Reviews of Pasture To Plate Natural Products Ltd (Butcher Shop)

puya turkiyan

Just purchased $300 worth premium quality organic meat. My list included chicken, lamb, and beef. Here's the difference when you cook good meat: 1. It doesn't smell as bad when put in stews or fried 2. The meat melts in your mouth when put in stews 3. The meat doesn't taste rotten (you get this with whole foods and other chain supermarkets) They also cut and pack whatever you want on the spot. You pay a premium and I am happy to pay it with what I get. Highly, highly, highly recommended.

Garrett Genest

The best butcher shop overall I've found in my opinion with delicious, healthy, humane, and local meat. The staff are EXTREMELY knowledgeable - I asked what they fed their chickens and the butcher told me without blinking an eye. How many butcher shops can tell you exactly what their livestock is fed. The meat quality is fantastic, and Pasture to Plate offers a very large selection of products for health-conscious buyers like beef marrow bones, beef liver, etc. If you buy a large enough quantity you'll also get a 15% discount on all beef in your order which is amazing if you're stocking up for a month like we do.

Ildi Hards

I should have read all the reviews. Purchased a bunch of stuff for pickup $150 worth. None of the meat was anything special. Not even the sausages. Don't order for pickup because you have to check expiry dates. We paid 25 bucks for a small bottle of olive oil and it was expired. They would not give a refund without returning the item but driving all the way back wasn't an option. Much better butchers and customer service elsewhere. UPDATE: the $15 pickled pineapple jar was expired too. DO NOT BUY HERE!

Zimtt

Fantastic meat! Their Pork is amazing! Such great flavour from happy pigs. You don't realize how pork should taste, till you try this awesome meat.

Robert Benn

Great Meat. Grass fed and finished in the high country of BC. Only stuff you should eat.

Brian McKinlay (Brian Mack)

A great selection of organic meats with excellent service. The grass fed beef is quite tasty too!

Lanei L

alright meat selection. Nothing like granville island selections

Andrea Potter

Knowledgeable and friendly staff, ethical meat.

Lucas Wilson-Bilbro

Truly exceptional. Best quality meat, wide variety of nose to tail cuts, very helpful and knowledgeable staff.

Pat Downey

This is a regular stop when I'm on The Drive. Bought some skirt steak and pork/fennel sausage the other day - both excellent. Very knowledgeable meat cutters.

JD St Michael

They are expensive, but you get what you pay for. Quality meat!

Branko Deljanin

We bought beef stew for 'Pilav' (rice dish with lamb) and after 2-3 cooking is ready! Excellent meat, so tasty, and tommorow we are cooking Turkey form 'Pasture to Plate', great value and quality of service.

Lorne Beck

Love the values here. Local bc meats, grown on the pasture to your plate... ahem well to your reusable bag? Yeah yeah it is a bit pricey but its top quality and worth it!

Uli Laue

Great healthy, humanely raised animals using regenerative farming practices.

Kurt Heinrich

Outstanding customer service and exceptional quality meats. If you want to get some of the best meat in the city, stop by Pasture to Plate.

Adeline Dubreuil-Mahé

Friendly staff... helpful... and great meat and bones! Not easy to find organic products! !!

Donny Centanni

My favorite meat shop top organic local bc animals. By far the best meat I seen and eat.

