McDougalls Pies Reviews
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“Someone is having a joke”
Written on: 17/04/2013 by AngryofArnold
I bought 2 Chicken, Mushroom and Bacon pies, well that's what it said on the box. Could not find any chicken or bacon but the gravy had a hint of mushroom. There should be a law against such dreadful mis-selling. (read more)
“McDougall's Peppered Sauce Pie!”
Written on: 22/03/2013 by rmanning
Might as well have been a vegetarian pie with the amount of meat it contained. This is a disgrace!!! I am not getting what I have paid for! (And there not cheap either). I advise people not to buy this product. I feel totally ripped off and very hungry now. (read more)
“One of the worst beef pies ever bought ”
Written on: 27/02/2013
My son had a McDougalls Upper Crust steak & peppered sauce pie this evening and it was a mass of gravy on his plate with a few tiny bits of meat in a pastry case. It looked just like runny dog or cat food in a pie, nothing like the photo on the box. 'Flavoursome pies filled with prime steak in a rich and creamy peppered sauce' This is totally misleading and I will not be buying this pie ever again. (read more)
“thought I was the only one ”
Written on: 08/02/2013 by wurzle
thought I was the only one to find these pies dreadful.just mush, beginning to wonder WHAT was in them since the recent scandal on horse meat mind you if they had put horse meat in them might have found a couple of bites (read more)
“worst pie of all time”
Written on: 01/02/2013 by apieofslop
my title says it all really, its called the uppercrust gastrostyle steak and peppered sauce pie. you must be joking it should be renamed the liquid pie ,not one piece of meat, this company should be ashamed .i certainly will never purchase any of there products again and i would recommend the same to you NO STARS (read more)
“what no beef”
Written on: 03/12/2012 by deebop
just sat down to my pie and mash dinner which i was really looking forward to but i know which i hadnt bothered, i think i discovered about three pieces of meat in the whole thing. dont think i will bother again. (read more)
“Where's the Beef?”
Written on: 27/10/2012
This is hilarious.Recently bought my mother a laptop,and today was showing how anything at all could be Googled. Suggested we looked for something topical, and we had just been talking about some awful McDougall pies she had bought from Morrisons and eaten this week, so I googled McDougall pies and found this page. The comments are exactly what we had been saying. Luckily she has kept the packaging. I am going top this back to Morrisons for a refund - and I might also print off some of the... (read more)
Meister268's Comment
Written on: 28/10/2012
I had one of these pies tonight with my family, it was rubbish and I have instructed my wife NEVER to buy them again.
In 1993 I bought a pack of 4 of their pies from Tesco in Chatham, I cooked and ate one, well I say ate, I gave up when I couldn't find any meat and then wrapped them up and posted them back to McDougals writing FREEPOST on the packaging, I bet that they must have stunk by the time they got to the company's offices but what the heck? They obviously don't care about their customers and that explains why the rip us off so why should I care if they get a smelly parcel? McDougals sent me vouchers to spend on more of their products, I tore them in half and sent them back, again writing FREEPOST on the envelope and including a letter telling them what they could do with their vouchers, they replied with an unaccompanied cheque for the amount that I had originally paid for the pies in Tesco, I never heard from them again but mark my words, they WILL be hearing from me.
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“steak pies/uppercrust/mcdougals”
Written on: 22/10/2012
i bought 4 mcdougals steak pies ha ha what a joke they had 4 tiny bits of meat in a sludgy gravy i am surprised a firm like mcdougals can get away with this and morrisons for stocking them where are the trades description people to let them get away with this they were total rubbish i threw them in the bin.....the best place for them (read more)
“What steak??”
Written on: 20/10/2012
Bought 2 Steak and peppered gravy pies for my husband and daughter. They looked and smelt promising whilst cooking. When cut into, all there was was gravy! My husband had NO MEAT at all in his pie and my daughter had two of the smallest pieces imaginable. I will write a letter of complaint to McDougalls and see what they have to say. The pastry and the gravy were very tasty. Pity about the content. They could have been delicious! (read more)
“Hunt The Steak!!”
