The Cutter Inn in East Cambridgeshire

Came here with a party of 8, no one thought the food was good. Especially bad fish and chips

Just superb. A family gathering of 18 of us met here for Sunday lunch. The staff were professional, helpful and friendly. The food was excellent, on time and most enjoyable. We couldn't fault it and would thoroughly recommend.

Great dog friendly pub by the river:-)

£19.50 and 35 minutes later, I was served my "14-hour braised steak and ale pie, served with vegetables and mash potatoes.". It was a dead quiet Wednesday early evening, which makes you wonder why so long to serve the food. Now, the real reason for the low rate review. The braised beef could be described as a dry, mushy, blob of meet. The vegetables (carrots and Chinese leaf) were clearly microwaved - very soggy and dry. The gravy was just a gooey, cold, disgusting substance. Everything was very tasteless and unseasoned. For this much money, I expected at least average pub food. You know, nothing to make you ask for the recipe, but edible. Needless to say, the only attractive feature in this pub is the great view of the riverside.

Great Friendly staff. Perfect location for a walk. Scenic views of the river.

Nice place to have a typical English meal. The menu is not very extensible but you have enough options to enjoy the food. The riverside location makes you feel in a different place. The staff is friendly. I enjoyed a lot.

Thank you for making it special. Staff all amazing lovely afternoon. x

Wonderful find! Food fab! Views better!!!

Superb food in a brilliant location.

I had high hopes for a classic Sunday roast, but unfortunately, this was a complete letdown. The service was painfully slow—staff took ages to take our order, and when the food finally arrived, it was the wrong dish. To make matters worse, they forgot to bring cutlery, leaving us waiting even longer. The restaurant also seemed disorganised; no one bothered to clean the table before seating us, which was especially frustrating as we had our baby with us. As for the food—absolutely tasteless. The pork was dry, the chicken was cooked with salt only, the roast potatoes were bland, and the gravy had no depth of flavour. Overall, a terrible experience. We will not be coming back.

Restaurant is great - bar was a bit of a let down - nice location with great river views.

Walked by this place for years and had no idea their food was so wonderful. Great for those days on a walk for a warm meal and nice environment. I had a Gluten Free fish and chips! I was so happy, its been years since I had batter, plus the chips and tartar sauce were just perfect. My husband had Pigs in Blanket Stovie, well it looked and smelled wonderful and he thoroughly enjoyed a new take on a Scottish dish. Easy to get a seat, staff were really lovely and attentive, the pub allows dogs so that's always nice to watch the dogs enjoying the pub and free strokes.

Great good and service. Will definitely go again

Nice place. Friendly staff. Quick service. Great atmosphere when live bands are playing

Nice location, food terrible for the money. Fried eggs were rock hard and the gammon was dry as a bone. Might go back for a pint but will definitely avoid the food.

Excellent food , riverside location.

Just over priced as on water front.

Always a nice after work buzz to this friendly riverside venue.

The Cutter offers casual if you would like a lovely pub meal but they also have a restaurant if you woukd like to make a more special evening

We stopped here just for drinks and as it was a lovely day we sat outside. It was a lovely view along the canal with the barges and various fishermen scattered along the edge. Service was very good also. Definitely a place to go on a sunny afternoon.

Nice pub by the river, decent food, nice atmosphere and good selection of beers

Been to the Cutter a good number of times when we are in the area. Lovely place on the river front. A little pricey for a Guinness & large Pino, in fact the highest I've found in Ely which I have visited most of the places in the area but the position is also the best I've found so overall satisfied. Highley recommended is a drink or two and a visit to the Waterside Antiques centre which is just a five minute walk along the river. Free parking nearby so overall well worth a visit to the area.

Nice pub, warm and friendly! Food was OK but a bit on the expensive side.

We went here to drink gin, but there was almost no gin in the glass. We will never come here again. I hope those planning to visit this place read this review.

I ordered a gin, it came with a nice presentation but without any gin in it. On top of that, the table we sat at was dirty, and we had to clean it ourselves. I didn't expect such a mistake. I don't think I'll be coming back

Great atmosphere,good food , good ales , located River side and very busy in the summertime.

Really nice food , friendly staff.

I had lunch here on Saturday, with my three friends. Lovely food, friendly, helpful staff, speedy service and value for money. We will definitely be returning. Thank you.

Good pub, very busy and lively atmosphere. We had a table in restaurant area which was quieter. Nice food although a little on the pricey side and not the most flavourful. I had the aubergine and my friend the prawn noodles. Good service.

