My partner order a turkey and two hams over the phone. Leo was unnecessarily rude and unpleasant when she asked him a few questions about the cuts of meat. When we came in to pick up the meat, we asked him if the meat was cooked, and Leo got really annoyed and oppositional. Leo, despite you being in the service industry, you were grumpy and an absolute nightmare to deal with. The service here completely sucks. The other two dudes working there seemed miserable too. Plenty of lovely butchers around, but Leo was shocking. We ended up going to a lovely butcher in Hawthorn from "Glenferrie Gourmet Meats" who talked us through the whole meal we...
Read moreThis butcher is one of the best - Leo Donati & his son Marcelo along with their associates, are fantastic. High quality ingredients, outstanding butchery and with a delightful background of Opera, this is a real feast for the senses - before the actual feast later - from smallgoods to sausages, especially fennel & pork, to fillet of beef (my favourite) as well as sweetmeats and much much more - I like to support businesses like this because they're much more than that - they're part of our community. All of this make Donatti's Fine Meats an essential place to go for household shopping - and when you return, they will...
Read moreJust called up over the phone to check what kind of meats they had available. The person who picked up was abrupt and unpleasant. All he literally had to say was "yes" to confirm he had what I was looking for, but instead was rude and disrespectful
["what do you mean 'do we have X', of course we have X, I just said we did"].
I'm not sure if he's the owner or a worker, but he provided zero customer service and was really unprofessional. I'm all for supporting local butchers, but I'll never support this kind of attitude....
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