Address: North Rd, Whittlesford, Cambridge CB22 4NZ, United Kingdom
Phone: +441223833025
Rating: 4.5
based on 140 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"Beef tender and pink, lovely crispy roasties, al dente veg and all served on a large Yorkshire pudding."
"Really delicious Sunday roast and sticky toffee pudding."
"The vegetarian risotto, she said was the best she's ever eaten."
"Food was fabulous, the fish finger sandwich with fries was the best I've ever had."
"The food was top class with all 4 of us super happy with their meals."
"Food was delicious and good portion size. All tasted fresh and good quality."
"The food was amazing - especially the Butler Steak, honestly the best steak I've ever had!"
Cons:
"Crispy polenta as a starter was a joke, just two little pieces that weren’t even crispy."
"£23 for a below average rump steak !!!"
"Under cooked, under seasoned and bland."
"The tarragon gnocchi was burnt and smothered with red pepper veloute."
"The food standard was much lower than usual, especially the cauliflower soup was a disappointment - tasteless and cold."
"Very average food especially for the price. Overcooked dry meat and generally cold."
"Truly awful food - the vegetarian options are limited and bland."
Service
Pros:
"Staff where polite and happy, the food was brilliant."
"The staff were positive and engaging."
"Called in on the off chance to see if we could get a table, and we were not disappointed the food was first class along with the service, just exceptional."
"Food was excellent and the service was polite and attentive."
"The staff are fantastic, lovely warm welcome from them and our waitress was very attentive and super cheerful!"
"Friendly and attentive staff."
"The staff very friendly and helpful."
Cons:
"We found it was closed even after we had confirmed it."
"Waited far too long for a table of 4."
"Incredibly slow. Over an hour between ordering and getting our food."
"Service was a bit of a let down unfortunately, three separate drink orders were forgotten today."
"Service was slow and not proactive."
"Poor service from young inexperienced staff."
"Service was decent but waitresses were young so lack a bit experience."
Ambience
Pros:
"Atmosphere is wonderful and if you’re lucky enough to get Michael as a server, he’ll steer you in the right direction on the menu and add fun to the overall experience."
"Lovely pub restaurant. Lovely building with classic smart interior."
"Very posh... Beautiful garden with fountain, plenty of flowers and busy bees peacefully doing their work."
"Decor was nice and the location is lovely."
"The setting is beautiful overlooking the pond from the conservatory."
"Nice old-style pub with modern aspects, conservatory is exceptionally nice."
"The atmosphere is excellent."
Cons:
"Full of badly behaved children."
"Initially sat next to a noisy group and drafty window."
"We waited for a waitress to come over to seat us in a gloomy corner of the not busy restaurant."
"Oh No! They say never look back, and how very true - my memories of this place are of delightful bohemian chaos and warm summer days - what has happened to it?!!"
"There was no-one to greet us this time."
"The ladies is freezing cold!"
"We were asked to vacate immediately we had reached our venue-imposed two-hour window."
Value
Pros:
"Overall, OK value for money."
"The Sunday Roast is absolutely amazing and for only £16-£18 it’s such good value for money!"
"A lovely pub in a great location with good parking and brilliant food for not a lot of money!"
"They do a good, well-priced 2-course lunch menu."
"Fantastic two course meal for £14.50 that looked like it came straight out of Master Chef."
"Our meal was so reasonably priced."
"The prices are surprisingly reasonable too."
Cons:
"£23 for a below average rump steak !!!"
"Desserts were not cheap either, £8 for a sad espresso and a vanilla ice-cream scoop."
"We expected more for the prices charged."
"Some drinks and bar snacks are massively over priced."
"Food lacked previous quality and was expensive - £180 for 2."
"Sunday roast was ridiculous for £20 each."
"Very average food especially for the price."
Accessibility
Pros:
"Parking out the front."
"Carpark was packed so we parked down the road."
"Beautiful setting to enjoy just a drink around the pond too!"
"It's dog-friendly!"
"Allowed dogs which is very helpful as I wanted to bring my dog in."
"They gave my dog a mini bowl of treats which was so nice of them."
"Catered very well for food allergies."
Cons:
"Food was delicious but let down by very poor wheelchair access."
"Carpark can be full."
"The car park is relatively small considering how popular the restaurant is so fills up pretty quickly."
"Food was delicious but let down by very poor wheelchair access."
"Food was delicious but let down by very poor wheelchair access."
"Unfortunately, our last visit for lunch did not match our expectations."
"We got a lovely table out of the way and staff left us to it. Only disappointment was that they had run out of nut roast, so I had to order something else while the rest of the family had roasts."