Bought a cooktop that didn't last the year. After many failed attempts to fix it, now every time i call them to check on the progress they reply with "we are still waiting on the report from the technician " which by the way broke it on his attempt to remove the glass top and demanded i get an electrician to do it (which i did and the electrician… Read more
removed it in one minute by running a wire under the silicone which smeg's technician tried to lift it with utility knife and you can guess what happened next). When he came back for the second visit to replace what he thought was faulty, i pointed out a totally fried socket inside the unit and instead of replacing the socket he hard-wired it. The unit was not fixed and i had to wait an additional week to him to come to have a third look. He said the unit needs replacement. 6 weeks since the cook top stopped working, I'm still here on square one waiting......... can't be more frustrating to deal with. I absolutely regret the purchase of an overpriced appliance believing i would get a piece of mind.
Disgraceful service from Smeg. My blue Kettle clearly has turned a green color. Also the steam burns your hand when pooring. No help whatsoever. Their loss. Never again! Back to trusty Breville.
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We want show our appreciation to Smeg employees in the service department in Sydney. We had a difficult situation / issue with our Smeg Induction Cooktop, handled professionally by Christian to a satisfactory outcome for all. Thank you. K & M
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Just a 5 star rating for smeg, the service and staff amazing, if a problem they are so quick to help. Thanks smeg the staff you have is a credit to you Show reply
Smeg Victoria 900mm oven – Cooks well, stunning looking oven. Shame about the paint job. Had the oven just over 3 years with a 5 year warranty the back splashback enamel paint is bubbling and has come away in one spot. I raised the issue with Smeg warranty department. I supplied photos as requested but now crickets and after a follow-up email still no reply. With the cost of the oven I would have expected more customer service. Its a known issue Show reply
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We purchased a Smeg dishwasher (DWA615DX3) from Bing Lee on 27/07/2025. Rust has been building up around the internal screws. This is the first dishwasher I have ever bought, that has such a problem. We paid $2190 for this top end model, which has now unsurprisingly dropped to $1860. Why would Smeg release such a poor-quality product onto the market?
Both Indoor and Outdoor Rangehoods have stopped working the same year. Was not asked for any purchase details, simply forwarded to their WA contact. I would not recommend Smeg to any one putting in appliances. Also have issues with their toasters.
2 stars is for poor quality/performance. Less than 4 years old and the Smeg Kettle seal around the lid has come away at the handle and let's steam pour out over the handle; which means you cannot hold the handle safely as steam would cause burns. This was a gift I was so excited to receive, however, am now soooo disappointed, especially given the price tag. Would not buy one again, cannot recommend due to this fault.
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I bought a stainless steel 4 slice toaster and stainless steel kettle. I love these, however, smeg does not make these any more. The toaster back section broke about 6 months ago, however, we could live with this. Unfortunately the kettle lid broke… Read more
this week. I did take all the necessary details, but because we moved everything is still in boxes, so I could not find the receipts. I remembered that I did buy a kettle from Smeg which was not the kettle I bought, but one for my daughter back in 2017. This kettle has been replaced by Smeg 3 times since purchase and a new one which is white, well the paint has come off. The women that helped me basically said tough! She did not tell me any options about repairers and was very rude. By reading reviews I can understand they must get many bad experiences. The purchase of these 2 products was not cheap and you would expect Smeg being so expensive would have better quality products.
Follow-up · Smeg are the worst company. No help to find an appliance repairer, nor any other help.
