The best restaurants serving British food in King's Hedges Cambridge East of England

So, not ashamed to say it: I drink a fair few pints of ale. Seemed like a nice enough pub. Ordered a pint of one of my staple favourites - Old Speckled Hen. Turns out it was off - I could have grimaced my way through it, but at over £5 and given that I’d stopped specially for the luxury of an afternoon pint, I took it back politely. Was told by the landlord that it was fine and that he still had 3 gallons of the stuff to get through and (rudely and irritably) to give me another one but I should taste it as “there’s no point wasting pints”. Well (a) what happens to the customer being right? and (b) I’m sorry you’ve still got 3 gallons, I do know what I’m talking about it was simply not a good or even average pint. And, simply, given I was nothing but polite and courteous, (c) how blooming rude! Second pint of, presumably faster moving given that it’s Christmas “Santa” ale was fine, if (perhaps predictably) somewhat bland. Give it a miss unless you want run of the mill lager or unless you want to be insulted by self-entitled landlords who really need a reality check when it comes to beer quality and customer service. Such a shame really as this pub’s location makes it a prime opportunity for the ever-increasing science park community… who, again I am qualified to say, really struggle for choices in the immediate area… if you’re one of those and you care about beer and friendliness, I’d recommend the Haymakers. It’s very much a spit and sawdust type place, but you will never ever get a bad pint, so you’ll not need to test the establishment… the best way surely? 😊

Excellent food! Huge portions great staff!