short time schedule. Tried calling the store and customer service, received message to leave number and we would receive call back. Never Happened. Oh yea, the clerk said the receipt was in the bag with the frozen sides, guess what there: No Receipt, thank the Lord above I have proof of the purchase because I paid by Visa.

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Half Bone Ham, Boneless Ham, Smashed Potato's, Sweet Potato Souffle, Ham Salad (more salt than anything)

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1 review
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January 2nd, 2022

Years ago, we enjoyed it every year, but then the quality went down and one year we got a horrible ham. Since then, we've only had it a couple times and it was good. This year, we received a gift certificate for a 7 lb. ham and I ordered it online. Unfortunately, the hams were 9 to 10 pounds, so we had to pay a little extra, but we also received a $5.00 discount for picking it up the next day. The ham was $81.00 and the gift certificate $64.00 off of that, we so saved $69.00 on an $81.00 ham. It was delicious and we've enjoyed it for an entire week now. Once the ham is gone, we'll have the ham bone for stock.

The ham was really good, but I'm bound to say that $81.00 for a ham is an outrageous price, even with the price increases in ham the past few years and the current inflationary spike we can thank our political and financial masters in Washington DC for.

Overall: Good Ham, Super High Price... and glad we got a gift certificate for it.

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Honey Baked Ham for the holidays 2021

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November 25th, 2021

My first time and last buying Thanksgiving dinner at Honeybake
I was so looking forward to good old fashion stuffing. Honeybake stuffing is mushy n taste like pickle juice was added. Taste like pickles.

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1 review
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April 5th, 2023

My wife and I are life long customers. My wife who is a paraplegic looks forward to eating your ham at least twice per year. This year instead of going to the store to pick up the ham, I ordered online to receive 4.5 lb ham instead of a 8 or 9 lb and they sent me few extra sides I didn't order…why couldn't they call me or reduce the cost of my order? My wife is in a hospital bed which I am trying to maintain on social security income and working part time at Dollar General. I called your customer service number 3 times today and was hung up each time. I texted but no response back

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1 review
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December 1st, 2019

I have been buying Honey Baked hams for a few years now. This year, I ordered a ham for Thanksgiving. When I opened the bag it came in, there was no crust on the ham or anything. Then, the ham was way too dry. To make a long story short, no one touched the ham and ended up throwing the rest away. I was paper dry, lacked flavor and no glaze. I would not buy again since I spent over $100 for the ham only to be hugely disappointed. I would have sent the whole ham back to HB but wasn't worth the hassle of repackaging and send it back to them. Product needs to be consistent, if not, you will lose customers. Now you have lost me. Never again!

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December 26th, 2020

I ordered online & paid $119.90 on 11/26/2020 for a delivery to be made to Leander Texas on 12/16/2020. Received an email that order shipped 12/14-was never received. Tried to contact co by phone from 12/16 thru 12/20. Msg played that co was experiencing co-wide system problems & could not check orders or take orders. Sent 2 emails; no response. UPS advised shipper created a label, but UPS had not rec'd pck returned to sender. It's Dec 26 - stilll no ham & turkey; nothing from company!

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recepient never rec'd ham & turkey

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Thumbnail of user shelleyb351
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December 26th, 2022

Honey baked now officially tastes like any other Tom, $#*! or Harry wanna be ham out there. So sad where has tender, juicy, melt in your mouth gone as well as the crispy glaze that once covered it. Not to mention the over the top of price for what use to be...oh so extraordinare to ordinare.

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December 26th, 2022

Besides being very over priced, the fat to meat
Ratio has definitely gone up. I used to get to see the
Over priced ham I was buying but not anymore, they just show the label with the lbs. and price. The one I bought last week was very fatty, to say we were
Disappointed was a understatement. I will say, the
Ham bone is excellent for making soup.
Purchased from the Streetsboro, Oh. Location.
Roger

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November 28th, 2020

We followed the guidelines and had a Thanksgiving with just the four of our immediate family. Ordered a Cajun seasoned turkey from Honeybaked. Thawed in the fridge for 3 days, and warmed it for 1.5 hours as directed. It was the worst turkey we have ever had. The Cajun seasoning was just globed up on the outside of the turkey. It tasted old and didn't seem to be seasoned at all. The breast were dry even though I loosely covered it with foil as directed. We ate at it Thanksgiving day. I put half in the freezer which we will probably toss out. We were really looking forward to it being a great turkey dinner. Will never buy a Turkey there again.