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I would just like to publicly thank Smeg for the help they have given me. I have the kettle and toaster. Had a issue with my toaster and I thought they may of been able to help me with getting it repaired .They have been so helpful and now just… Read more · 1
informed me their going to send me a new toaster.. We genuinely love both our toaster and Kettle and they why I was happy to try get it repaired .. Great friendly service so thankyou again ..Gary
Follow-up · The kettle heats up very fast . I did notice that once the bottom of the kettle gets a bit black it does slow the boiling a little. Easy fix and probably should be done regularly anyway way. The top of the kettle is very accessible. Open the lid and cut a lemon up and drop it in the kettle . Boil the kettle and let it sit for a few hours then… Read more
Low quality cr#p and contact smeg who just ignore you I contacted them multiple times they just keep trying to pass me to other companies but it says smeg on the blade
Follow-up · Low quality crap the knife snapped and smeg just wanted nothing to do with me just kept denying it could possibly be their fault when it’s clear the knife was poorly made received a bad heat treat
Positive reviews
Zero Parts Support – Amazing aftersales service from the team at SMEG Australia, even though I reside in New Zealand they were more than helpful to sort my parts issue out, and posted it to me.
Very happy customer – I bought a Smeg kettle JUST over 4 years ago with a 2 year extended warranty. When the lid broke down, I thought I would have to buy a new kettle but contacted Smeg nevertheless. Much to my delight, Smeg, in good faith have replaced the kettle. This has never happened to me before as most manufacturers run for cover when warranty expires. Well done Smeg. I couldn’t be happier.
First class customer service – I contacted Smeg re a problem with a kettle that my wife and I had received as part of a house warming gift. In short, the surface finish of the kettle had detached and formed an "egg shaped" raised area. In summary once I'd provided a picture of the item and base along with some evidence detailing approximate purchase date; the process and… Read more
behaviour of those I spoke with, could not have been more understanding, accommodating or professional. I duly received a replacement kettle and can only give a 5 star endorsement based on my experience. Of note were the contact team Petra & Karen, who were most helpful and polite
Negative reviews
Spent about 6 grand on gas top oven and rangehood. Touch display on oven needed repairs, done under warranty. Now 6 months out of warranty, used maybe 30 times in its life( live alone, use air fryer) and display freezes and have to turn off at main switchboard for house. 0 support from smeg. Extremely disappointing. Notice in the reviews they respond very selectively. Could not buy or recommend smeg at all.
Smeg Dual Fuel Freestanding oven from brand new its Big burner was not working. Five time repairs required in 4 years time. Lucky I had extended warranty. Trusted it as a European brand, but not trustworthy. its my last product from Smeg
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5/11 UPDATE - Returned the garbage product I bought from them. WAITING ON THE REFUND FOR FOUR MONTHS NOW!!! This is the worst company I've ever dealt with!! ZERO customer service. And a product that's mediocre at best. Clearly, the company has no infrastructure. It's nothing but a shell buying cheap cr#p from china. AVOID IT.
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We bought a dishwasher from a new build home where the new owners replaced all appliances with their favoured Miele brand. The dishwasher was manufactured July 2022 and we bought it May 2023. Recently (January 2026) the display lit up like a Christmas tree and the pump was going nonstop. The repairman told us we would have to replace the… Read more
electronic controller and it would cost $700. We got in touch with Smeg to see what they could do. After patchy comms the parts manager sold one to us for $400. Although it was worth fixing at that price point we felt that electronics should last longer than that and we still have to pay for the repair. Poor show!
Update ... the part did not fix the problem (either the part was flawed or that wasn't the problem in the first place). I got back in touch and asked how I might return the part and get a refund. Nothing ... an automated response ... I then tried to connect with someone higher in the organisation and all I got was bounce back emails saying he was on business out of town. And then nothing ... They don't give a stuff.
within a couple of weeks of buying a smeg dishwasher we noticed it leaking from right side of door. had to get service/repearer up to fix. He had to put silicon round corner of door to stop leaking.
Follow-up · I can only surmise that the seal leaked due to manufacturing flaw. One should not have to employ a repair person on a brand new appliance, after only two weeks of use. I would not buy Smeg appliances again & can't recommend this brand.
I am extremely disappointed with this SMEG kettle. It stopped working properly in less than one year, first intermittently and now almost not at all. This is unacceptable for a product marketed as high-quality and sold at a premium price—especially when much cheaper kettles last far longer. Customer service refused to offer a replacement and only… Read more
proposed a discount on a future purchase, which I find unreasonable for a defective product. Despite owning several SMEG products, this experience has seriously damaged my trust in the brand.