They gave us a window seat, which was very cool. It was my Aunt's birthday, the first since her sister (my mother) died last year. We wanted to make her feel special, which I am delighted to say the staff did. Our waiter even sang Happy Birthday (very discretely). Oh yes, the food was perfect too! Thank you all for helping make sure her day was special.

My neice and nephew came from Notts for my 86th birthday, Nice table by the window. My nephew had the venison and was very pleased with it, neice and I had 'battered cod", huge serving! Perhaps over battered, but chips brilliant. We all had sticky toffee pudding and our lovely waiter brought mine first, with a candle in it, singing happy birthday. He was charming. My only criticism, probably unresolvable, was cramped ladies loo. Excellent parking lovely view of long boats, swans and trains. . Thank you for a very pleasant lunch taken at a leisurely pace.

Quiet afternoon for a beer or two Seems a friendly bar, myself and one other person in the bar. Clean facilities. Lovely view over the river.

The menu was one of many delicious options, it really was hard to choose. We all ordered, with my daughter opting for two starters for her main, we specifically asked for the starters to be served as main, but this was forgotten so we ended up watching her eat, while we waited for our main courses, this seemed very slow and ended up waiting approx an hour for this. It was very much mixed reviews on the table two meals were lukewarm warm, the pigs in blankets looked under cooked as was the pork stuffing, both were sent back to the kitchen and were promptly returned with a statement that said chef said they were cooked! We didn’t eat. We ordered water for table a total of 4 times before receiving. Now the food was tasty, but was eaten more out of hunger, just warm food isn’t enjoyable. The waitress was incredibly gracious and offered us free deserts and refunded the bugs in blankets. we didn’t complain for this reason? I really would Have liked pigs in blankets more cooked and meal hot. I will try again, as the food was tasty, hopefully next time it would be hot.

Nice place to stop when we were out for a walk around Ely. Nice food, reasonably priced.

Lovely pub but a little expensive.

First date here and still coming back 23 years later, says it all.

We had one of the best meals we ever had. Was not sure what to get so went with something simple, the Steak and Ale pie. It was absolutely delicious. Very well presented and the lady who served us Rachel was really lovely. Polite, professional and made us feel very welcome. Will definitely travel from Norwich to Ely again just to have that meal again.

Really lovely food/ good service/ certainly eat there again

Good food and wine and friendly staff. Home made pie was excellent. Dessert was average but overall very good. Restaurant nicely decorated and really comfortable. Lots of free car parking.👍

Lovely pub, right on the river, really well placed

Went to The Cutter Inn for New Year’s Eve dinner and I certainly wasn’t disappointed. The food was amazing, the service was excellent and the atmosphere throughout the restaurant and pub were fantastic. Would highly recommend this venue for any occasion and will definitely be going back.

Lovely venue and lovely staff. The food let them down I’m afraid to say. The so called hand battered fish was off, the smell when cut gave it away, with only one mouth full my partner stopped, good job too, as he was so unwell after. My share dishes were over cooked, maybe heated from the night before which was New Year’s Eve. My partner doesn’t like to complain or make a fuss but it was so disappointing in such a lovely place. As I said, the staff were very nice and welcoming, it was sad that the food was such low quality.

Great food, beer was good - staff very helpful

Lovely setting and great atmosphere!

One of the best places in Ely. Great location, good food and drinks. Recommend a visit...

Absolutely not worth the money at all . Asked for festive roast dinner which was one small carrot 2 sprouts 1 small piece of meat and a Yorkshire . It was served worm and not hot at all . The meat pie was worm snd the plate was covered in chips which wore tast less . Never would I go back at all the toilets smelt from the drainage and the service was slow . Absolute grap .

Our works Xmas meal didn't live upto it's expectations. I had a turkey dinner which was a big letdown. The meat looked like a chopped and shaped joint not a full breast roast, it was rather tasteless and rubbery, the same for the stuffing and the veg were not much better. The crayfish tails starter salad was uninspiring to look at and somewhat lacking in quantity & taste. A colleague had a simple fish n chips where the battered fish was unbelievably tough, I didn't think that was possible. Although I had no intention of complaining, neither of us had eaten much which was noticed by the staff. We were offered alternatives but opted for a complimentary drink. I can't fault the staff but the food wasn't great, although in their defence I had eaten there before and the food had been excellent.

