The Devonshire Arms in Cambridge

"Sour beer and hostile regulars" will always be my favourite Google review of my wonderful local hostelry. Come give it a try and I 100% guarantee you wont wake up in an ice bath with no kidneys and only a sketchy memory of the previous evening 78% of the time.

The dev is one of the most warm and welcoming pubs in Cambridge, in my opinion. I celebrated my birthday there on Monday and the bar staff a lovely as always and create such a great vibe. The bar has a fantastic range of drinks, including amazing German sour beers ! The food is fantastic, my friends and I had been eager for the food and was not disappointed ! the pork belly consistently is the best I've ever had ! the ribs are a fantastic addition to the menu and have not been able to stop raving about it.

A full range of Milton Brewery beers, served by friendly and welcoming staff.

Always an enjoyable evening with friendly staff, great food and a range of 30 different ciders!

Nathalie the manager was very helpful, gave us cider tasters every time we were ordering to make sure we drank something we like. The cider selection is really impressive and she knows them well. Cozy atmosphere!

Lovely little pub, very traditional decor, friendly staff and a MASSIVE variety of beers, ciders and spirits! Didn't get a chance to try the food but the menu looked good!

Nice pub..worth a look ..good all round .

This is a great real ale venue in Cambridge. Just off Mill Street which is full of small restaurants from all over. The Devonshire ticks all the boxes if you are into real ales or ciders. Great staff and friendly locals can also be added to the mix

Great selection, great buzz, great staff. Quintisential Cambridge watering hole

We had food and drinks, staff very friendly. Chef lady was so nice. Very cozy place, Big tables and boardgames. Great taste of music.

Beer always great and food now back on

Great place to visit once in cambridge for lunch with family or friends

It is a nice relax pub atmosphere with good food. We had the bbq beef ribs with sweet potato chips and it was great. Even the Malbec wine was nice, deep and complex. Would definitely recommend for a nice relaxing lunch.

Popped in on Sunday for a drink and decided to try their goat curry and jerk chicken specials. Both were delicious! Big portion sizes for great value too. They also have a great range of ales and ciders to try. We'll be back!

We enjoyed a variety of drinks and the knowledgeable barman helped select, I really appreciated the wide range of ciders on offer. All five of us had food and that was a nice surprise, for typical pub pricing the Jerk options were really good. Its sometime since I've been to the Devonshire but we will be back soon. EDIT - its the wrong side of town but we only waited 2 weeks before going back for more of the cider ;-)

Popped in on the way to the station and had an excellent half of Minerva. Cellar cool on a warm day, exactly how cask should be served. Next time I visit Cambridge I shall be spending a lot more time in this pub.

Thanks for two wonderful evenings! Cheers from Berlin.

Interesting pub. Tasty cider. Very busy. Not much seating

Best spot for a beer in Cambridge

Visited by chance on the way to station. Fantastic choice of ciders (not the usual Thatchers Gold). Very knowledgeable and friendly staff - will definitely return next time in Cambridge.

Local pub with great atmosphere just off Mill Road. Super friendly staff, great beer and cider selection. They also serve amazing food! The new chefs from the Caribbean are great. This is the best Jerk chicken that I ever had. Don't miss it!!

Great selection of Beers, excellent service. Clean and tidy, pleasant atmosphere, nice quiet beer garden out back too. Great pub

Absolutely the best service in Cambridge - the staff is so accomodating and friendly.

I didn't have food but the atmosphere was as a pub should be & the wait staff were great. Had two wines. Decently priced.

Friendly helpful staff and amazing selection of ciders.

21 different ciders... what more do I need to say!! Brilliant pub and great atmosphere.

great pub. v good staff and nice atmosphere

Guys at bar are quality, and drink selection is cool and different.

We had read that this was the CAMRA cider pub of the year. So, as a proper cider drinker I had to visit. I was not disappointed. I’ve never seen a pub with so many proper ciders on, It was like a cider festival. The lady behind the bar was really friendly and knowledgeable. Prices were very reasonable. Need to book accommodation closer to this pub next time we visit Cambridge and work my way through the list 😂

Had the best experience here yesterday. Everything a pub should be- inclusive, friendly, fab staff and a great cask ale selection.

Proper local pub, with a wide range of drinks. Good atmosphere and usually always find a seat within minutes.

