Tomato and garlic sausages draw people back to Farm Meat Services on Gladstone Road in Te Hapara, even when they have been away from Gisborne for a stretch. While its name speaks to the practical, whole-carcase work of home-kill and trade meat processing, it serves everyday retail customers across the counter with house-made smallgoods and cuts that regulars keep quiet about so stocks do not sell out before they arrive.
Feedback is mostly enthusiastic about the friendly and accommodating counter service, though experiences can vary, with an occasional customer reporting an unhelpful conversation at the front desk. It is one of just two butcher listings within a kilometre in this part of town, sitting alongside Elgin Butchery just under a kilometre away as the only reviewed choice of the pair. Our pick in Te Hapara when you are stocking up on specialty sausages.