Parker’s, A Great British Institution

Ease of ordering, 5. Selection 5. Customer service 5. Shipping 5. Quality of goods received 5.
Expat with high standards. These folks have never let me down, selection, service, shipping, Quality.
Thank you for a taste of home. The last selection of sausage, leek and pork, lamb and mint, breakfast sausage, along with scotch eggs, bacon and the bags of hola hoops and twiglets, perfectly packed, shipped and delivered. Outstanding, thank you.

Placed an online order & received it in 3 days. It’s high-​quality specialty food, but it’s still on the expensive side for what the ingredients are.
The Colman’s Pork Pies didn’t have any mustard flavor whatsoever. (They didn’t even have the yellow band cutting across the center, like in pictures online.) The Melton Mowbrays, however, were excellent! The Cornish pastie was also good.
The Parker’s Classic sausages are very good. The Saveloy sausages remind me of bratwurst — they’re OK. The Lincolnshires have great seasoning, and the Cumberlands are almost as good. The British cured back bacon is heavenly.
The white pudding is a nice size, fresh, you can see real pork & oats in it. It’s well-​spiced, and quite salty.
There isn’t really any human/​customer service to the process, as it was all seemingly automated emails after the initial website order, but it was efficient.

Stopped in for St George’s day. Ordered 2 English breakfast from the lone barmaid. Got them in 15 minute. Food was great. 2 large sausages, black pudding, a fried egg, bacon, and baked beans and toast. I don’t know English breakfast but this one was very good. It only took 20 minutes to pay for our meal. Only one barmaid on during a advertised special, the place was packed and tvs were on for soccer games. Customers had to bring tables and chairs in from outside so they had somewhere to seat. Customer service speed 0, food was a 10.

We’ve sampled most of the food at this point and love it! The fish and chips are lovely, and pies have the flakier crust. But my love is the sausages and custard tarts. I could eat them everyday and not grow tired of them!

MMM. This was a really really good lunch. Will def be back. Had the fish and chips and it was sad taking the last bite:(

Got three frozen pies, chicken tikka, steak and ale, and beef and onion. We cooked them tonight and they were awesome! Will be back for fish and chips and a pint at the pitch!

It’s Friday so it’s time for real fish and chips. Nice place, friendly, welcoming. We both had the fish and chips, it was great.
It’s out of the way for me but well worth the drive. Lots of other good food on the menu. Beef & sausage pies. I enjoyed them last time. See you next Friday.

MY ORDERS: Cornish pastry (delish)
PROS
+FOOD: it was delicious. I felt like they skimped a bit on the meat and overloaded with potatoes (which is kind of upsetting given the premium prices they come at). Nonetheless, it is understandable since they’re great at what they do and probably the only store that offers meat pies for miles.
+ MARKETING: very interesting. I stumbled upon them by watching a segment about neat buffalo eats. They also have a cute little brochure (KEEP CALM, REHEAT MORE PIES) that comes with a frozen pie purchase. It’s exciting that they’re in tune with the modern culture (which buffalo restaurants… seldom are).
CONS
— LOCATION: it was a little difficult to find. Though it is near the highway, it’s not quite near DT buffalo where most delicacies are placed. Oh well, you’re going to need a car if you want to check this place out.

People love this place. I have had friends who I think really understand food tell me I «just don’t get it». They are right. I don’t. This is very salty (and im a salt fan), very rich and just over the top heavy food. At least the things Ive tried, which have not included any fish related item.
The chicken tikka was only OK. I say this based on two things. Ive had it in London, this does not even come close. Ive also had it from a small place in NJ, where I often pick it up, freeze it and eat it a week or month later, and its still got more flavor than this one has had for me. Ive had it twice from here. Probably wont try again.
The Steak and Ale is much appreciated when I bring it home, but again, I find it lacks something, perhaps a little more seasoning? Im not sure. Its good, and better than the tikka.
So I come here occasionally to pick something up, when we want something a little different for dinner, but are not planning to actually leave the house. They warm up well and the crusts are really very good. I just think its A-​OK.
Easy parking. Cute tables inside if you want to sit for a moment.
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We ordered a variety of pies and even fish and chips all the way to North Dakota! Let me say it was amazing and the Beef and Ale pies are to die for. Surprisingly the fish and chips tasted fresh and melted in my mouth. The packaging was adequate and I will be ordering again. Keep it up guys!

