Pint Shop in Cambridge

Nice selection of beers and ciders. Recommend the chicken wings. The pork crunch are like pork rinds.

Good beer selection at fair prices. A little out of the ordinary.

Great choice of pints and great atmosphere. Would recommend!

Delicious Sunday roasts and an interesting selection of rums. The starters were great also (croquettes and chicken wings). We’ll come back next time we’re in Cambridge 😍

Great choice of beers in central Cambridge, busy and pricey.

We had a really good time at the pub trying some traditional English food. The large variety of different drinks make it a great place for pint lovers.

Wanted to love it. But ended up being disappointed. Food was cold so had to send it back. Bar staff not knowledgeable on wines and also just not very friendly. Will give it another try in the summer

Great menu with vegan options. Cozy atmosphere, good food, and friendly staff

If you want a good selection of beers then this is the place for you. Staff make good recommendations on what to try based on your preference.

Almost every time we visit Cambridge we eat here. They serve a perfect roast with a perfect pint. Can't wait to go back.

Excellent food. Great selection of beer. Nice staff.

Food was amazing, such a lovely bar/restaurant. Our fave place of the weekend!

The best place for beer in Cambridge by far. They normally have 17 or so keg beers, 6 or more cask beers, cider on tap as well as an extensive gin and whisky menu. They do bar snacks (highly recommend the scotch egg) and sit down meals in dedicated restaurant areas. The Sunday roast is well worth booking. There's also outside seating at the back which is easily missed (go left at the stairs and follow the corridor).

Indifferent food, faltering beer selection, braying corporate groups, this place has lost its charm and mojo. A victim of its own success that now disappoints.

We visited for lunch and had a lovely meal. The food was excellent, particularly the chicken kebab, and the service was prompt and friendly. Recent reviews made me think the food and service wouldn’t be great but I was very impressed. Will visit again.

Good pub food with an excellent selection of beers

We really enjoyed our meals. There was some confusion about the 25 minute wait for the steak pie which could have been avoided. Although we enjoyed the evening, we didn’t need to stay three hours for snacks and two courses. Overall, it was a lovely meal and we’d eat there again.

Great food, swift service and lovely ambience, despite being busy.

The Sunday roast pork belly was absolutely delicious. The crackling was, unfortunately soft, so was a little disappointed it wasn't crispy as described as I was quite looking forward to it. That being said the meal in it's self was filling and the sauce was very good! I would definitely have it again. The sticky toffee pudding was spot on! The staff were friendly and overall it was a very pleasant dining experience ☺️

Firstly the waitress was very accommodating as we were earlier than we had booked for. The food was incredible. We will definitely be back soon for another delicious Sunday lunch !

A fantastic selection of beers, a small menu but everything was delicious, good service, and a very inviting decor: a real treasure right in the center of Cambridge.

We had fantastic roast dinners, delicious burgers and a superb selection of beers!

Served mayonnaise with roast beef instead of horseradish, not ideal!

Great meal and service, plus enjoyed private dining room !

Why do waitresses insist on clearing table before everyone is finished?? Worst customer service ever. Not much veg and the potatoes were like rocks, way to dry and hard.

Great evening, lovely slick, on it, friendly service, and the food was terrific, better than I remember. Only complaint was we were in a relatively small dining room and the neighbouring table was a large group of very noisy, public schooly types. Killed the evening for us a bit. Not the restaurant's fault obviously, but comes with the territory in Cambridge I guess.

Lovely service, quick, great food and big portions. Such a good value for money! Overall we were very happy with our day out.

Food and service was excellent. Second time I have eaten here and it won’t be the last.

Excellent food, excellent service, great beer (and wine). Definitely recommended. Staff were super attentive and very helpful.

Food was decent but took 90 mins for our food to come o,n actually what was a quiet service (empty tables in the downstairs dining room and upstairs when I poked my head in). Everything took forever (30 mins for a missed scotch egg). We had to wolf down our food in 10 mins when it finally came as we were very late for a prior engagement. I requested a quiet table as I'm quiet deaf but we got put next to the music speaker which was inexplicably turned up during our meal and I couldn't hear anything but it. They turned it down fairly quickly though. Just a disappointing birthday meal for my 8 year old with his grandparents

Two of us for dinner, one meal lovely as we expect from The Pint Shop. The other, veggie burger was very disappointing. They have changed from Beyond Meat to another type and it was thin and flavourless and had no texture. The red cabbage slaw was more like an Asian salad with coriander and no mayo. Such a shame because we are regular visitors and on this occasion I left underwhelmed.