Julie Poirier

(Translated) I was very satisfied with my visit to this Butcher, The staff is knowledgeable and courteous. There is a very good variety of quality products, fresh and very tasty. I placed the first order online which I picked up at the butcher's shop. Everything went very well and Barbara, the manager, is very efficient, attentive, and always ready to change anything to meet my needs and also gives excellent after-sale service. My second online order was delivered to my door in Victoria, Vancouver Island. The delivery was remarkably good. Within hours I received everything, all professionally well packaged in insulated cardboard boxes. The vacuum-packed meat was completely frozen as if it had just come out of the original freezer. I could follow my delivery with a tracking number for peace of mind. I am on a Carnivore diet, so my cat. I order about 50 lb at a time; Rib Eye Steaks, Sirloin, New York, Tenderloin, Ground beef, Chicken, Ground turkey, Liver, Ground Fat, Suet, Tallow, Pork belly. There is tasty Fat left on the pieces which I appreciate as Fat is essential for the carnivore dit and health. Organic, Grass-finished. Everything is fresh and Very delicious. Orders are prepared and shipped in a very short efficient time. I was very satisfied with my visit to this Butcher, The staff are knowledgeable and courteous. There is a good variety of quality, fresh, very good tasting produce. I placed a first order online there which I picked up at the butcher's shop. Everything went well and Barbara, the manager, is very efficient, attentive and always ready to change anything to meet my needs. Very good customer service before and after sales. My second online order was delivered to my door in Victoria on the Island of Victoria. The delivery was remarkably good. Within hours I received everything, all professionally well packaged in insulated cardboard boxes. The vacuum-packed meat was completely frozen as if it had just come out of the original freezer. I am on a Carnivore diet so my cat, I order 50 lbs at a time; Steaks; Rib Eye, Sirloin, New-York, Ground beef, Chicken, Ground turkey, Liver, Minced fat, Suet. Beef, Pork Belly .. Organic Grass Fed and Finished. Everything is fresh and delicious. Orders are prepared and shipped in what I qualify as very fast. (Original) I was very satisfied with my visit to this Butcher, The staff is knowledgeable and courteous. There is a very good variety of quality products, fresh and very tasty. I placed the first order online which I picked up at the butcher's shop. Everything went very well and Barbara, the manager, is very efficient, attentive, and always ready to change anything to meet my needs and also gives excellent after-sale service. My second online order was delivered to my door in Victoria, Vancouver Island. The delivery was remarkably good. Within hours I received everything, all professionally well packaged in insulated cardboard boxes. The vacuum-packed meat was completely frozen as if it had just come out of the original freezer. I could follow my delivery with a tracking number for peace of mind. I am on a Carnivore diet, so my cat. I order about 50 lb at a time; Rib Eye Steaks, Sirloin, New York, Tenderloin, Ground beef, Chicken, Ground turkey, Liver, Ground Fat, Suet, Tallow, Pork belly. There is tasty Fat left on the pieces which I appreciate as Fat is essential for the carnivore dit and health. Organic, Grass-finished. Everything is fresh and Very delicious. Orders are prepared and shipped in a very short efficient time. J'ai été très satisfaite de ma visite à cette Boucherie, Le personnel est compétent et courtois. Il y a une bonne variété de produits de qualité, frais, très bon au goût. J'y ai passé une première commande en ligne que j'ai ramassé à la boucherie. Tout s'est bien passé et Barbara, la manager, est très efficace, à écoute et toujours prête à modifier quoi que ce soit pour satisfaire mes besoins. Très bon service à la clientèle avant et après vente. Ma deuxième commande en ligne m'a été livrée à ma porte à Victoria sur l'île de victoria.. La livraison a été remarquablement bien. En quelques heures J'ai tout reçut, le tout professionnellement bien empaqueté dans des boîtes de carton isolées. La viande-emballage sous vide- étais complètement congelée comme si elle venais tout juste de sortir du congélateur d’origine. Je suis un régime Carnivore ainsi mon chat , Je commande 50 lb à la fois; Steaks; Rib Eye, Surlonge, New-York , Steak haché, Poulet, Dinde haché, Foie, Gras Haché, Suif. De Boeuf, Poitrine de Porc.. Organique Nourri et Finit à l’herbe. Tout est frais et délicieux. Les commandes sont préparées et expédiées dans un temps que Je qualifie de très rapide.

Andy Sandberg

I've shopped here casually for a while, they upsell a little but not the worst - but the other day I bought a 1.4 kilo rolled pork roast, all neatly tied, for $42. That should've fed 6 people for at least a couple days, and I roasted it as per usual, but when I cut it open I discovered that it was almost entirely solid fat. Not marbled, not even large chunks, just a single blob of fat with a very thin strip of actual meat. It was enough for a small mouthful each. That's bad enough, but when I brought it back, the man in charge tried to tell me it "looked delicious," (seriously, this was not "fatty meat," this was pure gooey white fat) that it's a feature of how the pigs are raised, and that it was my fault for picking this roast, or for not unrolling and re-rolling it (when he'd sold it to me as a pre-tied roast). I'm still a little agog. He was condescending, flat out lied, and tried to bully me into accepting something that was completely inedible. When I said (calmly and a little sadly, because this was a very convenient location for a butcher's, and I hadn't had a problem there before) that I couldn't see my way to coming back, if this was what he was going to sell and pretend was meat, he sputtered and demanded to know what I wanted him to do about it. I said I wanted my money back, and he did that, but I have no confidence that there's anything like decent quality control here, and wont be able to go back.

