Wow! Amazing store for anyone interested in local goods... perfect for stocking up on Dorset's…read morefinest while in the area over a long weekend. Whether you are looking for breakfast (serving sausage and bacon baps on the day we were there), groceries (large selection of local meats and vegetables), local cider / beer / spirits or even gifts, this is the place for you. Everyone was very friendly and the quality of the meat and produce was very high... the cider was pretty damn good too. A necessary bookmark for anyone going to the Jurassic Coast. Also, they also sell flowers, plants and children's wetsuits (of course)!

Highly recommended. Good selection and quality at a great price. Very friendly and welcoming too.read more

Totally agree with the other reviewsfab shop great for foodie lovers and lots of little bits for…read morepresents, onion marmalade, chiili jam , cheese biscuits etc. Staff are helpful, funny and know their stuff..easy to spend way to much though so be warned!

Traditional butcher that has added a wet fish section and a cheese/delicatessen section. The range…read moreof products is excellent and the service is second to none. A little pricey but you have to pay for quality.

M J Dalton Butchers has the appearance of a traditional butcher all the way down to the sawdust on…read morethe floor. It's clean and friendly and does a sideline in condiments and conserves. But what it's most famous for is the selection of exotic meats that are flown in from South Africa. These include crocodile, springbok, wildebeest and zebra. It's clear that they are aiming for the speciality niche in the Bristol market, as they also offer quite a selection of eggs, with pretty speckled quail eggs in a basket on the counter. Then there's things like chitterling and homemade faggots listed on one of the several sandwich boards outside, and don't forget the pork and beef dripping, white and black pudding and tripe! But the best item, to my mind, is the 'handraised pork pies'! Someone please tell me how you had rear a pork pie! Joking aside, this butchers is great. I tend to go for the more conventional cuts of meat (and by their own admission most other people do too - they say they stock things like crocodile and zebra for the novelty value so that people can try it once). I also like a bit of black pudding every now and then, and it's good to know that there's a butchers with an exhaustive selection of stock in Bristol, so that I can guarantee that I will always get what I want.

A family business well established for over twenty years in Bristol, Daltons is where I come for my…read moresausages without a doubt. The sheer selection in this old school butchers shop is second to none. Prime cuts of beef, pork and chicken are supplied to local schools, nursing homes and restaurants as well as the hungry locals. Pigeon, pheasant, partridge and venison are some of my other favourites gracing the menu board alongside veal and rabbit. They don't just buy the stuff in and knock it back out, but they live it. They know it. Behind the scenes are some of the cleanest most professional kitchens I have ever seen, where they make all their delights fresh and on the day - just try their 4oz lamb and mint burgers for a mere 50p! With ostrich, camel and crocodile meat as well as quail eggs being standard runners - you simply can't walk past this well stacked, well planned shop.

Sad to say, the towns best butcher shop closed down due to lack of local support and the monopoly…read moreof the large supermarket chains in the area. Sadly missed. The saying is so true:. Use it or lose it

A fantastic village butchers, I love this place! :-) It's exactly what you'd expect from a butcher…read moreserving the local community. That said, even if you live on the other side of Basingstoke, you should make the time to visit these guys. They always have interesting meal ideas (the lamb swirls are amazing!) and will always take the time to give advice. The quality of the produce is simply superb. I got fed up with the rubbish service that you get from the big supermarkets, so thought I'd try and support more local businesses. What a great plan that turned out to be. If you've only ever bought meat from a supermarket (like I had), then you don't know what you're missing. :-) I've ordered my Christmas turkey already and they're going to bone it and stuff it for me. Nice. Thoroughly recommended.

I went here recently to pick up some BBQ items some sausages & burgers. The quality of the meat is…read moretop notch and they have a wide variety of flavoured sausages and beef burgers. The taste of D Prings products are truly awesome if you wanna impress people with your BBQ skills half the battles in selecting the right meat. The queues are quickly serviced so you don't have to wait long. The butchers were friendly enough and the price was very good I go there whenever I want a good BBQ selection. The best cuts are always available so if you want it just ask, they'll come back with a great steak. I had 8 1/4 pounders and 12 sausages for just over £5 that's great value for money.

Ahhh, butchers. It takes me back to shopping trips with my grandmother, these places do. There'd be…read morea monumental trek up Cathedral Road that would seem to take weeks, but knowing my grandmother's hatred for physical exertion, probably only took an hour or so. We'd maybe stop into a cafe for egg and chips and my nan would, of course, know the owner. We'd go to a couple of pound shops. Not to look about, mind you. But because my nan wanted very specific things from there. And then, before heading to the bus stop, we'd go to the butchers "to pick up something for our tea". That was the routine. And now that I'm an adult myself, I can't help but smile whenever I dive in to grab a steak "for my tea". Of course, that smile also comes from the fact that in this particular butcher, it's not uncommon to see the meat cut right in front of you if you go at the right time of the day. There's something visceral and satisfying about watching your food being sliced up right in front of you. It's like being primal by proxy. And the prices on top of this... they're just the greatest thing ever. Buying a steak big enough to beat a man to death with for pocket change gives an immense amount of satisfaction. And then heading back to the cave with a hunk of meat over your shoulder? You feel like a hunter. What's not to love?