Lovely atmosphere, delicious food, wonderful drinks with huge choice. Lovely night out

We were well looked after, and the food was excellent as always. Just felt the music was a bit loud when we first got in there. it was interesting that the lights were dimmed around 645 was there a reason for this

Went for a Sunday roast with a friend, both had the beef and both thoroughly enjoyed it! Really well seasoned food and the meat was cooked so well. Can also highly recommend the sticky toffee pudding, so much sauce and a huge portion!

Lovely space; considered menu with some classics updates a little & just done really well. Fish of the day was delicious. Generous portions - just the right size for a comforting winter lunch. Great selection of beers (unsurprisingly!). Relaxed atmosphere. Really pleasant staff. Will return - as other dishes we want to try out.

There is a wide ranging but short printed menu then a handful of specials. All the food feels cooked to order and everything my husband and I had was delicious. The drinks are fairly reasonably priced, the place is of course known for its wide range of beers which we have sampled many times in the past. The service is good and the staff friendly, if I was being super critical I think the waiting staff could be more engaging, but I fully recommend this place (we have been here many times over the years even though we're not local and it never disappoints)

Used to be good but portions are now small, prices high and service slow

Excellent staff and food was exquisite! Great selection of beers and menu had a wonderful selection to choose from

Nice place in Cambridge centre. The food was fresh, good and It was possible to eat very fast. There are a lot of differenti types beers. Food prices are high especially for the starters.....

Lovely food and a quality range of beers for everyone’s taste, both local and further field. Lovely atmosphere….quality but not too stuffy! Had a lovely meal with our 4 year old daughter there.

This is my go-to place in Cambridge. GREAT choice of beers.. food price etc

Gluten free chicken wasn’t cooked properly and over seasoned and was very much un edible. The value for money isn’t there, overcharges for the quality of food.

Booked for a Christmas dinner. The staff was aware of me having a severe Peanut allergy yet on our arrival we found all the booked tables with multiple portions of Peanuts already on them as an appetiser. What a smart move!!

Delicious!! Only criticism would be that the pork was slightly dry.

In the kitchen's artistry, flavors unfold, A delicious symphony, tales to be told. Limited gluten-free, yet a feast to savor, Each dish crafted with love and flavor. Honesty gleams in the staff's keen eye, Rectifying bills without a sigh. In their truth, a rare gem shines, A culinary haven where joy entwines.

Really good Sunday lunch and great selection of beer.

Been going here for years but in the last year, the food quality and service have both really gone downhill. The last 3 visits all had significant issues with both the length of time to receive meals (over an hour in 2 cases) and the accuracy of the food delivered (missing or wrong items, items incorrectly cooked). In all cases, it wasn't even very busy and there appeared to be plenty of staff working. A case in point is their steaks which they promote heavily - steer clear! After several tries, it is clear they have no idea how to correctly cook one, either under- or over-cooking by at least one grade each time (e.g. the last one was requested medium but came well done, a previous one was requested medium-rare but came blue). Given the high quality of meat they use (Malloys) and the high prices they charge for this (ribeye is currently £40) this is very frustrating. After so many issues recently, our meal there this week was the 'last chance saloon' for the Pint Shop & they failed again - we won't be going back.

Been going here for years but in the last year, the food quality and service have both really gone downhill. The last 3 visits all had significant issues with both the length of time to receive meals (over an hour in 2 cases) and the accuracy of the food delivered (missing or wrong items, items incorrectly cooked). In all cases, it wasn't even very busy and there appeared to be plenty of staff working. A case in point is their steaks which they promote heavily - steer clear! After several tries, it is clear they have no idea how to correctly cook one, either under- or over-cooking by at least one grade each time (e.g. the last one was requested medium but came well done, a previous one was requested medium-rare but came blue). Given the high quality of meat they use (Malloys) and the high prices they therefore charge for this (ribeye is currently £40) this is very frustrating. After so many issues recently, our last meal there this week was the 'last chance saloon' for the Pint Shop & they failed again - we won't be going back.

