I’ve only been once, but will definitely be going back!! The bread was wonderful!!
Lauren Overby
I bought several items for a Christmas party and it was all amazing, everyone loved every bit of it, I will be back ❤️
joanne shouse
Smash burger. Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marie Pendola
Maddie waited on me and she was helpful and friendly. Food I got was excellent. I will be back. Thank you Maddie!? this was up in hampstead
Jordyn Izzo
We went into this butcher for the first time today, there were two ladies at the counter. One who was very helpful & another who was extremely rude. Having worked in customer service myself for 10+ years if she was having a bad day she should not have been working the counter. Many snarky remarks about customers, and her attitude made me not want to come back.
Service: 1
Pugzz
This place is awesome! The service and the freshness of the food is awesome! Anna took my order and she was very nice and welcoming.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sourdough Roll
Erica Nelson
It is with a heavy heavy heart I write this review. This place had the makings of being an iconic bakery. Unfortunately, what seems to be poor management resulting in inconsistent bakery items (and quality), high turn over in employees, and lack of friendliness in front staff, has resulted in an epic fail. We were happy to handover $9 a loaf in the beginning, the breads were perfection, crust was crunchy and insides were airy and chewy. Sweets were decadent and croissants were 10/10. The past few visits have been the WORST. In fact today I was having a bad day and thought about the legendary focaccia- this thing was amaaaaazing. In fact, my husband and I would rarely make it the mile it took to drive home, without eating 1/2 of it. Dense, flavorful, slightly crispy in all of the right places, and a GORGEOUS round loaf of love. We gave this as the welcome gifts to the neighbors, because we considered it well above the usual Burney’s donut croissants. (Which are also amazing and we will now bring our business back there.)
Today’s focaccia, and from the looks of the rest of the loaves, were burnt, dry, and sparse. The usual challenge of picking the best looking focaccia (because they were all so incredible) was replaced by choosing the least dry and burt looking square loaf….all the while hoping it wasn’t money down the drain. Well, it was $$ down the drain.
Lastly, I had mentioned SO many times the idea of a rewards card, or like Noma has, a cheat sheet for reheating loafs- oven temps and whether to put in foil, etc. Apparently they had no interest in returning loyal customers. Well, we hear you! We will no longer continue to bug you with our willing business. Grocery store bread beats this stuff any day of the week. Sorry to see this happen to what could have been an iconic spot.
And for those of you still reading- make sure you frequent Hampstead Bagel- no other recommendation needed- try once and you’ll see the same faces and the same outstanding quality day in and day out!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
B B
Great local butcher with and expansive menu of meats on hand and to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Montiman0
Terrible, croissants are not even cooked and there is no lamination.
Food: 1
Brooke Batts
Went two separate times. I’m not very knowledgeable about steaks so going in, I asked how many filets could feed the amount of people I had. The person at the desk could not give me an answer at all and when I finally figured it out myself the price was outrageous. This happened again on my second visit. It’s not worth it to support local businesses if they aren’t supporting their customers.
I purchase baked items every week at the Hampstead market. I am so happy they are there and I have loved their baked goods. The sourdough bread is awesome. Sadly however they changed the way the make the croissants. They started adding a sweet glaze of some time to the top of all the croissants even the plain ones and the ham and cheese ones. Where before they were perfection they now taste more like donuts than croissants. Who wants sweet glaze on ham and cheese? Hopefully they drop that soon because otherwise they are awesome.