Written on: 19/10/2012 by dawnybee
I bought 4 steak and pepper sauce pies at Morrisons. I never buy pies, always make my own. When I cooked the pies I was expecting to find big chunks of prime steak inside as per picture on the box, however there was about 4 tiny pieces of meat and tons of disgusting sauce, which tasted like nothing. What a waste of money, and it is disappointing that any decent supermarket should sell such rubbish. (read more)
Gateacre231Orange.co.uk's Response to dawnybee's Review
Written on: 22/10/2012
I bought 4 McDougals steak pies...... pictured on the box large chunks of steak really looking forward to them there were 4 tiny bits of meat 1 was gristle absolutley appalling that a large firm such as this can get away with this .I am surprised that any large supermarket should stock them i think trading standards should be on their case TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY
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“No meat pies”
Written on: 18/10/2012
This is the second time we have tried these pies now and I am so disappointed that I will never have them again, the meat content in the whole pie was 1 piece of meat measuring 2 centimetres by 1 centimetre, the rest was sauce, these steak and pepper pies are a lie and the makers ( macdougles ) should be sued for it. Never ever again will I give them my hard earned money, it's a disgrace (read more)
“Seen more meat on a mosquitoes back!!”
Written on: 17/10/2012
PAID £4:00 for two small pies with no meat now I dont feel EPIC! The Pie crust is nice and the peppered sauce is great but I only got TWO tiny square bits of beef in both pies. (read more)
“A vile pie”
Written on: 14/10/2012 by Zetoile
Bought from Waitrose, so I expected some quality standard. First disappointment was to find that the chicken had been sourced from Thailand, so hardly reared with care. The 'sauce' overflowed onto the baking tray, the pastry was dry and inedible, filling minimal and tasteless - a few small cubes of chicken and a trace of asparagus. What a waste of money - will never buy another McDougalls' pie. One from a stall round the back of the Odeon would have been better quality. There is... (read more)
“Best pies ever !”
Written on: 16/05/2012 by MrPiehole (2 reviews written)
Sometimes in your a life a pie comes along that actually changes your life. Mcdougalls Uppercrust pies are such a pie. Now i have eaten pies from coast to coast with taters and toast but never has a pie excited my tastebuds with wild unrelenting bursts of orgasmic flavour. Get in me belly !! I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the good people at Mcdougalls for bringing this culinary gift to my life and at a price that hard to beat it wont hurt the coffers either. 5 stars just aint... (read more)
Mike6246's Response to MrPiehole's Review
Written on: 01/06/2012
You obviously got the box with all the meat from the other 58 reviews, they are absolutely disgusting unless you love gravy!!!
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“Empty ???”
Written on: 13/05/2012
Pies contained 2 tiny pieces of meat.. Picture on box is very misleading! (read more)
“ i love them!!!”
Written on: 05/04/2012
I'm obviously on my own here but i'm about to eat 2 pie's now, love them, soooo tasty (read more)
“McDougalls upper crust steak pie”
Written on: 29/03/2012
Utter rubbish, purchased pack of four steak pies from Tesco, picture on the box does not represent the pie at all!! no meat just a bad tasting gravy, HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH IT, awful product........... (read more)
“Utter rubbish ”
Written on: 09/03/2012 by Jimbopez
I don't know how there getting away with this, we had two pies from Tescos and both had two stringy pieces of "beef" in and loads of gravy. The picture on the packet is not representive of the inside of the pie, this is so misleading. I will be contacting Trading Standards! (read more)
“steak hard to find”
Written on: 23/02/2012 by jmb57
looks good on the box ! had a job to find any meat and when i did it was tough . (read more)
“STEAK ????? Pies”
Written on: 27/01/2012 by 18ROBO (1 review written)
STEAK pies absolutely dreadful. the worst steak pie i have ever encountered. out of the four pies ,we had seven small cubes of doubtful steak. this was the amount you could count on the box's picture. they wasted our meal. I have written to the company but have had no response. (read more)
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“made me so ill”
Written on: 26/01/2012 by mulla007 (1 review written)
I bought the mc dougalls uppercrust steak pies and i totally regret buying them , from the time i bite into it i was immedieatly dissapointed in the fact that there was no meat present what so ever and as i left it to throw out i noticed the gravy began to foam and bubble :o , so dissapointed and digusted the gravy began to pour out and ran out like water so shocked, nearly 5 hours later i found my self suffering a very painful stomach cramp and eventually gave me a running stomach and made... (read more)
“are these really macdougals?”
