The Bun Shop, Cambridge - pub details
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Address: 1 King Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1LH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 2206) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Cambridge (1.2 miles), Shelford (4.4 miles), Waterbeach (5.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served (Tapas)
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> Current user rating: 6.3/10 (rated by 23 users)
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user reviews of the Bun Shop, Cambridge
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| This is nonsense. The real Bun Shop was off Downing Street, and was knocked down as part of the Lion Yard development rpdutt - 28 Nov 2011 22:02 |
| As per the last post, the Bun Shop is yet again under new management. But unlike most of the prior incumbents (5 in ~5 years), these folks look like they know what they're about. For now, the sign still says The Bun Shop, and the interior is little changed. But the new menu is in place -- watch this space for a report. We have also not yet explored the wine list, but it appears, as cameron.JA says, to have had some thought put into it. The pub is due to close for what sounds like an ambitious refurb in mid-February, from which it will emerge re-christened the Jolly Scholar. But in the mean time, it's a properly run pub again. No need to wait for the refurb -- give it a try now. SillyPoint - 4 Jan 2011 20:12 |
| The bun shop has been taken over by the owners of the Jolly Sailor in Orford. The plans are for a refurbishment in the New Year with a focus on locally sourced food and fish caught daily from Orford. The sister pub is award winning and we confident the Bun Shop (will be the Jolly Scholar) will follow in a similar vein. Adnams ales, kept with passion, a wine list that is not some generic copy of everyone else and food that is truly locally sourced not ordered through some phone hotline. As you may guess I do have a vested interest because I work there, but please come and see what we are doing and place your own comment to update the OLD information currently listed. Please try and look past the 70’s exterior and we promise you will not find a crisp dispenser in the middle of the seating area. cameron.JA - 3 Nov 2010 02:57 |
| First stop on a Saturday lunchtime crawl - fairly reasonable place to start a King St run. Excellent quality pint of Courage Directors...4 others, Hobgoblin, Pride and Spitfire I think. Pleasant enough, but without a wow factor to make us stay for longer than the one. Friendly bar staff. Tend to agree with previous reviewer really, good but somehow not quite great. hairy_hippo - 9 Mar 2010 22:59 |
| This place closed down once again shortly after the last poster's comment. However it has recently re-opened so I thought I'd give it a try tonight. To be honest little has changed (although thankfully there is no longer sawdust on the floor) and many of the earlier posts seem to sum this place up. Five ales on tap (with Youngs and LP reasonably priced at £2) however they were quite predictable, with Black Sheep being the most "exotic" available. I had an okish pint of Black Sheep followed by a truly awful Hobgoblin. Also available for those with other tastes are the usual array of naff lagers and ciders, plus a limited supply of spirits and wines. Bloke behind the bar was very friendly, as the staff here have generally always been. Atmosphere was okay, piped music but not noticable, and customers mainly younger students though so I felt quite old! Decor was strange, wooden panelling did not really disguise the fact that this is a naff 1970s building, and what is a crisp dispensor doing in the middle of a seating area?! Although this place isn't bad, I think its problem (and probably the reason it's never really succeeded) is that it doesn't really know what it is. It isn't a real ale pub, or a 'local', or a party type bar. It's the same with the drinks on offer, nothing to catch the eye just very predictable tipples. The Bun Shop tries to be all things to all people and therefore misses the mark on many importan things. thaymouse - 21 Oct 2009 23:40 |
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