M Moen & Sons

Magical. Hog roast at the weekend. Fresh herbs, vegetables, breads cheeses, olive oils, hams, olives...

Efficient, friendly service. It's heaving at the weekends. Queues out the door. Expensive, but you get what you pay for in life and the experience is fun.

Shame it's not open later during the week.

M Moen & Sons Butchers... well, what can I say? Pop in or, for the more unusual request, book your meat a few days ahead for collection. Avoid Saturdays though, when it gets really busy and the queue is out the door!

Service is fantastic. They really know their trade and can always help you out with suggestions for methods of cooking your meat. If you're adventurous, why not ask them for an idea -trust me, I had ostrich based only on their advice and it was to die for! (Other recommendations based on what I've tried: mutton, veal, venison, kangeroo, 5-week matured rib beef, and wild boar.) Oh, and umm, some of the staff are quite good looking too!

On Sundays they often cook something on the BBQ at the door for a snack. Then there's the deli and fresh food they get in...

It is not cheap, but if your want the best you have to pay for it. Believe me, all they serve is quality and it tastes absolutely fantastic!

Superb fare, excellent and knowledgeable service, friendly and chirpy apprentices, and a great array of cheeses. Happy to pay a little more than trudge around and queue in a faceless supermarket.

Have had some very good service, in particular from the (Spanish?) assistant. However, on one occasion I wanted to establish whether the pork joint I was buying was free-range or organic, and when I asked where it was from I heard the boss hiss as an aside "Pigs!" Not the traceability I'd hope for at those prices.

I think the service is fantastic. Great quality products and genuinely helpful and friendly staff - most of whom I'm on first name terms with. You'd be hard pushed to find a better butchers in London.

Although the quality of meat is very good, the service is awful, with the staff not offering much advice. I believe the staff take advantage of the fact that their customers have a bit of money and as a result take the piss at times. Also, labelling the produce and including prices would be very helpful, so that the customer can distinguish what is being sold.

I have only had really good service from the chaps at Moen's and our roast dinners just wouldn't be the same without their delicious joints!

I've been here a few times (mostly for the amazing sausages!), and have had excellent, friendly service each time. It opens quite early, and it's nice and quiet in the early-ish morning, which is my favourite time to go. The prices are fair and the pork pie from the deli is seriously good. Plus they sell the Carroll's potatoes, which are delicious. I agree, it's hard to leave without more than you intended to buy!

I live close to Moen and have shopped there many times. I like the place but, in common with other reviewers here, I have had average meat and poor, grumpy service. I also hate the fact that they often do not price things. I want to pay for good meat - that's why I shop there - but I don't want to be made to feel bad for just asking the price. Great shop, average service, but glad they are around, as these small butchers need support.

Always reliable, and a fantastic range of beef, lamb, pork and game. Some of those serving are more knowledgeable and friendly than others, however, whilst some are downright surly. The boss should keep an eye on this, as it can make the atmosphere unpleasant. Otherwise I would have rated them a 5.

How anyone can give any less than 5/5 is madness - this place is the best butchers on earth! ABSOLUTE QUALITY!!

Some of the best meats in town. Gary Moen is a mine of information and enthusiasm. He's a man who knows his meat! Shop also full of all sorts of other goodies that you cannot help putting into your basket while waiting in a long but social queue (bet a few dates have been made here!). His organic Welsh Black is outstanding. But you have to be prepared to pay a price that reflects the effort that has gone into the journey from farm to shop. Well worth it.

Agreed, the prices are higher than the average but that is the cost of quality and choice across a diverse range of produce. Great cheese selection and cold meats, deli produce, organic seasonal veg (great to see a good autumnal selection of fresh wild mushrooms). The meat cuts are of a broader choice than any other butcher in the area and they currently have a great choice of game.

Whilst some may be put off from shopping here every day, it's the perfect stop for any domestic chef ahead of a special meal or dinner party.

It's the best meat in London.

They have a great range but the atmosphere in the shop is a little intimidating and it's very pricey indeed. A shame really.

I have had better lamb than that!

I have been shopping at Moens for 5 years now and cannot recommend them highly enough. Every visit has been a pleasant experience, as has the meal that has followed.

Service comes from knowledgeable and friendly staff who can advise on cooking or even suggest recipes if lacking in inspiration. The range is impressive, hard to find items normally in stock or available within a day or two. The quality is second to none. I have tried other butchers in the list but they don't come close.

Visited Moen butchers last week and what a fantastic experience it was - the staff were very friendly and extremely helpful, the beef was the best I've ever tasted, the selection of sausages was amazing and a credit to the staff... will definitely be visiting again.

Whilst looking for the Ginger Pig butchers, I found the Moens website on this site. I visited Moens and found it a really dismal experience. Appalling service from a sweaty, surly bloke. Massively disappointing meat (and I bought a variety of their overpriced offerings). The game pie was vomit-inducing, the sausages are mediocre and the lamb, beef and pork is no better than what Waitrose or M&S sell at lower prices.

Only place I can find osso bucco or any other unusual cuts of meat in South London.

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