Valve Anti-Cheat

Your 5 ton driver who goes to Kamloops needs to have his license revoked. He tailgates other drivers in the slow lane and he doesn't stop at brake checks as required by law. Very dangerous driver.

H. Ly

small selection, not as friendly as other butcher shops I've been to

Eddy Gooch

They have Flat iron steaks. A bonus for sure. Added comment: I have since had the steaks I purchased. The flat iron I actually did put on a salad and it was delicious the grain and texture of the myocytes was so smooth and flavorful. And the Ribeye was great, very great flavor and texture from the meat here.

Sam Mew

This is the second time my family has bought meat from here and the service has been rude and unfriendly. I like to support organic when I can, but cannot justify coming back after the service both myself and my family have experienced.

Isabelle Provost

Good business, ethical meat. Employee could have been more enthusiastic, but happy with selection

Mike Ryan

Very friendly staff, and so good to finally have a butcher shop on the drive! I like the idea of buying all BC raised grassfed beef. A couple of complaints after my first visit. Paid around $24/lb for new york strip steaks, which would get you tenderloin at lots of butcher shops, but I decided to go for it, no complaints there . Flavour was very good, but the meat was tougher than it should be for this price. Breakfast sausages actually tasted a bit off to me, although it could have been unusual spicing. Hoping that once they get the bugs worked out they become my new go-to meat shop in the neighborhood.

Alex Babakov

Same experience as some of the other reviews. Way over priced and the quality is nothing special (sevice was nothing special as well). I got a few pices of cured meats and liver pate. It cost over $30, but not better then the Freybe stuff you can get at a super market at 50%. I really miss the Peat's Meats butcher on Arbutus. Hopefully I can find a comparable not too far away from the drive.

mat lavigne

I would like to state that I eat out very often. Me and my girlfriend are major foodies. We eat out very often and know our food. This review will be honest and fair based on our experience. When we walk by this restaurant we both thought the layout and decor was very nice. Everything was very clean also. The menu was simple but still had decent varyity. We are big on organic grass fed meat, quality matters to us. So we decided to eat there with my parents and brother. Once we got our orders no one was satisfied with their meal!!! It was seriously that bad... The bacon they use is very very fatty and they burnt it. Fatty bacon that taste burnt...the burger patties were super overcooked, so was the steak and sausages. The two “cooks” were two younger guys that looked completely lost!!!!! They were poking the meat and cutting it open constantly to see if it was cooked. Making burger patties isn’t rocket science... We even asked them to not over cook our meat since the negative reviews we read mentioned that. Even after letting them know, all our meats were burnt. (Steak, bacon, beef patties and Sausages) I took a look across the counter to see what they were doing wrong. The grill was very dirty, that explains why all the meat taste really burnt... they need to clean the grill after every use. This place has potential... it’s a shame that it’s being ran by employees who don’t know what they’re doing in the kitchen. You can see that they’re just completely clueless. (No disrespect) The place was empty on a Friday evening and now I know why... Hopefully they can get better staff and really turn this place around. With great ingredients like they have this could really be a hot spot.

Matt Astifan

I've been buying all my ground beef (and sometimes steaks) from here for 2 years now. Love it, highly recommend it. Just wished they had some sort of delivery service for large orders (eg, over $200).

Cameron Drury

Best bone broth/stock in town. It's actually gelatinous and made from healthy paired animals. I particularly like the pork broth. They have a good selection of pastured meats too from their own farm in the interior.

Shawn Carroll

Excellent quality meats but very expensive. I find better value at either of the Windsor’s. Every time I leave PtP, I say “never again” cause it hits me in the wallet so hard. Anyway, no problem with the service or quality so if you’re feeling rich, knock yourself out.

Alan Ranta

Wonderful meat, and ethically sourced.

J T

Good quality meats although the staff was not to helpful

Harman B

Was so excited to get there today 2pm on Wednesday. I don't think there is any holiday today they were closed:(. Hope I knew beforehand.

