Red Lion in South Cambridgeshire

Excellent lunch in Grantchester. Dessert especially delicious as was the alcohol free Guinness! Best meal in our Cambridge stay.

We used to frequent the Red Lion regularly twenty odd years ago, it's still worth a visit, but to us unfortunately,it seems to have lost some of its earlier appeal.

We visited the pub with high hopes, encouraged by the positive TripAdvisor reviews we’d read. Unfortunately, our experience didn’t live up to expectations. The pub itself is beautiful, with plenty of character and a lovely outdoor space. The staff were all friendly, welcoming, and clearly working hard to provide good service. However, our table had deep grooves that were filled with old food, salt, and other debris, which was quite off-putting. We raised this with a member of staff, who agreed it was unacceptable and kindly offered to move us to another table. The menu and food presentation suggested a high standard, with prices to match. Sadly, the quality and flavour did not reflect this. My club sandwich contained a bone, the chips were inconsistently cooked, and my husband’s seabass lacked flavour. Overall, the visit was disappointing. That said, the venue has real potential and, with some relatively small improvements, could be a fantastic place to dine.

The Red Lion Grantchester Secret service charge added! Bare faced cheek to add a service charge to our bill without telling us. Worst still at 12%!!!! Prices are anyway well over the top for very average food. Pay your staff out of your massive profits rather than cheating your customers you greedy people Sunday lunch was lukewarm and veg mushy!

I came in on bank holiday Monday yes it was busy but well maintained I came with my daughter and dog we both loved the food, staff was happy and friendly play area was clean i recommended this place and definitely coming back

Delicious food. Great portion sizes for children

Went to the Red Lion for a business lunch with a potential customer, food was lovely and good value, great service with friendly waiting staff and overall a nice atmosphere. Thinking of booking to come back for my office Summer party this year.

The food was amazing, happy friendly staff always smiling and good music in the background. Its dog friendly which is great and they treat your dog like a customer too. I had the scotch egg and fish pie lovely sized potions and a clean play area where my son played whilst we waited for food. I highly recommend the red lion Grantchester I'm 100% coming back thank you for a great experience

Visited for a casual dinner with my boyfriend on Saturday evening. The waitress was very friendly and service was quick. We had a drink each, which was fine. The Red Lion services a nice selection of beers. For dinner I had the Pie of the Day, which was a fish pie, which was advertised as being serviced with greens and samphire. Sadly there was no samphire in sight, and only 1 chunk of fish in my pie, which was mostly boiled eggs. My boyfriend had the burger and chips. Which was fine, although the burger was pretty overcooked. He asked for some mayonnaise with his chips, which came in 2 paper cups. He didn’t eat the mayonnaise as it had a yellow crust on top as it’d clearly been prepared a few days prior. As I left I used the bathroom. In the bathroom only 2 out of 5 cubicles had toilet roll available. Overall, not great considering the meal was £66 for 2 mains, and 2 drinks.

Good they have Lucky Saint if you want a low or non alcoholic option. The garden looks tired with the neighbouring fencing collapsing into the pub garden and tables not clean. We ordered food on a sunny and warm evening. I thought I had ‘ordered wrong’ but frankly, you should be able to order anything from a menu and for it to taste nice. Left incredibly underwhelmed. The ranch sauce dressing on the wedge salad was incredibly artificial and the mayonnaise brought to our table was already old and congealed. You can’t eat outside either which never used to be the case and balmy considering we are entering summer. We had to have our meal indoors which became chaotic with young servers not knowing which food went to which table. If we decide to come back, I hope the food is much improved.

Went on a sunny Sunday for a roast and while the service was wonderful, and we were sat outside so it was lovely, the food was extremely disappointing. The spring roll was lovely but the smoked trout was dreadful, needed salt and citrus and the fish also had an inedible tough membrane running through it. The vegetarian roast filling tasted JUST like the spring roll so not great. The Lamb was so tough and dry and absolutely under seasoned, lacking basic salt. The veggies were over done and tasted a little old and the meal just tasted stale. At just over £50 a head I don't think its worth returning.

