Smiles Avis 

Smiles App:: Worst cheaters I will never recommend to use Home services for spa and saloon or maybe other services also. Same. They gave me scratch voucher asked 50% discount and to pay aed 72 in total before the appointment is made. Once payment is made they called me on the same day of appt few hours before that they cannot come as my location is far so they will cancel and refund from their end. From last two weeks I am waiting no refund is made and upon followup call they r disconnecting and other dept chats are answering. Review is worst

I’ve ordered on the smiles uae app and waited for almost 2 hours just to see on the app it mentioned that my groceries was just delivered, but then when I got to my door, it was not

Very bad app
Customer service is useless
I will also complain them to DET
This service is not good for Dubai
They don’t deserve to do business in UAE
They did not refund my cancelled order yet.

Super unreliable food delivery app there is a high chance of not getting your food after you pay, It happened to me twice, they are unprofessional, I ordered a food this morning and I was tracking it, and I waited too long and the expected delivery time that’s shows on the system kept on extending so I contacted the customer support and by the way it’s frustrating because you can only talk via text they don’t have a call option, so the customer rep told my that the delivery guy waited for you for 20min and left! What!!!! How would I know he arrived if he doesn’t call or send message or shows on the app. This is so ridiculous so I don’t recommend people to order from smiles!!

I had very bad experience with Smiles honestly Very bad delivery service in Dubai I order food one time delivery guy take and run , he lied to me and then after a year I ordered groceries then they delayed my order for 2 hours and I try to contact customer service and no any single person from smiles contact me. Even on live chat there is no one who can replay or talk to me. really very bad experience with smile. Better is noon and other companies

Worst experience ever. They took my money, I never received my order, and they still refused to refund me. Instead of taking responsibility, they blamed the bank. Absolutely unacceptable customer service. I wasted my time and money and got nothing in return. Definitely my worst experience with Smiles.

The delivery took far too long. It took around 1 hour and 20 minutes just to prepare and deliver my order, even though my location is very near in Al Rigga, Dubai. This was extremely disappointing.

In all my previous orders through this app and from this restaurant, this is the first time I have experienced such a long delivery delay. I have never encountered this kind of issue before.

I was really frustrated because my time is very important. I had work and needed to leave, but I had to keep waiting for my order.

I already spoke with the operator, and I was informed that the delivery would take only 2 minutes to arrive. However, even after that, the order still took much longer to arrive. This caused unnecessary inconvenience and frustration.

To make matters worse, the restaurant also forgot to include a spoon and fork, which added even more to my frustration after waiting for more than an hour for the order.

I hope the restaurant can improve its preparation, delivery service, and order-checking process, especially for nearby locations. Customers should not have to experience this kind of delay and inconvenience.😞😞😞

Worst ecperience ever, they let you pay for a service and never deliver it. When you contact them they have this phone script say to call you back and never do. Was 2 hours busy with calling and no sollution. Very rude customer service and scam!!!!!

Extremely disappointed with the recent drop in service and customer support. I ordered premium "Eat Me" brand avocados (paid 22.50 AED for 2 packs), but the store delivered a cheap, unripened, below-average house brand instead.
When I reported this blatant bait-and-switch, I was put into an endless customer support loop. It has been over 18 hours, and I am currently talking to my 4th support agent. They have wasted over 2 hours of my time on chat with zero resolution, seemingly just delaying to avoid offering a refund. This is highly manipulative and deceptive behavior. Fix your customer support and deliver what people actually pay for.

Extremely poor and unacceptable experience with Smiles food delivery.

I paid for my order and never received it, yet the app falsely marked it as “Delivered.” This is completely misleading and frustrating. I tried contacting the delivery driver multiple times with no response. Even customer support attempted to reach him while I was on the line, and he still did not answer.

So basically, the order was marked delivered without any proof, the driver was unreachable, and I was left with no food after payment.

This level of service is not acceptable. A delivery platform must ensure accountability, proper delivery confirmation, and real customer support. Right now, this experience feels careless and unreliable.

I strongly urge better control over drivers and a proper resolution system for cases like this.

My experience with the Smiles UAE / Smiles Market application has been, without exaggeration, the worst customer service and grocery delivery experience I have encountered in the UAE.

This review is based on repeated incidents over time, not a single isolated case. Unfortunately, almost every order I placed through the application included unavailable items that were shown as available on the app, delayed deliveries, poor communication, and extremely unprofessional customer support interactions.

The latest incident took place when I placed an order at 11:50 AM through Smiles Market. The application provided a delivery window between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. At 2:20 PM, I contacted customer support simply to understand the expected delivery time.