Written on: 15/12/2011 by hungrychap
does not say macdougals on box, upper crust (family)pie had 4 scraps of meat, with tubes otherwise just foul gravy. I would not give my dog this. how they get away with this I do not know. 23% beef ha ha, not fit for human consumption. Do not buy this product you will be dissapointed and disgusted! (read more)
“Steak Pie? More like gravy pie.”
Written on: 01/12/2011 by mike6246 (1 review written)
Bought a pack of 4 pies, looked and smelt great after cooking, but what a disappointment once cut it was evident that we were hunting the meat should be called gravy pies. Nothing like the picture on the box. Will not be buying again. Birds Eye much better. (read more)
“UpperCrust Pie Made Me Boak”
Written on: 25/11/2011
Bought two pies and they looked great when they came out the oven. Served them to my family and they ended up in the bucket soon afterwards. Full of gristle and sinew, tasteless and even the crust was bland. £7 odd wasted. Never again!!!!!!! Looks like they're no longer made by McDougall's as their logo is now missing from the box. "UpperCrust" seems to be the 'brand' name now. (read more)
“Definately not the upper crust of pies”
Written on: 29/10/2011
Baught the two pack steak and peppered sauce pies. When cooked I lifted pastry lid on pies to cool them down a bit only to find one of the pies actualy had no meat in it. Just sauce. Bouaght them in sainsburys and were twice the price of sainsburys simular product. Wish i had bought sainsbury pies now. Absolute rubbish. Do not by these pies. (read more)
“Upper Crust Gastro Style 2 Steak Peppered Sauce Pies”
Written on: 25/10/2011 by yacht
I cannot believe how dreadful these pies were honestly I wish I had taken a picture last week tried as two in a pack 3 pieces yes 3 of meat dreadful and tonight I tried the other one hoping I swear to you it had 2 and quarter bits of meat I think it is disgusting as the box looks so good so you think ok it is more money to buy than other brands but will try NEVER NEVER Never again will I waste my money on such RUBBISH whoever you use to put the various ingredients in you should get rid of... (read more)
“Upper Crust - Steak Pie”
Written on: 11/10/2011 by RuthyB (1 review written)
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE????!!!! MacDougalls pies used to be good but the one we had last night was downright disgusting. I would go to say that it would fall foul of the trade description act. Between my husband and I we had two very small 1cm cubes of steak, and I use that term lightly, between us. On the ingredients it says Beef 23% but this was laughable. Definately won't buy these again. (read more)
“completely RUINED my dinner, WORST excuse for a pie...”
Written on: 19/09/2011 by bernyone (1 review written)
Just cooked the "GASTROSTYLE" Steak & Peppered Sauce "pies" and i use that word VERY loosely! i was really looking forward to these as they look delicious on the packet but what a shock i received when i bit into the "pie" while i will admit the pastry was not the worst i've tasted, the so called sauce was most definitely the most fowl disgusting excuse for filling that has ever passed my lips!! and the so-called meat (what little there was of it, i would be exaggerating if i said the TWO... (read more)
“I'd never tried McDougalls pies until today when i...”
Written on: 11/05/2011
I'd never tried McDougalls pies until today when i bought a Deep Filled Steak Pie for the family tea. Never again, whatever the gristly lumps of grey meat was, it certainly wasn't beef, i shudder to think what fell creature surrendered it's life to provide the gristle for this sad offering. I doubt the creature even had the mercy of a humane killing and i suspect it's being kicked to death by a group of navvies found outside the factory gates contributed to it's toughness. (read more)
“As I haven't purchased one of the deep steak pies in a...”