Lovely pub. Friendly staff. It's improved massively lately. Very clean. Beautiful real plants above the bar. Excellent west Indian food. Great coffee. And a wide selection of beers and spirits.milton and guest beers. Highly reccomended if you are passing. Nat, the new landlady is very friendly and welcoming. And a real rarity- it now has clean and brightly lit loos. With all sorts of complimentary bits and bobs.if you do drop in You wont be disappointed..

Paid this one a return visit as part of a recent crawl of Cambridge’s fine back street pubs as the first venue on the crawl due to its proximity to Cambridge Train Station. It’s now painted a dark terracotta red to distinguish itself from the adjoining houses, so you now get the true view of how small it looks from the outside. Inside it fortunately is a lot bigger than it appears from the front, being two rooms with the smaller bar room as you enter and then a larger wooden floored lounge area with its log burning fire beyond. Eight hand pumps on the long bar section and two additional ones on the short section which I believe are additional to my previous visit. However, these were unbadged and two were reverse clipped, leaving five Milton Ales and a cider on the other six. The breweries Marcus Aurelius, Pegasus, Justinian, Nero and Sparta were the available ales and the Stout I went for was a good ale to start the crawl. However, the ale pumps are now fronted by multiple clips and cards for the range of Ciders and Perrys (some 14 of them) that the Dev is now getting a reputation for. So much so that it had been awarded the local Cambridge and District CAMRA branch 2024 Cider POTY award a couple of weeks prior to our visit. This is still a very good pub and should be included in any crawl of Cambridge, especially when disembarking from the nearby train station.

We were nearby and came for the food. Ordered Escovitch Fish, Soy-Glazed Tofu and Squid Ring. The fish and tofu dishes were really good. The combination of ingredients in both dishes were delightful. Highly recommended.

I love the owners , like family atmosphere , food is very nice , drinks are amazing with lots of types, for the ones who want to experience classic English Pub i would say go for it , i love this place , heart warming place i can say in cold Uk nights good for dinner or chilling , watching the football matches !

Cozy place with honest prices, good beers and friendly staff.

Near the station, near Mill Road. A lovely pub. Great beer from a local brewery. A kind professional landlady. Good knowledgeable staff. I am told good food but I live nearby so have not tried. A great pub. Ah good music also but not overbearing. Doing well as a business but could do even better! Help it on its way. Check opening times and go for it.

Good pub and a great choice of beers

A fantastic pub. A short walk away from the station and the bustle of Mill road. Friendly and helpful barman that helped us find a nice cider (amongst the dozen or so that were on offer) and a cask ale. They had a nice range of the Milton Brewery's beers and they're all top class. Didn't try the food though, saving that for a later date.

Very welcoming (and dog-friendly) pub. We enjoyed the beers and the wine.

Always worth popping in for a quality beer when near Cambridge rail station

Calling on a saturday afternoon quite but staff friendly good selection of milton beers

I came straight from train station, only 8 min walk for a nice pint of beer. I met up with my BF after long journey to Cambridge. The bar staff was nice, friendly and funny and made us feel welcome. The prices was reasonable and the selection at drinks was good too. We prefer to have some beer or ales and they have good selection of draught beers and ales. They have also smoking area outside behind the bar and there is plenty space for sitting as well. Lovely experience.

Lovely pub, with fantastic Milton brewery beer, dog friendly, and craft cider. Very reasonably priced too.

Great friendly pub with a great selection of local ales and cider

Just off Mill Road (lots of restaurants and food shops) this is a great place for good beer - a wide range from Milton Brewery - good background music and people speak well of the food served. The landlady and her staff seem pleased to see you. Highly recommended.

What a cracking pub to have a few real ales and chew the fat. Very welcoming and hospitable, highly recommended, with seeking out.

A great pub to visit. Good choice of real ales and ciders. A few gems hiding amongst the offerings. Well worth a visit.

Great drinks, lovely staff, fantastic music, very well priced, best of all brilliant atmosphere!

Nice range of ales and more space and seating in the back than you would expect. A nice place for a drink where you can chat easily without too loud music.

Superb. I was 10 minutes early and they still let me in, via the executive entrance. Characterful, friendly and reasonably priced. Like no other pub in Cambridge.

Great service and great beers in a pub with oodles of character. Love it... 👍🏻

Wonderful pub with wonderful, friendly staff. Couldn't recommend it enough :)

Superb pub with excellent, locally produced ales from the Milton Brewery served by friendly, knowledgeable staff

A *fantastic* pub with a great range of Milton Brewery beers. The bar staff are, as with all the Milton pubs, very friendly. From my point of view the front part of the bar area is rather dark. A brighter ceiling colour would make a world of difference and probably bring in more business.

