Plough and Fleece Pub in South Cambridgeshire

Great community pub! The guy who greeted us and took our orders was amazing and so attentive. Great food and dessert. Very welcoming and felt very relaxed about the whole evening and meal. The chocolate fudge tart was incredibly rich but with the crème fresh it cut through the tart and gave such amazing flavours. 5/5 Came back this Sunday for roast lunch and while the beef was amazing and cooked great! the vegetables were undercooked and the women running the pub instead of being apologetic said it's Al dente which is fine for pasta but not root vegetables that require me to put strain on the knife to slice through. 2.5/5

Lovely pub,hadn't been in it for forty odd years,nice experience.

We visited with another couple after hearing great things about the food - it did not disappoint. The food was delicious with plenty of choice and good size portions. We all thoroughly enjoyed our choices. So tasty! Desserts were fab. We had cheesecake, sticky toffee pud, chocolate tart and the cheeseboard. Clean plates all round! The bar side is cosy and cute and the restaurant light and airy with lovely views of the garden and countryside. Can’t wait to go back, thank you to Chris and the team for making us so welcome.

Food and service were great, in a traditional country pub.

Very pleasant atmosphere to gather with friends and family

Fantastic lunch today with my stepdad. We both had ciabattas - mine honey roasted ham and full to the brim with fresh salad and a mustard mayo. Stepdad had fish fingers and rocket - no Birds Eye here! Shared some of the fluffiest and crispy chips I’ve had in a long while. Can’t wait to come back to try more! Service with lots of smiles!

We have visited this pub nestled in a lovely village very close to the City of Cambridge over the years and it never disappoints. It is well maintained with both the inside and outside tastefully designed. Staff are very friendly and helpful and the best of ingredients are used for the food. There is a car park and spaces on the street too.

Great pub! Would recommend a visit!

Waited around 40 minutes for 3 meals then only 2 were brought out. 10 minutes later my meal arrived but when I started eating the fishcake was COLD in the middle so i sent it back. Chef came out and disagreed with me he said it wasn't cold! I was offered a replacement but I declined as I didn't want to eat when my friends had finished, I was offered drinks but I was driving, when we paid I said to the waitress that I didn't like the chefs attitude that I felt he was accusing me of lying...I did want my lunch actually. Chef came storming out and told me to stop being rude to the waitress, I wasn't. He apoligised but i felt he said it begrudgingly. Unfortunately (I'm partially disabled, I have to push on something to stand up) I pushed on the table and it tipped a glass tumbler onto the floor, it bounced once then smashed into 1000 pieces. Chef came running out with a face like thunder. I said it was an accident, which it was, I said sorry several times, the staff said nothing. Karma. Will not recommend this place to anyone or ever go there again.

We had a couple of lunches here whilst staying locally and can confirm the consensus that this is a brilliant pub doing lovely food with efficient and friendly service. As vegetarians it’s often hard to find decent food when eating out but that was not the case here with tasty and imaginative options available. We will happily return next time we are in the area.

What a find! Four of us has had a really enjoyable lunch in the garden here: two Sunday roasts and two fresh tuna cooked just as requested, with a lovely leafy salad. The puddings were great too, and we followed with amazingly good sticky toffee pudding for two and baked nectarines. The young staff were friendly and efficient. 10/10

Cannot recommend them enough. The food was great, wonderful service, and the surprise slice of cake for my birthday was a lovely touch. I will definitely come back again.

Best roast dinner have had for years. Beef tender and plenty of vegetables. Service was excellent. Thank you. Will be returning.

This was our first visit and it won't be our last. Excellent main course (cod with rossi potatoes and veg)followed by cherry crumble tart and ice cream. Compliments to the chef

Wow .. beautiful pub and lovely staff, chose this place completely at random on way back from visiting Anglesey Abbey, lovely food, great choice of beers etc..

We’re pleasantly surprised about the level of service and food there. The stuff could be able to prepare for us the roast dinner just before they closed the serving it after our call. It was super helpful and convenient to come to the pub and enjoy the meal. Thank you for this level of customer oriented

First time here, what a place. Wish I had discovered it earlier. Fabulous food, staff were brilliant and helpful all the time. Loved it and will be returning.

Lovely pub and a fantastic pie. Friendly staff and a big garden. All together it was an excellent lunch.