If we don't go to Bartletts we go to Banables. Not quite so 'up market' but extra friendly and good…read morequality meat unlike those supermarkets. Fantastic pork pies too. Try the dry cured bacon.

This farm shop is just down the road from me and it's absolutely fantastic. The strawberry fields…read moreare open from June and there are always millions of lucious, plump and well priced strawberries to be found. There are wide ranges of other seasonal fruit and veg to be picked, too - my favourites are the raspberries! The produce within the shop is fairly pricey but it's delicious and local, so it's worth trying a few things as a treat. There's always something for the kids.. the little play area and giant sandpit is popular, and there are often seasonal activities as well, such as treasure trails.

Fabulous farm shop and pick your own. As well as the obvious strawberries and raspberries you can…read morepick a wide variety of other berries, beans, peas and sweetcorn. The strawberries are grown on frames off the ground, so they're slug free. The only disadvantage of this is that strawberry picking isn't an option for children until they're about three. However there are other things for kids - a small play area with a sandpit, swings and slides; a maize maze in summer; and Halloween treasure trail finishing off with PYO pumpkin in October. The shop sells a variety of non-fruit/veg produce - cheese, cooked and raw meats, pickles, cakes and even ready meals.

I don't know that I've ever had a finer cheese shopping experience elsewhere in the world. We came…read morespecifically for the store (not the cafe), and though it's on the smaller side: there are SO MANY delicious things to look through and buy (I dare you to leave here empty handed). The incredibly knowledgeable, incredibly friendly, incredibly engaging cheesemonger from France basically only had eyes for me (or so it felt; they take care of their customers so well here! I've never felt so spoiled!), and spent quite a bit of time both talking cheese with me and letting me try loads of different samples from locally made sources. I got quite a few options, and he did a spectacular job at giving me just enough of each so that I could have a Wine + Cheese Night For One back at my AirBnB. I also picked up some crackers, olives, and incredibly garlicky hummus. If you love cheese, do yourself a favor and come here. Even if you don't know where to begin except traits you like (funky, creamy, earthy, salt crystaly), they'll know exactly where to steer you, and will probably delight and surprise you along the way!

Superb cheese; a local blue, a local soft, and a Italian hard, all just as the French gentleman who…read morehelped us pick them out had described. The shop is delightfully petite and well organized. And the Tiffany blue of the store is what caught our eye, and lucky we did see it because we had a most lovely picnic.

The plus point - they do sell organic meat. The minus points…read more- it's astonishingly expensive (I've bought organic meat for a lot less), and on the few occasions I've been in there the reception has been frosty to say the least. By all means eat organic, but it's not difficult to buy the same quality meat at a much more reasonable price, and other butchers might actually be pleased to see you.

J W Todd and Son Pork Butchers is one of two butchers on Clifton Street. It was established way…read moreback in 1884, which makes it 126 years old!!! That's some achievement! One of the main reasons that they have maintained such a successful business for so long is their commitment to quality and stocking meats that the locals and Cardiff as a whole appreciate. This includes carrying the meat products from regionally farmed animals such as, welsh beef, welsh lamb, free range poultry, and free range woodland pork, (the latter being their speciality). The level of service that you receive at this butchers is second to none, and acts as a real sweetener considering that the price tags are slightly higher than you would see in lesser establishments. Advice is liberally provided including how to select the right cut of meat for your needs, as well as recommendations on how to cook it. They will even suggest the best ways to store the meat, and get the most out of your purchase for your money... using the bones to make stock etc... This is a great family business!

I have nothing but praise for this small family run business. I have been shopping here all my…read morelife. My family still come here regularly. We always get our Christmas meat too. Their gammon and cooked meats are second to none. Having a specialist independent pork butcher on my doorstep is a real privilege. I have lived in London and travelled all over the world but I think the quality of the food served here is comparable with anywhere in the country. When i first visited the floors were wooden and had sawdust on them. Clifton Street was a thriving shopping area then too. A lot has changed but Todd's has managed to stay reassuringly the same. All the produce is freshly made or cooked on the premises and includes ham,pork, gammon, sausages,faggots, dripping,chitlings pork pies, brawn and polony. They also sell cooked chicken, and my personal favourites tongue and salt beef. Perhaps someone should give Jamie Oliver a call...?