The best restaurants in Market Cambridge East of England

Short staffed but wearing a smile. Manager very apologetic and did her best to make our stay a good one

Lovely Indian food and a family run business. The service is great and the man is lovely and has been there for years. We got lots on the house. Loved it!

Went to the Mai Thai Restaurant yesterday by chance as it was raining so heavy. When first went in we was only going to have a drink but the food looked good. We only had 3 starters for lunch between us and it was the best Thai we have had. Staff was really friendly and polite. Thank you for a lovely meal

Make sure you ask them to shred your crispy duck in front of you as most of our duck meat did not make it from the kitchen to our table and I can only presume was set aside for another dish. When I raised this with a member of staff I was told that the portion looked small for a 1/2 crispy duck because it had been over fried and the meat had shrivelled up. However there was barely any meat at all - only fried skin. The (homemade?!) prawn dim sum were appalling and tasted out of date. Avoid this place - it is a sham taking advantage of the high footfall in this area. Please also note that any good reviews here tend to be from local guides. I can only assume that there is a possibility they have been incentivised for these reviews to try to counter balance the otherwise largely 1star reviews.

Popped in for a quick coffee but didn’t enjoy it. The young lady at the counter was nice, said it wasn’t her usual store so she asked the chap next to her a question she couldn’t answer. He answered her in an offhand and hostile way, which seemed to be the attitude of the whole store. My table had clutter and dirty cups from the previous person which weren’t cleared the whole time I was there. I went up quite a few steps to get to the loo only to find you need a code, so I had to go all the way down again, get the code and all the way up again which was a real pain. I had asked about the loos so they should have given me the code then. The whole experience came with a ‘can’t be bothered’ attitude from management.

Thank you so much team Fort St George for doing absolutely everything to help us organise my friends wedding reception in your pub. Food was absolutely delicious and service to die for! We will be back again soon

A real treat - warm greeting and service, lovely atmosphere, excellent original menu - food was delicious. Will definitely come back

One star customer service Visited this spoons and ordered the Sticky Korean Chicken with fruit coolers. The drinks came out very quickly, the waitress didn’t even say anything just put them on the table and walked off. Around 15mins later our food arrived, again plonked on the table with not a word said, one of the dishes was cold. I went upto the bar, the barmaid ignored me so I had to say “excuse me this food we have been served is cold” her response “cold is it …!” Whilst rolling her eyes, I asked if I could have an apology the waitress said “sure” in a sarcastic reluctant tone and walked off. I complained to the deputy shift manager who was very apologetic and replaced the food and offered a complimentary dish on the house. Unfortunately the experience of this delightful waitress has put us off this spoons. Not 5* expected but manners cost nothing, it’s understandable sometimes food gets cold and things happen but to be so abruptly sarcastic and rude has put me off. Other reviews very similar.

Sunday lunch was amazing, service from Mohamed and Noelia perfect. 2 or 3 course available at the great price. Highly recommend.

We came for the Thursday bottomless brunch but had to leave after 20 mins. Absolutely no food options on the belt apart from edamame beans and pancakes. We complained and said this is a shambles for £29.95pp and so we left but were made to pay for the rubbish plates we picked off the belt and were charged £20 for food that we didn't even want. DO NOT DO THE BOTTOMLESS SUSHI! There are far far better places in Cambridge for sushi and I think it is now time for this place to leave Cambridge for good.

We were looking forward to our meal as the menu looked good. We arrived 15 mins early and were greeted by a member of staff incorrectly saying my name then staff being ushered off our table to enable us to sit down. We waited almost half an hour to be served. The food arrived really quickly and was delicious but the service was shocking. We paid, were finishing our drinks and chatting (only 1 hour 15 mins after our early arrival) , we were told our table was needed in 2 mins! We felt so rushed at the end, despite waiting so long to be served in the first place. The restaurant needs to improve it's service urgently. It's chaotic- we were served by 5 different members of staff throughout our meal!

We were served by Ismail - who absolutely so wonderful to us all. Very kind, diligent and service with a big smile. We cannot thank him enough

First ever visit. First impression on walking in, very smokey and greasy smell in the air, like a greasy spoon, no idea why, my eyes were stinging after a while as were my sons, although it looked clean enough and plenty of seats. Service fast. Midway through ordering the female staff member stopped and spoke to another staff member, when she looked back to me she couldn’t remember where we had got to so I had to repeat it all. No apology, no excuse, I find this attitude so rude. Anywhere. Food wise, in my opinion quite a fancy take on normal breakfast food. Just wanted slice of toast but they only serve sourdough which is not pleasant, so left it. Very expensive too for what you get. Not for me. There are much nicer and much better value places to eat there.

I have been coming here for a good couple of years and always enjoy a coffee with friends after our round of golf. During this time, there has been a huge staff turnover. Really disappointed to see more recently though that the one young lady who always greeted us with a friendly smile and made the best coffee has gone off to university I believe . Now left with very young staff and some older but not as competent Barista’s! Food overpriced but generally Ok. Nice surrounding and spacious to meet with friends.

She can ring my endz and tell mandem I no longer ring the bell at thee