We had an evening meal at the plough and fleece. It was excellent, the king prawns were gorgeous as a starter, the belly pork main course was very tender and tasty and the chicken ham and leek pie was excellent. Very friendly staff and a good selection of beers and wines. Would definitely recommend this restaurant.

Great food and selection of drinks.

Lovely meal, accommodating and friendly staff, good atmosphere.

Great food, very attentive staff, warm environment.

Great menu and fantastic food 😋

Food was out of this world. Quite possibly best vegetarian food I have ever had. My husband thoroughly enjoyed his meat dishes too. Absolutely sensational. Top marks to the chef. A lovely warm and cosy room, great service and atmosphere. Priced fairly too. Excellent experience and already looking forward to going back.

Great pub and restaurant experience in a relaxing atmosphere

On a circular walk from Chesterton, we intended to have lunch in the Garden Centre but veered into the Plough and Fleece instead. What a good decision !! We had a warm welcome, delicious food and excellent beer - Pegasus from Milton Brewery. A visit which we will repeat soon. Thank you.

Peaceful pub with a great atmosphere. Food was amazing and quick service. Will definitely be back :)

Recently refurbished pub now under new management We went there for food and OMG absolutely first class Best pub food I’ve had in a pub in Cambridge Food was delicious menu plenty of choice top quality food can’t wait to go back

Under new management March 2024. Best food I’ve eaten for many years! Fantastic food - from starter to desert - couldn't fault a thing. So so tasty. Great atmosphere, great service. Well worth a visit. This place will soon be booked up months in advance! Get in quick!!!

Lovely pub, staff were very friendly and attentive. We really enjoyed our meal. Would highly recommend. Thank you

Excellent food and service- can be a bit of a wait at busy times but overall it’s excellent ! Well done John and the team

This is a beautifully presented cozy village pub with a wonderful summer garden, fantastic selection of beer and drinks, fine British food, and very welcoming and caring service. Highly recommended for any public event, family eat out or comforting drink. We had a great memorable evening at Plough and Fleece and John and Zoe are lovely and gracious hosts 💐😊

Fantastic food and atmosphere! The Sunday lunch was amazing!!

Excellent meal freshly cooked, nicely presented and served piping hot. We waited a while for our food, but were in no hurry and enjoyed the restaurant's lovely atmosphere. It was very busy, indicative that it is a very popular eating place.

Delicious food, went especially as they has a good gluten free selection, assured me it was safe for me and I was pleasantly surprised, lovely business owner and atmosphere, would definitely recommend and return

Travelling from Birmingham to Norwich on a freezing January night and saw this pub as we hunted for somewhere for dinner, near the A14. The Plough and Fleece was a lucky find indeed. Very friendly staff and great food at a very reasonable cost. Hope to return and would recommend to anyone looking for a great place to eat in this neck of the woods

Great atmosphere. Nice and cosy pub with that old fashioned vibe. Only put one star for food because I didn't eat. Love a pub with a fire

Hidden gem! Lovely old fashioned pub with a cosy fire, beamed ceilings and lovely friendly service. Had a very enjoyable lunch and will be back again.

If you want the old pub experience and hospitality then this is the place to be

Excellent Christmas meal out in Plough and Fleece pub last night for our team Christmas works do. Nothing too much trouble for landlord John Cross from first enquiry email to last choc after dinner mint. Food was lovely apart from sprouts being a little too hard and Brie pot too over done. Excellent waitresses and bar staff too. Lovely atmosphere and we had a long rustic table beautifully set out in a quiet area of the pub. Will definitely be back with my own family . Well done all !

The food & staff were outstanding 🙂, as always.

Nice meal, good welcome too! Friendly landlord and staff. The home made pie was lovely, as was the cheese platter . Unfortunately it was rather cold inside when we went. iffy house wine would be my only other negative point.

What a find!! This is a small traditional inn with old fashioned hospitality, excellent, interesting food, a real cut above pub food, (and some gastro pubs!) and all home made! There was a good range of meat and fish dishes, but also vegetarian both as starters and mains, and it looked like there were good puddings too, but we were too full to manage one! They were happy to amend the menu to provide the food I wanted, and they had a good range of wines and beers. This pub punches above its weight. The cost of our dinner was much less than we had expected and represented excellent value for money. It has good off road parking and a garden for summer dining. We would DEFINITELY visit again, and would recommend it to anyone visiting the area. Oh and it was really dog friendly as well, a real bonus .