Pot pies are great, but the Fish is amazing! I wish they had gluten-​free options so that my hubby could enjoy too, but when I want to treat myself this is where I go!

I’m a Brit from Leicester UK and I’ve been living in the US for 10 years. This place is pretty much the only way I can get hold of authentic UK freshly baked food.
I’ve had pretty much everything off the menu and ALL OF IT is authentic tasting. Just like you’d get back home. Packaging is terrific. they use little freezer packs (which you can save and use for camping etc)! My food arrived still frozen and in perfect condition.
I just can’t stress enough how great this place is.

a taste of home. first and foremost, the chippy, a real English fish and chips place. that alone qualifies for 5 stars. pork pies, great selection, plus sausage rolls, cheese and onion pasties, Cornish pasties. you can’t go wrong even if you try. buy anything and it’s going to be great. plus all the old favourites, English mustard, branston pickle etc etc. I could go on and on but I won’t. do yourself a favour and visit the website. you won’t be disappointed. with a trader Joe’s in town and this just a couple of hours away I am a very happy camper.

This is just an awesome company all around. I feel so lucky that they are local and I am able to visit them without having to have their products shipped to me. The company is run by a younger British couple who mass produce authentic British meat pies and other British goods. They ship their products all over the country to people looking for authentic British food. They have so many meat pie varieties its hard to choose which ones you want to try. My absolute favorite so far has been the Cornish pasty. So good and flavorful. I have a family friend with a 97 year old mother who is from Cornwall, England (the place Cornish pasties are from) and she will vouch for these. Buffalo is so lucky to have such a unique cultural institution. I can’t wait to go back for my next batch of English meat pie goodness.

SOOOOOOO good!!! My sister doesn’t even like fish and she LOVED it!!! Wish they were closer to me I would be there every week!!! Can’t wait to go back! I will NEVER have a fish fry anywhere else! Good really don’t describe how good this place is… really…it was GREAT! They are moving on expanding!!! So so good!

The food here is absolutely fantastic. The first time I came here they ran out of the hot pie or roll. So I got some frozen pies to go. I gave the classic pork pie to my friend and i had the chicken tikka pie for myself. Even the frozen ones were so good that both my friend and I decided to come back and get more pies.
The second time I came back I was lucky. I manage to get the hot fresh sausage roll from the oven. It was so delicious that I got 2 more to go. I also got other frozen pies to go so that I can satisfy my meat pies craving at home.
It’s a MUST to try their food if you are in buffalo. Now they have a sit down restaurant selling fish and chips, can’t wait to go try!

I remember hearing that this place was voted «Best British Shop in the World» and loving the fact that it was in Buffalo. This certainly solidifies that Buffalo is riddled with «Hidden Gems». I work a lot, and have not personally been there yet — but a friend of mine bought me a pie for my birthday. As much as I wanted to go home with it and bake it in my oven, I couldn’t wait and had to microwave it. it was still amazing, and I will figure out a time when I can go personally.

I stopped in to try an English Pork Pie, which I have heard so much about. The pie shop is a small part of an very large building. They had two freshly made pies available for purchase, so it tried one of each. The were both delicious.
They also had fully cooked and frozen packaged pies for sale. I was told the Steak and Ale pie is one of their best sellers, so I took a frozen pie to go.
I will go back and try more of their pies. I also heard they are opening an authentic English fish and chips shop, which I am excited to try as well.

