The Cambridge Brew House Reviews Summary

Beer Selection

Pros:

• "Local beer is excellent."
• "Absolutely loved my lunch visit at this Brew House! ... tasted 4 of their beers whose names I cannot recall, but were all unique and very drinkable!"
• "They have a wide selection of beers and service was great."
• "Great food and a fantastic selection of in-house brewed beers."
• "Great place with an awesome line up of beers on tap and in bottles."
• "A decent selection of in house brewed beers and an utterly excellent variety of guest beers."
• "Massive selection of beers, lagers and stouts."

Cons:

• "The only problem is that the staff cannot tell a stout from a lager."
• "Also, if you like colder beers, weis, lagers, pils, etc, better go somewhere else because there have a very limited selection (and some times they have nothing)."
• "Rather disappointing selection on tap."
• "Given that their USP is being a microbrewery there seems to be weirdly little attention paid to the condition of the beer."
• "House Ale was feeling horrible, I have tried many Ales, honestly here it’s disappointing."
• "But my choice ('Misty River' pale ale) wasn't quite so good."
• "Not so classic nicoise salad. I ordered the 'classic nicoise salad' off the menu and was disappointed to receive a salad without tuna."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was very attentive."
• "Service was a tad slow but really friendly, especially the huge guy with the awesome bear made my day."
• "Been a few times and always love it here; visited again today for food and drink, great atmosphere, very friendly staff, very nice home brewed beer."
• "Staff were very welcoming and friendly."
• "Service is friendly."
• "The staff here were very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff were friendly and very helpful."

Cons:

• "Service was really poor! ... our mains were dreadful!"
• "I've never left a review on Google before, but I had such a disappointing experience here, I felt a need to leave one. Utterly dire service. Uninterested and uncaring staff."
• "Food service was slow in a mostly empty restaurant and we could see others had been waiting for a long time."
• "Very very disappointing- visited here on the way from Norwich to Birmingham as online reviews so good."
• "We spent 20 minutes waiting to be served while 3 young waiters were laughing and doing nothing behind the bar."
• "Service was lacking attentiveness and knowledge."
• "The service was good, the food was okay, Small portions. It was VASTLY over priced."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Good pub that has changed a few times over the years. It's been the Brewhouse for a while now and it has been consistently good. The food is lovely."
• "Otherwise food was exceptional."
• "Food was incredible, I had Fish and Chips, a Friend had the Vegan Burger and another Friend had the Beef Roast, everything tasted really good."
• "All our meals were deliciously tasty and faultless."
• "The food is very good. British Tapas is a rare concept and they really pull out all the stops for a very reasonable price."
• "The food it's delicious."
• "Really nice meal, great tasting ingredients in the burger."

Cons:

• "The chicken goujons for my kid were extremely oily."
• "Place is okay, nothing different to other pubs... Food was awful (burger, chips, fish and chips)."
• "Problems included warm, not hot food, bad smell due to leakage."
• "The food was fine, the experience of the staff and combination of the function room was terrible."
• "The food was on par with dog food, looked ok but tasted bland and dry as the Sahara desert."
• "The food was literally thrown on the table by the young female waitress, absolutely no professional conduct at all."
• "Food was OK when it eventually arrived, but nothing special."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "It made a lovely cosy stop with its warm lighting and rustic decor, cool to see the old brewery machinery still on show."
• "The pub itself has a lovely clean and spacious feel resting somewhere between a pub and something a little more formal."
• "Lovely contemporary oldy worldy feel!"
• "Pub was very inviting, great new outdoor area, very continental vibes."
• "Lovely pub, vibrant but relaxed atmosphere."
• "Great place. Really enjoyed the atmosphere."
• "A lovely brew house located very centrally in the heart of Cambridge."

Cons:

• "The decor was strange... oddities not so much curated as hoarded and piled up on every available lip and shelf."
• "it was packed. No tables available, it was too noisy and the smell of fried fish was floating in the air."
• "The place was way too hot. It was a very hot evening and the aircon really didn't work, even though it had just been fixed."
• "It was alright and they certainly had a good selection for vegan and vegetarian people, however... There were no salads available after 5 and the ENTIRE place smelled like a barn for the whole time."
• "This place seemed novel ~eight years ago, now it's generally sticky and noisy."
• "Can get a bit crowded."
• "Place is okay, nothing different to other pubs. Friday night atmosphere is non existent."