Written on: 22/03/2011 by soozieq (1 review written)
As I haven't purchased one of the deep steak pies in a long while, I thought I'd give them a go as they were on offer. I wish I hadn't!!!!!! They are so tasteless and the steak is like rubber. The pastry was uncooked on the base and really soggy. The gravy was bland (could go an OXO) making the whole pie a total disaster. (shame the picture on the box makes it look good).....I've worked in Qaulity control/auditing for many years and I'd like to know what the auditors and the food... (read more)
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“i like these pies very much the pastry is lovely but...”
Written on: 15/03/2011
i like these pies very much the pastry is lovely but the last two boxes i have bought i found the chicken and vegtables are getting less and less . if they dont improve i will go back to birdseye. i wont reccommend to a friend . (read more)
“the family had three uppercrust deep filled steak pies...”
Written on: 28/02/2011 by rm19850 (1 review written)
the family had three uppercrust deep filled steak pies consisting of hard uninviting pastry containing gristly,extremely chewy meat of very poor quality,which wasnt even redeemed by having a modicum of taste.needless to say we will not be repeating the experience! (read more)
“I bought some mince beef Mc dougalls pies and from the...”
Written on: 25/02/2011
I bought some mince beef Mc dougalls pies and from the picture on the box te looked realy nice thick gravy and full of veg and meat,But what i acctualy got was a pile of slop resembaling a seriousely ill baby's nappie 1 pea and 1 piece of carrott toataly unexceptible. Would have gave no stars but not possible. (read more)
“Bought a pack of McDougals Deep Filled Chicken and...”
Written on: 09/02/2011
Bought a pack of McDougals Deep Filled Chicken and Vegetable pies which were reduced price, and after cooking them I can understand why. Utter tasteless, banal, inedible excuse for food. What a waste of money. Never again shall I buy McDougals products and i'll advise anyone to do the same. (read more)
“very dissapointed today that when i cooked my chicken...”
Written on: 05/02/2011
very dissapointed today that when i cooked my chicken n asparaguse pie n tucked in i had a bone n chuld have choked hurt my tooth tho i whud have rated higher n recomended to a friend if i hadnt got the bone love the pie tho its very tasy n altho the bottem doesnt cook quite well when the middle n top is that doesnt matter if u like gravy coz bottem goes soft eny way just low reated because of the bone ;.( (read more)
“These pies are my world. Never before have I...”
Written on: 24/01/2011
These pies are my world. Never before have I encountered such a splendid combination of fine pastry and delicious filling. My favourite pie, by far, is chicken and broccolli. The broccolli has got me eating greens again! I have McDougalls To thank! When my mum tells me its McDougalls for tea, Im simply a wreck until dinner. Gastro doesnt cover it, theyre fantastic! REIGN ON THESE SUPER PIES!!! (read more)
“Disgusting pulverised goo inside these pies. No...”
Written on: 22/01/2011
Disgusting pulverised goo inside these pies. No similarity at all with what is shown on packaging, which to be fair looks like a tasty pie. Trade description people should be having them for having us on!! Certainly won't be buying again furthermore will be telling people how disgusting they are. (read more)
“just cooke a upper crust chicken and asparagus pie,the...”
Written on: 17/01/2011
just cooke a upper crust chicken and asparagus pie,the crust burnt while the rest of thepastry remained a soggy,salty undercooked mess. The filling was a milky tasteless mess with minute pieces of heavily processed chicken and i think was four or five minute pieces of tough asparagus. I will not touch this with a barge pole again (read more)
“i purchased Your McDougall GASTO STYLE PIES ”
Written on: 15/01/2011
i purchased Your McDougall GASTO STYLE PIES
full of nothing except souce where was the meat.
Looked on the packaging which says to email
which i have done twice but with no rreply.
should not be allowed to sell pie with no meat.
WRONG DESCRIPTION OF THE PIE MISLEADING.
This really needs looking into by someone.
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“ I recently purchased McDougalls Uppercrust - 2 Deep...”
