Whenuapai Meat Centre

We’re regulars at the whenuapai butcher. These guy’s do the best chicken schnitzel ever! The meat is always fresh and reasonably priced. 100% better quality than the supermarket! Friendly service and if they don’t have what you want out on display will most likely have it out back or will recommend an alternative.

The Whenuapai Meat Centre is known by most West Auckland locals as the best place to go for fresh cuts of meat. Incredibly well priced, you can’t find anything else like it!
Having grown up in central Auckland, I only recently discovered the Whenuapai Meat Centre. As an enthusiastic chef, my boyfriend’s dad swears by it. He refuses to buy his meat anywhere else, and insisted I accompany him on a trip to the butchery. Whenuapai is a pretty small place, and the atmosphere of the Meat Centre was really friendly and community oriented. The two guys working there both knew my boyfriend’s dad by name, and he in turn knew them and every other customer in the store. It was really nice — despite being in the biggest city in New Zealand it felt like we were in a tiny town.
The lamb chops we bought were some of the biggest I have ever seen and this butchery had a great selection of meats and cuts. Though I’m not an expert, I could tell it was all great quality and that the butchers were really experienced. They also seemed to genuinely enjoy their job — both men wore big smiles and even gave us a discount for being regulars.
If you’re ever out in West Auckland, don’t settle for the shitty overpriced meat you find in the local Pak N Save or Countdown. Head out to Whenuapai and give these guys a go. It’s a real Kiwi experience — real meat from real Kiwi blokes, and you can’t beat the prices!