A nice and quiet place with a huge selection of beers and pleasant bar staff, they do have food but we didn't eat in there

Rather overpriced. Great choice of beers. Service a bit slow when it wasn’t that busy. Food nice. Steak v expensive for outside of London.

Lovely meal on NYE arvo, had our 3 boys with us so anything that makes them and us happy is a win win! The children’s portions were perfect and the quality of the food all round was excellent. Us grown ups thoroughly enjoyed our tasty meal, and my husband loved taking his time to peruse and choose a beer. We will definitely be back.

Excellent and attentive service, amazing food as always. Love the new additions to the menu, especially the crispy Japanese mushrooms, please keep these as a permanent dish in the menu. 10/10

Best Scotch Egg of my life. Great Staff, bar man Benji very helpful and pours a great pint. 10/10 would recommend !

Lovely food and great service. Nice choice of drinks but we were upstairs and I think the atmosphere was downstairs. This was our first visit so would choose downstairs next time. The pork belly was the dish to beat.

Over priced, poor selection of Alcohol. Does not accept cash ….. it’s a pub

Lovely place to host Christmas gathering with friends and family.

Nice atmosphere. It can get really noisy, but it is a nice place to have a pint with friends. Great beer selection (on the expensive side, though).

The service, despite being less than 30% full, was almost non-existent; rather the team were chatting and looking at phones in a hallway outside the dining area.

Good food at the bar, relaxed and friendly, quick service.

Lovely lunch on Sunday. Table booked for 2pm luckily, as very busy. Main course only 4 diners including 2 children. Food was lovely couldn't fault and those Yorkshire puddings to die for. Only disappointment, we had to wait what felt like too long, for the food to arrive on our table. I did ask waitress when it was coming she went to check and was told being plated up!. With two children getting inpatient for lunch this was not ideal for us. Would definitely dine again as menu and food very good

I highly recommend this bar. We didn't eat here but the food smelt incredible! The variety or beer, lager, ales, gins etc was top notch. The service was fantastic, the guy behind the bar took the time to explain all the gins that were available which led me to have an apple crumble gin which was hands down my new favourite gin. Thank you for a wonderful experience.

We had such a wonderful meal couldn’t fault it, staff were amazing and really helpful. What a great place. Will be recommending it to everyone, thank you

We have eaten in both front bar and main restaurant, both were great, however think there could be a little more substance to the chicken kebabs when ordering from the main restaurant menu …

Quite buzzy with some big parties in but it all added to the ambiance, great beer and cider selection.

Popped in for drink staff are unwelcoming and more interested in gossiping amongst themselves rather than serving Beers were nice would have been good to have been offered a taster

Great beer and drink list, with lots of quality beers. We had Sunday Lunch specials, were both quite good. The sticky toffee pudding was great. Service was a little slow.

Staff were very welcoming, helpful and welcoming. Sunday lunch was great value and very tasty, only down side was the plates had not been warmed so the food wasn’t as hot as I would have liked.

Fabulous food and beer. Would highly recommend it for Sunday lunch

Went midday for a Sunday roast - the pork roast was really excellent, and staff were very helpful. Seems hit and miss on reviews, but our experience today was great!

I do like the Pint Shop and food is generally very tasty but this time it was marred by being cold when delivered to the table and then to make matters worse, just microwaved to make hot again which resulted in dry potato and a dry burger. Also we waited 45 mins before someone served us. On the plus side the starters were lovely, the pork very tasty and the drinks their usual high standard. Also our waitress was great.

Great food but poor service. I had to wait an hour for my food.

it was a lovely place for last minuet booking. Very nice food. we were tucked away in a little room which was nice and quiet but then it's nice to be around the buzz!

I brought a group of 8 friends from the US to celebrate a milestone birthday in the UK. This would be the only Sunday Roast many of them ever had or will have, and I'm sorry to say it was a bloody disaster. I still can't figure out why as they were practically deserted on a Sunday at 4:30 pm. We were upstairs and almost completely ignored. We had a nice young guy helping us but he seemed very anxious and inexperienced. It took forever just to get our drinks ordered. They were out of most vegetarian options and we had two vegetarians. We were there for 2.5 hours and still hadn't been served our desserts (that we paid for) by the time we had to leave, despite telling them multiple times we needed to go. The young guy serving us seemed really apologetic but was totally hung out to dry by the rest of his colleagues. The worst of all is that despite their impressive beer list that I was really eager to try, we were never again offered the opportunity to order a drink. Who is running this place?? AVOID.

