Here you will see all the reviews of real people like you who know the products of Florence Meats (Butcher Shop) in the area close to Oakville (Canada).
Nowadays this firm receives a score of 4.8 over 5 and that rating is based on 127 reviews.
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This Butcher Shop belongs to the category of Butcher shop deli.
Great butcher with many South African food items.
Excellent meats. Fantastic service.
I came for the Best biltong in Canada.
Only ever bought Biltong there, but it was very delicious!
Great place for some delicious biltong! Highly recommend ????
Quality meats and helpful friendly staff
(Translated) Jerky !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Original) Biltong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAA Meat, assorted products from South Africa. Japanese Waygu, Biltong natural cure dry meat South African tradition and most important Damian and Carol and the rest of the people that work there are friendly, attentive, polite. The place immaculate clean.
Quality meat. Best biltong and boerewors in GTA hands down
Great spot to grab high quality meats and imported products. The biltong is one of the greatest meat products I've ever tried! The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, the products are great.
Always very inviting and great service ... everything is authentic to south Africa.. the biltong is the best of any south African store in ontario
The best place to go for meats and for South African food items like candy, chocolate, chips, sauces, chutney, and other South African food items.
The Biltong here is amazing. Whatever quantity you get, make sure you have people to share it with because it's quite possible that you'll eat it all!
Best place for meat, biltong and specialty grocery products.
Great place for all the South African specialty foods that we all love and miss so much.
Has want I want... Minus the spar letta cream soda otherwise would give 5 stars!
If you are of have been to South Africa, this is the place to find all its fine foods in the GTA
Always top quality. Prepared meats and fresh always wonderful. Their flank steaks are great, always buy our beef ribs and BBQ meat here. It gets busy on weekends.
Sometimes the beef steaks are tough and show's a bit gray in spots. So I am disappointed with them lately. Most other products are very nice. But the steaks can be a hit or miss ????
Excellent quality meats & exceptional service.
Wow. Amazing meat. Great service and value for the price. Definitely a worthwhile stop. Parking can be tricky during busy hours but a little patience and parking at the rear will have you in and out in no time.
I drive all the way from Ann Arbor to get my biltong and boerewors there! Excellent quality, and seasonings are spot on, taste just as I remember it as a child. I can also get a couple of peppermint crisp - YAY! Definitely worth the drive!!
Mate... Best meat in Oakville. Great service, amazing quality and range!!
Best Place in Oakville! I wish they had another location and did local shipping to Toronto.
Nostalgic atmosphere. I love their biltong.
Best biltong in the GTA. Lovely tastes of home.
Great meat and the staff are always accommodating
Best butcher shop in the golden horseshoe!
Love florence meats been going there since it's been on Florence Drive Oakville great meat check them out today
Looking for South African products in GTA, it's a great place, biltong and meat its a place to go
Independent butcher. Good selection. Unfortunately moved out to Speers Rd.
Small store but great selection of quality cuts of meat. Great customer service. Would recommend it to anyone.
If you're looking for a variety of South African food, it is worth the drive here. They are usually pretty busy so be prepared for that.
I drive all the way from Massachusetts, love this place. Clean and people are very friendly.
Great meat and South African sweets, biltong by the slab or by the bag. Great for barbeque.
Love their selection of South African goodies. We always go for the biltong
Close to home quality , value, easy to do business with. Oakville Diver Speers rd location across from the go train. Great parking.
Went in to pick up some biltong for a gift but left with some lamb shanks and smoked honey too. Lots of great products that you don't see everywhere so it's totally worth having a look around.
Really nice ! Loved the South African Biltong. They also have many other fine foods. Very clean, Great meat and friendly staff. I will go back !
A vast selection of fresh and frozen meat, fair pricing, friendly and helpful customer service.
Quality of meat is the best
(Translated) Excellent service and products (Original) Excelente atención y productos
Best biltong ever. Also great boerewors sausage. A definite must!!!
Best meat, South African goodies, and butcher in town!
Local farms supply only pastured meats. Excellent quality.
