If you are following my instagram, I mentioned about Dallas Box Co and how I would save my review for later since I had a not so good first time experience. I got my second box today and thought of sharing my thoughts.
Dallas Box Co. is a curated box of local Dallas businesses at your door step. Each month they send “exclusive goods, offers, and passes inside each box, as well as invitations to subscriber only events like happy hours and pub crawls” that are all local to Dallas.
I had some issues with my first box- super late delivery, unsealed box, my first email being overlooked (though later I got prompt responses for all my other mails), and non-delivery of certain products which they stated will come free with the box but did not (till date they have not addressed the points I raised regarding the screw up). Putting the last issue aside, I do like the concept of Dallas Box Co. and being new to Dallas, it is a nice way to get to know Dallas and local Dallas vendors. I loved all the products included in my first April Box.
Besides local food fare they send coupons to gym memberships, local restaurants and events, though some of the coupons, if I am being honest, feel like a bait. Its still a good deal but some of the coupons do require purchases for you to redeem them.
Having said that, if you want to try out new things each month and don’t mind spending a little extra to make the best use of your box, I would suggest trying out Dallas Box Co. Coupons and passes are a great incentive to visit a place and try their stuff out.
Overall, I think its an excellent idea and I see them getting better with each box. And you do get more than what you pay for. The boxes are priced at $29.95 and the total value of the contents in May’s box is $140 plus. This month’s contents include the following :
- Two tickets to Nasher Sculpture Centre ($20 value),
- Single Weekend Pass to Bulladora Music Experience ($99 value)
- Assorted Macarons Box from Savor Patisserie ($12 value)
- Evil Cowboy’s Ghost Hot Sauce ($8 on amazon.com)
- Pickles from T-Rex Pickles
If you are interested in trying Dallas Box Co, they have a promotion going on which give you $5 off your first box by using the code DBCINSTA. You can subscribe here.
Since this is my weekly post about all things Dallas (here’s a link to last week’s Eating Dallas post)- Have you made weekend plans yet? Is Taste Addison one of them? There is also the 26th Annual Asian Festival at Fair Park on Saturday, May 14th, in case that’s something you might be interested in. If you want to make the drive to Canton, tomorrow is the second and final day of the Annual Balloon Festival.
We are still unsure which way we are heading, and its going to be a tough decision. If you don’t have any of these on your list, but are looking for places to brunch or eat, here is my round up of some of the places we visited the days that went by (in case you are wondering, the list is not restricted to just last weekend’s food adventures!)
Falafel in Pita, Israeli Style (they add the fries inside your sandwich)
Amsterdam Falafel recently opened their doors to Dallasites.
A DC based chain, Amsterdam Falafel, founded by Scott and Arianne Bennet, is a build your own falafel sandwich shop. Primarily catering to vegetarians, the place offers lamb shawarmas as well. With an uber sweet and helpful staff and crispy and flavorful falafels, you must visit this new to Dallas shop opened in Deep Ellum.
Its open till 3 am, so people with late night food cravings will love this place.
Don’t want to move out and just want to netflix and binge?
V and I both love Thai and keep coming back to Thai Lotus Kitchen (their green curry is super flavorful) and Si Lom (yellow curry fried rice guys!) for take out- both deliver and through eat24 delivery is free in the uptown area. If you prefer sit down, we recently enjoyed Bangkok City too. I would be cautious when I order their spicy- it’s really spicy. Don’t even try the native thai unless you are sure you can handle the heat!
Malai Kitchen and Crush Craft Thai are other regular go-to thai places. V makes it a point to take every person visiting us to Crush Craft Thai.
Chicken Gyozas from Thai Lotus Kitchen
Yellow Curry at Bangkok City
Not in the mood for thai?
Dallas Grilled Cheese Co‘s Hash-tastic is brunch heaven- hashbrowns, bacon, fried egg and cheese in a sandwich- Yes, Please!
Hash-tastic at Dallas Grilled Cheese Co.
Chicken Fajita Grilled Cheese Sandwich at Dallas Grilled Cheese Co.
For more of our food related adventures you can check out my instagram.
Hope you have a great weekend. Xoxo!
I live in the DC area and I have been meaning to check out Amsterdam Falafel for the longest time, but haven’t. I must NOW – Especially since I am a vegetarian! 🙂
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You must and then let me know what you thought of the place!
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I just had a very bad experience with the Dallas Box Company – though it may not be malicious… maybe they went out of business? Anyway, what happened was that I paid $80.75 in the first week of October 2016, and I am still waiting for my first box to be delivered – and it’s almost Christmas time. In addition, though the company got back to me (after three attempts to contact them) to say the first box was on its way, it never did arrive. They then ignored my further attempts to communicate with them. I’m sad about it because it was a gift for my daughter and her husband, and they would have enjoyed it. I also feel very taken advantage of and disrespected to have my money stolen. A loss in every way.
Oh that is really bad customer service. I hope you have got a hold of them and were able to get a refund.