This place in fact trades in exotic pets with prickly spines, the actual name is «The English Porcupine Company», Unilocal just got the name wrong.
OK that’s not true. This place is literally, the most incredible thing I have ever found in WNY! Because you expect incredible Italian, perfect Wings, and of course great Greek diners with luscious Souvlaki, and so on, and even the great Thai and Indian are not completely outside the realms of possibility. But an English Pork Pie Shop? That is churning out home-​made British goods that are better, not just a little better, but WAY better than 99% of the British goods actually made in England? It’s both bizarre and delightful. And in Buffalo of all places!
I am serious, over the years, the British standards of excellence have slipped back home in the UK, nothing is as good as it used to be, quantity and profit over quality and perfection, and you have to go far and wide in the UK to find a really good Pork Pie, Sausage, and so on, these days. But this place, this little family run place has British delicacies down to a science! It is all about quality over quantity and my goodness the quality is exemplary! If you went to England and sought out the finest Steak pie, the finest Pork Pie, and the finest Sausage Roll… these versions here in Buffalo, would compete and compare favourably. I am not kidding.
It’s run by 2 lovely people from the North of England (the best part), and they have an adorable little baby. It’s literally 3 minutes off the 190… (get off at Smith/​Fillmore, go south, turn left over the bridge and it’s on your left in a big warehouse complex devoted to delicious British foods). The Steak N Kidney Pies, Pork Pies, Sausage Rolls, Bacon, Cumberland Sausages, other Sausages, are all absolutely exquisite and divine. Unbelievable!
The only 2 drawbacks are the prices (slightly more than I can afford on a weekly basis) and the fact that they come frozen (but that’s understandable). They’re still absolutely magnificent after they thaw, but I’m always looking out for whatever they have fresh because it always tastes slightly better. But their frozen stuff tastes probably better than any frozen stuff I’ve had from anywhere else, so that’s a plus.
They now have a little fish bar that they are working on, that will serve hot stuff, like a Fish and Chips shop. I’m still waiting for that to come into full fruition because it sounds right up my alley.
Try the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie (the best one), and the regular (which is amazing too), and the one with stuffing (absolutely delicious), or any of their other fancy Pork Pies, the one with Branston Pickle is excellent. Their sausages are good (British Breakfast style) and don’t get me started on the real British bacon — pricey but infinitely, infinitely better than any sausage or bacon you will ever find in America. Pure bacon paradise. Try their exquisite sausage rolls (as good as any I’ve had in the UK), and their dreamy Steak N Kidney Pies (my goodness, how I have missed Steak N Kidney Pies!). Their other kinds of pies are good too but Steak N Kidney are the shiznit. You do know that American bacon is awful right? No of course you don’t, because it’s all you’ve ever had? Except maybe for the ham that is known as Canadian Bacon? Well try some of this place’s bacon… the English version. Aka «real bacon.» Trust me.
They have a new company based at this place, owned by the same people, called «Pie Mad» and make all sorts of innovative and fantastic pies but the Steak N Kidney are still the best. Try whichever ones sound good to you! They have all kinds of plans for the massive land space at this formerly industrial location, such as a soccer stadium, a british holiday village, food trucks, riverboat rides, and lots more.
All in all this is an absolutely must-​go-​to place for anyone who loves British foods, or who wants to taste what really, really good British foods are all about, to dispel that myth that our food sucks. It’s the best British food in America — by far. And better than any I’ve tried in Canada too. Forget British Pubs with their lame knock-​offs of Fish and Chips. THIS Pork Pie shop is the real deal.

I love the English Pork Pie Company.
I didn’t realize how much I missed going to the bakery for a pasty when I lived in England until I popped into the Pie Shop one day over the summer. Walking in to the factory and having my meat pie there, I felt like I was an employee taking my lunch break, but as soon as I had my first bite, I was transported back to England. It’s total comfort food for me.
The pastry is perfect and the fillings are delicious. I like the steak and ale but the last time I popped in, Chicken Tikka was the pie of the day and it was delicious too.
Because the shop is a bit out of my way, I am happy that they sell their pies at my local Tops store under the label Pie Mad. The offerings are a little more «american» but they are still delicious.
Mmmm… now I want a meat pie.

