to turn away my takeaway?

Erm… the OP literally paid for a service where she would receive her food at a certain time. That is the entire point of a scheduled delivery. Why are you trying to make out the OP has made some kind of outlandish demand?

You were being utterly ridiculous. Do you not have a microwave?

I ordered a supermarket delivery and it came an hour early while I was still working, the driver didn’t even say “sorry I’m early any chance you can take delivery now”, he just expected to be able to deliver it. I told them to come back at the proper time slot. I’d paid for the hour slot rather than the 4 hr window because I couldn’t have it whilst working. I think that was reasonable.

Here, you order, they tell you a time that could be anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour (lies!) Then two hours later when it's not arrived, you collect it and get a 30% discount.

I've noticed they often do this.
Just order it when you need it and don't bother scheduling again
They're don't seem to read instructions.

But if it came early
Might as well take it,cuz if you wanted them to learn from this, unfortunately they just won't.

Just curious, why not order it when they are down?

Because kids wake up so even if you preordered it and the kids were still awake at 8 then what? Accepted it and reheated it anyway or?

I would have just taken the food but I see where you’re coming from.

It’s a tad annoying that everything didn’t go exactly to plan but no way would I have sent the food back. Indian food is lovely re-heated too and I’d rather it sat in my kitchen for 1.5 hours than in the back of someone’s car. You kind of bit off your nose to spite your face just so that you could be right.

Curried jizz

We had the same recently - scheduled slot was 730, with the plan of having the kids in bed asleep. It turned up at 630. We were a bit annoyed but took it anyway. Just had a slightly less relaxing mealtime than originally planned.
I’ll make sure to emphasize the importance of the time slot next time.
I don’t blame you for sending it back though. What’s the point of asking for a time slot if they ignore it

The OP probably did explain why, and is just using the word 'no' for brevity.

The Indian we use is really popular especially at weekends so we always order early. It's a cuisine that's happy to sit in a warm oven while we drink wine for a little while.

for this reason I would never order a takeaway ahead of time for a particular time slot. I don’t think most restaurants are really set up to work in that way - they’re mostly focused on getting them all out asap. I know uber eats and just eat etc offer the functionality but i am not sure how it looks at the front end, if the desired delivery time is obvious. If I did I would prob phone the restaurant after I ordered to check.

I also would have taken the food and reheated as rather that than it sitting in a car for 90 mins…

Sure. It might have been mildly irritating that it came early but not a big deal., I certainly wouldn't have turned it away. Just reheat, simples.

I think where all aware its not the delivery drivers fault and its the restaurants fault. But that doesn't mean op should of just accepted the food

I think you were being unreasonable to be rude and stare at the driver rather than explaining the situation and that you had pre ordered for a certain time slot. I might have even fibbed and said it was to eat with guests and they weren't even there yet. They were unreasonable delivering it so early, but mistakes do happen.

I’d have accepted the food and complained to Uber about the time mix up. Reheated it later. Not ideal but there wouldn’t be spit in it either.

Yanbu This is why I never dare pre order takeaways anymore its so annoying. I ordered at a specific time for a reason if I wanted it sooner I would of ordered it for sooner.

I’ve done this before when I’d scheduled to pick up after picking up DH from the train - it was their mistake and all communicated nicely

I'm amazed at the responses you've received here! You've paid for an advertised service and you are within your rights to expect to receive it. I have sent food back in similar circumstances because it was just no good to me at the time it was delivered. 10-20 minutes early would be ok but 90 minutes is ridiculous. If they have an option to schedule delivery they should stick to that.

Having said that it wasn't the drivers fault so if you were rude to him then YABU.

I’d have accepted the food and put it in the oven on a very low temperature to keep it warm and enjoyed it once the kids were in bed.

I’d then have complained to the restaurant about the time. The Uber Eats driver probably won’t get paid and it’s not his fault your order time was mucked up.

I would have done the same as you. 30 mins I'd accept but not an hour and a half.

What time did they redeliver?