Mt. Richmond Wholesale Meats

butcher — Mount Victoria · Wellington

About Mt. Richmond Wholesale Meats

Mt. Richmond Wholesale Meats is a butcher at 3/627 Mount Wellington Highway in Mount Victoria, Wellington, rated 4.5 on Google, with its Facebook page serving as its main online presence.

Butchers with a wholesale side often serve the public on similar terms: larger cuts, honest portions and counter advice you rarely get from supermarket packaging. The most useful question at any butcher's counter is what to do with a cut, not just what it costs — a good butcher will trim to order, suggest a cheaper shoulder where a pricier leg would do, and say plainly which meat is at its best this week. Regulars build that relationship over time, learning what has come in fresh and asking about hanging times or provenance, things a hands-on butcher can answer in a sentence.

For households around Mount Victoria, Mt. Richmond Wholesale Meats puts that kind of knowledgeable counter trade on Mount Wellington Highway.