Another gruelling pub-training session at the Devonshire Arms. We're getting there ... slowly slowly ;-)

One of the best "local" feeling pubs in Cambridge. Unique layout inside and a serious-minded beer selection.

Friendly staff. Nice atmosphere. Great selection of beers.

First visit for me (that I can recall). Nice decorated long pub with high settle snugs and friendly banter abound. Great selection of Milton ales, and staff who understand how to serve it.

Good range of beers and excellent service.

Nice beer and friendly staffs. Perfect pub in Cambridge!

Loved this pub- good selection of ales on tap, and welcoming staff.

Cracking pub. I'm giving it a 4 for food because I've never tried it, but it looks pretty decent and I've heard good things. Friends of mine have always cleaned their plates though and said that the food was good, so I'd definitely give the food a go.

My go-to hide out if trains are cancelled. Bit further away than the station pubs (obviously) but worth the extra walk. No frills proper pub.

A good pub especially if you like the range of local Milton beers available. There seems to be a real ale for all taste preferences. Didn't try food.. don't know if they do it, but the Curry Queen round the corner is very good.

Very nice food and service in welcoming atmosphere.

Very nice,quiet pub with great food and very friendly service!

Proper Cambridge pub with great beer from Milton brewery.

Older pub this than a lot in the area. And it looks it. The staff here are genuinely really nice and you can tell it has a lot of regulars that come here. I had a new pint called muravka, which was going eggy, hence the 3 stars. I must pop past in the future to see if this was a one-off or not.

Friendly staff and a good selection of beer

Best escovitch fish in Cambridge by far!! Cheers to the chef!

Great choice of tasty beers and ciders

A wonderful pub, great atmosphere and amazing Jerk chicken with mango salad. Beer range great and friendly staff and customers

The pub had had at least 8 cask ales on when we visited. Both of the ones I tried, from the Milton brewery, were very good . Staff and locals were very friendly.

The Devonshire Arms offers a friendly welcome to its varied clientele. Ales are from the nearby Milton Brewery, so a great chance for aficionados to try something different and local - all perfectly kept. Food is now by Chicken n Tings, which as the name suggests focuses on chicken wings, burgers etc. Budget-friendly and tasty enough.

Quirky pub with great atmosphere. Great selection of beers that you have Probaly not tried before. Worth a visit for sure.

Wonderful service from the exceptional bar staff. Great range of beer and always made to feel welcome.

Fun and friendly staff, great selection of drinks and snacks along with inclusive and tasty food. Definitely worth a visit!

I had reserved a few tables for my work leaving drinks here and was welcomed by lovely staff and locals. The drinks and food were at a great price, but tasted great too! Vast selection of beers and other drinks; food was quick to come out for such a large group. Was welcomed by Natalie and the rest of the team - friendly and fabulous customer service! Will definitely be coming back here again for drinks and food in the future. Thank you for a lovely time, we all enjoyed ourselves!

Well located and with a table or two spare on Friday night! Great range of real ale really well kept. My wife was impressed by the range of toiletries available free in the ladies...though I can’t vouch for this! Well worth a look in

The Devonshire is a back street pub just off Mill Road. They serve very well kept real ales, mainly from the local Milton Brewery. The food is well priced I had a very large Garlic Pizza Bread.

Each time I have come here, the pub has been completely packed full of people. On the face of it, the pub is good and offers a variety of beers which in some cases you also may not have heard of. There is a traditional feel inside this establishment, with wooden benches but limited standing space. When it’s busy, the Arms is heaving and it can make navigating yourself from one point to another very difficult as people look to occupy every last inch of space. I’ve heard the food here is very nice but I haven’t tried it myself.

Serves beer truly brewed in Cambridge. Milton brewery Justinian is light, a happy ‘hoppy’ feel, good session beer. This is a ‘no-frills’ pub but it is friendly and relaxed. Don’t expect a gastro-pub but food is available and is tasty and good value.

Andre gangen jeg er her i løpet av 2 uker. Skuffet begge gangene. Første gangen bestilte jeg en burger som forsåvidt holdt til karakteren middelmådig hadde det ikke vært for at den ble luftet så mange ganger rundt omkring i lokalet før den fant sin rettmessige eier at den var blitt helt kald. I dag prøvde jeg en steik og den var så seig at det vanskelig kan beskrives med ord. Jeg har sikkert smakt noe av samme kaliber men det må være minst 30 år siden sist!