Exceptional experience. We went with our toddler thinking we could eat on the grass bit and the lady front of house explained that wasn’t possible and that they were completely booked but if a space came up, she’d tell us. We sat having a drink thinking that was polite but accepting we weren’t going to eat there. To our surprise, she didn’t forget and got us a table outside, which enabled our son to play outside on the play area. Food wise, burgers were amazing, sticky toffee pud was perfect, service was excellent , really great experience. The play area was well kept and didn’t look like it needed upgrading, which is unusual for pubs. So big bonus! Would defo recommend.

Great pup in the heart of Granchester.

Nice garden and interiors. But coffee in paper cups 🫠

I am so glad that I hadn’t seen the negative reviews before I went as we would have missed a real treat. Five of us had lunch here in March and enjoyed it very much. I had the Panzanella salad, which was fresh and delicious, followed by a slice of fabulous strawberry shortbread cheesecake. My friends had fish, a “really good” burger and the fish pie. Two of them also managed the sticky toffee pudding. We all loved everything, and the friendly and efficient service could not have been better. We will definitely be back!

Building looks great shame about the food! Had 2 high chairs, both broken staff said the didn’t realise yet the bars between the legs were missing. Child steak had pepper seasoning the reason you chose children’s is you want it plain. Chips hard not sure whether they were triple cooked or over cooked. Curry sauce and mushy peas on all three fish and chips cold.

The Red Lion is a lovely pub situated close to the river in the picturesque Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. I visited with a friend at lunchtime on a Thursday. The bar was empty, but presumably there were customers in the garden. The manager/barman was busy pouring drinks as we waited at the bar. He did not acknowledge us, welcome us or even make eye contact in the five or more minutes that we waited to be served. When he did eventually get around to serving us he was civil, but completely oblivious to the need for him to acknowledge and connect with his customers, to make them feel valued, and importantly to make them want to return on a future visit. The drinks were fine and we ordered a snack lunch of sausage sandwiches. The food arrived after an interminable wait. I hate to think how they cope when this pub is busy, and I'm sorry to say it wasn't worth the wait. With the considerable number of independent butchers in this area you would have expected something special, but these sausages were worse than Tesco's value range. A very disappointing non descript sausage sandwich with an indeterminable relish . In short this was a very disappointing experience for my friend and me. This could be a really pleasant venue and enjoyable experience if the proprietors were to invest in some staff training and development which is obviously non existent at present. Then they could work on improving the quality of their menu. I'm afraid I won't be returning any time soon.

A very disappointing visit today. Visually, the pub looks very nice and inviting. Unfortunately today, the service was unfeasibly slow and food (which we had to wait a long time for) was bland and uninspiring.

Pretty dreadful service even though it wasn’t that busy. Garden needs a bit of TLC

Enjoyed lunch with friends. Great atmosphere, friendly service and lots of good food and drink!

Had my first Sunday roast there with my family. We ordered two different roasts and a separate bowl of roast potatoes with gravy. The potatoes in our roasts were definitely long past their freshness, but the separate side of roast potatoes was even worse for some reason. The gravy was tasteless and vegetables definitely overcooked. Overall, a massive disappointment :-( I think that if you serve roast dinners in the evening, they should be cooked separately to the ones served at lunch time as they lose their freshness. Food was definitely reheated as it arrived pretty quickly and none of it had any 'crunch' and the Yorkshire puddings were also chewy. I'm sorry, but I won't be coming back.

Great spot in a lovely part of Cambridge, food has always been brilliant, with kind and attentive waitstaff. Kevin & Emily in particular were very helpful resolving a minor issue with the parking. We look forward to returning soon.

Really poor service, horrible setup, food looked average but we didn't get that far because of the rest

Good food, lovely staff, great atmosphere.

Loved my starter and especially the sticky toffee pudding

Sunday Roast. Food was delicious. Generous portions and a great sticky toffee pudding to finish. Knocking off a star because of our table - dark, cramped and tucked in a corner away from the rest of the pub. When you go out for the cosy pub atmosphere this wasn't it. Go. But make sure you get a decent table.

Overall the experience was ok but I don’t think I’ll be rushing back. Staff were friendly and attentive but unfortunately our food took a long time to arrive and arrived bit by bit, cold, with mistakes. Price was also a bit higher than expected, £150 for 4 adults and a child eating lunch, no booze. Might try again for dinner.