The support agent, Ahmed Alkady, demonstrated extremely poor customer service standards from the beginning of the conversation. There was no empathy, no ownership, and no attempt to assist professionally. Instead of helping, he repeatedly asked whether I wanted to cancel the order within the first few minutes of the conversation.

When I requested escalation to a manager, I was informed that a manager would contact me within “30 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes maximum.” Due to the lack of confidence in the information being provided, I requested to remain connected on the chat until escalation was completed. I also requested two formal complaints to be raised:
1. Failure to provide accurate delivery timing.
2. Complaint against the customer service representative.

The interaction then became increasingly unprofessional, including rude communication style and inappropriate use of exclamation marks during the conversation.

After waiting for more than one hour without receiving any callback, I was transferred to another agent named Ahmed A. He informed me that the actual SOP/SLA for manager callbacks is 24 hours, directly contradicting the information provided by the previous representative. When questioned regarding this contradiction, he admitted that the first agent was “confused” despite supposedly being aware of the correct procedures.

I eventually received my order at 5:46 PM after spending hours following up with customer support. What is even more concerning is that this review is being written more than 60 hours after the incident, and no manager has contacted me despite repeated escalation requests and promises made by the support team.

As someone with more than 12 years of professional experience in customer support, learning and development, operational excellence, and service quality, I can confidently say this is among the weakest customer service operations I have ever encountered globally.

The issues appear systemic rather than individual:
• Lack of accountability and ownership.
• Failure to follow basic customer service principles.
• Inconsistent and misleading information provided to customers.
• Absence of proper escalation management.
• Long unattended chats without apology or acknowledgment.
• Poor communication etiquette.
• No visible quality assurance standards.
• No indication of effective supervision, training, or operational governance.

The overall experience reflects serious operational and customer service deficiencies that require immediate review and corrective action.

I strongly hope the management team and relevant UAE consumer protection authorities take these concerns seriously to ensure customers receive the level of professionalism, transparency, and respect expected from a major UAE service platform.

My experience with Smiles UAE has been extremely disappointing. They do not provide any proper customer support, no local phone number, no email, and no office in the UAE. Their chat support and follow-up calls are routed to a call center in Egypt, which has no accountability and does not resolve customer issues.

The most concerning part is that services are only provided via advance payment through debit or credit card. There is no cash on delivery, and payments are taken without any guarantee that the service will be delivered or completed. Customers have no option to reach out, and there is no refund policy, KPI, or SLA. This is outright cheating, and paying customers end up losing their hard-earned money.

Such practices are unacceptable anywhere in the world, and authorities should definitely take action. There is zero customer protection, and the company shows complete disregard for consumer rights.

Avoid this service unless you want to risk losing your money.

This was one of the worst customer service experiences I’ve had.
I ordered food from One Ole Burrito via Smiles. The restaurant confirmed the food was prepared and left sitting for over 45 minutes because no driver was assigned. I contacted Smiles immediately and clearly requested cancellation and a full refund before the food was picked up, as I did not want stale food.
Despite repeatedly acknowledging this and explicitly promising to cancel and refund the order, the agent failed to do so. Instead, I was kept waiting in chat for over 30 minutes, repeatedly put on hold, given vague answers, and offered meaningless vouchers rather than the refund that was promised.
To make things worse:
The order was delivered after cancellation was requested
The food arrived cold
The drink was wrong
I was then told a full refund was no longer possible because the food was “delivered” — despite Smiles’ own failure to cancel it on time
The agent contradicted themselves multiple times, avoided direct questions, and kept deflecting responsibility. What should have been a simple cancellation turned into a frustrating, time-wasting ordeal while I was left hungry and repeatedly misled.
This issue was entirely due to Smiles’ logistics and customer service failures, yet I was penalized for them. Offering coupons instead of honoring a promised refund is unacceptable.
Extremely disappointing experience. I’ve escalated the complaint and will think twice before using Smiles again.

Absolutely unacceptable hygiene practices.

I booked a home cleaning service through the Smiles app. During the service, the cleaning staff removed a used perfume from inside the toilet bowl and then placed it back into a bathroom organizer together with toothbrushes, as shown in the attached photo.

Unfortunately, we noticed this only after about 24 hours, during which time my family and my children had already used these toothbrushes, not knowing they had been stored next to an item that had been inside the toilet bowl.

This is a serious hygiene violation and a potential health risk, especially for families with children.

I am extremely disappointed and have also attempted to file a complaint with the municipality. I strongly advise others to avoid this service.