Wholesale Price Butchers in D15

KGLady

I have seen mention of wholesale butcher outlets in threads here before and I have to say I love a bargain and it encouraged me to think beyond supermarkets - though the locations were not always the easiest to get to without a car. Anyhow I haven't seen mention on the board of the newly opened one in Coolmine, beside the new Baby Elegance shop/Atlas tyres shop, facing the gaelscoil.

http://www.dublinmeatcompany.com/

I was in there today and the quality and value seem great, not to mention the lads there were genuinely nice. My kid left with a lollipop and the other customer in there at the time departed with a large bag of bones for her dogs. Cooked one purchase tonight and we're impressed with the quality. Tomorrow I'll see how the steaks hold up

Edit: Just to add its irish farmed - which is a big influencing factor for me as much as price is.

glossy

Haven't been myself yet! But heard they very busy and very good.

5unflower

Had a very tasty leg of lamb for Easter from this place, at a very reasonable price, so definitely will be going there more often. Good to see places like that!

johnwest288

Someone told me KEPAK have a trade counter that opens to the public. Never saw any mention of it on any adds or their web site neither is it marked on their premises in clonee. Anyone know if thats true?

Larbre34

Would anyone know their opening hours please? They dont seem to have included the Coolmine shop on the website yet

I presume they take plastic at the public counter?

KGLady

Larbre34 wrote: »

Would anyone know their opening hours please? They dont seem to have included the Coolmine shop on the website yet

I presume they take plastic at the public counter?

8-7 Monday-Friday
8-6 Saturday
11-5 Sunday


and yeah I payed with laser in there yesterday. Got 4 6oz fillet steaks for e15 on special offer and I'm salivating thinking about cooking them later

dickwod1

Yeah was in the shop myself the other day, nice clean and well laid out - seems to be good value - worth another visit

5T3PH3N

johnwest288 wrote: »

Someone told me KEPAK have a trade counter that opens to the public. Never saw any mention of it on any adds or their web site neither is it marked on their premises in clonee. Anyone know if thats true?

Yeah, they do and for a long time they had the very best steaks for sale to the public but the quality seems to have dropped a while back and we stopped going. I don't know what its like now though. If you want to go in then go to the car park entrance and walk to the security office and he'll buzz you through and then follow the path across to the shop.
One of the butchers that worked there for a long time recently opened the new butchers in Littlepace S.C and we've been going there for the last few weeks and have been very happy. If there's anything we want that isn't on the shelf they have no problem getting it in either.

Morag

Was up there earlier, nice lay out, easy to spot things and a decent range.

athtrasna

We used to use Branigans in one of the industrial estates but Dublin meat company is easier to get to and has better opening hours, will be going there next time, though I couldn't fault Branigans for quality or value.

Murt10

A pet hate of mine is that all modern butchers, Dublin Meat Co included, do all the carving, preparing, cutting and mincing in the back of the shop.

It's like they are trying to disassociate the meat from the animal that it comes from.

I prefer to see the meat before it's cut.

vibe666

Murt10 wrote: »

A pet hate of mine is that all modern butchers, Dublin Meat Co included, do all the carving, preparing, cutting and mincing in the back of the shop.

It's like they are trying to disassociate the meat from the animal that it comes from.

I prefer to see the meat before it's cut.

there's a butchers on cabra road (not sure of the name, but it's down where all those other shops are on the left as you drive towards phibsboro church), and when i asked for pork joint for roasting a few weeks ago and he didn't have anything I fancied out, he just bought out a whole side of pork and cut and dressed it there in front of me.

very friendly bunch of lads too and the meat was very good. i know its a long way from D15, but it's definitely worth stopping there if you were passing.

Got the 25 chicken fillets for €20 last week, and they are nice!

The big bag of chicken nuggets for €5 are really nice! Taste very similar to McDonalds nuggets!!

fletch

Deleted User wrote: »

The big bag of chicken nuggets for €5 are really nice! Taste very similar to McDonalds nuggets!!