Wow. Just. Wow! This place is easy to miss and looks like factory, not a store. The Unilocal address is correct, but not the map pin. Don’t end up at the Cathedral in Lackawanna like I did! The factory really makes you realize that this place is doing an incredible online business.
I stopped by the English Pork Pie Company while running errands in Buffalo. I picked up about $ 45 of meat-​in-​pastry products to bring home and re-​heat and re-​live my childhood. 4 sausage rolls, chicken tikka pie, 2 pork pies, 2 Cornish pasties. The prices were fairly reasonable in my opinion, and the sausage rolls were huge.
When companies claim to make «real British» food in the United States, I’m always skeptical, particularly when it contains pork or beef products. Sorry, but there is no American sausage that compares to a British or an Irish one. And the savory meat pies and stews of our colonial rulers are just often too superior to make a real comparison.
Everything (and it’s just about gone now except for one sausage roll) was amazingly good and about authentic as it gets. The pastry on the sausage rolls was flaky and perfect, but even better, sausage was very moist and decidedly VERY BRITISH. I was excited and stunned. The Cornish pasties were lovely as well, their crusts slightly more dense, but inside filled with generous lashings of onion, potato and minced meat. Not too salty, but subtly brilliant to my yearning palate. And the namesake, the pork pie? Perfect! Not sure if you’re familiar with these little snacks, but they’ve got a dense crust similar to pie crust, with a bit of gelatin underneath to hold in the pork. It sounds weird, but they’re delicious and meant to be eaten at room temperature. My favorites are from Marks & Spencer, but these were a good substitute. The only pie that wasn’t outstanding was the chicken tikka because it was a bit dry, but I’m thinking this was a byproduct of freezing it and the sauce drying out with time.
If you’re a British or Irish ex-​pat in need of authentic pies, this place is your ticket. If you’re an American and wondering what kind of weird meats are stuffed into pastries and eaten by those strange people across the pond, look no further.

Gourmet nothing, this is English soul food. This is richly flavored meat packed inside flaky, fluffy crust that thaws better than anything I’ve ever seen.
Last week, I made the trek to South Buffalo to pick up a few pies for the family. In total, I bought four of their smaller-​sized variety: the regular pork pie, the pork and Colman’s mustard, the chicken tikka, and the steak and ale.
Regular — Likely the least impressive of the bunch, compressed meat somewhat reminiscent of spam just freed from its container and packed into their pastry shell. Bland flavor and problematic appearance and texture. Two stars.
Pork and Colman’s Mustard — Suffers from many of the same problems of the previous in terms of appearance and texture, but the jolt of Colman’s mustard is enough to make you want more, enough to steady the unappetizing qualities of the rest of it. Three stars.
Chicken Tikka — Suddenly, we’re no longer dealing with compressed meat. This chicken is surprisingly tender and juicy, had obviously been marinating in its rich curry-​infused broth for a while. Give this one a bit longer to cool down, and the broth will congeal into a deliciously thick gravy-​like liquid. Four stars.
Steak and Ale — This one takes the cake. I am incredibly curious as to what beer they chose to marinate the steak in, but the result is delicious. You taste the steak. You taste the ale. You taste the gravy. Every component is delicious. Five stars and easily the best of what I sampled.
Now, a caveat. The English Pork Pie Company’s offerings shouldn’t be thought of as gourmet. They’re not. They’re the type of thing I would expect served out of a truck, off a stand, or in a pub in a napkin or a paper plate. It’s not a replacement for a good pie a good English chef of mommy would make. These are pies lacking the veggies, the more nuanced flavors, the care or attention that other pies could command.
As such, I’m not sure where the English Pork Pie Company’s offerings fit into my life. I’d love to just pick them up ready to go from a truck, a stand, or at a pub, but I’m not enthused about venturing an hour down to South Buffalo to pick up more, and the idea of ordering «English soul food» online seems strikingly soulless. How about a pop-​up store? A roving truck?

This place is very hard to find but worth the effort. The family that runs it is so nice.
They have all sorts of pies frozen but if you stop by the factory, ask if they have anything coming out of the oven, you can get a fresh hot pie.
There are one or two vegetarian pies but nothing vegan. This is probably the only place I wouldn’t think of asking to create a vegan item. The pies might not be for everyone, but they follow traditional recipes and are the real deal. So, if you don’t like reformed meat with gelatin holding it together, then get a different pie.
If you eat meat, go to here. We’re lucky to have this in Buffalo. These are recognized as the best pork pies in the world made by a real British couple right in our backyard. The prices are reasonable, and I’m pretty cheap. People the world over pay these prices plus shipping.
From everything I have read, these pies are truly representative of a beloved culinary tradition.