The service is laid back which was ok because we had time but it did take over an hour to get our main course and probably 20mins to get drinks. The starter was just chopped tomatoes and goat cheese crumbled on it for £9 there was no special dressing to make the simple ingredients stand out particularly. My vegetarian dish was a little disappointing and was burnt. My husband didn’t complain about the lamb but didn’t rave either. I have eaten better for the price of a meal for 2 at £65 with 2 soft drinks.

Great pre theatre dinner. Lovely food, great service in private dining room. After theatre back for a drink. One of my favourite places in Cambridge.

We loved the Pint Shop. Food was amazing as were the cocktails. Quirky building and great staff. Fantastic find for Cambridge trips

The food, service and atmosphere was spectacular. I went on a company outting here Monday just gone. Wonderful place on the first floor. Good job all staff I'm sure the rest of scholars agrees, perfect time had.

Service was slow although they did make up for this with a round of free drinks - tacos were virtually inedible due to overwhelming amount of garlic - nice staff and atmosphere but underwhelmed with food and price tag which suggests it’s up there…….

The restaurant is rather cut off from the bar, hence a loss of atmosphere. It’s a hike to the toilets, but the beer and gin selection is immense. Food quality was very good and decent value for money.

Genuinely so disappointed as I really loved this spot. Waitress was under a lot of pressure because most people were complaining about the food. I had the vegan burger, it arrived cold. My mum’s beef wasn’t cooked properly so was very chewy. Not the problem of the waiting staff just probably need more people working there and then if the food comes out and isn’t bad people won’t complain. Additionally, it is expensive. I used to not mind spending it as it was good vibes and good food, but now i won’t be coming back.

Genuinely so disappointed as i love this spot. My burger was cold and then my mums beef was cold and too chewy - we were so disappointed after especially as it is that little bit more expensive. I won’t be coming back and would recommend others to do the same. Free Press Sunday roasts are really good and the pub its self is fantastic!

It was super easy to book a table online and to find the restaurant which was conveniently and centrally located in Cambridge. We liked the atmosphere and the food was very good. It was an excellent place to catch up with a friend. The service was great and it was decent value.

Quick bite to eat before going to corn exchange, fast service and lovely waitress..

Would highly recommend. Great food, lovely service and relaxed vibe. Definitely worth a visit

Visited on a Sunday evening, found a lively, busy venue. Ordered starters & 4 roast dinners and a steak. Starters were fine but the roasts were barely warm when they arrived so had to go back, along with the steak as we wanted to eat as a group. Manager arrived and apologised, blamed her team and provided a free round of drinks to smooth over the situation. Mistakes can happen so really surprised to see the same mistake made twice, “new” dinners not much warmer and steak now char grilled where they thought they could reheat what should have been a medium rare steak. Let our waitress know but by now time was getting on and we were hungry. This time the manager was nowhere to be seen. Awkward moment when the poor waitress had to present the bill and we had to summon the manager rather than her front up to the issues. A real shame because the food looked really good just poorly prepared for what ever reason. Shout out to our waitress, a young girl called Fliss, who did is good job in a bad situation, shame the same can’t be said about the manager.

This hidden gem was a beautiful venue to catch up with friends on Saturday. Bearing in mind we had only booked earlier that week, we were given a private room with beautiful quirky decor. The amount of beer and gin choices was insane!!! Would be a good pub to try them all and rate them with your friends. The food came within half an hour of ordering, and because my order would take 25 minutes they warned us when I ordered in case it would cause disruptions. One of my guests were stuck in traffic for about an hour, but they didn’t mind, I managed to order them food and a drink before they arrived so it wouldn’t delay. 10/10 service and experience would highly recommend again!

Great beer slow service, boring atmosphere

Great service, tasty Sunday roast and a nice pint. Can't fault it and will go back next time I'm in Cambridge

Really hate to do this as I love the Pint Shop on a normal day but truly…. avoid on a Sunday. £20 for any and all roasts, including vegetarian. So already pricier than other pubs, but maybe because it’s amazing? No. Just meat, potato, carrot, cabbage and a Yorkshire. Unless you order the vegetarian roast in which case you don’t get a Yorkshire unless you ask (again it’s £20) and the gravy isn’t a liquid its mashed up unseasoned mushrooms in a pot. (Bisto gravy is veggie btw and super easy to make with a kettle.) As disappointing as it was over priced.