Harman B

Was so excited to get there today 2pm on Wednesday. I don't think there is any holiday today they were closed:(. Hope I knew beforehand.

Adam Snyder

Love this place. It is nearly the only place I shop for food. Great variety, quality and a very friendly and helpful staff keep me coming back for more. I have yet to find better tasting cuts of meat anywhere else, and I also fully support their farming practices--which are far more humane than commercial farming and produce a much healthier product. I would highly recommend anyone who enjoys meat and animal products to check them out!

Kristina Smith

Most of the staff are quite nice but Kiara (?) is incredibly rude and unknowledgable of all products. I overheard her make a joke about wishing death on poor people who work minimum wage jobs which is disgusting behaviour and quite strange EDIT: the manager is actively lying! I am talking about Kiara not some male staff member. Horriblly unprofessional and embarassing. I am lowering my review to 1 star.

Isabel R

GROUND BREAKING SHIPPING FOR BIODYNAMIC ORGANIC GRASS FED & GRASS FINISHED MEAT Pasture 2 Plate delivered us over 20 kg of meet from their shop on Commercial Drive, Vancouver to Parksville, Vancouver Island (125+KM). We missed the UPS delivery and it shipped the next day. All the meat was completely frozen solid. The packaging was even frozen on the bottom and sides of the packaging. The most amazing organic bio dynamic meat available. I am so grateful that I can now get it delivered anywhere in North America.

Jennifer Fulljames

Ordered online for the first time for pick up at the Denman location. I paid before they validated the cost (goes by weight not volume) so there was a $23 diff which they waved for me! They said due to the issues we are facing currently, they appreciate our business. That is good enough for me to def order again but more so that the chicken was amazing!!! Thank you!!

Alex Johnston

five stars baby

M Francois

Meat quality and products are not bad, but staff is horrible. I usually go there and buy meat in bulk and every time when I get home i have to triple check my receipt, because every time they will charge me something extra or pack something I didn't ask for. On top of it staff is very rude and not helpful at all. I'm really trying to find good quality chicken somewhere else in Vancouver but unfortunately theirs is the best. Wish i can give them 0 stars. EDIT: Response to the owner --->> Well judging by reviews here looks like lots of customers have same issue as me. And this is the worse response from owner I've eve had. If this is how you improve your customer service by telling your customers to shop somewhere else, well you will have even more bad reviews here from other people. 3.8 stars on google reviews is pretty bad.

Adam Zambory

I’ve gone there twice in the past two weeks. Once they were closed at 2pm mid-week. No sign on the door explaining why. I drove 30 mins to get there. Second time they’re open, but their teenage staff was pretty much just hanging out not even being remotely helpful. None of the staff knew anything about the product and were very condescending when I’d ask them questions. Just a complete waste of time. There are dozens of better and much more affordable shops in Vancouver. Definitely boycotting this place.

KT Auleta

I think it’s great that they offer sustainable meat in a butcher-shop atmosphere but the staff is not educated in cuts of meat and seem rushed and rude.

Ortin K

I used to love this place, but it’s just terrible now that they have lost Barbara, a true gem and the one that made this butcher shop what it was. And replaced her with Jason Apolonia who is an absolute creep of a human being, and has destroyed and continues to destroy every aspect of this once great butcher shop. You can see Jason’s negative influence in everything from the quality and supply of meats/products, the ambiance, the moral of the employees, and the overall cold and disconnected vibe you get from entering this establishment. What a shame…

Garth White

Great local organic meat. Not cheap but good quality.

Satoru Watanabe

Extremely rude teenage staff members... she is not someone who should be working with customers

Bob M

Pasture to Plate under the management of Barbara Schellenberg daughter of Jasmin and Felix Schellenberg was beyond perfect, roughly 10 weeks ago the management for the Rafter 25 Ranch and Pasture to Plate is now managed by JASON APOLONIA, since JASON APOLONIA has taken over managing the Rafter 25 Ranch the owners of Pasture to Plate they have started starving their animals to death, yes starving them to death, many of them, the SPCA and RCMP had to go and try and fix this serious problem, this ranch and meat shop need to be avoided at all cost, nobody should starve their animals, need confirmation of the starving animals call the SPCA in Williams Lake B.C., Jasmin and Felix are equally responsible as they were seeing this right under their own noses and did nothing to stop it or improve it. THIS BREAKS MY HEART AS IT SHOULD YOURS AS WELL,

Aliesha Shutte

These guys have quickly become my favorite butcher! So friendly and helpful everytime I go in, good prices, definitely reccomend a visit!