Had a lovely lunch at the Red Lion. The food was delicious, cooked perfectly and well presented. Warm and inviting atmosphere with friendly service from the whole team. Good location with sufficient parking, a bonus that you don’t have to drive into the city centre! Will be back again for sure!

Very expensive and very rude staff .

Customer service went beyond expectation - - unfair parking infraction from Euro Car Parks was dealt with quickly and efficiently! Really was impressed with the staff that worked on the file. Thanks again and looking forward to visiting soon.

Beautiful place great service really attentive staff. Would definitely be back again great location as well perfect for the summer

We were greeted on entry but lovely gentleman which got us a table on a busy Saturday evening though we were a walk in. The food and service that was provided was above expectations, will definitely return. Thank you team red lion

Really beautiful place came in on a nice sunny day really enjoyed it staff was so attentive

I was invited by a friend to go for morning coffee, and so we agreed to meet at 11.00. arriving, the doors were open so we went in and there was nobody there except two kitchen staff. We sat down thinking that someone would come out and find us. After 50 minutes, someone came into the bar and we asked if we could order some coffee. The firm answer was no. We were made to wait another 10 minutes before we could order. Just a simple notice to say NOT SERVING UNTIL 12.00 would have been enough. The attitude of the man behind the bar wasn't rude, but luke warm and slightly ambivalent let's say. Not a good first impression. Not sure I would bother to go back.

Our walking group enjoyed a delicious lunch that we were able to pre-order from a wide-ranging menu. Great desserts also and friendly as well as efficient service.

Very welcoming, friendly pub. Delicious food, especially vegetarian and vegan options. Would definitely recommend a visit!

Well first and foremost the staff were just excellent. Wonderful service throughout and they really could not be faulted. The actual establishment itself is very nice and everything about it is lovely and clean. The reason I say average in my rating was the food was very nice but not worth the extra charge they place on it. Maybe I’m being unfair and these are Cambridge prices. My friend said her meal was bland and lack any real taste. I had a lovely meal but it was more expensive than I pay elsewhere. I would say go and try it out, but it’s that bit more in price than other places.

This used to be such a lovely pub. Has clearly changed hands and is now a shambles. We ordered a steak sandwich which we were told comes with onion rings and it did not. Ordered a fish finger sandwich and the fish fingers were stone cold and mostly just deep fried fish skins. The bread was cheap and they didn’t even come with side salads/ chips / onion rings which you would expect for the price. Ordered a coffee and it was really watery and gross. The vibe has completely changed in there and it now feels a lot more like a Wetherspoons. Too crowded, not enough staff, loud, bad food. Not nice cosy pub vibes with amazing food as before. Go next door to the Green Man, it’s much nicer.

Staff were friendly and the atmosphere was nice. However the roast dinner was flavourless and disappointing. Completely under seasoned, school dinner roast potatoes, dry overcooked meat. Veg was ok, but the side of cauliflower cheese was greasy and not very cheesy at all. Our drinks also came after our food arrived which wasn’t ideal, although obviously forgivable, but really what this meant was that although our food arrived quickly (a plus on a busy Sunday) it wasn’t very hot. The veggie squash salad however was nice. Staff friendly but hard to get their attention when wanting to order or pay. It’s totally inoffensive but I sadly feel it wasn’t worth the money and wouldn’t come again.

Absolutely fantastic. Couldn't fault anything about the service atmosphere and quality of food dog friendly with ample parking. A definite to return to.

I had a really lovely time today Sharon was amazing special thanks to her for all the hospitality. Really excellent lunchtime meal and superb service by Kasia the lovely waitress. She was so friendly and helpful and the food was amazing. Super service and thanks for a lovely meal 😊

Visited the Red Lion today for the second time in last few months. Both times we have visited the food has been very good, can’t fault it. I can fault the service. Drinks terribly slow to arrive on both visits. Today our food arrived without two sides of fries we ordered, no apology or urgency to correct their mistake. When we finished eating we sat for 45 minutes with dirty plates in front of us, no offer of a dessert or our bill. Us and the table next to us had to flag down a member of staff to just get the bill and leave, completely oblivious that we were still there. As mentioned the food has been great both times, it’s the service that’s let us down. Especially as they add a 12.5% service charge to all bills…hardly worth it.