I do not recommend this product.
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I've just moved into an apartment in Brisbane built in 2017 with all SMEG appliances. I am the 2nd only owner. The dishwasher looks pristine but this afternoon it refused to function. It powers up with a beep but the cycle panel does not light up.… Read more
If I press the half load button a couple of the white lights on the cycle panel flash but it is not possible to select a cycle. AI diagnoses the issue as a PCB. Now holding my breath to see the cost of replacement. Unlikely to have much change from $1000 given the high call out charge then a new PCB and installation. It is discouraging to have equipment failures like this. I've also had problems with the SMEG washing machine, microwave and fridge. At this point there is no way I would recommend this brand.
UPDATE: Following posting this review I was contacted by a SMEG service representative. They very kindly offered to firstly cover the cost of an inspection by their service agent and then the cost of repairing the dishwasher. I was very impressed by their response and clearly they do value their brand and client satisfaction. Thank you SMEG!
Follow-up · Smeg were great in responding to my review. First, they agreed to fund an evaluation by their local service agent to determine the problem. Then, they agreed to fully fund the repair (replacement of electronics) even though the dishwasher was two years out of warranty. I cannot fault their response in any way and full marks to them. Thank you Smeg!
I can relate to a lot of the reviews here. I bought a set of SMEG small appliances, the toaster, coffee maker, and kettle. My toaster stopped working properly after less than four years — one side of the burners doesn’t work anymore. When I reached out to customer service, they told me it was out of warranty and offered to help with repairs, but… Read more
I’d have to cover all the costs. After I followed up, they gave me a 30% discount as a goodwill gesture. The funny part is that there was already a 25% sale on their website, so it really worked out to only about 5% extra off, and with a $35 shipping fee, it brought the total close to $280.00. I also, saw it for the similar price at another place....so not much of a gesture.
Overall, not the best customer service experience. I don’t expect appliances to last forever, but after spending over $300 on a toaster, I definitely expected it to last longer than four years. I’ll probably stick with the more affordable brands from now on, they seem to hold up a lot better based on my experience. That said, my other SMEG appliances have been fine so far.
I’m a cleaner and one of my clients has all SMEG in her kitchen. Toaster and kettle are fine but her oven rack plus microwave is terrible. The microwave went all rusty and I only use KOH on it! The other day I went to clean some grease off the outside of the bottom over near a switch and the outer coating started rubbing off! Looks terrible! I wouldn’t buy SMEG!
…. I have a $12 kettle in my studio :26 years old and still going strong .. we’ve had a beautiful ( looking) SMEG kettle for 4 years and it leaks … SMEG told me, “ cant help! out of warranty! dont make it anymore “ SMEG is posh & good looking but is actually glamorous RUBBISH
Follow-up · …. the model I dont quite know , its a lovely pale blue with a matching toaster … BUT it leaks from under the handle and the only way to stop the leak is to empty it after use . …. SO irritating and so you know my 26 years old $12 kettle finally said goodbye and was replaced by a very nice new $13:50 kettle with a lovely blue light within whilst boiling. SMEG = glamorous junk
My Smeg kettle has a massive bubble on the outside. I contacted the ‘diamond support’ team, and they said it is just cosmetic, and because it is out of warrenty, there is nothing they can do. I’m very disappointed as Smeg products are meant to be a quality purchase. There are multiple reviews where this same issue has occurred. October and the ‘Bubble’ has grown even larger.
Avoid buying the FSP9610X-1 oven! It is supplied with 1 shelf which makes it challenging to cook more than 1 dish or tray of biscuits at a time, negating having a 900mm. SMEG customer service response is shocking, responding with " it only comes… Read more
with 1 or 2 shelves and the oven can only hold 3 racks at a time", when I am fully aware of this and have only been supplied with 1 shelf and 2 non-functional trays, which are useless as they pull heat from the oven when in use. I regret buying this oven and will never purchase a SMEG again.
