Ready-made meals · Frozen
The Dinner Ladies review: prices, menu and delivery
Suits households wanting homely, oven-baked family meals like lasagne, cottage pie and curries in shareable sizes, with no subscription to manage. Less suitable if you want portion controlled single serves for weight loss or macro tracking.
Best for
- Family sized frozen comfort meals with no subscription
The Dinner Ladies pros and cons
Pros
- Full nutrition panels and complete ingredient and allergen lists on each dish
- No lock-in contract or subscription, order dishes a la carte whenever you like
- Dishes come in serves 1, 2, 3 and 4 sizes so they suit couples and families, not just single portions
- Snap frozen and delivered in insulated boxes by refrigerated van, so you do not need to be home
Cons
- Minimum food order of $75 and a delivery fee unless you spend over $150
- No Tasmania or Northern Territory delivery, and coverage is suburb by suburb rather than statewide
- Comfort food focus rather than calorie controlled or high protein diet plans
- Per serve cost is higher than most single serve prepared meal services once delivery is added
How much The Dinner Ladies costs
- Ongoing price per meal
- $11.50Per serve, derived from typical serves-2 family dishes priced $21.50 to $26.50 (for example butter chicken $21.50 and beef lasagne $26.50). Sold a la carte by the dish, not in fixed meal boxes or subscriptions.
- Minimum order
- $75.00 minimum food order
- Delivery fee
- Fees vary by suburb. Sample schedule shows free delivery on food orders over $150, $10 for orders up to $150, with a $75 minimum food order. Fees are calculated after discounts.
Prices checked 24 August 2026. First order offers are not included in the ongoing price. Confirm at checkout.
The Dinner Ladies meals and menu
- Menu size
- 60+ meals
- Format
- Frozen
- Preparation
- Heat & Eat
- Full macros published
- Yes
- Also sells
- Snacks
Diets The Dinner Ladies lists
- Vegetarian or vegan
What customers say about The Dinner Ladies
- 3.2/5The Dinner Ladies on ProductReview.com.au61 reviewsChecked 24 August 2026
Ratings from ProductReview.com.au. They are those platforms' customer ratings, not ours.
The Dinner Ladies delivery and ordering
- Delivery area
- NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, ACT
- Regional delivery
- Coverage is checked suburb by suburb through an online postcode tool, with some areas not serviced. Sydney is the original delivery base, with customers also in VIC, QLD, SA, ACT and WA. No mention of Tasmania or the Northern Territory.
- One-off orders
- Yes, no subscription needed
- Changing or pausing
- No subscription required. Order every week if desired or just when running low on stock. Complete flexibility in ordering frequency.
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Ongoing prices exclude first order offers. Ratings come from different platforms, so they are not directly comparable.
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How this page works
- Prices
- Prices and delivery details checked 24 August 2026. First order offers are listed separately from the ongoing price. Confirm at checkout.
- Customer ratings
- From ProductReview.com.au. These are third-party customer ratings, not ours, shown with the review count and the date they were checked.
- Comparison score
- Out of 100, calculated from published data only: customer rating weighted by review volume (35 points), whether macros, calories and a clear price are published (20), price against services of the same type (15), menu size (10), ordering flexibility (10) and delivery reach (10). Where a criterion cannot be scored it is left out and the rest are rescaled to 100. It is a comparison aid, not a test result. Paid placement does not change it.