Cambridge pub and bar guide
Here's a guide to the pubs and bars of Cambridge - good or bad, we bring you the most talked about venues and the places you have to visit at least once. We've included a few user reviews, to give you an idea of what to expect when you get there. Or you can follow the links to see full details and all reviews for each pub.
The Cambridge Blue, Cambridge
Address: 85-87 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2LG
Phone: 01223 471680
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Nearest train stations: Cambridge (0.7 miles), Shelford (4 miles)
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Elm Tree, Cambridge
Address: Orchard Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1JT
Phone: 01223 363005
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Nearest train stations: Cambridge (0.9 miles), Shelford (4.3 miles)
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The Devonshire Arms, Cambridge
Address: 1, Devonshire Rd, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2BH
Phone: 01223 316610
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Nearest train stations: Cambridge (0.3 miles), Shelford (3.7 miles)
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The Champion of the Thames, Cambridge
Address: 68 King St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1LN
Phone: 01223 352043
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Nearest train station: Cambridge (1.1 miles)
Reviews by BITE users:
Would have stayed longer if there was some food; just snacky stuff please.
The Bun Shop, Cambridge
Address: 1 King Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1LH
Phone: 01223 366866
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Nearest train station: Cambridge (1.2 miles)
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I stopped going when it went to a fancy tapas bar - and so did most of the old regulars.
Tried it the other day, as an alternative to the Bath House (which has gone McDonalds-style) and found it OK for a light lunch. Hot beef bun tasty, though beef tough. Good range of varying micro-beers: I tried MistyRiver and it was OK. Menu is perhaps too extensive for a place like this, and a little bit expensive. A window seat is great for watching the strange people going up and down King Street!
BTW, with our references to bills and malmaison, it's worth me saying i have no clue whether cambridge brew house is or isn't part of a chain. it may not matter. baroosh (another chain) cultivates a similar market, and i rather like their cambridge bar.
so i make no play of being objective and am entirely capricious in my view ... but something about the clientele and ambience here does give me the irrits.
The Alexandra Arms, Cambridge
Address: 22-24 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2LL
Phone: 01223 366161
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Nearest train stations: Cambridge (0.6 miles), Shelford (4 miles)
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i can't abide the blue so i'm glad there's something else good in the same area and would return.
The Haymakers, Chesterton
Address: 54, High St, Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1NG
Phone: 01223 367417
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Nearest train station: Cambridge (1.7 miles)
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Nice beer garden , excellent wine and beer. Fantastic authentic pizzas and great friendly staff. well done and good luck for the future.
i do credit the huge range of beers, but for me, it's about the whole experience, not just the beer and i would notch this place up as a bit of a victim of its own success.
i know that is unlikely to be a popular view but i have to rate places on how keen i am to visit them, and to be honest the lack of character and the crowd diminishes my pleasure at visiting the blue.