Restaurants in Cambridge

Upon my arrival in Cambridge UK a good friend gave me the following list of recommendations.  Too valuable to have it to myself, I put it up here.

 

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On top of my head, here is a short list of good restaurants in the city center:

 

-          Efes [Turkish] http://www.efesrestaurant-cambridge.co.uk/

-          Chez Gerard [French],
27-28 Bridge Street, Cambridge, CB2 1UJ

-          Restaurant 22 [French-Modern]
http://www.restaurant22.co.uk/
22 Chesterton Road, Cambridge, CB4 3AX
[You may need a reservation for this restaurant.]

-          Beduin [Algerian]
98-100 Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2BD
[It is owned by the same family that runs Al Casbah, which is also quite good.]

-          Jamie’s (owned by the famous Jamie Oliver) (Italian)
http://www.jamieoliver.com/italian/cambridge
They don’t take reservation and it can get very busy during the peak hours.
Make sure that you order the tiramisu as a dessert.

-          Hotel du Vin - French
15-19 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QA

-          Carluccio’s – Italian
One Fisher Square, Grand Arcade, Cambridge, CB2 3QF

-          Loch Fyne – Seafood
37 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QY

-          CB2 – Reasonable good fast food, open until late (for Cambridge standards), nicely busy
http://www.cb2bistro.com/

-          Cotto – Italian
http://www.cottocambridge.co.uk/
Very good restaurant (according to my wife, but very difficult to make a reservation)

-          Patisserie Valerie – good for deserts and brunch, very close to your place
http://www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk/cambridge.aspx

-          La Margharita - Italian
http://lamargheritacambridge.com/
They also have very nice icecreams.

 

There are not that many pubs with decent food, but some that come in mind are:

-          The Old Spring
1 Ferry Path, Cambridge, CB4 1HB

-          The Free Press
3-5 Millers Yard, Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RQ

-          The Castle
http://thecastleinncambridge.com/
Meeting point for the computer lab folks on Friday evenings

-          Do keep in mind that the safest pub food is burger!

 

Student’s favorite restaurants in Cambridge (cheap and reasonable good):

-          PizzaExpress on Jesus Lane
7a Jesus Lane, Cambridge, CB5 8BA
One of the rooms is actually very nice.

-          Nando’s – Chicken, Portuguese style
33-34 St Andrew Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR

-          Dojo – Japanese
1-2 Millers Yard, Mill Lane, off Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RQ

-          Charlie Chan
14 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1DB

-          Teri-Aki - Japanese
http://www.teri-aki.co.uk/
I really never figured out why so many students like this place.

-          The Cow – Pizza’s
Corn Exchange Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QF
On Tue and Thu (I believe) they have buy 1 get 1 free pizza deal.

 

And last, but not least:

-          Midsummer House [French-Modern]
It has two Michelin Stars‼
http://www.midsummerhouse.co.uk/
Very expensive

 

There are plenty of good Indian restaurants such as:

-          The Rice Boat
http://riceboat.com/

-          The Curry Queen
http://www.thecurryqueen.co.uk/

-          Maharaja
9 Castle Hill, Cambridge, CB3 0AH