You can count on Florence Meats! Great product and folks.
Highly recommend. Lovely people and truly exceptional selection of meats, salts, spices, oils and condiments. You won’t be disappointed. If you need something special call ahead or ask while you wait. Always very accommodating.
Excellent food, friendly service... Always a pleasure (best biltong in Ontario!! )
Best meat in Ontario, and likely the best biltong in the country!
(Translated) In addition to the news, the smell of the establishment is wonderful! (Original) Além das novidades, o cheiro do estabelecimento é maravilhoso!
Wonderful meats
This is a great spot if you are looking for good quality meat and South African goodies, like borewors and biltong.
Always great quality
This is an excellent butchery with great customer service and you can buy some great South African foods and candy.
Great little shop and and choice.
Luv this butcher. The meats are uncomparable.
We love this place. Great steak, and really everything they carry. We love the unique biltong. The seasoned flattened chicken is great! Service is always helpful. Highly recommend.
Pricey but excellent quality
Great Grub
Went for my husband because he heard about their biltong.... it did not disappoint! Fantastic place to get a little taste of home. Staff are very friendly as well
The most life affirming steaks, burgers, and biltong in the GTA! Great staff that are always helpful, you can't go wrong with this place!!!
Love their biltong and their quality of meat is so good.
Awesome South African product store. Amazing meat deli
Very good selections here. Superb quality
I discovered this amazing place during my sales travels and met the owner out front. What a beautiful exterior with gardens and lovely staff who gave me the most delicious sample of meat I've ever had in my life - Biltong Cured Meat - you've GOT to try this uniquely cured, dried & shaved tasty meat! I highly recommend checking this place out!
I wish they were open later or had more locations. Best biltong around!
Great Selection of Meat, much of it dry aged to perfection. I love stopping in on the way home and seeing what catches my eye. Make sure to ask for something you want if you don't see it. Last night the butcher made me an AMAZING 5-week dry aged Tomahawk rib-eye steak, it was perfection!
The best meat in the city.
Excellent service! Huge variety of quality cuts of meat. Will be back!
Great quality. Many South African items.
Best bolting in town!! Also a great selection of South African treats!!
Great meats
Great selection of meats and sauces/marinades. If you are going, make sure to grab some Biltong at the checkout, it's life changing.
Great products, great service
Excellent selection, great quality and the very best biltong.
With fear of saying how good this butcher shop is, because they will get even busier and the lines longer, so I will say that you get what you pay for and they are the best.
amazing butcher shop!!
Just love it.
Smoked a brisket. It was delicious. Now I know my smoking skills are top drawer but the quality of the meat from Florence most definitely helped.
I love this butcher shop. I am allergic to a lot of the common additives to meats and this store is fantastic. Sugar and guten free bacon is a god send. Hotdogs burgers and sausages without filler, is amazing. I have spent far more money at this store that I would like to think about and I couldn't be happier. The biltong is delicious as well. Pure meat, fantastic snack, so good for you. What is not to love about this store
The best of home ❤
Best place in canada to by authentic south african food
Awesome mests
Great butcher counter and my go to place for South African foods.
Boerewors is the #1 reason I go to Florence Meats.
Awesome butcher shop specializes in south African delicacies like bolting and boerewors. Great craftsmanship and superbly aged meats. Definitely a must visit.
Amazing sausages and meats
Best butcher in Oakville! Did I mention the glorious biltong! So good!!
Fully stocked high quality Bucher. Worth a drive.
Best Butcher shop in Oakville hands down. The Biltong is hard to resist.
Consistently excellent.
Very nice store. Small, but has lots of South African goodies. The biltong (jerky) looked great but there was no dry wors ( thin dried sausage). I did buy some goodies and will be back again.
Best place for South African goodies and excellent meat of all kinds.
African style mears
Awesome butcher shop.
Nice South Africam meats !
Its a excellent butcher shop always fresh and great service always
Pricy, but a good selection of meats. The only local place I know of to get Biltong!