After a friendly welcome, 22 muddy walkers sat down to Christmas lunch, for the third year in a row. In addition to the traditional dishes, there were some lovely pie, vegetarian and fish alternatives. We also had an excellent selection of starters, vegetables and puddings, all generous portions and tasty. Everyone really enjoyed their meals.

An excellent menu and very welcoming attentive staff.

Down from Aberdeen, visiting family in Bottisham, had a fantastic lunch midweek. Food excellent and fresh. The corned beef hash with duck egg and red cabbage was fantastic. All food locally sourced. A very genial host. Will certainly return.

The Plough & Fleece went through a bad patch after the landlady left. We stopped coming. We tried again after some time, a change of chef and landlord later. It has become great again no more 'poncy' food. Efficient, really great pub food, great beer and extra lovely staff. What more can you want? We feel happy to bring our friends here again. We'll done, don't change it guys ✨

Fabulous Sunday lunch. Food was delicious and excellent quality. The staff warm and welcoming. A lovely traditional pub feel. Highly recommend.

The venue is rustic and comfortable. The sunday lunch is very good value. Great for large groups and very accommodating.

Wonderful food, relaxing atmosphere and great service.

Super nice community owned pub! 👏

Enjoyed our first visit. Great food & service. Good welcome and a cheery goodbye & thank you. Really recommend this little gem

This was a very poor experience. There was little or no service. We had to ask for attention. I ordered hake -the special not on the limited printed menu. No-one asked about allegeries and there was seafood in the dish - clams I was told after asking as I am allergic to mussels. The one young man on duty never returned to ask if we wanted sweets or coffee. We had to ring a bell to pay.

Sat next to this couple who supplied the review pictured. They ordered food. Food served. They got up and left. No word to staff about their alleged complaint! It’s funny that one can sit among a room full of customers all enjoying the food and everything else and they decide it’s the ‘worst Sunday lunch ever’! Our family loved it and so did everybody else. Over 200 x. 5 star reviews against a tiny handful of negatives. Ridiculous referencing Mary whom did indeed do a marvellous job but things have changed. and the food remains top notch!

This is a very rare oasis of a pub. We stopped by chance thinking it was a typical beer and burger type of pub. Instead we found a very pleasant menu of interesting dishes. I had the Halloumi and aubergines and my other half had sardines and scotch egg. The food was very tasty and very well presented. As an extra bonus we went on a Thursday night to find a group of local folk musicians playing together for everyone’s enjoyment. Very different and highly recommended.

The worst Sunday lunch ever had will definitely not be returning since Mary left due to ill health will never come up to the high Standards she provided

First visit here. What a lovely find. If you like mussels then the ones I had were superb.

Very lovely country pub. Atmosphere is great.

Me and my family had the pleasure of having lunch saturday at the plough&fleece , I'd just like to say wow !!what a variety of beautiful dishes the menu had ! and A big thank you to all the staff and chefs working the food was delicious . lovley sized fresh fish too the table services was amazing will be back !

We have just had a excellent Sunday dinner. Very generous portions, our main course served on lovely hot plates. Very friendly staff & a real pub atmosphere. We would thoroughly recommend.

Came here after my grandads funeral as a group! Staff were great! Food was lunch type buffet! The sausage rolls were amazing! Great staff great atmosphere and service would definitely recommend! This was my grandads favourite place to eat! In memory of Archie Roe!!

Great food and Ales. Great service. Friendly staff. A fantastic Sunday lunch experience.

Really great food fresh ingredients beautifully cooked. We had a party of 17 and the service was great. It is under new management and we wish him every success. We will certainly go back as the food and atmosphere are great. Thank you for helping to make the evening special.

Disappointed. Slow service - had to ask for menu and waited 50 mins for food. For the price the Sunday lunch was very average. They must have cut down on portions, only 3 halves of roast potatoes, no mash and small amount of veg to share. On the plus side the roast beef was excellent but only 2 slices.

The Plough and Fleece is under new management. John the manager Jack the chef and Julie head bar and waitress. Gave me a warm welcome. I totally disagree with with some of the comments I have read. Some people have champagne taste with beer money. The food is excellent. Jack takes great pride in his cooking also Maria assistant chef makes the most incredible desserts. Friendly and clean pub. Thumbs up

Popped in, as was passing by. Only had a drink but looks a lovely place. The food coming out smelt & looked amazing. Will definitely return to give it a try!