Roast was enjoyed by other party members, fish tasted strange, curry sauce not good. Atmosphere was intense, like a fever dream. Service was poor, tea came with hot milk, and deserts came with out spoons. Food did come quick though and portions were large. 🤷

Lovely pub. Haven't eaten at the restaurant for several years, but I'm sure it's still very good.

Popped in for an afternoon pint. Lovely location and atmosphere. Good beer but what really made the visit so special was the lovely Emily behind the bar. Amazing service thankyou

We were a party of 11 plus dog, 4 generations spanning 15 months to 85 years celebrating 2 January birthdays. There was something for everyone on the menu and although we had booked The Reading Room rather than the bar or restaurant we weren't forgotten and service was great. Thank you!

Popped in for quiet drink at 5pm. Still surprisingly busy but unfortunately a very screamy child who went up and down with a grandparent in the area making an unnecessary noise. When then they went to leave I might have said rather audibly thank goodness they are leaving . At which point they became extremely vitriolic abut my comments. Also they took a photograph which is against privacy laws . We were told told owing to a complaint against us we had to leave leave immediately. We wanted to register a complaint against them that we were denied,

I visited for dinner last night with my friend, and had a lovely time. The decor and ambience is cosy and warm. The service was great, our waitress was really friendly and helpful, despite it being a busy night. I had the steak, which was amazing and honestly one of the best steaks I have ever had. My friend had the sea bass which looked delicious and she said it was. There was a great selection of cocktails - we loved the apple spritz! I look forward to returning to try more of both the food menu and the cocktail menu! Thank you :)

Very delicious food. Lovely cosy atmosphere. Dogs welcome. Some of the service was poor but I would assume that the waitress was new. They need some oat milk as they didn't have any and the coffee with almond milk was not a cappuccino

Great food- excellent prompt service. Lovely comfortable atmosphere.

My son and I came here for my birthday today. I ordered a steak sandwich and my son had the chicken club sandwich plus 2 cokes and a bottle of water. We were booked in at 12.30 and had speedy service by a very friendly and helpful waitress! The food was tasty and arrived in good time! My only gripe is the cost of water (£5.50 a bottle), as we thought we were getting a bottle of tap water. Didn’t make a fuss tho, as they were very short staffed and run off their feet. I think if you arrived after 1pm today, service might have been slower but to no fault of the 2 working, as they were working so hard! You need more staff 😊. Overall, a lovely experience so thank you 🙏

Dreadful! Regrettably, chose here for our Christmas works meal. All 3 courses of my meal were inedible and, the rest of the party who had the cold weird looking turkey had food poisoning during the night! The low grade ingredients and weird mash up of things put together were really strange - mini jarred salad onions swimming in watery “gravy” isn’t onion gravy! More a health risk!! The whole meal was utterly disgusting and we deeply regret politely accepting it and leaving. We have made contact with you but you seem to care very little. Just happy to rip people off and offer low grade food with a chef that knows very little about cooking And, definitely doesn’t know what a Christmas dinner consists of despite the menu. - cold kale isn’t one of them! I would avoid this place at all costs!- go to the nicer surrounding pubs

Chips are a relatively cheap plate filler, and an easy way to send home happy punters, however the kitchen managed to get this wrong. The chips portion was tiny, making the fish & chips incredibly overpriced for what was served on the plate. A chicken roast was also ordered, with a tiny chicken breast. Certainly under 100g. Again, this made the dish overpriced for what was served on the plate. No one has an issue paying £18-£25 for a meal, providing you serve adequate portions. Both failed on this occasion. A shame as the pub is beautiful, great staff and excellent service. But let down by the food.

Great house bitter, excellent food. Burger sauce particularly good and plenty of choice

The pub was busy it was post Christmas I get there were 11 of us. BUT for those exact reasons I wouldn't expect to have to wait an hour and a half from sitting to getting served our main course food. You should know who's coming in surely? We had a booking at 1.30pm. We were promptly offered drinks which were brought no problem. Waitress then came for the food order. Then everything stopped. We eventually got food at quarter to three. If you're busy then we would have been happy to have given you a pre order. We get it's Christmas, we get it's busy. Puddings were also slow. Had to ask three times for the bill. (Everyone had gone by then) The food when it came was great. I just wanted to snack on the Christmas dog treats whilst waiting.......... Oh and adding a service charge on the bill is fine if the service isn't this slow.