A pint of beer, rum and coke and a portion of nuts came to £19.60, I’ve paid less in London 😡

I didn’t get the meal I had ordered and my wife’s sardines were nowhere near fresh. Beer very expensive. Shame as the place has potential.

Strange, but very quirky pub, not overly big inside, but probably one of the best selection of beers in Cambridge really nice food and an outside for smokers and a different place for people that just want to sit and enjoy their time in there friendly staff and quite quick to serve you. They always give out a little taster for the beers and the only bad thing about the place is that they have heavy metal music on sometimes and it really ruins the vibe. apart from that, it shouldn’t be five stars it should be 10 very good if you want to go on a date or just hang out with mates toilet is long as it takes two flights of stairs to get up there but always a disabled toilet downstairs so not a problem. If you can’t get up the stairs busy all the time. Good pub to go in if you’re halfway through the night enjoy going in there when my friend Comes back from Abroad

Food was very good but service was slow, dessert was left on the pass and we had to ask for it having waited 20 minutes.

I wanted to enjoy the Pint Shop. On the basis of reviews, I had recommended it to a friend who was kind enough to take me there. There was nothing that was bad. The food just didn't reach the quality level at which I would rush to go back and the atmosphere was a bit stark. In my case the sardines were nicely cooked but there was a lack of generosity in the bowl of anonymous chopped fruit and vegetables that accompanied it. Perhaps the servers need to encourage people to add side dishes. I was left slightly confused about what the market positioning of the place is. If it is a pub with food, I would go to one of the many traditional pubs that offer better value for money. If it is a restaurant, there are other choices.

Thoroughly enjoyed a birthday lunch with my daughter .I just love the sardines . Now had them twice , please don’t take them off the menu

A lovely place with nice ambience and really tasty food at reasonable prices. Great choice of drinks. We stayed for a good couple of hours with a 6 year old.

Good place for trying real ales

This is purely a feedback review to the kitchen here. I just want to emphasise I think this place is great ! Quirky, good atmosphere and overall they do a great job ! But the quality of the steak I was served last night was very substandard unfortunately. This was attended to by the staff & manager very diligently & I can’t praise them enough, but the kitchen really let down last night. It was replaced & I left it at that, although cooked better it was extremely tough & had to eat around what I could. Did not complain again as staff was wonderful but as mentioned, this is a note to kitchen & quality of meat here. They removed the charge for this so again I can’t praise the staff enough and I do adore the place! Atmosphere is great & quality ales & craft IPA’s are a delight! Will come again as I have many times and will recommend overall but to kitchen and meat quality sourcing it needs a bit of attention here on the steak element of menu. I cook huge flat iron at home from Waitrose summer menu and it is a great, tender cut when the meat quality is good. Thanks guys, just some feedback so this can be looked at and some attention given. Many thanks. See you soon.

Booked lunch for 4 people on a Saturday. The table was downstairs at the back and the room had a nice atmosphere. Our starters were delicious: Scotch egg, lightly battered Japanese mushrooms, a goats cheese and tomato salad and coppa ham and Manchego. The range of beers to have alongside was also excellent. For our mains three ordered the chicken schnitzel and one the pork belly. The pork belly was good, though a bit low on pork but the belly is one of those cuts with little meat on. The chicken schnitzel was breaded but not a flattened breast as is usual, but more a deep fried 1/4 chicken. All was well until we got closer to the bones and the meat was very pink and at least one of our portions was not cooked properly. As more of us discovered pink and red we decided not to finish our meals. The staff were very apologetic and after a brief discussion gave us the meal for free. It was doubly unfortunate as the reason we were at Pint Shop was to spend a voucher received because at our last visit a meal was not cooked properly. The staff took the matter seriously and after examination pointed out that of the 3 schnitzel only one was undercooked, but by that point we had all lost confidence in what we were eating. Sadly I don’t think we will visit Pint Shop again for a meal, but we can’t fault the starters and snacks, and the beers on offer as ever are worth visiting for.

Great beer, nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Truly recommend it!