I've just moved here and as an avid cook I wanted to befriend a good local butcher…read more Well, these guys didn't disappoint. From having a 5 min healthy discussion on preferences of wing-tip sirloin and ribs of beef I was given a sneeky peep round the back. These guys provide the beef for the best steak places in Glasgow. I'd eaten at one of them earlier in the week and my eyes were bulging at the trays of chateaubriands and rib in sirloins. So, as you'd expect, their meat is very well sourced and as good as you're going to get anywhere. I took a1kg 1rib Angus and pan roasted it in butter and wilted rosemary to get a good sear, then a quick 15 mins in the oven. I had it sat on some roasted beetroot puree with a port, wine and fresh beef stock reduction and the beef was some of the best I've ever eaten. Superb quality and ageing. Week after I wanted a lamb rump as I had the hunger for some dauphinoise. They were happy just to prep some up straight away, no fuss. The lamb was delicious........as was the dauph ;) ........and the sausages. Get the Italian fennel ones and slow cook cook them in your tomato sauce for pasta. Very, very impressive. Prices are as you'd expect for meat of this quality. Look on the window for weekly £10 deals. Steak and chicken. Well worth it.

First to review? What is going on, Glasgow Yelpers?…read more This JOINT rests unassumingly on Byres Road and claims to be purveyors of fine meats. They are indeed. Walk by often enough, but was compelled to go in today noticing the £10 offer which includes 2 sirloin steaks, 2 pork loins, 4 steak lorne sausages and 4 pork sausages. And if that doesn't make you want to go as well, you're either a vegetarian, or just plain ole crazy (yes, those are different). Nice decor, welcoming, with a good layout and professional staff. Excellent selection of all sorts, including lamb burgers that are absolutely getting destroyed next visit. Delighted with my purchase today and will return. Enough said.

Ok its time to trust this veteran yelper. Do you like quality meat at good prices sourced from…read morelocal farms and butchered by experts? Yes? Then get your carnivorous little bottoms along to the savoy centre and get ready to find one of the best non fancy butchers in Glasgow...i shit thee not. Aye, its a bit freaky inside the savoy centre with its swarms of grannys, pishy stores and dodgy blokes.....if you've ever used the toilets in here you'll know what i'm talking about...., however this place is real quality. Selling the usual array of meats, cooked and raw, and with excellent deals on regularly, this is one fantastic place hidden away on Sauchiehall street. Get your bum here. Buy some Italian links (they're huge and tasty, and get ready to enjoy great meat at kick ass prices....

I was on the hunt for some Stornoway black pudding, not for me sadly, and would not come normally…read moreto the savoy centre as l usually go to a butchers in the west end. In the past I had never seen it in their display but came on the of chance, I asked the server if there was any, and I was in luck there was a stock pile in the fridge. Not sure why a butchers shop would stock an item then not place it on display, very odd indeed. There is a good selection here, from steak pie's to eggs, definitely a place to visit.

Their sausages are second to none. Their pork pies are second to none. Their local beef is second…read moreto none. In fact, they are hard to beat in all departments.

Yes that's right, I am vegetarian. And this butchers gets 5* from me!…read moreBasing my review on my experience in the shop and what my meat eating men said about the produce. My dad told me pay a visit to this butchers after buying a piece of machinery from them for our bakery and then finding out how much AWARD WINNING produce they have! I got told to get the award winning bacon and Cumberland Sausages. So, in we walk and I have never seen so many award winning signs in my life! What to choose??? Let's start with the Cumberland sausages - two kinds, both please! And then to the choice of bacon, well, how do people choose?? We opted for the black treacle cured back bacon (award winning obviously) and Adam Y chose the oak smoked back bacon. All the bacon was boasting not to leave that nasty white stuff in your pan. While we were here we picked up some award winning pies too. Pork Pie, Peppered Steak Pie and Chicken Pie. All of which looked perfect (coming from a baker, that's a HUGE compliment) and i am told they tasted just as good! The service we received whilst in the shop was second to none. Enough said. If you are ever passing Windermere town (and you eat meat) you must pay Huddlestons a visit! x

Here is what I wrote after visiting Huddlestone's during my walk from John O'Groats to Lands End in…read more2013. 'The most memorable thing about Windemere was a "Cornish" pasty I bought from Huddlestone's Butchers in Windemere. It was so good I returned to the shop to tell them so, and the man said he had obtained the recipe from an old friend of his in Cornwall, who had recently retired, and finally parted with his secret recipe. So if you are in the Lake District, and craving for a "genuine" Cornish pasty, go along to Huddlestone's Butchers in The Avenue, Windemere.' I am so pleased that they have been recognised as the 'Premier' in 2016. Congratulations to all at Huddlestones. And yes, I can still remember how good it was. And I still live in Cornwall. Bryan Pesce

Absolutely adored each visit. Wonderful service, great food and family-friendly atmosphere!read more

Great food and a good pit stop on a journey to Norfolk. Definitely a repeat visitor nowread more

I really enjoy shopping in in independent stores, I was surprised to find this little gem with a…read morebig display of their finest selected cuts of meats, displayed in an eye catching way that complimented the foods on offer. I buy my Stornaway black pudding here all the time when I'm passing through, at the side there is a selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, potatoes and fresh eggs. You can order any items that they don't usually stock like turkey's for Christmas & venison. Definitely a place to stop by for all your fresh meats.

