Goldbelly Review

Goldbelly is a global online gourmet food and food-gifts marketplace that links you to your favorite gourmet meals. Once you place an order, Goldbelly procures it from reputable meal providers and delivers it to you. The company is renowned for its quality foods and extra-fast delivery. Although it operates from San Francisco, Goldbelly distributes food nationwide.

How Does Goldbelly Work?

Goldbelly operates a sophisticated website on which you can place your orders. After identifying the food or food gift you want, press the order icon. You’ll be directed to the payment page to enter your payment details. After a successful payment, your order is complete.

With your order in hand, Goldbelly places it, on your behalf, with high-end gourmet-food producers near you. The order comes with instructions identical to those you provided. When your order is ready, Goldbelly repackages it and lets you know when to expect your delicious delivery.

Goldbelly can accept returns if your order is not to your satisfaction. Cancellations rarely occur, but if they do, you can choose a replacement product.

Types of Meats Available and Pricing

The Goldbelly website offers a full spectrum of foods, including:

BBQ

Goldbelly delivers some of the tastiest barbecue in the U.S. Pricing depends on where your order comes from, but the average BBQ order is about $90. What’s more, Goldbelly barbecue is shipped for free nationwide. The BBQ available includes pork, bacon, and cod. Just visit the company’s website to place your order.

Beef

You can order Italian meats, corned beef, Mexican beef, and Kansas City Beef Burnt Ends, among many other favorites. The price of the beef ranges from $60 to $100. Enjoy free shipping as you wait to enjoy your beef order.

Deli Items

Goldbelly has some of the savoriest deli offerings in the U.S. It sources its deli products from some of the most reputable providers and delivers it to your table in record time. You can choose from several deli packages, including the Complete Jewish Deli Brunch, Complete Deli Dinner, and Carnegie Deli and Cookie-Dough Cheesecake. The price range for a deli item or package is between $120 and $250.

Bacon

Who doesn’t love bacon? And what’s better than bacon delivered to your doorstep? Goldbelly offers a subscription option whereby you can enjoy a discount for placing an order. Some of the most popular bacon options include Blackberry Farm bacon, Mild End bacon slab, Spanish Iberico bacon, Artisan Dry-cured Bacon, and Double-smoked bacon. There is no fixed price for the bacon, but prices range from $50 to $100.

Poultry

Goldbelly delivers some seriously scrumptious poultry – well-marinated, with just the right amount of spice. You can order any of the following poultry products to enjoy at home: Choose from World-famous Chicken Pie, Fried Chicken Biscuit Sandwich, The All-Madden Turducken, Stuffed Chicken, Country Chicken Hand Pies, Chicken Pot Pie, and Slow Smoked Chicken Wings. Depending on your preparation preferences and the size of your bird, prices can range from $75 to $140.

Ham

Renowned chefs prepare Goldbelly’s ham offerings and deliver them to your doorstep. All you have to do is cook it! The company also offers a special discount to its customers.

The delectable offerings include Taylor Ham Pork Roll, Large Turducken and Ham, Smoked Berkshire Ham, Sally’s Chipped Chopped Ham, Landrauchschinken (Swiss Country Ham), City ham, Kurobuta half bone-in ham, and Boneless Pit Ham.

Prices range from $40 to $200, depending on the preparation.

Fried Chicken Faves

Goldbelly orders the most flavorsome chicken for its customers—and if you subscribe, you get a discount!

Some Goldbelly chicken favorites include a Fried Chicken Biscuit Sandwich, 50 medium buffalo wings, 50 hot buffalo wings, 50 suicide buffalo wings, and Nashville Hot Chicken. Prices range from $80 to $200.

Given the nature of Goldbelly’s system, subscription boxes do vary over time as new companies join their partnership. Most boxes offer discounts for longer subscriptions along with free shipping. The site makes identifying boxes with free shipping easy with a convenient free-shipping label atop product photos on the main page. You can also filter results for those with free shipping.

If you find items in your subscription that you really enjoy or in larger quantities, you can buy them stand-alone from the storefront at any time.

Company History

Joel Ariel established Goldbelly in 2013 to supply food to consumers in the San Francisco area. It later grew to a flourishing organization and took its offerings online.

Goldbelly networks with restaurants and delis to source its meat, repackage it, and deliver it to you. Company agents are spread throughout the country to select your order and deliver it to you as quickly as possible, thus reducing operating costs significantly.

At the end of 2013, Intel Capital raised $3 million to fund Goldbelly’s digital company, making it one of the biggest in the U.S. The company appeared in Time Magazine among the Top 50 e-commerce websites of 2013.

Alternatives

The following are some of the fiercest competitors to Goldbelly:

• Vital Choice Seafood provides fast fresh-seafood delivery, which makes it an excellent alternative to Goldbelly.
• Porter Road is a monthly subscription meat service that delivers pasture-fed meats, poultry, and sustainable seafood to your door. It emphasizes quality service from an online ordering platform.
• Greensbury offers a wide variety of meats online, from sustainable seafood to grass-fed beef, pastured bison, and antibiotic-free poultry.

Pros

• Fast delivery.
• Maintains a large area of operation; Goldbelly operates in all 50 U.S. states
• It offers a large selection of meats; you can buy beef, poultry, bacon, ham, and more.
• Mobile-friendly website.

Cons

• Some customers have complained that some of the meat arrives frozen.
• Others have reported delivery of incorrect orders.

Our Verdict

In today’s fast-paced society, online shopping is a norm rather than an exception. Consumers purchase everything from furniture to household appliances and even food via the internet.

If you’re looking for a gourmet-food gift, Goldbelly is one of the best websites to visit. It offers meats, plus baked goods and candy, which provide for a versatile, one-stop “foodie’s” paradise.