Surveys for Food Delivery | Customer Experience

Use cases for food delivery

Delivery time satisfaction

Track perceived delivery time vs. actual time to identify routes, couriers and peak times that underperform.

Order accuracy monitoring

Identify restaurants or preparation steps causing incorrect orders — reduce refunds and reorders.

Courier performance rating

Rate individual couriers on professionalism, punctuality and communication — build accountability.

Packaging & food condition

Survey on food temperature, packaging integrity and presentation on arrival — key quality signals.

Customer retention (NPS)

Measure churn risk at scale — identify customers likely to switch before they do.

Restaurant performance data

Compare satisfaction scores across restaurant partners to build a quality-based partner ranking.

SurveyNinja features for food delivery services

Post-order survey

Send the survey link 30 minutes after delivery confirmation for good recall and minimal friction.

Order-level linking

Each survey response is linked to a specific order, courier and restaurant for precise root-cause analysis.

Churn risk follow-up

Filter low NPS scores and get a notification on every new response, so the support team can reach out to at-risk customers proactively.

Restaurant scorecard

Aggregate satisfaction data by partner restaurant — identify quality outliers before they damage your brand.

Courier performance module

Individual courier scores tracked over time — transparent performance data for fair reviews and bonuses.

API & Zapier integration

Send new responses to your order management system or a spreadsheet through Zapier or webhooks, and through the API your system can create and publish surveys and pull responses.

How to collect delivery customer feedback

The survey is a link: send it by e-mail, QR code or website widget, or in the SMS and messenger messages your own tools already send. It takes 1–2 minutes to answer

Post-delivery email

Survey link in the email you send 30 min after delivery confirmation

Link in app messages

Survey link in the push or in-app message your delivery app already sends after the order arrives

SMS follow-up

Survey link in the text you send from your SMS tool for customers without the app — broad reach

QR on packaging

QR code inside the bag — customers scan at home

Website order page

Feedback embed on post-order confirmation page

Frequently Asked Questions

When should food delivery services send surveys?

Optimal timing is 30–60 minutes after delivery confirmation — the food is gone, the experience is fresh and the customer has had time to form a real opinion. Sooner than that and they're still eating; later and recall fades.

How do I link survey responses to specific orders and couriers?

Use hidden fields to pass order ID, courier ID and restaurant ID from your platform. The dashboard slices NPS by courier, restaurant, vehicle type and route — so you root-cause complaints in seconds, not days.

Can I use survey data to improve restaurant partner quality?

Yes. Share aggregated satisfaction data with restaurant partners as a monthly scorecard. You can make it a contractual metric: restaurants under the agreed minimum score get help or leave the platform, which protects your brand.

How do I prevent at-risk customers from churning to a competitor?

Every response arrives as an instant e-mail (or Telegram) notification, and you can also send responses to Slack through Zapier, so your team sees a low NPS right away and can offer a refund or credit. A personal reply within the hour does far more to keep a customer than a generic apology e-mail a day later.

How do I rate individual couriers fairly?

Aggregated scores collected over many deliveries replace one-off complaints. Couriers see their own scores and trends, which is transparent, fair and a sound basis for tip-share bonuses.

Does SurveyNinja integrate with my order management system?

Yes, for responses. Through the API your system can create and publish surveys and pull responses, and webhooks and Zapier send new responses to order management, dispatch and last-mile platforms that support them. To survey after every delivery, add the survey link to the confirmation your system already sends.

How do I survey customers in multiple languages or countries?

Make a copy of the survey for each language and send each market its own link. Buttons and messages come in English, Spanish or Portuguese, one language per survey. Export the responses to benchmark NPS and food temperature scores between markets.

Can I start from a template?

Yes. Start from a template such as Store Delivery Service Evaluation, Order Form or NPS Survey and change the questions for restaurant and grocery delivery, dark kitchens, late-night orders and corporate lunches.

How can I track food temperature or packaging integrity at scale?

Add a one-question rating, "Was the food hot or cold as expected?", with an optional photo upload. Reviewed weekly, the results show packaging gaps that translate directly into refund costs.

How do I prove ROI of survey investment to the CFO?

Pair NPS with order-frequency data exported from your platform. The dashboard shows the lift in repeat-orders for each NPS-improvement cohort — turning satisfaction into a tangible LTV uplift number.

Start free — scale as your feedback program grows

Choose the plan that matches your response volume and reporting needs. Full pricing

Free

$0/mo No time limit and no credit card required

Free — forever

Up to 50 surveys
100 responses/mo
30 questions per survey
Logic, export, API and MCP

Start free

Basic

$15/mo per month, billed annually

For small teams and regular feedback collection

100 surveys per account
1,000 responses per month
50 questions per survey
1 GB storage, files up to 100 MB
Image, video & audio in questions
Custom themes and your logo
Matrix, file upload and research question types
Response filters

Choose plan

Standard

$37/mo per month, billed annually

For marketing, HR and product research

500 surveys per account
5,000 responses per month
100 questions per survey
3 GB storage, files up to 300 MB
Response limit and deadline
Survey and question timers
No SurveyNinja branding
Incomplete responses

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14 days free

Premium

$69/mo per month, billed annually

For large teams and advanced automation

∞ surveys per account
20,000 responses per month
∞ questions per survey
6 GB storage, files up to 500 MB
Custom roles for the team
Custom domain
AI report on responses
Promo codes

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Enterprise

On request

Custom plan for large companies

Unlimited resources
Up to 1,000,000 responses/month
Flexible task-based limits
Priority support
Number of seats
Monthly response limits
Disk space
Personal manager

Surveys for Food Delivery Services

Use cases for food delivery

Delivery time satisfaction

Order accuracy monitoring

Courier performance rating

Packaging & food condition

Customer retention (NPS)

Restaurant performance data

Templates to start from

SurveyNinja features for food delivery services

Post-order survey

Order-level linking

Churn risk follow-up

Restaurant scorecard

Courier performance module

API & Zapier integration

How to collect delivery customer feedback

How it works

Start from a template

Share with your audience

Analyze and act

Example food delivery survey questions

Frequently Asked Questions

When should food delivery services send surveys?

How do I link survey responses to specific orders and couriers?

Can I use survey data to improve restaurant partner quality?

How do I prevent at-risk customers from churning to a competitor?

How do I rate individual couriers fairly?

Does SurveyNinja integrate with my order management system?

How do I survey customers in multiple languages or countries?

Can I start from a template?

How can I track food temperature or packaging integrity at scale?

How do I prove ROI of survey investment to the CFO?

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