The Kingston Arms, Cambridge - pub details
Address: 33 Kingston Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2NU [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 1785)
Cambridge (0.5 miles), Shelford (3.8 miles), Waterbeach (5.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Credit cards accepted, Wireless internet access
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> Current user rating: 7.2/10 (rated by 76 users)
> Local guides: Cambridge pub guide, Cambridgeshire pub guide
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White Swan, Cambridge (0.1 miles), Alexandra Arms, Cambridge (0.2 miles), Devonshire Arms, Cambridge (0.2 miles), Locomotive, Cambridge (0.2 miles), Cambridge Blue, Cambridge (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Kingston Arms, Cambridge
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| Very good for beer, with up to 10 real ales, including many local brews (e.g. Elgoods Black Dog, Cambridge brewery beers). Real fires in winter, a large beer garden, very handy for Mill Rd and Cambridge rail station. Food is the upper end of pub grub, but quite overpriced - this was the first gastropub in Cambridge and still trades (and charges) on its reputation despite many other competitors now, some of which are far better value. Service can be quite sullen from the Iberian matriarch, and bar staff seem to change with alarming regularity. Tables are usually booked at weekend evenings by people wanting to eat, and staff have pushed me off a table an hour before the booking time. There are not really enough tables for it to be a pub and a booking eaterie, so something needs to change here as it is very offensive to spend 3 hrs in here drinking their ale and then being unceremoniously thrown off your table because Student Johnny is bringing his ma and pa. Only to find every other table booked too. The staff are not even courteous about it. So my advice would be to get here early, perhaps of a friday or saturday afternoon or early evening, have a few of their excellent beers, then move on by 7.30pm. mafting - 8 Oct 2008 23:23 |
| Was there early evening on a Friday night. Very busy. Beer (Elgoods Black Dog) was excellent and they sold locally made scratchings (very moreish). You could try a sample of the beer before buying. Unfortunately there is a clear emphasis on food - which looked excellent - and our table was reserved from 7.15 for a party who were coming for a meal. simontheeditor - 14 Sep 2008 08:48 |
| Still a great choice of beers but poor layout, décor & furnishing. Nice plain wood tables but the surrounding settles are pretty naff & way too low – I’m 5’10” and found myself reaching up to the table for my pint; someone smaller could feel positively lilliputian. Can’t remember why, but my notes say ‘pretentious’ and possibly ‘off-map’ next time. That may be a little extreme; I mean, you can’t go missing out a pub with 10 handpumps, but they need to get the rest right with stiff competition in the locale. trainman - 29 Jul 2008 12:06 |
| First visit Saturday good selection of ales and sampled some others.Bit pricey for beer at 300p a pint..carpets could do with a clean .. went on the computer for a while. Bit soulless at lunch time and the barman is he Polish I could not decipher his accent. Not too impressed I think the Cambridge Blue is better.Still the computer was free which is worth it if you have just the one drink. hogshead - 27 May 2008 14:30 |
| Deservedly in the "Guide" 10 ales on and a nice warm fire on a cold March Saturday! Plenty of competition nearby but stands up well!. Martin_R - 14 May 2008 14:15 |
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