Customer Ratings & Reviews

Does the job for much less money than more expensive models. Consumer Reports gave it great reviews. There's no heating element for drying, but if you run it on "sanitize" setting, that takes care of drying or you can simply pop open the door to let the steam out. Oh, and use a drying agent. I've had no problems with drying or unusual smells that some reviewers comment about. The layout of the racks takes getting used to, but no problems. With the bottom rack, you do need to open the door completely in order to roll the rack out. Noise-wise, it's fairly quiet. No louder than a heavy rain outside with hurricane impact windows. In other words, the noise is negligible. And probably not worth spending $1,000 for something event quieter.

This is an excellent dishwasher. Very quiet and cleans very well. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that the bottom rack and top rack are not as useful as my old dishwasher. The front of the bottom rack doesn't hold the cereal bowls as easily as my ond one and the upper rack the outside row for glasses on each side is great, but the next row is too narrow for the same glasses I put on the outside. Also, it has many different cycles, and we know that one only ever uses one, maybe two. But it does not have a rinse and hold, which I lament. I turn on the short cycle and have to catch it 10 minutes in to simulate a rinse and hold.

Supper quiet, cleans well, and the rack design hold more dishes than my old GE. Because we have low counters the only choice of brands that would fit were GE or Bosch. The guys at the appliance repair shop said to go with the Bosch. Yes it doesn't have heat dry but I never used it with my old dishwasher, so I don't miss it. It does require rinse aid which my old one didn't but this is so quiet I wasn't sure it was even running, so it was a good trade off. One more thing, the old GE required two soap packages to clean well, and this does the same job with one. I may have to buy rinse aid which it hardly uses any and the bottle I got at Costco will probably last me two years, but it saves on soap. So far, I'm really happy with this purchase.

This dishwasher has never worked properly since it was installed June 2013. We replaced an 11-year-old dishwasher with this one because the racks were starting to rust, but I wished we hadn't because our old dishwasher cleaned and dried the dishes just fine with Wal-Mart brand dishwasher detergent. With this new Bosch, there are always several dishes that do not come out clean. Sometimes we don't notice the faint fragments of food and then the dishes start growing mold while they're in the cabinets. I have also opened the dishwasher after it has finished cleaning the dishes to find food smeared on the inside of the door. It dries about 80% of the dishes, and you have to leave the door open after it finishes washing and "drying" because the bottom and sides of the dishwasher are completely wet and it will start to smell quickly if you don't get it dried. The dishwasher has also broken and chipped several of our glasses because the racks are not designed to hold average American glasses. No matter how well I try to separate and anchor them on the top rack, they still somehow wobble. And one of the detergents recommended by Bosch etched most of our glasses. We had our water tested and it showed as "ideal" on the hardness scale so that is not causing the etching issue. We've called Bosch with these issues 3 times, however, they continue to tell us to try different settings on the machine and various detergents. I turned on the extra dry setting and use the rinse agent but nothing has helped. Finally they had a repair guy come to look at it. He told me all the settings are correct, and I'm doing everything right, however, he could not find anything wrong with the machine and there was nothing he could do. I even showed him 3 dirty glasses and 2 bowls with mold on them that had come out of the dishwasher after it had completely finished its cleaning and drying, 2hrs 40 mins. We dislike this dishwasher so much, we bought a Maytag dishwasher today to replace it. I would rather be out $540 + tax than waste any more time and trouble on it.

Nice and quiet. Washes and dries great. Would have liked to have a rack design that better accommodates soup bowls

As usual Bosch d/w is quiet which I love ... although according to our kids we can't hear _ _ _ _! Good features, easy to use, but wish it were all stainless inside. Door seems stiff to open, hoping that will change over time.

Love the sanitize feature, lots of room, QUIET! Much better cleaning than my 15 y.o. Bosch. I almost switched to another brand because my old one didn't clean well but glad that I didn't. This one has more features than I'll ever use.

Very good price for Bosch product. Quiet and not long cycles. Easy to clean. Second Bosch product at my house. My parents have been using this model since 2012 and are very satisfied so that's why I decided to buy the same one.

Have had the Bosch for about a month, and had no issues or problems. The noise level is good and I have not had any problems with dishes not being dry when completed. I have been using the auto cycle, which allows the machine to decide how long to run based on sensors. The only negative things I can think of are: 1. The lower rack requires a gentle touch and when pulling it out to remain on line. 2. The angles and tight placement of the lower rack's tines, requires me to place my cereal/soup bowls farther apart and in one particular orientation.