Quirky pub, quirky staff, interesting bits all over the place. I like it here, drinks are lovely, great selection of ales. Food is sooooo good. They have special offers on different days of the week. Pizza is especially great.

Went in with friends on a weekend trip, small pub with a fine selection of ales many from the Milton brewery were on offer. In all it had a very homely feel about it and we were mde to feel welcome.

Came here to meet friends before a football match at Cambridge United, a half hour walk from the Abbey Stadium. Great little pub; a fine selection of ales and an inventive bar menu (2 different vegetarian hot dogs? I use this principally as an example of diversity but I can also endorse the choice). The staff were both friendly and helpful.

Best pub in Cambridge. Great beer selection at great prices, nice friendly staff, proper home cooked food with extremely generous portions. What more could you want?!

Este pub ha sido renovado sin ser mimada por la modernización, por ejemplo, además de accesorios de cromo. La cerveza es siempre excelente, el servicio amable, y los precios muy razonables.

We are vegetarians and the Dev has 2 veggie hot dog versions and they are lovely . We has a chilli cheese dog with chips and it was massive , actually it fed both of us for under £10 . The home made chilli which I believe is quorn based is hot with chopped up chillies in it . Its just a very guilty indulgence but great for a Saturday lunch .

Lugar acogedor relativa si no te importa los bancos de madera dura. Buena conexión wifi y el personal del bar y comida sorprendentemente agradable. Mucho mejor que el más regular, uhh, pubs, etc. al otro lado de la calle mostrando fútbol Pero el bastante mal aseos significa este lugar no dan una 4 / 5.

Tres amigos y yo tuvimos una comida excelente en el Devonshire el viernes. El personal y el servicio era impecable. La comida era excepcional relación calidad-precio y a pesar de ser una noche de viernes nos sirvieron muy rápidamente. Había reservado la mesa una semana antes y extender mi agradecimiento a todo el personal que hizo de nuestra visita una experiencia muy agradable.

I come to The Dev every once in a while, cracking pub with decent beers and great staff. Went in specifically for a roast dinner and it was excellent. It was a proper roast dinner, not something fancy or served on a bit of old wood like in some Cambridge gentrified pubs and for £10 you can't go wrong.

The devinshoire arms is welcoming pub just of mill road, on arrival you will be greeted by a very knowledgeable member of staff or a warm friendly local. The selection of beers is unquestionably one of the best selections in cambridge, the range varies from English ales to foreign beers and traditional ciders, all the beers are exceptionally well kept resulting in you always getting the most out of your pint. The food is also exquisite, with mountainous portions, good food and generous prices the Devonshire arms definitely stands out for anyone who enjoys simple tasty cuisine. The pub often has live music once a week, a night which is always atmospheric for all the right reasons. The Devonshire arms is a little jem of cambridge, the beer is always well taken care of as are the customers who visit, the food is exceptional value for money while still being tasty and of a high quality, the staff also make the pub great, they always have a joke up their sleeve and are they are always prepared to help, make sure to check this exemplary little pub out.

What a lovely Pub and Restaurant. A really lovely atmosphere and the food was excellent.Staff really welcoming and friendly. Would highly recommend we will defiantly be coming back. Well done The Devonshire Arms.

Great pub, with friendly staff and patronage.Homesick vanished the moment you step in.The food takes a while to be served. More than an a hour, still waiting....Cheers

Being relatively new to Cambridge, the Devonshire was recommended to me by work friends. The pub has a lovely atmosphere and both the staff and regulars are friendly and warm. The food here is great, it has a really varied menu, good value for money and the portions are huge!This pub has quickly become my boozer of choice

Although on my own I was made to feel like one of the locals; very welcoming, friendly staff and great refreshing lager!

First time here and the pub seemed great (great selection of ales) and the staff were friendly enough, but when I ordered some food, from a menu that looked decent, I was disappointed by what I got. I went for the philly cheese hotdog and the hotdog itself was a very cheap chip shop like sausage. If your going to do hotdogs properly at least go for a proper hotdog and not simply a sausage. The steak was very well done and chewy which is a shame. A friend had a burger with mac n cheese chips and that turned out well so thats why I have not rated it poor.

5 stars for the beer and traditional atmosphere.Sadly the roast though plentiful was not only overcooked but also almost cold. Shame because would have otherwise been a great meal.