Have previously enjoyed our visits here but this time it was a disappointment. The staff were hard working and friendly and there was a lovely buzz about the place. However, one set of toilets was out of action. The cod was solid in the centre They ran out of my choice of drink It may just be that in the run up to Christmas they’d taken their eyes off the ball but my friends and I left disappointed.

I’ve been coming here over 20years and it’s still such special & wonderful place

We went for a meal at 4:15, they were out of the roast (the main thing we went for) and a bunch of other items. Service was slow, the staff were rude and sulky and clearly didn't want to be there. We were 5 minutes late for our booking and our table still wasn't ready when we arrived. Complete lack of preparation on their side and when we asked about the roast "it stops at different times every day"... erm ? Put that on the menu then? Or order enough? If you're planning on going for a roast for Sunday dinner...don't bother.

70th birthday celebration with all my family. The food was amazing service by the staff was exceptional, thank you so much for making my birthday really special

Extremely busy. Food not that great. Had chicken scallopini which turned out to be a giant breaded chicken steak. Chips were good. Served with 2 roasted cherry tomatoes.

Good food and the view near the river beautiful 😍

Popped in for a drink during a visit to Ely. Beautiful location on the River. Warm and Friendly atmosphere. Dog friendly. All in all a very enjoyable experience.

The Cutter hosted our 80 person sit-down wedding reception and we honestly couldn't find fault. We had exclusive use of the restaurant from the night before and to set up décor and table plan. We comfortably seated 80 and the staff were helpful during set up and made the tables look incredible. On the day, there was not a single hitch. Prosecco was available when people arrived, all questions were answered, everyone was seated seamlessly, and all our vendors said the Cutter were great to work with. The staff were attentive throughout the day, tables were served and cleared quickly, and they were fun and friendly throughout. Incredible service. The food was delicious (a choice of starters and roast dinner). I had garlic mushrooms and chicken, I could eat the mushrooms every day and not get bored. The kitchen catered to a variety of dietary restrictions and allergies and all the coeliacs had high praise for the roast. We ended the night with a disco and the room was quickly turned around into a dancefloor. Being in our 40s, and having started at midday, we only lasted til just gone 11 but it was a great craic. We were nervous a few months before as we maybe wanted a bit more hand holding, but it turns out they just knew exactly what they were doing! The weeks leading up to the wedding we spoke regularly to Kirsty and Chloe, they provided all the reassurance and advice we needed and made the process so seamless and easy. I don't plan on getting married again but if I was, I would do it here!

Great food, nice service. All a bit crammed in, just not at all cost like you'd imagine for a pub. Terrible, cold, draughty, cramped loos, not even enough space for normal cubicle doors. Why?

Just came here for drinks , very busy but managed to get a table after some kind people offered theirs when they were leaving . Very dog friendly, lovely atmosphere.

Had a lovely meal, tasty hot food, well presented. Very good service, polite, friendly and even double checked everything was ok as one of us left some fish so they came to check it was ok. Highly recommend.

We booked Saturday lunch for reunion with best buddies for a long overdue reunion. Great service in comfortable surroundings with excellent menu. Four clean plates and smiles all round!

I’ve never used the restaurant side of the Cutter, but have been to the pub side a lot. I go mainly for the location, it’s lovely by the river. BUT I do wish they’d up their game a bit. Nothing ever feels or looks clean. Sticky, wobbly tables. Smelly, dirty toilets with broken toilet seats. Bar staff aren’t friendly…it misses the welcoming touch you’d want from a pub. The last thing I’d want is the cutter to be modernised, I love its old pub charm, but it needs a deep clean and some TLC!! Owners potentially getting complacent and over relying on the location to keep customers returning?

We visited on Saturday and was very dissapointed in the service. Asked for the table to be cleaned and it never happened so asked again. Food arrived with no utensils and waited 10 mins for someone to bring them whilst food was going cold. No serviettes felt like we were neglected whilst a private party was taking place.

Good choice of typical English dishes including meat, fish and sauces carefully presented. Essential list of good wines. Not excessively salty, everyone adds it to taste if necessary

Lovely, dog friendly Riverside bar. Food we had was great 😃

Visited for a quiz. I had food there before the quiz which was disappointing. No accessible toilet.

