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Caffè Nero

Neal Street Technologies Limited · 14,154 ratings · ★ 3.1

3.1
★★★★★
14,154 ratings
5 ★
5,078 (36%)
4 ★
1,188 (8%)
3 ★
2,160 (15%)
2 ★
648 (5%)
1 ★
4,754 (34%)
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Top complaints - extracted from 47 negative reviews

Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.

1
"card"
10 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★ "Too many bugs. Scan card feature doesn't work, Google Sign in produce errors, Vouchers are added only after relogin. Please fix the issues that I've found after 5 minutes" - Oleh Feshchenko
2
"coffee"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★ "Truly dire app. Trying to redeem a free coffee voucher turning into a gruelling exercise in how an app can fail to do the most simple of tasks... such as logging in. Uninstalled and frankly I don't even want to go to the coffee house any mo…" - Ian Belcher (Dodgy_the_Elephant)
3
"free"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★ "Truly dire app. Trying to redeem a free coffee voucher turning into a gruelling exercise in how an app can fail to do the most simple of tasks... such as logging in. Uninstalled and frankly I don't even want to go to the coffee house any mo…" - Ian Belcher (Dodgy_the_Elephant)
4
"every"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★ "every time the app tries logout and after that Your account is blocked. really bad user experience" - lexas gummybears
5
"voucher"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "I felt scammed by this app. When redeeming vouchers, it doesn't send any verification codes to valid UK numbers no matter if you add 0 at the beginning or not. Then shows a message maximum number of codes requested!" - Netsabel Moreno
6
"stamps"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "not obvious where to collect stamps" - jamie jordan

📋 All 47 negative reviews

Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").

