The Empress, Cambridge - pub details
Address: 72, Thoday St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 3AX [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 19460) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Cambridge (0.7 miles), Shelford (3.9 miles), Waterbeach (5.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Jukebox
- Pool table, Dartboard
- Real ale
- Outside seating
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> Current user rating: 6.8/10 (rated by 19 users)
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user reviews of the Empress, Cambridge
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| First visit for a long while, and it was not having a good night. Still the same lively mixed crowd, but the music was cranked right up and was blaring out in every room, making conversation difficult. Ordered a pint of what was supposed to be Woodforde's Wherry, but had to check again at the bar because it tasted very much like a ropy pint of GK IPA. Whatever it was, it wasn't Wherry as they claimed, and was borderline undrinkable. Left half of it and went somewhere better (the Geldart). The whole place, including some of the staff, looked a bit dog-eared and on the slide. mafting - 29 Sep 2011 20:56 |
| A very curious pub. Beer quality often very good but occasionally mediocre, beer range varies from Doom Bar/Pride/6X to some ocassional Cambridge micros, and range of customer varies by the hour. These are all good things, I think. Bestb of all, PEDIGREE made a comeback last month and was great - more please. Pizzas and sweets from the jar also good. mtaylor40 - 23 May 2011 21:55 |
| Heartofglass. Not just football supporters, there was a few local idiots, non more so than the idiot wearing the vest! Agree it was a shame as it spoilt a decent drink. Good ale from local brewery, nothing the pub could have expected. I would expect in general a very decent boozer. pwilkins - 11 Apr 2011 16:08 |
| The Empress has established a good reputation as a friendly local where children are welcome and we as a family have been happy to take our children there. However, yesterday evening, the landlord was conspicuous by his absence. What should have been a nice evening in a pub ended literally in a bloodbath. One group of post-football tanked-up, chanting men created an horrific scene that neither I nor my family ever wish to experience again. Glasses, punches and abuse were thrown,chairs were hurled and people got hurt. Seriously hurt. That we escaped without injury was a miracle. The pub wall provide the only reasonable exit. I will never bring my family to the Empress again. One happy customer and their family lost in one fell (or should I say foul) swoop.Such a shame. heartofglass - 10 Apr 2011 16:22 |
| This was my local for years when I lived round the corner. Lovely pub. On my last visit hadn't changed at all. Plenty of choice ales (Woodforde's Wherry my favourite) and the same 3 bar layout - locals, students, middle-class mums. The latest comment (28/Dec) worries me - it was always a great pub full of nice people when I was a regular, which was most days... mally_drinker - 6 Jan 2011 16:01 |
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