Super family dinner with the Sunday roast The team is kind and ready to adapt to customer request The Sunday roast was delicious - very good level of ingredients and all well cooked Recommended

Expensive food and not good value for money. Had the burger which was £18 plus 12.5% ‘auto added’ surcharge. Double cheese burger was similar to a MacDonalds burger and fries were almost identical. Nothing else on the plate. Less than ideal seating arrangement. Waiters kept on brushing past table throughout the time when I was seated. Well trained on upselling additional items which was obvious.

Lovely place the food was incredible had Christmas lunch here & the staff were super friendly well worth a visit

Excellent venue coping well with 20 itinerant cyclists 😂! My sea bass was lovely, thank you.

Lovely building, service was fantastic and the beer was very good. However the food was not great. We went on a Monday lunchtime so it's probable that the main chef wasn't on. The menu sounds delicious. Pasta starter was oddly bland. My chicken Kyiv was fine, but running in grease. Green salad was just shredded, tired lettuce, some cucumber and a weird sugar dressing. My pudding had odd, completely tasteless sugar brittle and very weird claggy cream. Hopefully we caught them on an off day

A delicious Sunday lunch. Excellent service.

Where do I start, it was the firms xmas party, starter was supposed to be duck but was more like duck paste, xmas dinner was turkey roast turkey was bland and dry and some of it was chewy, some of the roast potatoes were under cooked and the pudding, which was classed as a crumble was a slice of Arctic roll which was still frozen and a sprinkle of apple chips on the top. Staff few and far between and waiting for someone to come to the table to order drinks was a rare occurrence. All in a poor experience all round and certainly wouldn't recommend.

Well where to start First time eating here Went with my partner on hers works Christmas dinner. When I was given the menu weeks before to pre order. First impressions were wow! This sounds amazing Made my choices Duck rillette to start Venison for main with pomme Ann potatoes Artic apple crumble with pickled blackberries Couldn’t wait. But to my massive disappointment This had to be one off If not the worst meal I’ve ever eaten out! The chef can write a good menu! But he definitely can’t cook!! The starter Duck rillett was just a stodgy wet mess with dry cold sough dough toast that I think had been flashed under the grill! Venison Such a beautiful animal at least do it justice! And learn how to cook first! Pomme Anna potato (think you need to go back to basics first) The venison must of been flashed in a hot pan and put straight onto the plate! Brown on the outside raw inside and still cold!! So tuff to cut and eat! As for the apple crumble artic roll! I have know words! The one single blackberry on the side! Think it said on the menu pickled blackberries! What a load of mess on the plate!! Couldn’t even bring myself to eat it! I’ve been a chef for over 30 years I pride myself on what I cook and serve! But this was fresh out of the John Wayne cookbook!!

Really expensive for what it was tight arse portions....really disappointing. Stop being stingy

We came in on Sunday for a roast meal and the whole experience was amazing! From the host, to the server, to the meals... zero complaint! Everyone was friendly, attentive and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend the Roast chicken to anyone that comes for a roast here. 😋

Great food, fast service, nice pints. Great experience after a long walk in the meadow

Under the new management the place looks quite efficient and with great table service. Staff seems attentive and with great knowledge of things! Highly recommend 👌

Fantastic food, even better service. Would recommend for anyone looking for great pub grub.

Nice pub with local beer and beautiful ambient. Garden with playground for kids

The food was nice but the service was dreadful. We were a party of 10 for a special meal. The starters were interesting and the main courses standard pub fare. We had to ask to order after 30 minutes waiting. The starters then came a reasonable time after that, but then the mains came out before the starters had been taken away. The waitress seemed a bit shocked that this was her role. There was no voluntary provision of cutlery for the main course. We decided to abandon the battle for deserts! What a shame as the venue could be so much better

This is a great place to meet friends and/or family for a meal. We had a great evening. There is a lovely cosy atmosphere. The staff are so friendly and welcoming and they really know their venue and menu! Some in our party had gluten free needs and this was received well by staff. Nothing was a hassle, everything a pleasure. They guided us to menu items that would meet our dietary needs and offered ways that menu items could be adapted to meet needs. The food that came looked and tasted amazing and the portion sizes were good. We will definitely go back and would recommend this place to others.

