There are plenty of butchers about in Bangor, particularly based in the big stores such as Tesco…read moreand Asda. You may be able to get the stuff cheaper at these big chains but I really prefer to support local butchers as you will get quality, locally grown food that is always tasty and at a fair but not cheap price. There is nothing the matter with paying a little bit more for a local service. This shop is in Market Street which is right near Asda, Main Street and lots of other shops as well as excellent access to parking. You can pick up all sorts of quality foods here. Cooked meats, home made pies, steak pies, chicken pies, cooked joints as well as an outside catering service. All top quality at a fair price.

I would say this is probably the oldest and best established butchers in Bangor. I remember a…read morefriend of mine refused to eat sausages from anywhere else in Bangor which speaks volumes for its legendary status within the town. I have memories of going in here with my mum and there being sawdust on the floor which I always thought was a nice old school touch. The prices are pretty normal and you will pay that little bit extra than in Tesco or Asda but I think its worth it to support a local business. You will struggle to get parked right outside but it is situated right on main street so there is plenty of parking about.

Veggies beware, Primacy Meats Food Village kind of give the game away with their name. It started…read morelife as a butcher and farm shop and is mostly a carnivore's paradise. That said there is plenty of fresh fruit and veg in the shop as well. Although Bangor has an abundance of butchers, this one has joined the growing trend of having a coffee shop/restaurant attached. The food in here is good quality using on site ingredients for good prices. You can get a hearty feed for £5. Unlike other reviewers I find Primacy to be one of the cheapest butchers in Bangor (maybe its more to do with what I buy) and they have good meat packs available which offer decent discount for bulk buying. Some of the other products on offer in the shop can be pricey though. I also think their meat is great quality and well tasty. The staff are all great. Friendly and happy to provide help and advice.

Primacy Meats used to be a small family run butchers with a small farm shop that probably stocked…read moreproduce 2 years past its sell by date. But within the last 3 years it has grown, matured and developed into a super butchers. It now boasts a coffee shop, gift shop and fruit and veg shop, its like when one of your friends comes into money and completely changes. They get a brand new house (shop) build big iron gates and lose all personality. Although I think I may just be bitter because I felt a certain affinity with the old Primacy meats. It is rather over priced compared to its competitors and it feels like it is trying to hard to be the best. With the awards it has won there is no wonder that it has developed an ego. Northern Irelands Butcher of the year 2009 is one of these accolades but trust me if you want reasonably priced meat I would stay away from the Primacy. The staff are friendly and polite and they will even throw in an extra dog bone with your purchases. But if they get any more expensive the dog will be missing out and I will be chewing on the bone. It is a great location, out of town and if you fancy something different for lunch then you should visit the coffee shop, it is a little more reasonable. Parking is fantastic but it does get busy in BBQ season and you may have to queue out the door.

David Burns is a small traditional award winning family butchers started by the late David Burns in…read more1976. He was the first Champion of Champions sausage maker. David's son, Brian, is maintaining his high standards providing quality products from local stock with his team of highly trained and long serving staff. You can get everything you need from matured lamb and beef, free range chickens and fresh pork, which is delivered daily. The quality of the stuff is top grade and you can't really do better in town. As well as calling in you are able to order online and get it delivered to you the next day, if you order before 3pm.

There is plenty of butchers in town, well established ones as well as the ones based in the large…read moresupermarkets. This place has been around for a couple of years and has an amazing reputation. A friend of mine briefly worked in here so we all checked it out when it first opened and have been back lots of times. They have a massive selection of meats including the usual chicken, pork, lamb, beef as well as other stuff that you may not expect from a butchers. You can get ready made meals that you can stick into the old oven and there you go - you have a meal for as many people as you need. The prices are good and the staff are knowledgable and helpful. It's based right in Bloomfield Shopping Centre so there is plenty of good parking and ATMs near by.

You know you're a grown up when you get excited by a butchers shop. Or maybe it's because I can't…read morecook that I love McGees as this is a butchers which sells all manner of ready to cook meat and non meat meals which aren't heavily processed. You can get every day meals like a whole chicken ready prepared with potatoes and veg - just shove it in the oven and 2 hours later you've got a family dinner. There's also chicken gougons, stuffed chicken breasts and chicken stir fries ready done with veg and sauces. The beef is fantastic and only comes from one farm in County Tyrone which uses the most animal welfare conscious methods possible. I think that's important these days and I also think the beef tastes all the better for it. Quite often if we're entertaining, I buy the main course from McGees. I don't actually lie and say I have made it myself, but if no-one asks, I sure ain't telling. I have done stuffed pork fillet and rack of lamb which come beautifully prepared and just go straight in the oven. To complete your meal, whether a week day tea or a dinner party, McGees also do lush little garlic potatoes, chilli potatoes and packs of stir fry veg. Prices are great too, for example the complete chicken dinner is £7 which you really couldn't beat by making it all from scratch yourself.

McKee's is a family run farm in the sweeping Craigantlet hills that has been growing and harvesting…read morequality crops for three generations, more recently the family have undertake the venture of a Fram Shop and restaurant and it has proved very popular. The McKee family work under the ethos that food should be natural, wholesome and healthy and they only cook and sell quality fruit, vegetables, bakery butchery and dairy on their premises. These beliefs have helped McKee's build up a bit of a cult following, recently I went to McKee's on a dreary Wednesday afternoon and could not even get seated for a quick bite thus is its popularity. There was a real mix of people seated in the restaurant and in contrast to a lot of other places of this nature it seemed to attract a few people who were under 60. We didn't get seated and we would have had to have waited a good bit to get a seat so we left, but McKee's will definitely be visited again by me. The staff were extremely apologetic but there was not much else they could have done apart from wheeling a pensioner out of the restaurant.

So it's been a couple of years from I've been back at mckees and I've always loved it. However this…read moretrip made me question if it would be somewhere I would come back to. Previously you were seated and served at the table, now you have to go through one door know what you want to order, order at the door and then be handed a number in a plastic try with your cutlery. It was giving school canteen vibes and tbh was a little chaotic and stressful. We had gone just to get some deserts and coffee for a catch up but these weren't on the menu on the wall and we had to ask about these at the desk. The staff are lovely and the food was nice for what we had but these new changes just weren't what we expected.