Food: 3
Service: 5
Michael Montes
I really wanted a good bread to have with my mortadella... So i learned about this place today and my family and I drove 35 min. We bought an italian loaf, 2 challah buns and a cubano bun. We also bought several pastries. I paid almost $50 for all of it.I really would have preferred to send an email but I cannot find one online. I don't think I have ever been so upset and actually angry that I wasted $50 and more than an hour of drive time for such poor quality of food...The italian loaf was so dry and dense. Maybe it was old? I cannot believe they would sell that... They should be embarrassed :/ The challah buns were so dry. A Challah bun! How do you mess that up except that it's not fresh bead... I didn't even try the cubano bun - we cut into it and it was harder than a rock and so dense. :/We received 2 ham and cheese croissants... no ham and no cheese. Like.. at all. We ate those in the car on the drive home and we said okay maybe its just a mishap.So we try to hazelnut croissant and.... nothing. Zero filling. Just a plain croissant with a few hazelnuts on top. Same with the apple turnover... I mean my wife and I thought this must be insanity and maybe the baker was exhausted baking - but no filling in the apple turnover! We bought 2 chocolate croissants and only 1 of them had chocolate inside... The kids were so disappointed.What a terrible experience. Major waste of our time and money.Their saving grace was the friendly staff - but it doesn't make up for the $50 I spent on bread and pastries that went straight to the trash. I ate my mortadella on sandwich sliced bread from the grocery store instead. Ugh...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Mandy Marx
One of the best steaks I've ever had! I got three 9 oz filets and seared them and then finished them in the oven and WOW! Staff was really friendly. This was my first time, won't be my last.
Diana Estremera
Love the Kalamata sourdough bread can’t get enough of the croissants. I make a special trip at least once a week to go there. Support a local business and get a treat.
Melissa Smith
Shopped here a few times. Over priced.. absolutely but I wanted to support a local business. First time steaks were good, they gave you a little dish of fats and salts to go along with it. Bread was stale. Second time the steaks were so dried out I had to cut about half off it was so leathery, So my $150 steaks were worthless. I called the store, left a message about it and never got a call back. Third time. Same thing. Dried leather meat from sitting in a cooler, bread was not fresh like the girl said. It was days old, I only bought bread because the meat looked so bad. This last time, 3 dead maggots on the bottom of my meat that evening when I went and unwrapped the paper, but it wasn’t dried out like the last Times. We didn’t eat the meat, we tossed it. Something about finding a maggot dead on your meat mills your appetite for it. I also bought a donut. Took one bite and spit it out it was so stale. Tasted like a cheap donut that has sat for 3 days on a plate. I guess they don’t do the fat and salt anymore because I was only given it that first time when they opened. That’s a shame. It was a nice touch. I’ve gotten better stuff at Walmart and that’s saying something. Never ever will I return. I’m not sure how long they will stay in business. The people up front.. nice but dumb and clueless about any product they have or don’t have.
I’ve only been once, but will definitely be going back!! The bread was wonderful!!
I bought several items for a Christmas party and it was all amazing, everyone loved every bit of it, I will be back ❤️
Smash burger. Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maddie waited on me and she was helpful and friendly. Food I got was excellent. I will be back. Thank you Maddie!? this was up in hampstead
We went into this butcher for the first time today, there were two ladies at the counter. One who was very helpful & another who was extremely rude. Having worked in customer service myself for 10+ years if she was having a bad day she should not have been working the counter. Many snarky remarks about customers, and her attitude made me not want to come back.
Service: 1
This place is awesome! The service and the freshness of the food is awesome! Anna took my order and she was very nice and welcoming.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sourdough Roll
It is with a heavy heavy heart I write this review. This place had the makings of being an iconic bakery. Unfortunately, what seems to be poor management resulting in inconsistent bakery items (and quality), high turn over in employees, and lack of friendliness in front staff, has resulted in an epic fail. We were happy to handover $9 a loaf in the beginning, the breads were perfection, crust was crunchy and insides were airy and chewy. Sweets were decadent and croissants were 10/10. The past few visits have been the WORST. In fact today I was having a bad day and thought about the legendary focaccia- this thing was amaaaaazing. In fact, my husband and I would rarely make it the mile it took to drive home, without eating 1/2 of it. Dense, flavorful, slightly crispy in all of the right places, and a GORGEOUS round loaf of love. We gave this as the welcome gifts to the neighbors, because we considered it well above the usual Burney’s donut croissants. (Which are also amazing and we will now bring our business back there.)
Today’s focaccia, and from the looks of the rest of the loaves, were burnt, dry, and sparse. The usual challenge of picking the best looking focaccia (because they were all so incredible) was replaced by choosing the least dry and burt looking square loaf….all the while hoping it wasn’t money down the drain. Well, it was $$ down the drain.