Follow-up · Heat distribution isn't good with the trays as they suck heat out. At least 3 shelves should be supplied with this oven and you get 1. Response from Smeg is horrendous. Absolutely no customer service at all
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$700 Smeg coffee machine requires something to be done to it every 2 to 3 cups it makes. This machine is more high maintenance than if I hired a barista to live with me and make me coffee's. Waste of money.
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Terrible quality. We bought an 8 year old apartment in Belise apartments Brisbane which had a Smeg integrated dishwasher, a range hood and oven and microwave. The dishwasher control buttons stopped working, the plastic bits on the rack were disintegrated. The rangehood was rusted and the buttons also stopped working. It is also ridiculously loud.… Read more
The oven and microwave seem ok although the microwave is really loud and doesn't remove internal steam well. The internal glass stays wet for ages and the rollers for the plate are fragile. I'm absolutely shocked at how bad the quality for Smeg appliances are. Often in Australia you see it advertised in real estate places as Smeg representing European quality. That's a joke. I've had Miele, Bosch, Panasonic, Blanco appliances for all over 15 years with no problems. I'm writing this review for the whole company because if a company like Smeg don't care about their brand name then they deserve to be blacklisted. Also on the apartment owners communication pages we all have Smeg appliances and the problems with the button control are all the same. That's an entire apartment building with the same problems. Everyone including ourselves have needed to replace the appliances as the fixing of the circuit boards for the buttons is overly expensive as they aren't making these units again. I'll never buy Smeg and I'm disgusted at the poor quality.
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Purchased a Smeg kettle and toaster which cost nearly £300 The kettle stuck to the base after a few uses. As a result I had a third degree burn on my thigh. An assessor from Smeg came and looked at the kettle and assured me someone would be in touch. A very arrogant and rude company. I’m permanently scarred for life, with no concern from this company. I won’t be letting this drop and I’ll post pictures of my burn.
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Almost not working oven, keeps always the same high temperature, can not adjust it. The microwave is broken already (buttons are not responding). These are built-in appliances in 6 years old building.
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Disappointed – Nice looking kettle, however for the price point its longevity is poor. My 6 year old kettle has started leaking from the base. Called Smeg, nothing they can do, disappointed.
Smeg oven issues – Absolutely terrible service from Smeg. The service centre is good. But Smeg are the Pits I would not buy Smeg again They didn't even bother to reply to my written email as they assured me they would
Smeg a nasty oven! – If I could give 0 star I would. Over parts to replace cost a fortune. Consumers beware! I bought an oven and have replaced parts on it twice which cost more than 3,000 the oven itself was 10,000. I wish I had bought a cheaper oven would have saved so much money. The generator on these ovens brake non stop!
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Terrible experience buyer beware the warranty means nothing – Absolutely disappointed with this company We brought a smeg dishwasher as we thought smeg was a reliable brand and the 5 year warranty sounded great. Fast forward 3 years and the silicon around the bottom of the dishwasher casing started to come away and we was afraid it would leak. Their warranty is definitely not a warranty!!! We had to wait 2… Read more
weeks for someone to come and look at it then another 2 months before the sales agent even ordered one to add to this we had to actually pay $200 even though it was still under warranty!!! The lady we felt with was damm right rude and had a terrible attitude. We now have a new smeg dishwasher but it dosent wash the dishes or dry them they come out dripping wet.Never will we buy smeg again. Such terrible after sales service and lord forbid if you ever had to use their “warranty” An absolute disgrace
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Disappointing – I bought my oven just before Christmas 2023 and at the beginning of October after using the pyroletic function for the first time it stopped working. It took 3 weeks for someone to look at it and it still have not been fixed. I have contacted Smeg multiple times and after explaining my issue they told me they would get back to me and I never heard… Read more
from them. I call them on Monday this week and I am still waiting to hear back. Not easy to feed a family for the last nearly 3 months without an oven. Very disappointed.
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