Reviews of Avril & Bleh Meat Market (Butcher Shop)

Ct Gallagher

Wide selections of premium meats. Dry aged prime steaks. House made sausages. Lamb and veal cut to order.

Beth Borchers

I love everything about this place. This includes the quality of the meat, the wonderful customer service and the amazing variety of products. They'll order just about anything for you. They are more than willing to share with you less expensive versions of items they carry, such as their ground beef, there's two options and both are amazing. I always choose the less expensive one and it's tender flavorful and very fresh. My only complaint and it's very minor, is that you have to pay to park to shop here.

Karin Cole

Wonderful place, great experience, super friendly staff, I've been going there for 25 years and quality as well as service have always been excellent

Stéphane Boghossian

Good sausages

dennis kendall

Have been a customer for 25 yrs great product and even better people .....

Jonathan Lawson

Family owned and operated for decades. Amazing brats and mets!

Leo Yakutis

I enjoy making the trip to shop here. The quality of their meats and selection is far better than any grocery store. The meats are trimmed for you and while you pay slightly more you are actually getting what you paid for. I appreciate the service of the staff and the time they take to answer questions even when busy.

Jacob Dirr

Terrible goetta.

Janine West

Love this place the meats are awesome they always have what I want they are very pleasant guys and I've been shopping here since I was a kid going with my Grandfather

Sallie Marie Funk

Love the soups !

Thomas K Klotz

The BEST Meat Market around

Rodney Hicks

Great place to get excellent meat. The bourbon bacon is awesome. Chicken is tender.

Tony Barkley

Best meat & stuff in town!

Joe Suhre

Simply the best! I've taken their butchering class, sausage making class, and purchase all my meat from them. Need a special prep? No problem, they'll accommodate any request - ask for an airline chicken breast prep at just about any other shop and you'll get a blank stare. Ask for it at Avril's and you'll be amazed! I'd give them 6-stars if I could...

Joy May

Selling hotdogs outside.. They put me a hotdog on And it was frozen in the inside! When I asked for a new one the lady got mad at me

Dick Ruzsa

These guys are great. They know their regulars on a first name basis. The food is first class. I recommend the sausage making class.

Carlos Roman

Delicious, fresh, high quality meats! Excellent customer service.

R. C. Adams

Avril & Bleh is a crown jewel for you Cincinnatians.I travel very frequently to Cincinnati to enyoy everything Cincinnati, from Nashville Tn. I can assure you Avril & Bleh is my first must stop to shop all the quality products. Great breads, excellent meats, and the best sausages consistently with every one of many visits. Thanks to all the staff for their commitment to excellence and quality.

Bill Higgins

Their sausages are unreal, I hosted an Oktoberfest party and purchased several kinds, guests were floored. The guys that work there are extremely nice too. In warm weather months, they have the cash grill going outside at lunch, can't beat it.

Lee Gibson

Amazingly wide selection of meats. Knowledgeable staff. Great quality and affordable. You need some patience while the customize your order but well worth it. Millenials of OTR ... why are you not supporting this hidden gem ?

Jim Bennett

Great selection, great quality!

Sheena Bradley

They are the best deli

Marcie Vilardo

Such great sausages! The staff is wonderful. They were so helpful when I was trying to decide what to get for my son's birthday dinner! Great sauerkraut also!

Thomas Richardson

Always great service!

Bryan Hafertepe

By far, the single best meat market in Cincinnati.

Champion by Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood

Love the place been coming there since a child

John Carney

I'm not going to ruin this review with words. Just go. Order anything. And let your tastebuds sing their praises!

John Howison

Awesome Service and meat.

John Ralston

GREAT FOOD BEEN GOING THERE SINCE I WAS A KID

Mark Mascolino

These guys know their meat. They will be happy to give you any obscure cut that is possible. Their prepared products like sausage are pretty good too.

William Strubbe

My wife and I have bought all our meat there for 15 years. It is a wonderful place, and the people are the most helpful in the world.

David Croft

great selection and friendly staff.

Richard Baisden

I would visit this shop at least once a week during grilling season but now now. Service has gone downhill and after my last encounter where I was actually yelled at to take a number while I was just browsing the case. I would understand if there was multiple customers waiting but it was myself and two other customers. One of which was checking out at the time. So I walked out without a purchase. Calm down. You sell average meat which is slightly over priced. Also the grilling station outside is going to make someone very sick. You do not service cooked food with the same utensils you used to place raw product on the grill with.

Brian Hone

My favorite butcher in the city. They have a wide selection of dry aged steak and house made sausages. The butchers are all very knowledgeable and more than willing to help you.

Jack Sheridan

Old school butcher. Great cuts of meat. Definitely the place to get your steaks in Cincinnati.

Randy Karnes

What a butcher should be and what I remember as a child. Get to know the people that sell you your food. Especially today when many people eat out frequently or if they do prepare meals at home, it's simply reheating. Butchers like these gentlemen can tell you where the product came from and how to prepare it. They take pride in their craft and it shows in the product they provide. I've never purchased anything there that wasn't excellent. But product is only half of it. Service is key. One of the first times I shopped at Avril-Bleh, many years ago, an elderly woman came into the shop. She had just hit the curb with her car and blew out a tire. Like a pit crewman, one of the butchers went immediately outside and changed her tire. Just a couple of weeks ago, my daughter and I were in shopping. She found a $20 bill on the floor near the register and gave it to one of the guys. Today when I was in, the owner walks in and asks me if I got my money. I have no idea what he's speaking about. No one claimed the $20, so he gave it to me to give to my daughter. How many businesses would do that? Neither of those stories have much to do with buying meat, but are good examples of the kind of service you can expect. If you want a particular cut, they'll do it for you. If you are not sure what you want, they will work with you to find the best choice for whatever you're cooking. Everyone should have a great butcher. I've found mine. Go to Avril-Bleh for yours or find one yourself, but never buy cellophane wrapped meat or poultry that you have no idea where it came from again.

Julie Faller

I had to do a school project and was looking for places that would know about Downtown Cincinnati. Also someone who could tell us about their buisness and how they ethnically connect with Downtown Cincinnati and everyone there was so kind and Lanbleh the person we talked to knew a lot about the history of Aveil Bleh and sons, I guess he should considering he's the owner, plus their meat market is the best in Cincinnati! Thank you so much Avril Bleh and Sons!!!!

Thaddeus Bissett

A+ service. My brother got me a gift certificate a year ago, and I was lazy about redeeming it. They tracked it down, were friendly and accommodating the whole time (even though I know it was a pain in the neck to find), and we got two fantastic dry aged T-bones. Definitely will be back.

Carol Scott

Best place to buy fresh meat

Ken Lefebvre

Great quality and selection, a real gem of a shop no matter what you're looking for.

Maria Rehkamp

Best roasts and very tender meat.

Brian Valerio

Wonderful local butcher. Knowledgeable and they have other fresh items to cook for meals.