Lastly, I had mentioned SO many times the idea of a rewards card, or like Noma has, a cheat sheet for reheating loafs- oven temps and whether to put in foil, etc. Apparently they had no interest in returning loyal customers. Well, we hear you! We will no longer continue to bug you with our willing business. Grocery store bread beats this stuff any day of the week. Sorry to see this happen to what could have been an iconic spot.
And for those of you still reading- make sure you frequent Hampstead Bagel- no other recommendation needed- try once and you’ll see the same faces and the same outstanding quality day in and day out!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great local butcher with and expansive menu of meats on hand and to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Terrible, croissants are not even cooked and there is no lamination.
Food: 1
Went two separate times. I’m not very knowledgeable about steaks so going in, I asked how many filets could feed the amount of people I had. The person at the desk could not give me an answer at all and when I finally figured it out myself the price was outrageous. This happened again on my second visit. It’s not worth it to support local businesses if they aren’t supporting their customers.
Restaurantji Recommends
I purchase baked items every week at the Hampstead market. I am so happy they are there and I have loved their baked goods. The sourdough bread is awesome. Sadly however they changed the way the make the croissants. They started adding a sweet glaze of some time to the top of all the croissants even the plain ones and the ham and cheese ones. Where before they were perfection they now taste more like donuts than croissants. Who wants sweet glaze on ham and cheese? Hopefully they drop that soon because otherwise they are awesome.
Food: 3
Service: 5
I really wanted a good bread to have with my mortadella... So i learned about this place today and my family and I drove 35 min. We bought an italian loaf, 2 challah buns and a cubano bun. We also bought several pastries. I paid almost $50 for all of it.I really would have preferred to send an email but I cannot find one online. I don't think I have ever been so upset and actually angry that I wasted $50 and more than an hour of drive time for such poor quality of food...The italian loaf was so dry and dense. Maybe it was old? I cannot believe they would sell that... They should be embarrassed :/ The challah buns were so dry. A Challah bun! How do you mess that up except that it's not fresh bead... I didn't even try the cubano bun - we cut into it and it was harder than a rock and so dense. :/We received 2 ham and cheese croissants... no ham and no cheese. Like.. at all. We ate those in the car on the drive home and we said okay maybe its just a mishap.So we try to hazelnut croissant and.... nothing. Zero filling. Just a plain croissant with a few hazelnuts on top. Same with the apple turnover... I mean my wife and I thought this must be insanity and maybe the baker was exhausted baking - but no filling in the apple turnover! We bought 2 chocolate croissants and only 1 of them had chocolate inside... The kids were so disappointed.What a terrible experience. Major waste of our time and money.Their saving grace was the friendly staff - but it doesn't make up for the $50 I spent on bread and pastries that went straight to the trash. I ate my mortadella on sandwich sliced bread from the grocery store instead. Ugh...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
One of the best steaks I've ever had! I got three 9 oz filets and seared them and then finished them in the oven and WOW! Staff was really friendly. This was my first time, won't be my last.
Love the Kalamata sourdough bread can’t get enough of the croissants. I make a special trip at least once a week to go there. Support a local business and get a treat.
Shopped here a few times. Over priced.. absolutely but I wanted to support a local business. First time steaks were good, they gave you a little dish of fats and salts to go along with it. Bread was stale. Second time the steaks were so dried out I had to cut about half off it was so leathery, So my $150 steaks were worthless. I called the store, left a message about it and never got a call back. Third time. Same thing. Dried leather meat from sitting in a cooler, bread was not fresh like the girl said. It was days old, I only bought bread because the meat looked so bad. This last time, 3 dead maggots on the bottom of my meat that evening when I went and unwrapped the paper, but it wasn’t dried out like the last Times. We didn’t eat the meat, we tossed it. Something about finding a maggot dead on your meat mills your appetite for it. I also bought a donut. Took one bite and spit it out it was so stale. Tasted like a cheap donut that has sat for 3 days on a plate. I guess they don’t do the fat and salt anymore because I was only given it that first time when they opened. That’s a shame. It was a nice touch. I’ve gotten better stuff at Walmart and that’s saying something. Never ever will I return. I’m not sure how long they will stay in business. The people up front.. nice but dumb and clueless about any product they have or don’t have.
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