It cleans well. The door is quite hard to open Funky layout of low drawer,

Love this dishwasher! Great price, excellent delivery and installation service, it runs so quietly that I keep pressing my ear against it to make sure it’s working.

We have had the unit roughly a month and so far we absolutely love it. It’s quiet, gets the job done well (even without a pre-rinse), and accommodates a LOT of dirty dishes and cups. We added the recommended drying agent and have not had a problem with drying time. The only negative I would mention that is mentioned in other reviews is yes - the prongs do make it difficult to load on occasion. Other than that we have been very satisfied.

I've had this dishwasher for almost 2 months and I absolutely love it! It's super quiet and the dishes come out clean every time. Sometimes the load doesn't fully dry, however I was aware of this from previous reviews and to be honest it's not a big deal to me. I just open the door and pull out the racks and let me finish drying. I've honestly never used a dish washer they"fully" dried anyway lol, Do yourself a favor and read the manual. The loading is different than other dishwashers but holds just a much if not more, I really like it. Also make sure you clean out the filter in the bottom of the dish washer...super easy. I very happy with my purchase!

Pro: Incredibly quiet and cleans dishes spotless. Con: Inside of dishwasher stinks a lot! And the heat doesn't dry dishes as good as I thought it would. Lots of water is left on them so I end up taking a dish towel and drying everything off afterwards. I would have thought a Bosch wouldn't have this issue but I guess not. I wondered if the drying/sink issue was impacting only mine, but I found out my ex-spouse has the same one and he has the same problem too.

After about 5 weeks, our evaluation is that this unit cleans well and is quiet enough, but the layout of the trays leaves something to be desired. We have had difficulty fitting certain dishes in it and the top tray (mainly for glasses) does not accommodate wine glasses as well as it should. Anyone considering it should bring a representative sample of their dishes to the store to 'try it out first.' We did that but probably brought the wrong items. We marked "Yes" for recommending it , but with the reservations as stated above.

We were quite satisfied with our 15 year old Whirlpool dishwasher. Alas, the control board died. Looking at a $175+ replacement cost, we figured it was time for a new unit. My wife follows the Consumer Report recommendations, so we settled on Bosch. I agree with other reviewers on this site concerning this Bosch unit in this regard: it is incredibly quiet and cleans nicely. Glassware is essentially spotless. The racks are poorly designed and, while it appears they might hold a lot of dishes, the tines are so close together, few standard size items fit between them. Thus, you skip every other tine when loading thereby reducing the effective capacity. However, it is infuriating to wait 2 1/2 hours for a clean cycle and find many items still damp. Obviously, plastic will not dry. But we find that certain glasses, metal items, and some plates are damp. The stainless steel door is always damp upon completion of any wash cycle. We've resorted to leaving the door open for 15-30 minutes before emptying the washer. That's crazy. Why use a convenience device, if it's still a hassle? I understand that most dishwashers sold nowadays use the technique embedded in this unit - superheating the final rinse water - in order to achieve electricity efficiency ratings. It's dumb and it doesn't work - at least not on this unit. Bosch builds many great items. I have several Bosch hand tools and they are superb. I suspect that this dishwasher might have been also, but the inferior drying causes me to rank it poorly.

When we first installed the dishwasher and tried a trial run, we didn't think it was working because we didn't hear it; opened the door after a few minutes and sure enough there was hot water in there and it really was working! We didn't buy it because it was so quiet, but it is a nice feature! Dishes get sparkling clean, better than our previous Maytag. It is a tall tub and allows for tall items to easily fit, but the racks seem smaller than our previous dishwasher, so I can't fit as many large bulky items like I did in our previous machine, though if I was only washing place settings it would fit a lot; I'm willing to take that trade-off for how great the dishes come out.

Great dishwasher. Quiet and gets the job done! Easy to install and east to operate. The door is nice and heavy and it feels like a dependable and sturdy machine.

This dishwasher works great. Cleans dried on food with no issue. I love that I can wash plastic on both levels. The silverware container is a great size and holds my silverware away from each other for better cleaning. Only issue is I wish the rack on the main level could be set up a little better to hold a bigger variety of different size dishes. But for the price I have bought this dishwasher twice. The first time I left it at the home I sold and bought a new one for the new home.

Have had it for about 4 months now. Cleans very well & is VERY quiet. Have run it when friends are over & they did not know it was on. Racks are different from 15 year old Kenmore we had so took some adjusting/getting used to them. Otherwise excellant dishwasher.