Very traditional cuisine for a Sunday lunch. The Sunday roast dishes are well made and plentiful, as well as the fish and chips. Desserts in line, well made but not very refined. Very pleasant setting and attentive service

Pub traditionnel avec un cadre agréable. Les plats du sunday roast ainsiq u ele fish and chips sont classiques, bien faits et copieux, sans pour autant être raffinés (mais ce n'est pas ce qu'on cherche!). Desserts un peu en retrait. Service attentionné.

A lot posher than our usual watering hole with a very middle class clientele. On the plus side dogs are very welcome.

Good food, good service, easy parking. Can be noisy!

This was just ok, not bad but rather average food with weird service, very hurried. Sunday lunch menu very limited with starters, and desserts trying to be too foodie.

I always really liked the food at the Red Lion when we've gone in the past - it was ok, nothing to get too excited about. Service was good. Main issue is we were a table of 5 sat at a really tiny ill-placed table for 4 people max, very cramped, and up against a wall with a huge piece of artwork that jutted out onto the table. The place felt a bit more run down than last time we went, dirty, smelly, and toilets with huge cracks / holes round some kind of trap door (manhole cover?) in the floor which are both unsightly and a trip hazard.

Chronic food poisoning for two of our party (both from fish orders). Appalling local and central office response. Lovely building but they cram you in. Parking was terrible (a busy day when we went - sunny etc), cars just circling asking if you are leaving etc. Also, parking is run by a parking firm so need to be careful. If you do go, perhaps park further away and get an Uber is my view. I'd give it a miss personally.

A pretty and pleasant place. Love the old world charm and atmosphere. Well done for keeping these aspects alive and not modernising too much.

We visited for a Sunday roast and were not disappointed! Between the 5 of us we had each different type of roast and they were all lovely! Highly recommend :)

Incredibly disappointing. I'd only heard good things about the Red Lion but never been. I booked for a special family meal to enjoy the warm weather, and it didn't state anywhere that terrace seating didn't include table service. The entire surface of the table was incredibly sticky. Ordering at the bar was fine, but the person who put in our order didn't know how to order the starters to come first, so the bread came with our mains. When we were served, our roasts didn't include mint sauce and the server said it wasn't included. When we told her mint sauce was on the menu, she was surprised, but did end up coming back with it. The wait staff just seemed incredibly junior and lacking in knowledge; the amount we paid for the meals and the general reputation of the restaurant led me to believe that it would be a better experience. At least everyone agreed the food was good. I would not chance a family celebration on an unknown restaurant like this again. Definitely do not recommend.

I generally love and thus visit often the Red Lion. The service today was not good.The staff was bored,unhelpful and not polite.The range of cocktail drinks was limited which was rather disappointing for a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Nice food, staff on the front desk often a bit stand offish

Nice food, staff on the front desk often a bit stand offish

A warm welcome awaits you in this warm and friendly pub restaurant. Service was smooth and efficient and carried out with a smile. The food is delicious and if in the area again will certainly be doing a return visit.

A warm welcome awaits you in this warm and friendly pub restaurant. Service was smooth and efficient and carried out with a smile. The food is delicious and if in the area again will certainly be doing a return visit.

Beautiful location, and great pub, we’ve had gnocchi and cheeseburger, both state of the art, quite reasonable price

Lovely place for a family party. We had our daughter baptism here and was lovely. We had starters to share and the hummus was my favourite. We definitely recommend the Sunday roast for mains if you going there on Sunday. Nice park for kids in the back of the garden which the kids really enjoyed. Staff is friendly and helpful.