★★★★ Netsabel Moreno 7/3/2026 v2.185.1
I felt scammed by this app. When redeeming vouchers, it doesn't send any verification codes to valid UK numbers no matter if you add 0 at the beginning or not. Then shows a message maximum number of codes requested!
★★★★ David 6/23/2026 v2.186.0
not working keeps goining round in circles, says update app ,even when It's updated
★★★★ Ian Belcher (Dodgy_the_Elephant) 6/21/2026 v2.145.1
Truly dire app. Trying to redeem a free coffee voucher turning into a gruelling exercise in how an app can fail to do the most simple of tasks... such as logging in. Uninstalled and frankly I don't even want to go to the coffee house any more. That's how bad this app is.
★★★★ Dariusz Wiatr 6/21/2026 v2.185.1
Help line down and unresponsive.
★★★★ Oleh Feshchenko 6/14/2026 v2.185.1
Too many bugs. Scan card feature doesn't work, Google Sign in produce errors, Vouchers are added only after relogin. Please fix the issues that I've found after 5 minutes
★★★★ lexas gummybears 6/13/2026 v2.185.1
every time the app tries logout and after that Your account is blocked. really bad user experience
★★★★ Jan P Springer 6/10/2026 v2.184.0
says i need a neal st rewards password, which i don't even know what what is. all to just correct the phone number?
★★★★ jamie jordan 6/6/2026 v2.184.0
not obvious where to collect stamps
★★★★ Sarah 5/25/2026 v2.184.0
Won't recognise my password to let me sign in. Then when I request a password reset a message appears advising a reset has been sent to my email address, but it hasn't (yes, i have checked junk folder). So I'm unable to access the app and my vouchers. Help please!
★★★★ Truely Scrumptious 5/24/2026 v2.184.0
Rubbish. QR code on fluer didn't work!I Wanted to collect points on the loyalty card only on the app but because I haven't used it as a wallet and added my payment card... I didn't get any points after scanning my app loyalty card. A completely useless app unless you use it to pay with as well. so much for loyalty. Totally unimpressed. The staff member helping me allowed me to pay with my card manually so obviously has no idea how the app works nor did a cardboard stamp for me instead.
★★★★ D S 5/23/2026 v2.184.0
the worst - removed my free drink voucher and are now ignoring my customer service messages to resolve
★★★★ Harris Loizou 5/14/2026
stamps aren't appearing and there is no update to fix, so fix then I'll update stars
★★★★ Marc 5/12/2026 v2.78.1
waste of my time, didn't add to my wallet
★★★★ Wesoo Trasional 5/8/2026
The app is slow, poor quality, and most features are missing. The sweets were bland, and the person in charge refused to exchange them, let alone refund them. It was a bad experience, and I won't repeat it.
★★★★ Reese Holden 5/5/2026
im going back to starbucks this app is awful. makes you give them all your details and then when you try to use the app you cant because the details you JUST provided "dont match any records" so your happy to take my name, address, email, phone number and bank details (all personal data you can sell) and then tell me my account dosnt exist. seems like a scam if you ask me. illigal data farming.
★★★★ annmarie nagelin 5/3/2026 v2.183.0
would not find location of store. I was sitting in the store. would not let me use app
★★★★ Martin Payne 5/1/2026 v2.183.0
every time I go in the east street chichester there wifi is down and I can't use the app .this is happened 4 times out of they should get it sorted
★★★★ A Google user 4/29/2026 v2.183.0
It was recently my birthday. I was looking forward to receiving a birthday treat but it hasn't appeared. If anyone from them see's this can someone please look into it.
★★★★ john mulley 4/26/2026 v2.183.0
had to unsubscribe, received way to many notifications,
★★★★ Ivan Murashka 4/25/2026 v2.183.0
voucher doesn't work
★★★★ Tony Warren 4/25/2026 v2.183.0
Too complicated to sign up, didn't accept third party promo offer code. Will uninstall and go to Starbucks.
★★★★ Sajidah Ali 4/22/2026 v2.181.0
I visit Cafe Nero in Harborne all the time and as it was my birthday says you give free cake nothing was given. I was asked by a trainer assistant for code etc. I feel as loyal customer for my 50th nothing could be done. I will have change and go else where.
★★★★ Agnieszka Bury 4/16/2026
I’m so disappointed. I installed the app because I was tempted by a promotion offering a 50% discount on a second coffee for Women’s Day. After a month, it turned out that my voucher had expired. There was no notification that it had a time limit. On the app’s screen, there’s a message to link a card, which can’t be removed. When I wrote to the marketing about both issues, Ms. Gabriela replied that you can exit that screen and that the Women’s Day terms stated that the voucher was time-limited.
★★★★ Noel Whitehall 4/15/2026 v2.182.1
Ever since a fortnight ago I was signed into this app and Neal Street's Coffee#1 app all the time. But every time I try to use it now it logs me out! Even if I sign in at home I'm logged out by the time I get to the café! I don't have time to search for the password, and I am unable to remember it (everywhere, we are asked to use strong passwords). I'm loosing hope in ever getting a free coffee ever again, let alone a stamp!
★★★★ Sequin World 4/14/2026 v2.182.1
quite possibly the most irritating app it's ever been my misfortune to use ~ after the first week I turned push notifications off and after the 2nd week turned off emails too ~ one notification a week would would be too many, Caffè Nero's daily barrage started to feel like harrassment
★★★★ Monica Dowding 4/13/2026
never been able to link a payment card and it keeps telling me I have an old version of the app but no option available to upgrade?
★★★★ Philip Higley 4/5/2026 v2.182.1
Rubbish, will not loaf,just s screen with grey squares. a complete waste of time
★★★★ Maria Howlett 4/1/2026 v2.182.1
not very easy to navigate. it wouldn't let me type in my correct birth date which is 16/04/1949. could you correct it for me please?
★★★★ Angelina Dominic 3/25/2026 v2.181.0
the app hasn't worked properly since it was installed in also failed to get my birthday treat even though tech were sorting it out but nothing got resolved.
★★★★ christine bennett 3/25/2026 v2.182.1
very confusing
★★★★ Andrius Zokaitis 3/19/2026 v2.181.0
they send you a voucher and then you get error messages 😒
★★★★ Louis Ackerman 3/16/2026 v2.181.0
Nothing worked until the second day. Then I was able to add a promo code (which seemed to not do anything yet). Still can't get my loyalty card recognized, nor seem to get any credit for new purchases on day 2.
★★★★ Michael Hollis 3/14/2026 v2.181.0
Very poor
★★★★ kevin wharmby 3/10/2026 v2.180.0
Beeston branch does not seem to register my purchase.
★★★★ mustafa simsek 3/6/2026 v2.180.0
is not working properly l can't get royalty stamps every time buying coffee
★★★★ Shirley Oleary 2/15/2026 v2.178.0
young staff unhelpful and noisy!! Ask them to move a table so i could take my trolley out and they told me to do it myself!! i am over seventy!! she did eventully with obvious annoyance. i shall not be going there again.
★★★★ Abbe Neumann 2/11/2026 v2.178.0
you can't type in a store, it has to appear in your immediate area and even then it doesn't pick them up which kind of defeats the entire purpose of mobile ordering. why show me a store 6 miles away when the one I go to is less than 3 miles away. it's the only reason I have the app. it's also messy, confusing and takes forever to set up. not a time saver, definitely makes the situation more frustrating and slow.
★★★★ Rose Edmonds 2/10/2026 v2.178.0
this has thrown me out every time!! 🤨
★★★★★ Samuel Edwards (BlackKnight) 5/8/2026 v2.183.0
ok this was odd, when i got my card fully stamped it set the expiery date to the next day, (today) server managed to save it by letting me know to restart the app, tbh this update just feels funky
★★★★★ C.M.T C. 4/22/2026 v2.183.0
NO BIRTHDAY TREAT Nero? my friend had to ask for hers too. app is slow. and no offers on anything. used to get an odd free coffee in an email. none now . plus everything is pricey . coffee tastes a bit rough sometimes. sorry to say.
★★★★★ Richard Hardy 4/9/2026 v2.182.1
I am finding it impossible to add a card to pay through my app. so frustrating that I've stopped visiting your store
★★★★★ Jawanza Ipyana 4/4/2026 v2.182.1
stampede game keeps glitching the last few days. if 2 ghosts are near the stamp they glitch and stay put without moving. rapidly changing direction they're facing while standing on the stamp so you cant ever win it
★★★★★ Hazel Hopkins 3/31/2026 v2.182.1
I have the app to collect stamps for free coffee. I'm sure when it's set up it will be great, but getting it to work the first time is unnecessarily complicated, and the help section is no use at all. I don't want to link to my payment card, and am stuck in a loop on the same questions.
★★★★★ Roger Harris 3/31/2026 v2.182.1
much too busy, I just want to pay for coffee, add a turn off for all the rest the 5 ⭐
★★★★★ susan scott 2/28/2026 v2.179.0
The app is great for payments and collecting stamps but every time I have more than 4 full vouchers the app won't let me use more than 2 vouchers if I order 3 or 4 drinks. May go back to having card stamped, less hassle. Frequent Nero user.
★★★★★ Remigijus Gineitis 2/7/2026 v2.178.0
Slooooooooowwwww and tends to crash or loose connection to the payment card
★★★★★ Matt Newman 1/30/2026 v2.177.0
It used to be that even when using Meerkat movies codes you got a stamp. This has now stopped which is quite bad especially for loyal customers.

Sentiment summary

44%
Positive (4-5★)
18%
Neutral (3★)
38%
Negative (1-2★)

🎯 Significant negative sentiment - strong clone-and-improve target. Read the complaints above.