Best quality meats with knowledgeable staff and friendly service. Highly recommended
The biltong is very addicting.
Best meat around....and well they have Biltong of course!!!
Best butcher in Oakville. Friendly and informative staff.
Permanent fave place
Worth the drive from Mississauga, especially for the biltong
The best around, and if you're not from around then travel to it because it's worth the drive to these guys. Hidden gem, Biltong FTW ????????
Beef biltong! Amazing taste!
My favorite SA shop!
The best South African store around! Great biltong and boerewors. They also have a good selection of imported products, like Ouma rusks, Bovril, spices and my favourite chocolates. Don't forget the Mrs. Balls chutney, mmmmm! Quite expensive though but worth the treat.
There's a reason why these folks keep winning awards. Family run business, the meat is second to none and the service is great. You will not be disappointed.
Great South African store. Fresh biltong and great selection of fresh meats from the butchery.
Florence meats has been the go to butcher for so many years. A true quality and a better family.
Great service
Always service with a smile!! Plus I can get de la viande à fondue to make me feel at home ❤️???? only butcher that knows how to do it!! Bilton and fresh South African sausages yum!!! Amazing spot!
Always friendly and helpful, this is Toronto's best for South African favourites! Appletiser, koeksisters, melktert, biltong, boerewors, marmite, simba chips (!)... note to self: call ahead to check on appletiser availability...
Been shopping here for years. Nice people with yummy unique foods and fantastic grill ready meats. Dougpaterson.com
We make a yearly pilgrimage here for Billtong every December. This place is the best.
Good meat. Consistent quality.
Fresh meat, lots of options and great staff. Our go-to place when we want to BBQ lunch or dinner. Wish they were open Sundays though.
The best South African Butcher in the GTA. They biltong is phenomenal and there boerewors is out of this world. Great staff, very helpful and willing to give you their cooking tips and tricks. They carry snacks, beverages, meats etc. Give them a visit, you wont regret it!
Never disappointed...
My favourite South African store in the region. By far the best biltong receipe and selection of meats.
I'm a big time offset wood smoker. This place brings quality meats that never disappoint! Thank you Florance!
Damian does a great job serving the South African community with their delicious biltong and variety of cookies and sweets from back home.
Great meats & service
Love that place. Great service. Amazing sausage.
Some of the best Biltong I have tasted anywhere. The staff are also friendly and polite. As Arnold said...I'll be back.
This place has great service! Very friendly and accommodating. They use everything of the meat they trim, including the fat! Most places just dispose the fat. They also know how their meat is raised.
They have the freshest and best selection of meats in the neighbourhood. Service and their recommendations are second to none.
Great spot!
Freshest meats around
An excellent butcher shop that will custom prepare an order as you wish. There are many delicious items to try both at the meat counter and on the dry goods shelves. It is well worth the trip to the west end of Oakville.
The best boerewors and biltong in the GTA, with a very friendly and helpful staff.
It's all about the biltong. It is simply the best
Fantastic and pleasant experience. Knowledgeable in all their meat cuts and products they sell.
Great place to get meat!
They are very organized for the holiday season, especially for special orders that have been prearranged.
Great variety and quality meat
Love them!
Great place to pick up a nice piece of brisket to smoke!!
Shot! So glad I learnt of this place. Lekker boerewors and biltong (loved your piripiri biltong, very nice twist on the original and well spicy). A one-stop braii shop - dankie!!!
Best meat in Oakville and they have Biltong
Been shopping here for years and will be a customer for life. Best steaks in the GTA. Friendly service every single visit. Highly recommend!
Best shop in town
Great store to get your favourites when missing home. Would be nice if their website listed the products available as some items we hoped to find were already sold out.
Friendly knowledgeable staff and good meat
Excellent costumer service and the freshest meat.The owners are very knowledgeable about American meat cuts and the best options for your recipes. Highly recommend!
Always great product and service.
