The boxes have been great and the service from Desmond Jones was very helpful, pleasant on the phone and understood what I was looking to do which I appreciate. The website is very misleading in r... Ver mais
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The boxes are fine but good luck cancelling. They force you to call and make it as inconvenient as possible. Transparent subscription company tactic: easy to sign up by email. But sorry, the onl... Ver mais
Lovely quality suprise boxes, and they gave me a discount when I explained that I couldn't afford the montly gin selection. Unfortunately I've now had to cancel altogether. Nice customer service when... Ver mais
I have looked forward to my monthly boxes for the past year! I love the variety of gins and overall have a fantastic experience with the curious drinker! Unfortunately I had to cancel due to an overs... Ver mais
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The Curious Drinker is the UK’s leading discovery club for drinks enthusiasts who love exploring something new. Every month, members receive a surprise box showcasing exceptional spirits and drinks from independent and high-quality producers, paired with mixers, cocktail ingredients and curated treats, plus our club magazine. We inspire curiosity through flavour, craftsmanship and memorable drinks experiences.
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Alpha House, 100 Borough High Street , SE1 1LB, London, Reino Unido
- members@thecuriousdrinker.com
- thecuriousdrinker.com
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I am extremely disappointed with the…
I am extremely disappointed with the level of customer service I have received.
After previously cancelling my subscription, I was advised that another subscription box was due to be sent. I contacted customer services by email immediately to explain that I did not want the box and believed the subscription had already been cancelled. I was then informed that it was “too late” to stop the box from being sent.
I subsequently requested that the subscription be cancelled to prevent any future deliveries, only to be told that this could not be done by email and that I would need to call instead. When I phoned, I was left waiting on hold for approximately 15 minutes, which added further frustration to an already poor experience.
The quality of customer service has noticeably declined since the company changed ownership/name. Under Craft Gin Club, customer service was excellent, with issues handled quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, my recent experience has been the complete opposite, with poor communication, unnecessary inconvenience, and a lack of flexibility in resolving a straightforward issue.
As a long-standing customer, this experience has left me very dissatisfied and has significantly reduced my confidence in the company.
I will not be recommending this company to any of my friends and colleagues

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BEWARE!
BEWARE!! Do not sign up for a subscription to any of their services. I cancelled my subscription in May with great difficulty as it’s impossible to cancel on line. They have then taken another payment this month without permission to restart the subscription although I emailed disputing this. They are trading under 2 names Craft Gin and Curious Drinker!! Please just avoid and buy elsewhere

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I have had a great experience
I have had a great experience with The Curious Drinker! I love discovering new gins and i just had the Hugo Spritz box and that was amazing, i will likely order another one
Took way to long to get in touch ..
Took way to long to get in touch ... on and off over 2 days with an email response telling us to try and call again! Not a good example of customer service

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Don’t trust this company Fake scammers
Horrible absolutely terrible customer
Service,,, I’ve emailed and wrote messages
Over and over
Now they took 3 payments of
£47 in 2 days
11/06/26
23/06/26
24/06/26
And I’m on bi-monthly these lot are scammers
And it’s fraud I’ve reported this to my bank
And I have to wait 7 days to get money back
And stop payment
I’ve sent my phone number and email
Repeatedly,. And no one replies ever
I want to cancel and it says go on the web
Page,, their web page has no access to
Cancellation,,,,
Scammers,, theft and don’t care
It’s not even worth £47
It’s a scam and they will reply to this
With some cocky comments n attitude
Reckoning to help
Don’t trust this company
Fake and theft they’ve have had ample opportunity
To get in touch with me

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I needed to cancel for personal reasons.
I needed to cancel for personal reasons. I was dealt with professionally and courteously. I have enjoyed all the gins I have received over time, some more than others and hope to rejoin once circumstances change.
Warning to Members: Sneaky Subscription Practices
I have been a member of Craft Gin Club/The Curious Drinker for many years, but their newly launched website has hidden the option to skip or cancel boxes deep under the "Change Frequency" tab. Because of this, I was automatically charged.
When I immediately exercised my statutory 14-day cooling-off rights, customer service ignored my emails and tried to claim company policy overrides UK law. I have had to force a chargeback through Barclays bank and have reported them to Trading Standards under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
Check your accounts and look under the frequency tab if you need to skip!
In response to The Curious Drinker:
1. Buried Settings & Friction: The "Skip Box" tab used to be clearly visible at the bottom of the Manage Plan page. Moving it so a member must click "Change Plan" then "Change Frequency" just to find "Skip Box" is the exact definition of a buried setting. A user-friendly design puts a single-click skip button on the main dashboard. Your website redesign creates unnecessary friction to trap cancellations, which directly breaches the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC).
2. Misleading Statutory Rights: You do not honour statutory rights; you force sales. When I asked to cancel within hours of order confirmation, your team replied: "If you cancel on or after the charge date, you'll still receive the upcoming box." This is a corporate bluff. Company T&Cs do not override the UK Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013. Consumers have a statutory 14-day cooling-off period from the moment payment is taken. Claiming otherwise is legally invalid.
3. Hidden Financial Penalties: Calling your 30-day return policy "generous" is misleading. You expect customers to pay out-of-pocket to return a heavy box of liquids, even when they exercised their statutory right to cancel before it shipped. Forcing customers to pay high courier fees to return a box shipped against their explicit notice is a financial penalty for your flawed system.
4. Ignored Emails & Bank Chargeback: You told me to email your team, but I have contacted them three times now and have been completely ignored outside of automated templates. Because you refused to honour my legal right to cancel, I have initiated a Chargeback Dispute with my bank for breaching my statutory rights.
Your dismissive response to a genuine review proves your poor customer service. Doubling down won't change the fact that these practices bypass UK consumer law. I urge other members to refuse these forced sales, check their rights, and report these subscription traps to Trading Standards via Citizens Advice.