Inconsistent sums this place up. We visited here a month ago and had a really good lunch (on a Saturday) We returned for Sunday lunch at the weekend and it was not good. My daughter had the burger and it was as tough as a hockey puck! So had to wait for a replacement not ideal especially being diabetic and had already had her insulin. The roast beef had a tang to it and my whole plate was covered in gravy think it was primarily school when I last had gravy put on for me, perhaps done to warm the lest than hot meal? Yes they knocked the burger off the bill and offered free desserts, which we declined! If you can’t get a burger right you have major issues!

Popped in here for a coffee after a nice walk with the dog. We didn't eat anything this time but we will next time we are here. Very friendly greeting by a lovely young lady. Ordered two cappuccinos and sat outside on the front looking at the river. Didn't have long to wait for the young lady to bring them out to us. The coffee was delicious and tasty. They do have a great reputation for food and drink 🍻. Well worth a visit any day.

Lovely place by the river , with excellent service as always. Car park fills up very quickly , be aware !

Nice enough looking place by the water, reasonable drink selection. Unfortunately the food wasn't very good. Started off with having lipstick on my fork. I know lipstick is notorious for not coming off in a dishwasher, but surely should have been seen when laying the table. Starters - kids haloumi fries - they're bought in. Calamari, looked bought in frozen. Korean fried chicken, chicken dry as camel hoof, with a slimy, soggy covering of some kind of half-fried flour. Sauce on the side. Looked a mess, tasted worse. Mains - kids fish and chips, that was good. Kids beef burger, same. Steak and ale pie - standard, bought in pie. Drinks Aperol Spritz - thrown together, and not in the correct proportion. Not even stirred. Beer - choice of three ales. They were good. Service was friendly enough. Overall, nice venue - very budget food and not very budget prices. I'd go again for drinks, but wouldn't order food.

Suchva lovely pub excellent foot good service all with a lovely view.

A group of 15 people. We pre ordered everything from a set Sunday menu. It took 1 hour 45 minutes to be served. Drinks took 30 mins from arrival. Set menu price was not on the bill, additional 30 minutes to get a manager to rectify. Overall food was ok, when it finally arrived, atmosphere was ok, was terrible!! Server claimed party of 30 upstairs causing delay but surely the pub knew they were coming and could have staffed appropriately.

Sometimes you should just stick to what you’re good at. £94 for 4 people was excruciating, the quality and service was awful. Two very uninterested staff served us up really poor vegetarian food. I sew pie and mash on other tables and that looked ok. If it’s vegetarian food your after don’t go here. Price/quality just isn’t there, everything came out of a packet and tin.

We were a table of eight on Saturday lunchtime,service was very quick and the food was lovely 😁

Wow. Just fabulous. We researched a lot of locations to eat out whilst on a short visit to Ely and kept coming back to this one. We were not disappointed. We were fortunate enough to be seated with a view out across the Great Ouse river and Ely Marina. Our waitress Alice was fabulous, from her warm and friendly welcome to her professional efficiency in ensuring we had a fantastic and memorable experience. The food was served promptly, there was plenty of it but more importantly it tasted fabulous. I can’t recommend visiting this restaurant highly enough.

Food was very good, tasty and pretty good portions. Arguably over priced for both food and drinks.....but then it's right on the river and in Ely!

8 of us booked . First had to ask for a menu as no one came around we order all different things from the menu but no one was pleased with what they got . The plates were so sparse ! Vegetarian burger and chips was just that ! A small burger and a few chips on the side . Gammon and chips the same etc etc very expensive for such small portions. Most of the staff wasn’t that friendly just not really an enjoyable night out . Have previously had a roast dinner in there and enjoyed the pie but the rest of the menu I / we would bother with again .

The service, food, and atmosphere could not be faulted. The Korean chicken was AMAZING.

Just go for a drink, visited today at 12 when we ordered fish and chips and sausages and mash. The fish was so dried up could have been a month old. The sausages meal was full of fried onions and cabbages. How people managed to eat there all the time we don’t know. Will not be returning. Shame as perfect location

Really lovely staff and a chef who prepared a unique dish for my daughter. Thanks Kirsty (and Norbert, the Rock).

Lovely spot on the river with good beer.

Stunning location for a nice beer when the sun is shining

Change your chef! Was violently ill on Saturday after eating here. Chicken shawarma… tahini sauce had no tahini, garlic or lemon as per menu. Asked for more and told to bring my plate back in. Not served on mid Eastern bread but on a greasy Indian style nan. I suspect it was either the soft hardly pickled pickles or chicken that made me sick. Only ate half as chicken also too dry. Big shame, fantastic setting and most staff serving were on their game.

