Cambridge – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – British
We visited Cambridge to do some shopping and decided a leisurely lunch was in order to start the day off.
We’ve walked down Kings Parade many times and I have never seen this place before. It caught our eye and we stepped in for a table.
Apart from the waiter who greeted us who seemed to want only those who had booked to enter, we were treated to good service. The Chop House was busy but not packed.
The menu is varied and obviously created for meat lovers with dishes such as chops (duh!), roast dinners and suet puddings.
We had three courses and everything we ate was lovely. I had Carrot and Coriander Soup followed by Half a Roast Chicken with traditional Roast (I couldn’t eat any more). My other half had Ham Hock, Lamb Suet Pudding with Horseradish Mash and Sticky Toffee Pudding.
First off I have to say that the food is brilliant – it is so well cooked, wonderfully presented and you can tell only the best ingredients are used as every course is packed with flavour.
Secondly portions are rather large. Probably not a problem for the table of American Academics across from us but we struggled. The portions are generous but not grotesque.
Depending on where you sit you could be at ground level or in the basement in the old kitchens or the cellar. We were seated at the back in the old cellar and it was very cool and intimate – especially on such a particularly hot and busy day in Cambridge.
The service was excellent – nothing was too much trouble for our waitress. She was polite and very helpful throughout – something that earned her a good tip.
If you find yourself hungry in central Cambridge I can highly recommend the Cambridge Chop House… now we need to check out the other restaurants that are part of the “Cambridge Food Company”.
Check out my review of Cambridge Chop House – I am trunkguy – on Qype
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