:eek: You say that likes its a good thing!?

jeffk

just back from it , the mother was well impressed , she spent around €70 an the lads put the stuff into a freezer bag branded with the name a didnt charge her for it

then they sold her on some deal with 4 or 5 items for €20 an ended up throwing in six eggs a seabass in a bag to try

friendly lads , parking right outside the door and easy to get to with a car

ljcoolk

johnwest288 wrote: »

Someone told me KEPAK have a trade counter that opens to the public. Never saw any mention of it on any adds or their web site neither is it marked on their premises in clonee. Anyone know if thats true?

Kepak is open to the public but only certain days at certain times ring them 801 5000. they do fab steak they come vaccum packed and are very reasonable priced compared to butchers prices.

KGLady

jeffk wrote: »

then they sold her on some deal with 4 or 5 items for €20

Yeah they do a weekly special with a mix of stuff every week for ~20 quid, its one weekly email update I don't mind getting

I am not into chicken nuggets but they do mini fillet goujons that were lovely and good value compared to supermarket equivalents. So far I've cooked three different purchases and I'm happy with them all. The fillet steak wasn't quite as nice as the Aldi special Angus ones, but sure at the price I got it there was no complaints from himself. I have to say, it seems likely there'll be no more supermarket meat for me, though himself says it'll all hinge on their sausages and so that's on the shopping list for next time

jeffk

KGLady wrote: »

Yeah they do a weekly special with a mix of stuff every week for ~20 quid, its one weekly email update I don't mind getting

Ah right , i signed up for a text , so that will probably be the same as the email.

wardie101

ljcoolk wrote: »

Kepak is open to the public but only certain days at certain times ring them 801 5000. they do fab steak they come vaccum packed and are very reasonable priced compared to butchers prices.

Its open Thursday and Friday from 1 till about 5....well worth a trip

Turn in to the car park and you will see the walk in entrance across to the little shop

johnwest288

wardie101 wrote: »

Its open Thursday and Friday from 1 till about 5....well worth a trip

Turn in to the car park and you will see the walk in entrance across to the little shop

Cheers buddy, begs the question, why set up a shop there and not let anyone know about it, even a sign at the cross roads where thousands of cars pass by everyday Odd
Or are they not really allowed to as they sell to Butchers also?

nudger

Just gave them a buzz to check out some prices as I haven't been to the shop and they don't advertise prices and won't email me.

Found it a bit difficult to hear clearly as the sounded very busy, But

Fillet steak €22 per Kilo
Rib/Rump steak €6.50 per kilo
Mince €5 per kilo
Rib eye Steak €10 per kilo (pack of 4)

Going up tomorrow for a look.

Morag

http://www.dublinmeatcompany.com/
clearly want the custom, between the website, facebook, email list and text sign up and it's easy to get to and open sensible hours. Can't say the same of kepak.

nudger

Morag wrote: »

http://www.dublinmeatcompany.com/
clearly want the custom, between the website, facebook, email list and text sign up and it's easy to get to and open sensible hours. Can't say the same of kepak.

Yeah their site is very good and have a huge variety of product and their open normal business hours but their prices are very close to normal butchers prices.


Compare them with the prices I posted from Kepak, granted that was over the phone and noisey but apart from the mince and that is still slightly cheaper ( I don't know the quality) but all the other prices are roughly half that of Dublin Meat Company.

If were talking Wholesale prices have a look at Brannigans prices as well, I buy from them but Kepak looks even cheaper if the quality is good.

Not trying to knock DMC I wish them well.

Morag

Well I don't drive and DMC are on a bus route so that also makes a difference.

nudger

Morag wrote: »

Well I don't drive and DMC are on a bus route so that also makes a difference.

Makes a big difference, also I'm buying to fill a freezer with cuts I wouldn't normally buy.
The 450gr ribeye pack from Aldi @ €11.99 (26.64 per kilo) is lovely but Kepak are doing Ribeye €10 per kilo, I hope it's aged if not I'll be drooling for a month.

