A very popular (prepare to queue on a weekend) shop on Broughton Street. Famous for its gorgeous sausages, which come in interesting flavours such as Wild Boar, Brandy and Apricot, Lucifers Matchsticks, Boerwors, Duck a l’orange, and the more traditional pork sausages also. As well as sausages they offer a full butcher service with lovely steaks, stuffed chicken breasts, pies, and other freshly made food. Prices are not cheap but the quality is evident. Tasty stuff!

Great butcher. My 3 fave Edinburgh butchers are John Saundersons in Leven St, George Bowman on Gt Jnctn St & Crombies.

I'm sure they win awards for all sorts of things but they are absolutely unable to accept the slightest criticism, no matter how politely it is put.

We used to travel all the way from Meadowbank to go to this butcher - that's how good it is. Apart from the meat being always truly excellent, and there being a wide range of good quality choices and various unusual things - guineafowl, duck, pigeon etc. - , my favourite thing about Crombie's is the service. Because, like so many other people these days, I know very little about which cuts of meat are good for which recipe and all that sort of good domestic stuff, what is most important for me in a butcher is that they will give good expert advice without making you feel stupid or unwelcome. Crombie's is one of the few who manages this without taking advantage of ignorance - they always sell good, fresh meat. They're an Edinburgh institution really, and I hope they always will be because I may have to go vegetarian without them.

A great little bakery and butchers which I have used for years. They sell typical scottish wonders such as Haggis and the sausage rolls are always really yummy. It's very cheap!