Excellent biltong. Just like back home! Very good boerewors too
I have been going here since I discovered this place a few years back. The cuts are great and the price is reasonable. Their Chi-Chi-Chipotle (did i get that right) burgers are fantastic either BBQ or in the oven. I also get my precious duck fat from them. They have a big selection of BBQ sauces, oils and South African treats! And the biltong is to die for, I prefer the softer stuff they have hanging as opposed to the dried. Amazing place.
Yummy stuff, especially if you are from Southern Africa
Wonderful meats and you can buy Biltong
Always has what I require. A piece of home from home.
Small wonderful staff and always a great selection of meats, do not hesitate well worth the drive !!!
Can't say enough good things about this place! Amazing selection of meats - all fresh and top quality. They also have a variety of treats, spices and sauces from around the world. The staff, while very busy on weekends, are supremely knowledgeable, helpful and friendly. Many regulars but everyone is made to feel welcome. Value is excellent. You can see where every penny goes. Worth a try.
Easily the best butchery and specially store in the region. Great quality products with exceptional service - tough to beat.
Best boutique butcher in Oakville all the fresh meat is topline and their frozen meat pies and marinated flank steaks are fantastic love the chimichurri
Great selection of meats and always the best of quality.
Amazing biltong. Fantastic meats and good SA products.
Best biltong ever! Been coming here for years!
My family were frequent shoppers at Florence meats until a couple months ago. I had previously left a 5 star review regarding quality and service. Unfortunately we encountered an issue with one of their products and the response we received was incredibly unpleasant. The co-owner made sure to repeatedly tell us he knew there was nothing wrong with our item without even inspecting it when we arrived at the store to ask for an exchange. We repeatedly requested he open the package to at least take a look at what we were complaining about; we just wanted him to give us the benefit of the doubt as we had never experienced any issues with their meats in the past. We might not be professional butchers, but it’s pretty easy to tell when a cut of meat has turned rancid - especially if it stinks up your entire apartment. After leaving the store feeling incredibly upset, we respectfully expressed our concerns via email, to which we received no response. The entire experience was so unfortunate; telling your customers they don’t know what they’re talking about without even inspecting the item in question is just a complete lack of customer service. Florence Meats has lost an entire dedicated family of customers. Edit: it’s unfortunate the business will respond to my public post, but refuse to email or call me back to speak personally. We have not had “several conversations” which is the reason I posted this review. Carol replied with a generic, template-response to my initial email; I responded to her in hopes of resolving the situation entirely, to which they have never followed up. If they truly cared about customer experience, they would (at the very least) be responsive to customer complaints - which they have not been on this issue.
You have to try the Biltong
Meat was not fresh. Biltong was dry. Everything over priced. Would not return.
Great service and email communication on orders very efficient. Great at sharing ideas.
Great products, even better service!
Best butcher shop I've been to. Great family run enterprise that cares about its customers and serves top quality products.My wife stops in and buys our meats from them all the time. We've tried their tenderloin steak (they even bacon wrapped them for us and man was even the bacon AMAZING. best smoked bacon I ever had hands down ! ) , ,Boerwors sausage and butcher shop made burger patties. All were amazing meat products ! Burgers are to die for , especially if you know how to barbecue them ! Didn't know about Boerwors until I discovered them. Glad I did .Great customer service, friendly and willing to go the extra mile .No tricks, no games, no gimmicks , just good consistent, top quality service and products. I have tried other higher end butcher shops in Oakville and none other compare.They offer excellent service and product at a fair price.I would highly recommend .
Went there today for the first time, will never go back. With the current environment I can understand the added precautions they are taking, but when they require you to wear a mask and over charge for one if you don't have one, then the people behind the counter servicing the meat have theirs pulled down not covering their face, they are obviously not taking it seriously so why bother. On top of all this they over charge for what you get . Nothing here is worth it at all I will support another in the future
Great butcher shop with a small grocery section of speciality items related to meats. The one product that is really outstanding is the Biltong dried beef. It’s simply fabulous and tasty. The meat is air died and they slice it fresh in front of you in small thin slices. Not beef jerky but some what similar with better quality meat and outstanding spices.