Had a lovely meal at Horningsea's Plough and Fleece today. Good food, friendly staff and well kept real ale. I'll be back.

Lovely place, friendly service. Great food and real ales. Highly recommended.

Very friendly and welcoming host, lovely serving staff. My first visit for Sunday roast, beautifully cooked, hot and tasty in a lovely atmosphere. Highly recommend the Plough and Fleece, cannot fault it on any level, I will be repeating my visit for Sunday lunch.

Under new management again. This time a great team running it. The food was brilliant. Friendly staff and well kept beer. Well worth a visit

Could be a great pub with a little work. Expected there to be a bigger selection of ales but overall a charming place.

Outstanding Sunday roast, you need to be very hungry to cope with portions!! Lovely attentive staff. Great value too.

We have always enjoyed our Sunday lunches here so excited to return, however were left disappointed. Service was rushed, orders taken incorrectly (all dessert order was wrong), then presented with someone else’s bill. Food wasn’t presented as well as before. My youngest sons meal consisted of overdone chips and two different kinds of chicken nuggets, all hard. Very disappointing as it used to be fantastic.

My family have eaten here for the last 10 years, especially for birthdays & Sunday roasts. I took a party of six people for a Sunday roast today, The service was very slow, and the roast was very poor, the beef was over cooked & the roast potatoes (not home made) were clearly re-heated & the Yorkshires were not homemade either, not enough vegetables (over cooked) for six people, also we had to ask for mash potato which didn't come with the meal as advertised. This used to be a great place for a Sunday roast, Not anymore. also no Vegan option. I would not recommend, very poor value for money, I have had better meals in pubs that supply crayons and colouring books!

Good food, some grumpy staff members. I don't appreciate being pushed to order dessert

Had a fantastic birthday meal here with family. The manager was so friendly and helpful, nothing was too much trouble. Food was delicious, the service was flawless. It was the lovely atmosphere that really made the day extra special with a great vibe. I will be celebrating all our special family dates here in the future. Thank you to all the staff who worked so hard to make my day special. We'll be back Debbie F

Not a bad little pub and restaurant.

Very very noisy dining room which detracted from the lunch. The food was freshly cooked and hot but too many potatoes and too few vegetables. Beef was poor but lamb and pork good.

No vegan milk available for coffee so we left.

Visited for lunch after a walk. Made very welcome. Cosy country pub. Limited lunchtime menu but excellent quality. Good selection of local ales. What's not to like?

I visited this pub with a large group for Sunday lunch for my 40th birthday. As it was for a large group we were asked to preorder, so I called the previous Monday to ask for the menu and they took my email address to send it to me. I hadn't received it by Tuesday so I called again and left my email address. They still didn't send it so I called again on Thursday to check if it was a problem if we didn't preorder and they said they'd get back to me, they didn't. Most of us arrived by 12.30pm but 2 people were late which meant we didn't order til 12.55pm, they didn't tell us that was a problem. The roasts came quickly and were really tasty, excellent roast potatoes, compliments to the chef! Some of us decided to order desert, which we did at around 1.50pm. Shortly after we were told by the manager that we needed to vacate the table by 2.30pm. This was the first we'd heard of it, there was no mention of this when we booked or when we arrived, but we thought the deserts would come quickly so we should have time. Two of the deserts arrived, but as the waitress went to get the rest the manager came over again and almost shouted that we had to leave at 2.30pm and should not have ordered deserts. We told him that we had ordered them at 1.50pm, before we knew we had to be gone. If they had come out quicker we would have had enough time. We then got up to leave making sure the deserts were take off the bill. It was extremely embarrassing, we felt like we were being thrown out. It had been a lovely afternoon until then, apart from them not stocking an NZ Sauvignon Blanc. If we had known there was a time limit we would have ordered for the late comers. I won't be returning to be shouted at anytime soon! I will definitely book elsewhere for my birthday next year!

