Alan
Owner and farmer
A third generation farmer who grew up with Saddleback pigs and returned to traditional free range rare breed pig farming, starting with one Tamworth pig in 1997.
Butcher, eggs
Pheasants Hill Farm is a family rare breed farm in Downpatrick, County Down selling 100% grass fed beef and lamb, free range pork, chicken and eggs, wild venison and raw honey from its farm shop.
Pheasants Hill Farm raises traditional native breeds on grass in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.
The herd includes Irish Moiled and Dexter cattle, old local breeds suited to the land, which graze pasture from April to October and overwinter on silage.
The farm sells 100% grass-fed, pasture-reared beef through its online shop, with delivery available, and pre-orders can be collected at the farm on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Orders need a day's notice to prepare and pack.
3.2
From 22 Google reviews
Bizarre experience. To be clear, this place not a shop nor is it open to the public. The woman who answered the phone made that clear but didnt ask if we wanted to place an order, just told us to vacate the property because we showed up without knowing. Weird. Go to broughgammon or the meat merchant unless you wanna be rudely told to leave because you made a mistake.
Ordered a mix of meats from this online butcher — everything looked great, collection was smooth, but... the only thing tougher than the beef was the stare from the window person. Great meat, mildly terrifying goodbye. 10/10 would collect again… but maybe at speed. 👍😅
The most flavoursome meat I’ve ever had. Ethically reared with commitment and care. Worth paying a little extra for such deliciousness and good quality. Supermarket meat just cannot compare!
Pheasants Hill Farm Ltd, 37 Killyleagh Road, Downpatrick BT30 9BL
Friday and Saturday, 2pm to 7pm
For anything not covered here, ask Pheasants Hill Farm directly on its own site, by phone or by email.
Unfortunately, I have to agree with the bad reviews on all accounts. I was excited to order using my vouchers, especially since the site looked so good. My full order was accepted, only for some items to be removed later. Reordering was a nightmare and dealing with staff was even worse. In the end, I left the money behind, sadly, I found the meat wasn’t worth it.
I expected better quality for the crazy prices. The steaks and venison were ok but the frozen chicken was rubbish, tasted old. I also got a frozen chicken in my fresh bag which thawed before I collected it so not sure how long that was sitting for. You can get fresh pasture raised chickens for £15 elsewhere so £17 for a tiny frozen free range chicken is just greedy. I made the mistake of paying £30 for what felt like a child sized venison saddle steak which hilariously stated that it was for sharing 😂Insane prices for average meat. I made the mistake of forgetting to collect part of my order but I then had to wait another week to collect it which is beyond a joke, especially when they have automated the whole process.

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