Always enjoy shopping at Florence, love the variety of food products. Also, the staff are all pleasant and helpful.
Best Biltong around. We've made some good ones, but who really has the time to do that? Always pop in here if we're passing or remotely close to Oakville. It's truly a budget killer as there's just too many good things to take home.
The shreds dried meet is superb. I'd recommend it
Tried the biltong. The chunks are very wet and not dry and spicy like South African biltong is, from what I remember from home. The sliced biltong was not bad though, enjoyed that one. Probably won't order again.
Wonderful store and great products and service
Best little ace for fresh meats, Staff is very helpful but only 4 in the store at one time through covid.
My favorite butcher in the world. Never lived till you had their SA Biltong.
Premium quality butcher shop.
Great quality, knowledgeable staff...fresh meats
Great quality meat and genuine biltong and boerewors. Lekker.
Best biltong around
If you love Biltong and all things South African then I highly recommend you visit this place. They have a wonderful selection of meats as well as other delicious foods, etc. Their staff are very friendly and knowledgeable of their products. Definitely worth checking out.
Great food and staff are extremely helpful
If you are South African or want the best cuts of meat ; this is the place to go but bring the $$$ but worth the price
The best billtong
Have only bought biltong from here. Top quality meats Edited On Jan 11, 2020 - I removed 3 stars due to being mistreated by the young female cashier. You could tell she was not having a good day or just doesn't enjoy working at Florence Meats. I say this because every other employee has a smile on their face, but not this young female. She literally "tossed" my receipt after paying for my biltong and didn't bother to close the open brown paper bags as all the other employees have done in the past. She certainly lacks customer experience. But unfortunately she is one of the faces of Florence Meats and has left a very sour taste in my mouth.
Biltong is the best
Super friendly staff and the Biltong is awesome
It's good but I find Bokkies in Barrie is better if you are looking for variety of SA produce (and better priced). But a nice butcher section. ????
One of my favorite butchery. Love the BILTONG! ...so fresh. The shop is very clean and well stocked. Service is quick and the staff is amazing
The best biltong in the world.... the whole world. Amazing steaks and borwors. Bring home a flattened chicken or marinated flank steak for dinner. Florence meats is one of the finest butchers around.
Damian is the man
Best biltong in Canada ???? ????????. Ell run family business with excellent quality products,service and friendly staff.
Always have what I need...fantastic customer service
Long lineup but the staff handles it very well
If you want excellent meat in Oakville. You come here. Simple as that.
Great people and really good quality meat products.
Simply the best meat in Ontario. Butchers are highly skilled, knowledgeable and helpful. They stock a large selection of international products and staff are extremely knowledgeable. Also of note, this is one of a very few shops that stock specialities from South Africa, from Rooibos Tea and all sizes of Potjie, to Boerewors and Biltong. Five stars is not high enough to rate Florence Meats service and quality appropriately.
Amazing meats. Staff is great and knowledgeable
Hands down the BEST, high quality meats in the city. Excellent customer service, always clean and tidy environment and their Biltong bar is amazing. For those who haven't tried Biltong, it's a must!! I purchase all my meat here and it's always exceeded my expectations. From steak, chicken, lamb, boerwors, civap, sausages and the list goes on. You have a customer for life and I refer all my friends here. Keep up the good work!
Great service and the meat is amazing. Super clean and good prices
Always a great experience. Great, fresh meat every time.
I was referred this place by one of my South Agrican mate ..Just visited and got myself couple of things just to try first ..I bought like 200 grms of biltong and opened the first bag on the way back home ... and i finished all the biltongs in 10 mins ..I can say that these were one of the best biltongs i have ever tasted!! I highly recommend this place and definitely come back very soon ..
Amazing
Always friendly service and very knowledgeable staff. The quality and freshness of the meats is second to none. Must try the Biltong, the best air dried beef you'll put in your mouth.