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Very poor service
Very poor service.
mis lead before purchasing.
Poor communication and lied during that and then radio silence. still no product shipped either.
very poor customer service.
*** I KNEW IT WAS A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. but you said it would have been dispatched on no later than the Thursday. still has not been dispatched and still not replayed to my emails.

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Very friendly and helpful.
The way that the Young Lady Anna
The way that the Young Lady Anna, actioned my issue and resolved my concerns.
Desmond was really helpful on the…
Desmond was really helpful on the phone. I am still waiting for confirmation of a refund (due to an error and subscription not being cancelled on the website) so I may submit another review at that point. So far the customer service has been good.
They do not send reminders prior to…
They do not send reminders prior to charging you. If they sent an email in advance it would allow you to pause or skip. All they do is charge you and make it impossible to cancel even though there is plenty of notice. In addition, I couldn’t get into my account to check as it kept saying ‘there is a problem’. Also, although I have now cancelled my membership on the website, they expect me to phone as well. Assume it’s to try and persuade me to stay- no chance.

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Avoid these scammers
Avoid these scammers. I emailed to cancel my subscription, and they said I needed to call them. I stayed 10 minutes on the line without any answer, then they hung up.

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A good introductory offer but I decided…
A good introductory offer but I decided not to take out a regular subscription. Anna helped me to cancel in a clear friendly and highly professional way
I ordered a sample box but was not
I ordered a sample box but was not impressed and emailed to say I did not want any more parcels but they kept sending them charging me £47 a month they have ignored my requests to stop sending more of their crap iwill have to get my bank to stop payments

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Cancellation
Anna dealt with my cancellation very well - the usual offers were made to me but I'd already decided to cancel completely. I've had a few nice bottles during my short time with the Curious Drinker. The one downside I thought was the fact that the magazine stated that all the products in the last box were all vegan. Then in the same magazine it went on to tell the story of one of the bottles being made with honey from a local bee type. These things need to be more accurately described and verified by 'barnivore' for instance.
Shocking service with no refund.
My first (welcome) and second box arrived damaged, the second box was ripped and taped back up with all the items missing excluding the small pack of chocs and broken pack of nachos. When reporting this (with photos), I went through about 6 emails trying to get a refund, battled to cancel my membership several times and then was told to return the items for a refund. Shocking and stressful service!! Ive reversed my credit card charges due to getting no support.

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Membership cancellation is made as difficult as possible
The only way to cancel your membership is by phone. You cannot cancel via their website or by email. This is very frustrating and deeply inconvenient. And I was on hold for over 20 minutes, with a mindless automated message on a constant loop. And of course, they beg you not to cancel when you eventually speak to a human being. All in all, this was a dreadful customer service experience and I can confidently say that I will never sign up for a subscription from The Curious Drinker ever again. I'd recommend you to avoid them too, unless you enjoy being frustrated.

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Absolute Farce to cancel
Absolute Farce to cancel much like what everyone else has said here.
They do not offer the information to cancel or call them on their website, their 'contact us' page it broken conveniently so you cannot get their number.
I used their messaging service requesting to cancel THREE Times and not one time did I get a response advising I had to call or any confirmation of even receiving my messages.
Now on hold for an extortionate amount of time just to tell them to jog on.
Cant wait for the sales bs I am about to be exposed to.
Why make it so difficult and cause your ratings to bomb by restricting people instead of accepting it? such a horrid tactic.
I have been asked if id like a call back and to put my mobile number in and im refusing, after several times and 6minutes on hold it says 'goodbye' and disconnects the call! Absolute Scam, this cant be legal.
Also, now when you try to key in your mobile number it ignores it. No way is any of this ok.
Hillerious cut and paste response from the company but no acknlowledgement of their contact page being broken or the fact their phone cut off the call at 6 minutes.
Its ok, if you sign up to an online pre-pay card and put a £1 on it, you can change your bank details to that card and never think of it again people, I used HyperJar <3

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Stupidly hard to cancel a subscription
Stupidly hard to cancel a subscription. They claim that it is easy to find the cancellation button in the members area but I isn't even labelled as a cancellation button it's labelled as "Want to take a break? Click here."in tiny writing under a box. You then have to go through a questionnaire to find a phone number to then call them to go through the same questionnaire you have already done, so they didn't need to change it for the sake of getting more feedback did they?
To top it off my partner who received a taster box as a add on gift through DIFFERENT website has now been charger for a subscription he did not sign up to.
Absolute scummy business tactics with no justification.

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