Pretty average pub in a nice location. Very standard beer selection.

Great pub, fantastic atmosphere and a perfect location. Live music was a bonus.

Never had food, but the atmosphere is amazing. Beautiful views. Love coming here when I go to Ely.

Wife booked in here for Sunday roast. Place looked nice, presentation good, food is a different story... was looking forward to my dinner as roast is my favourite. BIG MISTAKE going here, chef has no idea how to do a roast dinner. meat was red, gravy was next to none hardly any on the plate like brown water, veg ... er what veg,, 5 peas hidden under a spoonful of cabbage, yorkshire pudding was cold & hard, like cardboard and tasteless, parsnips and carrots were decent, no other veg, not like others photos on here... most places give you a pot of gravy... NOT GOOD... and nearly £7 for a Guinness. RIP OFF... our first time here and will be our last... wife was in tears... at nearly £78 for 3 dinners.... SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.... We visit a lot of places around the country and the world... this place has hit No.1 top of the hit list.... STEER CLEAR.. And AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE... i wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy.... BAD real BAD..... Sorry guys but I only speak the truth... you seriously need a better chef....

Wife booked in here for Sunday roast. Place looked nice, presentation good, food is a different story... was looking forward to my dinner as roast is my favourite. BIG MISTAKE going here, chef has no idea how to do a roast dinner. meat was red, gravy was next to none hardly any on the plate like brown water, veg ... er what veg,, 5 peas hidden under a spoonful of cabbage, yorkshire pudding was cold & hard, like cardboard and tasteless, parsnips and carrots were decent, most places give you a pot of gravy... NOT GOOD... and nearly £7 for a Guinness. RIP OFF... our first time here and will be our last... wife was in tears... at nearly £78 for 3 dinners.... SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.... We visit a lot of places around the country and the world... this place has hit No.1 top of the hit list.... STEER CLEAR.. And AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE... i wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy.... BAD real BAD..... Sorry guys but I only speak the truth... you seriously need a better chef....

Food was nice. Sadly our order seemed to get lost. Our friends who ordered food after us and more or less finished eating before I chased up our food. Staff were nice. Very dog friendly. Lovely location

This is a gorgeous pub with a fantastic atmosphere. Set right on the river you couldn't ask for much more. The staff were great, live singer was a good touch. Beautiful pub inside.

Had lunch here today and very disappointed with the food. Have been several times before and all quality experiences. Very good atmosphere and pleasant staff though. Hopefully better on next visit.

Sadly just an average everything. Service, though polite was a bit underwhelming. The food was not bad .

We managed to get a table out side because it’s such a good view and to people watch, we only had drinks but the staff all were very friendly

Nice place for a quiet drink by the river

Beautiful location by the river side but unfortunately the food we ordered can only be described as poor. The triple cooked chips were basic oven style chips slightly undercooked and the curry sauce was watery and tasteless. The meze board was poor also .. a handful of olives with a toasted pita bread a spoonful of houmus and some cold mushrooms not in anyway pickled … such a shame we didn’t read the reviews before we went but fortunate not to have paid the expensive price of a main course . Please take note this food is very unwelming overpriced and poor to say the least . Have a drink and enjoy the scenery but then move on somewhere decent for food !

Great place to eat and good selection of beers larger and spirits. Staff helpful and attentive

**TOURIST TRAP** Great location which has the potential to be a lovely spot. However this location is severely let down by its food and drink offerings. There is no wonder the staff do not come around and ensure everything is “ok” with your food. Drink prices I can accept for the location. However what cannot be accepted is the quality and cost of the food. £18 for a fish and chips with what looked to be an inner sole flash fried and some raw chips. I have sympathies to the young staff who are left to man this pub on what was a quiet Monday lunchtime, so not even a busy period can be blamed. I would steer well clear of this and find other offerings in the town. Resisting the need for a nice location. I hope this review spurs the management on to make improvements as opposed to cashing in on their location on the front. It has the potential to be a real draw for Ely.

Fabulous, by the river experience. Love it every time we go!

Great pub,great Beer and truly excellent food.

Nice food and varied menu.quick service

Great location on the river front at Ely.

Very disappointed with the food we had. The fish (part of the fish and chips plate) was dry, crunchy and what was left of the fish was chewy. There was very little fish and a lot of batter. Two of us had this, and both were rubbish. The gammon eggs and chips looked OK.. if you had ordered Ham?! The staff were all lovely and it was clean. It was busy, but we won't be going back.