A pretty famous butchers in the local area, it also has a sandwich bar at the side which is the part I will be reviewing.
The rolls and baguettes and fillings are great, the best in town, and far better than what you get from Greggs. The prices are also inline with others in the area. Service is good as well. But there's a major problem, the vast majority of the time the selection is poor. I come in early most mornings to get a coronation chicken baguette. Half the time they have it, half the time they don't. It's the same for the pies they sell, they rarely have them all.
It's gets worse if you come in after early morning. They don't seem to restock anything so it gets pretty barren. After lunch time there's almost nothing left. I wish they'd fix it because they're really losing out on business.
As an example, today I came in an hour after opening. I wanted a coronation chicken baguette, nope, don't have any. Tikka? No. Ok, maybe I'll just have a steak pie. Again, no... I guess I'll just have to have the meat and potato one, but that'd be pretty dry so I'll have gravy and peas with it. They had neither. This is the worst it's been before.
You should definitely still try it out, but you'll need luck on your side if you want anything in particular. read more