I was given pub vouchers to celebrate our wedding anniversary so I picked the Red lion to use them as they were listed on the pub tokens website. We told the staff when we arrived and were reassured it would be fine to use them. When it came to paying the bill the staff disappeared for ages and came back to tell us we could not use our vouchers. This ruined what was supposed to be a lovely treat. In contacting the pub I was informed ( after a month of waiting) that we should have been able to use them and could do so next time. This is not very useful and no goodwill gesture was mentioned whatsoever. The food was expensive but good however the place lacked atmosphere and the service was terrible. We were ignored for quite some time before we could even place a drinks order. I would not hurry back to The Red Lion.

Very good steak but need to review their care for gluten free customers: very restrictive app which is more about what you can't eat than what you can..only one starter and one dessert choice...even the ice cream was deemed not possible..very frustrating for a non-coeliac. There are apps I have used elsewhere which allow for traces of gluten for those who can tolerate them

The menu offered a fantastic selection of classic pub dishes, and everything we tried was spot on: fish pie, steak sandwich with fries and a knickerbocker glory to share., which was hearty and full of flavor. The portion size was generous, making it excellent value for money. To wash it down, we each had a half pint of one of the local ales. Which was the perfect complement to our meals. The service was quick, attentive, and friendly, adding to the overall great experience. Despite being busy, the staff made sure we had everything we needed and checked in on us at just the right moment.

Unwelcoming. Used to be a great place for a family drink and food. As soon as you walk in, you are made to feel unwelcome and uncomfortable by an empty soulless messy bar with empty glasses all over the place and a gruff manager asking you to state your business. Not exactly a comfort. Long wait at the bar. If you want any bar snacks you have to wait at the bar whilst they are being cooked, amongst the stacks of dirty dishes and glasses. Mocktail was out a can at £9.50 and disgusting and we stood at the empty bar for ten minutes as the single rather rude bar staff was busy doing table orders. Good job nobody else was waiting to be served. Clearly going in for a drink is considered beneath their dignity - you have to have a meal. Don’t think I’ll be going back after ten years of patronage. The play area in the garden is good, but throwing old metal ovens into the garden isn’t really good for the safety of free roaming toddlers. This was their last chance. Turned an amazing place into somewhere really quite horrible

A very pleasant, quite large pub restaurant in the delightful tourist venue that is Grantchester. Staff are very attentive, and we were asked about allergies. Note there is a 12.5% service charge, noted in small print at foot of the menu. Our club sandwiches were well filled, and made with sourdough bread, so all good. However the chips to share was a really very small portion, tempting me to work our the price per chip - around 10-15p I reckon. The meal in the photo, with a pint of Eatrella and a half of cider, came in just short of £42.

Not welcoming at all. Tired decor and furniture. We were told to move and sit on the grass because the table we sat at was for food only. No reserved signs were used. Staff hadn't got a clue. Ended up sitting on an unsafe rotten picnic table. Don't make you day a miserable one by visiting here.

Gorgeous food, just the Chicken Liver Profiteroles were a disappointment. Staff helped us move tables away from the swarm of flies, Dining Room may be better prospect in hot weather. 😎

A lovely spot for lunch. Plenty of helpful staff that smile and try to make your stay as pleasant as possible. We visited during a very busy time and yet the service was quick and efficient. The place was clean and dominated a perfect spot with views over the river. They have a carpark with cameras, make sure you give them your vehicle reg or you will be fined!! Thank you, will visit again.

Get a new chef! This place has been drifting for a while; but now it’s deteriorated badly. Pleasant service but poor on accuracy and timeliness. But, for a gastronomic-pub, someone really needs to check the chef’s head - the menu’s a mess, self-indulgent (chicken liver profiteroles, anyone? Yes, we tried them, an no, they weren’t any good.), and yet despite the chef’s over-ambitious fancy, the food is inadequately seasoned and not actually tasty. Pity.

It remains a lovely spot, and the amount of care managements and staff put into caring about allergies and food sensitivities is extraordinary. Not only that, but they take the time to talk to customers and explain even on busy days. Service was also very punctual and very pleasant. I don't think I have seen such extraordiinary levels of client service in any restaurant anywhere. What a brilliant team! Inspiring! Take your company for a team-building day and see how it is done!

Great Sunday lunch with good portions and a tasty vegan option. Plenty of space to lock up bikes outside.

Classic family run place in Granchester. Beautiful little town surrounded by grasslands. Good English food. I recommend the fish pie.