Bernard Leclair

Great service, their website is very informative. I buy most of my food as local as possible. They are reasonably local, in B.C.

Christine B

Wonderful staff, very helpful with recommendations and information! My cat absolutely loved his fresh raw liver and my turkey chili made with their ground turkey and bone broth was my best to date :)

Mitch Barnes

They tried to be be so different with their burger that I took one bite and thenI got up and left to have my dinner els where. 0 stars one is two many, nice staff though.

Jaye Fanjoy

I bought one top sirloin for $31, and it took most of my night to chew on it. Bought some handmade sausages as well-the beef garlic sausage was so dry it was inedible and the breakfast sausage with apple in it was overwhelmingly apple-y. Out of 3 distinct items purchased and prepared, not one of them was worthy of the hype or the price. Too bad.

C C

This is the only place we purchase meat now. We have been buying from them for about a year, and we are happy with the quality of the product. The meat taste much better then the traditional meat products, and it is definitely the more ethical & healthy option. The staff are helpful, and remember you. They recently changed all of their sausages from either beef or pork to 50/50, I told them I had beef allergy. The next time we came in the lady behind the counter told me she had put in request with the owners for one sausage that was all pork, and the following visit she informed us they had an all pork sausage now. I highly recommend this butcher.

Daniel Smith

Im sorry but i must share my experience. Delicious strip loin and eye of round, but my girlfriend and i both got food poisoning from sharing the two. I have experienced it before, and rarely eat meat. I am sure it was the steaks. Early today, she was vomiting, by late morning I felt it as well. As soon as i walked into the shop, i could smell the effect of the heat on all of the meat in the front cases. I have worked in a number of kitchens as well as a butcher shop in victoria, i know the difference between the smell of fresh raw beef, and that which is turning. After the ten minute walk home, the steaks were cooked to medium/med rare, with just a little pink in them. I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and give you a second chance based on other reviews, i will just be sure not to purchase in a heat wave or past the midpoint in one of your bimonthly deliveries.

Sk Mullinix

I have been ordering online and having my orders delivered. I am very pleased with the quality of all the items I have received. Everything delicious but items particularly good - pot pies are great and the brats are outstanding and very traditional. Really amazing amount of work must have gone into setting up this kind of farm to plate business. Ordering and delivery is so easy and works very well.

Lammie Cheng

Rack of lamb cut kinda weirdly. Good friendly service.

Steve Jow

$180.00 for a frozen turkey?

Jeremy Vaughan

I've shopped here several times and have recommended it to many friends. The staff have always been helpful and attentive when I've shopped, also their product has been great, I'm especially a big fan of the organ beef mixture. I see a lot of negative posts regarding how their meat tasted, while their experience is valid in itself, I feel it's important to know how to properly cook your meats for maximum flavour and experience. Anyways, I'm happy to continually support local shops that also have great product which are great for the soil, animals, etc.

David Beck

I like the idea of this place but sometimes it smells very off and my steak tasted so wierd last time I had to throw it out. This has happened before and now again I can't justify spending so much on meat that may or may not be good.

Linda Sikhammountry

The quality of the meat is good but: 1. The cut is subpar. The ribeye steaks are thin like 0.5". 2. What they have displayed, is what they have. If I want to order prime rib roast or beef short ribs, I have to order a month out.

Kevin L

I had some errands to do on the drive. I would have gone in but unfortunately, two of the three staff were not wearing masks and physical distancing seemed challenging. So I skipped it. I'm curious to know what other precautions are being taken.

Matt Kington

Amazing products, friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Sadaf N

Rude and unprofessional service. Meat was ok. Also, having read some of the owner's responses here on the page, I am quite surprised that they would tell a customer to shop somewhere else if they don't like it.

Rita

I bought a freezer box. The meat tastes/smells weird and stale. The delivery experience was also unsatisfactory. I do not recommend.

Melanie V

Great service, great pricing and fantastic product!