Does anyone know is the meat still mooing or aged in Kepak (Guessing just slaughtered)?

wardie101

nudger wrote: »

Makes a big difference, also I'm buying to fill a freezer with cuts I wouldn't normally buy.
The 450gr ribeye pack from Aldi @ €11.99 (26.64 per kilo) is lovely but Kepak are doing Ribeye €10 per kilo, I hope it's aged if not I'll be drooling for a month.

Does anyone know is the meat still mooing or aged in Kepak (Guessing just slaughtered)?

The ribeye is lovely from Kepak as are the fillet....They also did Striploin steaks.

Not tried any of the mince or the lamb (they sometimes had ribs too) but the steaks are excellent

nudger

Was in Kepak for the first time today, the shop is very small just a counter inside the door.
There is limited meat on sale today only about 6 cuts.
Asked for ribeye but none left all gone yesterday, will go at 1pm Thursday the next time.
So I only got 2 cuts, Striploin €9.50 a kilo (pack of 4) weighed each pack on a digital scales when I got home, all were over the kilo.
Rump cap, which I hadn't heard of before but as it was on special @€;6.50 a kilo why not, after checking youtube and finding Picanha, can't wait.

Striploin sells around €25 a kilo in butchers/supermarkets.

dickwod1

On Dublin meat company's Facebook page it says there online store is now open and there giving 20% off for a few days

Enter "value" at the coupon/checkout

Well worth stocking up!

spooky donkey

I got some cook in tray spicy chicken in DMC yesterday for a fiver, the kids loved it.
Also I got a bottle of their garlic Mayo, very nice and Irish made.....
ill be going back....

nudger

Just had my first Rump cap rost and I have to report the result.

The nicest piece of beef I have ever cooked or have had cooked for me.

Had never heard of the cut before, it's a flat piece of beef a bit like pork belly but when cooked it puffs up like a normal rost.

I'm going to clean Kepak out of it next Thursday.

nudger

nudger wrote: »

Just had my first Rump cap rost and I have to report the result.

The nicest piece of beef I have ever cooked or have had cooked for me.

Had never heard of the cut before, it's a flat piece of beef a bit like pork belly but when cooked it puffs up like a normal rost.

I'm going to clean Kepak out of it next Thursday.

Might get some. What way did you cook it?

nudger

Had a look on youtube and BBQ/grill looked the way to go but I just browned it in a very hot pan for about 2 minutes each side scoring the fatty side criss cross like a ham, stops it curling up.

The piece I cooked was about 1.5 kg, cooked at gas mark 5 for just under an hour.
It was probably a little over cooked but so succulent, it was like carving butter.
When it went into the oven it was about 2 inches high, when it came out it was about 6 inches high.

jeffk

This Week's Special is
800g of Round Steak Mince
Twin Pack of Quality Assured Chickens
1kg Lasagne
2 Chicken Marylands
2 Chicken Kievs
For only €20!

Text goes out Monday , they might have the stuff on Monday, it depends on the suppliers. But best hold off till Tuesday to go up for the week special!

Gaspode

nudger wrote: »

Just had my first Rump cap rost and I have to report the result.
The nicest piece of beef I have ever cooked or have had cooked for me.

I'm a big fan of beef rump, so much flavour in it.

vibe666

this weeks DMC €20 special is:

800g PremiumMince
4 Chicken Fillets
500g Turkey Steaks
5 Loin Pork Chops
7 Southern Fried Chicken Pieces

Not bad for €20.

I went in last friday and got the biggest fattest ribeye you've ever seen (almost 700g/24oz) and it was delicious. I said I wanted a really big one and the guy invited me in the back to guide him in cutting it.

My wife had a lump of fillet as well, although she said it was good, it wasn't quite up to the one she bought in Buckley's on Moore street a few weeks back. Still a good steak though and we will be going back regularly.

Also got some stewing beef and that was lovely as well slow cooked in a nice ceramic casserole dish the mother in law got us.

Got some lean mince there too, but need to limit the beef intake for a day or so!

overall, 8/10 for the meat and price (but only because i'm measuring against meat from buckley's and kepak), and a solid 10/10 for customer service.

nudger

I meant to post earlier about the butchers in cabra, thats Ethersons and the guy who runs it used to work in Sweeney's in Laurel Lodge, they do good stuff.

