Betsy’s South African Deli - Edmonton, Alberta

I did not enjoy the biltong, achar was nice, a bit on the pricy side. I had the steak and kidney pie, like it, but again, pricy.

The boerewors was filled with pork. Does not taste like South African boerewors all. Bought the original flavour. Very bland with no spices at all. You buying over priced pork sausage. Not worh the $$$

What a great find! Their made on site food is great. The meat pies and pockets (pasties) are excellent and the only place in town I've found yet that makes them with the right crust. Not dry and crunchy like most places but wonderful lightly crispy but still soft crust. Quality ... ingredients and flavourful. Staff is fantastic too. Friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. Recommended whether for a taste of home you've missed or for something new and different to try. Read more

I used to come here all the time for meat. Biltong and chili bites, droewors and oxtail. Pastries too! Also they have imported groceries. I love the different sauces. Switched jobs so I don't visit as often but when I do the staff are very friendly ... and accommodating. The food is great too! Thanks! Read more

A community of foodies must curate, nurture, cultivate, and celebrate its ethnic culinary diversity or risk becoming a "food desert" with ingredients available only through big box chain stores and the Internet. Betsy's South African Deli is one of those outposts of culinary diversity that absolutely delights me, first for simply ... existing and having a wide variety of ingredients, packaged foods, and ready-to-eat items available, secondly for celebrating themselves with summertime braai (a South African take on what we call BBQ or grilling), and third, for being only a short walk from Whyte Ave (and also convenient to the ETS bus system). They even have the much beloved three-legged cast iron potjie, should you want to be making stew the correct South African campfire way! Oh, the memories this visit to Betsy's brought back of our time in SA. On hand are several varieties of borewors (sausages) ready for your grill and both biltong (think jerky) and droewors (dry sausages) for your hand. Join their Facebook group for notification of their events. Enjoy the braai! Read more