Folk coming over for lunch. I fancied cooking some lamb shanks. How hard can it be? Find a good…read morelocal butcher on Yelp, call to order, pick up, pay, cook & serve. Stymied at step 2 when I called a highly-rated establishment in Clarkston. Me: "Hi, I'd like to order some lamb shanks for Friday (3 days away)." Butcher: "Oh sorry, someone else has already ordered lamb shanks." Me: "OK....do you only have one lamb??" Next call Thomson Brothers; Me: "Hi, could I order some lamb shanks please?" Butcher: "No problem, sir. How many? For Friday? See you then." On the day, a cheery welcome, some good banter and some superb shanks, all wrapped and ready to go. In terms of quality & size, more like lion shanks than lamb. The shop looks small from outside but is extremely well appointed.has a fantastic selection of meat, including steaks, beef olives, sausages, black pudding...you name it, they've got it. I'm going to be eating more meat, for an excuse to visit my not-so-local butcher.

Try the Haggis Truffle. (http://orfy.blogspot.com/2013/08/some-things-are-just-meant-to-be.html)…read moreTo Die for.

Great wee shop on Overton Farm!…read more My guy, some friends of ours and I yearly, visit Overton Farm for their Point to Point Horse races. The past two years have been absolutely gorgeous and we've had an amazing time. The farm sets up a track in their grass fields and the day starts off with the pony horses and then the main event with at least 8 races for the day. There are bookies set up if you want to get your bets in for each race, and there is a bar and a wee cafe set up as well. At the front of the farm is the Overton Farm Shop & Butchery which has a wide variety of goods to purchase on the day as well as every other day. It's quite a small shop, but there are loads of delicious meats and fresh eggs, baked goods and basic kitchen staples. I stopped in for some snacks to enjoy during the races and left with a bag of locally baked biscuits, 4 bags of crisps, a bag of Hanover Pretzel Pieces (YES) and a diet irn bru. The line was out the door the day I went in, because of the horse race, but the staff were just as friendly as ever helping everyone make their way in and out in no time. Make sure you bring cash just in case as there is no ATM on the premises. Although they do have a card machine, the signal in the area is very hit or miss, so the machine was down the day I was there. If we lived in the area, we would shop here all the time for sure, but once a year will have to do it for us. Love this wee shop.

The shop sells all kinds of meats including wild game and I even saw zebra. Got a Christmas tree…read morehere £6 per foot. Very friendly staff here.

When I was a kid I always refused to go into this place because I hated the smell of raw meat…read more Nowadays, I always go in with my wee mum to pick out a few things for my dinner. I'm still not too enamoured with the sight of bloody pork, but I make an exception for here. The selection in here is pretty wide. It's a butchers, so obviously the main line is meat;mince steak, chicken and veal, but they also do a mean steak pie and really fab ready made stir frys and kebabs with peppers. My family butcher and a pretty good one at that.

Best Steak Pie I've ever tasted, Black pudding is amazing, Haggis is second to none, and the square…read moresausages cannot be beat. Just wish you guys could ship to Canada... :)

Cranstons, the family-owned butchers in Penrith, has been serving local meat since 1914. Now it has…read moreopened a new café above the Cumbrian Food Hall, close to the M6 on the south-west side of the town. When I visited on a lunchtime in late November, the place was packed with locals, no doubt taking the opportunity to get out and about following the recent Biblical downpour. As you'd expect there's plenty of meat on the menu: an 8oz Gammon Steak; Cumberland Sausage with mash and red onion marmalade; an 8oz steak burger with streaky bacon and home made chips. Each of these costs £8.45. For £10.25 you can try the 'Cranstons' Local Platter, which features pastrami, roast ham and smoked pork loin. I was told that the soup of the day was parsnip and banana. I gave this a miss and opted for Chicken and Mediterranean Vegetable Terrine with tomato and olive chutney. It played safe, in my opinion, and would have benefited from a more imaginative accompaniment. A nod to vegetarians comes in the form of Grilled Goats Cheese & Pickled Beetroot Salad and Quiche of the Day. But I think a vegetarian in Cumbria is someone who has resolved not to eat meat between meals. The café is bright, spacious and unfussily furnished. The tall windows offer panoramic views of the lowering skies over the northern fells. On the opposite wall, a water-painting depicts a more benign riparian scene.

what can i say about this fine specialist butchers, apart from you have to go to buy to experience…read morethe quality of the food. The meat is so fresh, and they do fab stir frys plus so much more than you would expect frfom a butchers. There is also a really good fruit and veg section in there along with a local family run bakers whose bread is good.They also sell locally produced desserts and specialist food tha you wont find in supermarkets. If its something different for tea you are looking for then i strongly recommend you give this place a go.