Cambridgeshire, British, Traditional Restaurant Guide

This “always reliable” outfit in a prime tourist location pleases carnivores with its selection of classic British cuts of meat – while the “midweek early evening short menu is very reasonable”. “The ambience is much better if you can get a ground-level table” with views of King’s College Chapel – (“but usually you can’t!”).

“Invaluable in the centre of Cambridge”, this smart independent bistro (est. 2009) maintains a “consistently high standard” with its Anglo-European cooking, and the “covered courtyard area makes a lovely place for dinner” in more clement months.

“A place very much in keeping with its proprietor”, Ann Jarman, who founded the restaurant and art gallery in 1968, in Georgian premises near the cathedral. Its personal approach and “old-school ambience” is very much part of its charm, and, combined with the “good” home cooking, wins it a “very loyal following” indeed.