Great biltong. Excellent boerewors. (For the people who don't know, it is a sausage native to South Africa, Namibia and surrounding southern african countries. Service is outstanding. Shopped here for over 17 years now
Great place
Best place for all things South African....especially the biltong and the boerewors!
It’s wonderful to be able to get some home comforts from Florence’s!
Great place for your cuts at reasonable prices. Try their Biltong!
Best South African shop! Greatest biltong
Great meat
came in June 18th spend well over $300 dollars the butchers were excellent friendly fast service the 4 tomahawks I purchased and lamb speducci were amazingly fresh. Only reason I can't give a 5 start is because even though I was spending that amount they couldn't offer a complimentary mask for my girlfriend ($2.00) and was told the proceedings of the masks purchases were going to a good cause, again $300+
Best butcher around...and if you've never had Biltong, you need to try it!
Great SRVICE AND FANTASTIC Quality. YOU PAY MORE IT THE QUALITY AND FRESHNESS IS THERE GREAT STAFF. I JUST BOOKED MY PRIME RIB ROAST FOR XMAS.
I drive 40 minutes to visit Florence Meats. They make Biltong right! Good selection of South-African and British treats, meats and goodies. A must-go-to! I wish they made Droewors!
What a lovely butcher but also stock a lot of other products especially from South Africa. The biltong is always fresh and tastes great, so does the milk tart, peppermint crisp tart and of course the koeksisters. They do lovely boerewors and English bangers, and this place is worth visiting. The staff are all friendly and very helpful
Nice aged cuts of Ribeye Steak. Awesome quality. Support local businesses.
Great place. Excellent meat. South African favourites. I have had their Melktert - delicious. They have Mrs Ball's chutney
Great selection for such a small store. Lots of premarinaded meat that is all excellent, huge options of spices and rubs. I didn't know what biltong is until I randomly checked this place out driving by. This stuff is cheaper then beef jerky and tastes way WAY better, wish I could get it at every gas station instead of the jack links. Price for meat is a on the upper side, but you definitely get what you pay for. Wish it was open on Sunday
Best shop for meats!
The best Beef Jerky in whole wide world
Best butcher in Oakville/Burlington. By far. Great service - they will cut anything for you the way you want it. Make sure to grab some biltong!
Absolutely in love with this place
Main go to place for all my meat(s) and duck fat and bilton, best in the entire GTA!
Good South African products. The Biltong is the best.
Always clean and staff very friendly
Biltong!!! Mine and my friends go to food for camping snack or to add to a meal in the backcountry
This place is amazing. Such a wide variety of meat, jams, sauces, etc. Love the South African specialties, especially the boerewors and biltong!
Great meat, biltong and ouma rusks
I would like to first start with my experience waiting outside in line because of the 4 customers in store limit. I was accompanied by 10+ patrons all scorching hot , the folks at florence meats recognized this and brought everyone standing outside in line FIJI water to hydrate and comfort us. By the time I got inside, I bought 2 porterhouse steaks and 2 rib eye steaks for fathers day from a recommendation by the staff. To be honest, they were the best steaks I have ever had, comparable to all the great streak houses in toronto. This was my first time visiting Florence and I will be a customer for life. Thank you Florence meats! Fathers day was a big hit because of your steaks!
I have had some products through friends that were very good, so I went this afternoon to purchase some sausages. I bought one pack of the jerk pork sausages and I would highly discourage anyone else to purchase these. There is no jerk seasoning in them, all they are are spicy pork sausages. Very disappointed in their product, they should be able to do a lot better.
Really good biltong
Fantastic South African goods
Many familiar childhood favourites for South African and other expats.
I appreciate having SA goodies in oakville
Fantastic service, meat selection and quality!
We really love this butcher shop. The price range is a bit higher than some of the chain grocery stores, but the quality is on par with organic meat. They clearly have put alot of work into their locally sourced providers. And if great meat selection was not enough... Biltong. If you haven't tried it, try it!
If you live in Oakville you have to visit here. Try the biltong. It will blow your mind!! Freshest meat you will find and the staff is knowledgeable staff