I have visited this pub for food many, many times and recommend to ours. It is our go to pub for Sunday Lunch. Today I visited for a friend’s birthday . We were a large party and they asked us to pre order but despite multiple requests did not provide the menu to allow us to do so. Two of our party were late which delayed our order for mains. At no point were we told that this was a huge problem . Once the plates were cleared we ordered puddings. I ordered a drink and had to ask three times before the wrong thing was presented ( it was only a pint of lemonade and lime!) . Ten minutes later we were told by the manager that we had to leave the table in approximately 20 minutes time as they had to flip the table. We thought this would be no problem although we were unimpressed that we had not been advised of a time limit when we booked . If we had been told we would not have waited for late arrivals before ordering. Twenty minutes later we were told that we had to leave despite the puddings still not arriving. The manager had charged us for these and told us it was our fault that we were leaving without finishing our meal as we had ordered puddings after being told we had a time limit ! I advised him that it was the staff’s fault for providing such slow service and that we had ordered prior to being told when we had to leave . This debacle ruined my friend’s birthday lunch. It was embarrassing. The service was extremely slow and the manager very rude. This place was amazing under the old management but has seriously deteriorated. Shockingly bad.

We went today and the Sunday roast was OK, veg not that great, the lasagne didn't taste of anything and some of the desserts weren't very hot. Also they had sold out of beef and lamb before we got there. The staff were very friendly and helpful though.

We had a fantastic evening meal, with family and friends, to celebrate my husbands 60th birthday. The staff were great, helped decorate the table and could not do enough for us. We pre-ordered all our choices and everything was brought out on time and together,...

Visited on the 15th October for a family birthday. Food was awesome! Portions were great and food was served piping hot. Staff were friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend and will be visiting again.

Great food- check out the specials board!! Comfortable dining and a great range of -Adnams Ales and a local Milton brewery- to choose from. An ‘above average’ pub that is worthwhile visiting if in the local area. Service warm and friendly, very good! 🍻

Heard the plough and fleece had changed hands and hadnt been for while so thought we'd chance it on passing. Absolutely fabulous meal. Skipped starters as wanted mains and desserts. Lovely light pan fried Haddock with lemon butter summer veg for me, ribeye steak cooked...

we have visited this pub on numerous occasions and have had extremely lovely meals. However the pub is now under new management and the changes this have brought are not for the better. We visited last night, the menu is seriously reduced and limited to...

This is my favourite Sunday lunch would eat here every Sunday if I could . I have eaten off their other menus all 5 stars my favourite place .

Stopped here for lunch with my partner and our two dogs on a Monday, without booking. The staff couldn’t have been more welcoming and both the food and beer were lovely - we’ll certainly be back. Really nice to see some different dishes on the...

Enjoyed a nice pint and lovely fish finger sandwich here. Server was very helpful and friendly. Very relaxing place to eat.

Booked a table for two at very short notice for our anniversary today (10/08/22). Was offered indoor seating but we chose to sit at one of the many outdoor tables as it was such as lovely evening. Had three courses each and some drinks and cannot fault the meal or the service - apart from the two Knickerbocker Glory that we ordered. There was some delay in serving those but it does not detract from the excellent overall experience. Very reasonably priced for what we ordered - including two 10oz steaks cooked just as we asked - and we would not hesitate to highly recommend. One thing to note: there is a petanque court in the garden and tonight there was a match about to commence (8pm?). We did not ask the players if this was a weekly event but again, it did not affect our evening. Very happy.

Amazing food and staff. Thoroughly recommend this place to eat

Not the first time we have visited this community pub or eaten in there,but the first time I feel obliged comment on our visit. After a busy day we were going home to the next village and we thought we'd drop in on the off...

Still the best Sunday Roast around. Haven't been since before COVID. Not quite as busy as it was but that's a good thing when booking a table. Good choice of Sunday Roast meats or a mix of them. Plus a reasonable amount of other mains. Desserts to die for. Can't wait to go back

Had an excellent Sunday lunch, they have got it just right. Plenty of meat. Lots of veg and gravy, and vitally all the required sauces to go with it, efficiently served, Well done

The service was awful, my husband had to go to the bar 3 times to ask for another drink,can we order a sweet and then to ask for the bill. When he did the staff were all in the kitchen talking. The food when we...

Very good food. Reasonably priced and friendly staff.

This is a very popular local place with a lovely, friendly landlady. The food choices are varied and the quality of food and service is high. There's lots of parking, good wheelchair access and outdoor dining is well catered for in the informal country garden that backs onto fields with a view of boats on the river in the distance. A really super local with a friendly atmosphere, child friendly and with food which is above the usual quality of a local pub. (Good clean Loos too! ) I wish I had a local like this!

Lovely pub and great staff, food is good, lots of it but it is a bit pricey