Kev.

I used to go to Kepak every Friday and get a bit of meat from them..I recommended them a few times on here and never had a bad word about them,

I dont go anymore,TBH I dont think the meat is great quality

I went to the Dublin meat factory the other day and got 2 striplion steaks for 14 euro and they were absolutely gorgeous...

Cant recommend the steaks out of Kepak anymore the difference between the 2 shops are night and day

athtrasna

I finally made it to DMC tonight (opening hours are really commuter friendly) and was very impressed. I picked up the smaller striploins 4 for just under €14 and they were absolutely melt in mouth delicious. Also got 5 large chicken fillets for €5.50. As per the other posters, the guy in there was an absolute pleasure to deal with - will definitely be going back again.

Larbre34

athtrasna wrote: »

I finally made it to DMC tonight (opening hours are really commuter friendly) and was very impressed. I picked up the smaller striploins 4 for just under €14 and they were absolutely melt in mouth delicious. Also got 5 large chicken fillets for €5.50. As per the other posters, the guy in there was an absolute pleasure to deal with - will definitely be going back again.

Absolutely endorse this, the opening hours and the masses of handy parking are great for dropping in on a later commute and they really have that advantage over the nearby neighbourhood butchers.

A nice premises, enthusiastic friendly lads and while you are better off buying a bit in bulk with them, the comparative prices against even the discount supermarkets are very good. I have only cooked some basics from them so far, but very good quality.

nudger

Last week i forgot to go up to Kepak early on the Thursday to see what I was missing.
So got there today at 12.50pm, waited 5 minutes and went up to the gate, small queue butsftaff were going in skipping the queue all the time.
When I got in, there was plenty of meat there and only 3 of us in the queue at the counter of so I thought.:(
Old dude in front of me says "give me 8 of the 4 striplion steaks" but worse to come "Is that the rump cap, give me that so" the girl at the counter says "1" he says "no all" 11 packs of 1.5 kilo rump cap, cleaned out.
So had to change my plan 6 packs of the striploin and 2 of the big bags of mince, all that was left in the display.
Expecting the worst i asked was there any more rump cap, there was , out she came with an arm full, had them.
Most people seem to come out with €100- €200 worth of meat.

murphaph

Sounds like some commercial buying there tbh.

nudger

murphaph wrote: »

Sounds like some commercial buying there tbh.

Maybe, but most looked like they were just house buying like myself, I'm sorted for about 2 months for roasts 8/steaks 24.
The old guy in front of me was an ex employee buying for his freezer.

vibe666

the problem with kepak is that you never know what they're going to have, so if they have what you want, you have to buy in bulk as you never know when or if they'll have it again the next time you're there.

nudger

Yeah true, Thursday is better than Friday I think.
This week they had a lot more stock Lamb, and about 8 cuts of Beef, it's just that the quality is good and the prices are very good.

robertxxx

It's a good place, but funny thing is 10 chick breasts for €10 are from Asia if I'm not mistaken, nitrogen packed and are very nice! Explain that. + free sausages.

nudger

robertxxx wrote: »

It's a good place, but funny thing is 10 chick breasts for €10 are from Asia if I'm not mistaken, nitrogen packed and are very nice! Explain that. + free sausages.

You talking about DMC I presume?

robertxxx

Yes.

nudger

They used to get their chicken breasts and the chicken used in their stir fry type products from Holland as do most other butchers.

Don't know if that has changed to Asia now but a lot of the chickens in major supermarkets do come from Asia.

tskk

In DMc the chicken on the bone is from Ireland . The chicken fillets are Dutch.It's only in the past few months that I have decided to only buy bia approved chicken.

vibe666

iI t find the Dutch chicken to be very nice, better than you'd get from most local suppliers imho.

generally (according to a restaurateur friend) restaurant and takeaway chicken dishes are made with the Dutch stuff too.

vibe666

This weeks Dublin Meat Co Special Offer
800g Premium Mince
+4 Chicken Fillets
+5 Loin Pork Chops
ALL ONLY €12
Avail from tomorrow