So maybe this review gets a bit too deep into my psyche, but am I the only one who watches Sweeney Todd and gets ravishingly hungry? Every time I watch the movie I leave dying (pun intended) for English meat pies. Sure, I should have been turned off by the fact that since the price of meat was too high in London Mrs. Lovett and the demon Barber got creative with the fillings, but there is just something about meat in a buttery crust that is just irresistible… whatever that meat may be. Pastelilos, lahmajoon, jamaican beef patties, empanadas, sambusas, knish, calzones, pot pies, Beef Wellington, hell even hot pockets are the GREATEST foods on earth (ok maybe not hot pockets) because meat, wrapped in flour and butter synergize into a whole far greater than the sum of its parts. However, the English variety tend to be the very best. While the English have been poo pooed for their lack of culinary prowess (a position for which I strongly disagree), generally their gamey stews and sausages are some of the best on this earth. Think of the two fat ladies, Jamie Oliver, Downton Abbey, etc. every time a stew comes out of their respective kitchens it makes me instantly salivate and want one. Of course, Buffalo is certainly not the spot one would think they could find traditional English pies.
A couple of years ago I stumbled across one of the English Pork Pie Company’s simple pork pies at Premier. It was very good, but did not satisfy my craving. The crust was excellent and the pork was nice and gelatinous, but not what I was looking for. However, these were certainly not the «Worst Pies in London.» Then a couple of months ago, Blue Monk started featuring the English Pork Pie Company’s pies on their English Tuesday Nights, along with other traditional British fare (potted shrimp, bangers and mash, etc.). I tried the mushed pea and beef pie with gravy, and it was spectacular. This was exactly what I was looking for.
The English Pork Pie’s warehouse is a little hidden off of the 190 in an industrial and depressed section of town. I happened to be in the neighborhood doing a tour of the Central Terminal and seeing the remnants of the Broadway Market, so I decided to stop in and stock up. Entering into a very simple and clean storefront attached to the warehouse, I was instantly greeted by the owners a very friendly Husband and Wife duo (with a very cute baby boy) from Staffordshire, England. When I looked over the menu of wares I was like Augustus Gloop; so overwhelmed with delight that I had to dive into the river of chocolate. They provide everything I could have wanted and more. Cornish Pasties, Steak and Ale pie, Linconshire Sausages (regular and larger size), black pudding, pork pies with mustard, pork pies with Stilton, pork pies with cheddar and pickles, the list goes on and on! However, down in a little tiny corner of the menu I spotted one of my favorite culinary delicacies: Scotch Eggs (hard boiled eggs wrapped in sausage, breaded and fried until crispy.) Yes, they were as good as they sound, probably the best I have every eaten. I like to eat mine cold with a paprika, dijon aioli.
Last night I feasted on English sausages, pies and scotch eggs with a nice Brooklyn Brewery Pale Ale, and it was wonderful, easily one of the best meals of this year. Their pies have vastly improved since my original sampling at Premier. Now, please do not think that I am suggesting that they are stuffing their pies with Soylent Green. However, should they delve into the realm of the demon barber of fleet street, may I suggest genre pies like a «little priest» on Sundays, or I hear a «lawyer’s rather nice, if it’s for a price.» The English Pork Pie Company is yet another hidden jewel in the crown of the Queen City, and well worth the trip to the East Side. I still have a few pies in my fridge and am getting hungry writing this, so to quote the great Hannibal Lector: «I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner. Bye.»

Best pork pies in the US. Love the seasonings and that gelatin is heavenly. Also try the chicken tikka, steak & ale, and steak & kidney pies.
Will try their sausages next time.

After reading Don Q.‘s review on this I had to visit. I knew this place has been around I just never got around to trying it.
I arrived about 9.30am. The owners had not yet filled or set up the café area for business however they were most accomodating. Told me what they had available from the freezer and that was fine with me. I purchased 2 steak and ale pies, scotch eggs, a mushy pea pie and 2 egg custard tarts. The tarts never had a chance and were devoured on the slow ride home.
I recall eating meat pies in Great Britain oh so many years ago and not particularly liking the pastry part of the pie. The tart crust was perfection and the filling was gooey and good. The steak and ale pie was a real treat. The mushy pea and scotch eggs are on deck for dinner.
I’m really impressed with the owners. They shared their hopes for the future and I wish them well. They are dedicated to their dream and things seem to be working out. Also it doesn’t hurt that their oh-​so-​adorable baby boy is with them.
Save the cost of flying across the pond and check out the authentic English eats.