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1 review
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November 28th, 2018

I placed an order with HBH for over $400 for gifts for family. Delivery should have been on 11-21-18, but nothing has been delivered at all (today is 11/28/18). I have emailed several times, but have not received any response from the company. I was unable to reach them by phone. I have requested a refund to no avail. I am so disgusted with this company and worried I will not receive a refund. I've had to file a payment dispute with my credit card company. Needless to say, I will never do business with them again.

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HBH Customer Experience Team .. – The Honey Baked Ham Rep

Dear Linda B,

Please accept my sincere apology for your experience with our company. I wanted to confirm that your complaint has been resolved to your satisfaction. You are important to us as a customer and we want to ensure you are provide with outstanding customer service, as well as top quality products. We hope that you will give us another chance to serve you in the future.

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6 reviews
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October 19th, 2020

We have ordered Honey Baked Hams in the past and have been satisfied.
We don't mind paying a premium for a good quality product. Our
Last experience was disappointing and a waste of money. The ham arrived with
A portion that was freezer burned and had a redish tint to it. Never again!

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1 review
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December 24th, 2018

Bought a ham several years ago and we picked it clean, just bought another and had hardly any coating and was tasteless, could have bought and mad e a better ham at a quarter of the price and would have been a lot better, time for them to close up shop.

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1 review
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November 29th, 2019

I have purchased honey baked hams for Christmas for almost 40 yrs. And in recent years have purchased a whole roasted turkey or turkey breast for Thanksgiving. I served myself 2 slices of turkey & served my husband 2 slices as well. We didn't eat anymore of the turkey, it was nothing like what we have had before. It wasn't sweet at all & was very bland in taste, & it was even tough. I don't know if your cooking procedure has changed, but it was disgusting & not up to the usual standards. We don't want to even take another bite of it, so can I return it to the store for a refund, a credit, or to put toward another turkey (if it might be better) or a ham? Purchased at East - West Connector Austell, Ga. On Monday. Susan Wallace

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December 28th, 2016

No words can explain the problem my family experienced during the holidays with this company. They ruined our family Christmas. They blamed UPS. The truth was the order was never sent. I was on hold a total two hours before Christmas. I was calling to see where the order was. This company will lie to cover bad service. I was also hung up on. Stay away from this company! Not worth it!

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HBH Customer Experience Team .. – The Honey Baked Ham Rep

Thank you for reviewing your recent purchase. Please accept my sincere apology for the problems you experienced with our company. I have sent you a private message requesting addtional information to locate your order. We do take full responsibility for your dissatisfaction with your order and would like the opportunity to resolve this properly. We, at HoneyBaked, will always stand behind our products and when mistakes occur, will do our very best to make it right.

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November 29th, 2022

I wouldn't have given this store #2 (Decatur, GA) any stars, but the manager refunded me for my prepaid order that was placed on 11/15 to be picked up on 11/23. She also gave me half off on roasted turkey because an associate sold my CAJUN turkey to another customer. The young associate told me I should have ordered at least 4 days in advance. If she can count, she would have seen that I ordered 8 days prior to pick up. Then she proceeded to say something about me coming back. I immediately stopped her and said "I will not be coming back"! This was the worst experience I have ever had for a prepaid order. The store needs to retrain their staff to label prepaid orders and do not under any circumstances sell to other customers. This was very disappointing to me and my family to eat something we didn't order.

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December 25th, 2019

My review is for the service at the Mason Ohio location. The service was lack luster for sure. Kids that don't want to be there! Hope the ham taste better than the service when I serve it tomorrow for Christmas dinner.

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HBH Customer Experience Team .. – The Honey Baked Ham Rep

Thank you so much for sharing this Sharon. We do hope you enjoyed your dinner and please have a happy new year!

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December 22nd, 2020

The honey baked ham douglasville has the best customer service i have experienced. Even though their systems and registers down during the busiest holiday of the year, they are so cheerful and positive.

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April 8th, 2020

I just got back from buying 2 hams and I am very disappointed. Both hams have only a small amount of glaze. One is less with less than 1/4 covered with glaze. I buy these hams for the glaze and freshness and probably wont go back. I spent about 75.00.

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December 18th, 2021

For a $100 ham seem like you could get someone to answer the phone and help you. I've had a horrible time again this year getting my Discount Coupon for picking up my ham 12/20. Called customer service they couldn't help... emailed them, No reply... Wrote honeybaked corporate office in Geogia over 2 weeks ago. No reply
We go through this crap every year... and you know the store cant issue you a coupon... you have to pay FULL PRICE!

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