Written on: 07/01/2011
I recently purchased McDougalls Uppercrust - 2 Deep filled Steak & Peppered Sauce pies from a local Co-op Supermarket. The contents of these pies compared with the photo shown on the box equates to misrepresentation.
The pies contained only sauce and no more than three small pieces of
meat - possibly beef.
I have always assumed that McDougalls products are reputable and reliable,
however, I will certainly not purchase any McDougalls make of produce in the future.
If McDougalls Care...
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“the pies are rubbish they dont cook when they say they...”
Written on: 04/01/2011
the pies are rubbish they dont cook when they say they are going to cook (read more)
“Lovely tasting pies, nice gravy, no gristle or other...”
Written on: 12/12/2010
Lovely tasting pies, nice gravy, no gristle or other nonsense that others here have stated ( I reckon they must be talking about a different brand...) pastry just right too. All in all if you like a nice & tasty mince pie they you can't go wrong with these ones.
Only complaint is not enough filling, for that money they could do with a wee bit more filling.
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“My Wife and I have just had a Mcdougalls upper crust...”
Written on: 25/10/2010
My Wife and I have just had a Mcdougalls upper crust steak and gravy pie. I can safely say I have never tasted anything quite like it. The filling is completely tasteless. Tasteless gravy with chunks of tasteless (and a little chewy) meat. Never written a review before, but never eaten anything that tastes of.....nothing! Quite Remarkable.
Complete filth I wouldn't feed my dog.
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“Bought the minced beef and onion pies from tesco and...”
Written on: 03/10/2010
Bought the minced beef and onion pies from tesco and was very disappointed! The filling inside was nothing but fat and horrible rubbery bits. How is one supposed to enjoy a pie if that's all that's inside?! Will never buy this brand again not just a waste of money but clearly mcdoughalls don't take pride in the quality of any of their products as they are full of fat not meat!! (read more)
“ very tasty and good value for your money”
Written on: 30/09/2010
very tasty and good value for your money (read more)
“I have always been a fan of McDouglaas Upper...”
Written on: 24/09/2010 by bruinthebear (1 review written)
I have always been a fan of McDouglaas Upper Crust pies UNTIL.. the Cheese and Broccoli chickem lattice pies came...
It says on bax "Total satisfaction or your money back"
I am just about to ask for money back .. No sign of the broccoil , no cheese taste and just a lump on chicken in a suace
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“If I could give these pies no stars at all I would, we...”
Written on: 10/05/2010
If I could give these pies no stars at all I would, we had the mince beef pies and there was not a single bit of meat, everything in there was grissle or rubbery fat. Don't waste your money on these!! (read more)
“The finest pie to grace the Earth.”
Written on: 28/03/2010
The finest pie to grace the Earth. (read more)
“I was intrigued by the McDougalls claim "better than...”
Written on: 07/03/2010 by 3170 (13 reviews written)
I was intrigued by the McDougalls claim "better than Birds Eye" so I tried their 4 Individual Chicken Pies.
Whilst I have no intention of claiming their offered refund, I think their claim is so terribly wrong. I must say though that I don't like 95% of todays mass produced products.
To my mind, the best part of McDougalls pies is the pastry. It is the shortest pastry that I have ever come across in a mass produced pie, and most enjoyable. Whilst I have not weighed the amounts of meat in...
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“re uppercrust deep filled steak and mushroom pie with...”
Written on: 30/12/2009
re uppercrust deep filled steak and mushroom pie with ale gravy. this pie was a real disappointment. the pastry was waxy and the meat was tough and sinewy and very poor quality. now I know why I make my own!! would not recommend or purchase this pie again. not only was the fat content extreme but the flavour was non-descript - a total waste of cooking time and money!! having cooked meals all over the xmas period for family and friends, I thought I would take a break and take an easier... (read more)
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Ramayon's Response to deebop's Review
Written on: 30/12/2012
JUST BAKED TWO UPPERCRUST STEAK AND PEPPER SAUCE,SORRY MENT JUST PEPPER SAUCE NOT A BIT OF MEAT IN ANY OF THEM. WILL NOT BUY AGAIN