The Bun Shop, Cambridge

Popped in here on last Sunday for the first time since it reopened (having been bought/saved by the people that own the excellent d'Arry's restaurant down the road).

First impressions were good with friendly, enthusiastic, staff, an excellent pint of Gunners Daughter from the Old Cannon brewery in Bury St Edmunds (of which they apparently only produce two barrels a week) and - most surprisingly of all for a pub in this day and age - sawdust on the floor. I also ordered a hash brown "bun", which arrived promptly was pretty good and clearly freshly prepared (if *perhaps* a tiny bit bland, could have done with some sort of relish). So, lots of positives there.

The only down side was that on a extremely quiet Sunday evening the place was lacking a little in atmosphere given how open the layout of pub is and with no music being played (something that I'm generally in favour of, but I somehow felt the room would have benefited from in this situation).

Apparently there is - at the time of writing - also a �2 a pint deal on Tuesdays, which is a steal if the Gunner's Daughter I tried was anything to go by.

16 Mar 2009 17:57