Redcliffs Butchery is a village butcher in Redcliffs, Christchurch, holding a 4.8 Google rating from its customers.
A good butcher does more than wrap cuts: one who breaks down whole carcasses can cut to order — boning a shoulder, butterflying a lamb leg, dicing stewing beef — and will prepare a roast just how you ask. The most useful habit when buying meat is to shop by cooking method rather than by the name on the label; a blade or chuck steak braised slowly will beat an expensive cut treated badly, and a butcher can steer you right. Going early usually means the fullest cabinet, and asking what came in fresh that morning is what regulars do. Sausages and bacon made on the premises are a fair test of any butcher's craft.
For homes in Redcliffs, between the Port Hills and the estuary, that 4.8 rating points to a butcher the neighbourhood trusts.