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The Lamb, Ely
Ely
CB7 4EJ
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Old English Inns (Greene King)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about The Lamb
A hotel bar so you know what to expect, slow service if you can find any staff, over priced and usually poor quality. The staff weren’t that bad and the beer here was above (just) average although a choice of Abbot, OSH or a cider wasn’t great, obviously a prosaic keg choice was available. The public bar is in one corner of the hotel, furnished with a mix of high tables and stools and low tables and chairs. Laminate floor and old photo decor. Ok for a quick drink if you’re stopping in the hotel.
On 13th June 2025
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Lamb
A good sized pub in a prime position at the top of the High Street, it looks as though it was probably an old coaching inn and still appears to offer accomodation.
Internally it’s presumably been opened out at some point, and now has a rather bland, corporate feel to it with little in the way of any distinguishing features. Paintwork is the usual Farrow & Ball shades of grey and green, whilst the flooring was a mixture of some sort of wood strip and striped grey carpet. Seating was mostly wooden tables and chairs, with some being quite high, as well as some padded bench seating in places around the periphery. A few pictures were dotted around, including several old black and white ones of the locale. A clock made from gin bottles was perhaps a vaguely interesting feature, but overall there was really little of any note. A small TV was mounted up on the wall above a fireplace, but this was not in use on our visit.
The only beer on tap was Deuchar’s IPA, although a further pump had the clip reversed and a third appeared unused, so there may on occasions be more choice. Ciders fared no better, with Aspall’s being the only option.
On 20th May 2024
- rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Lamb
Substantial Old English Inn (a Greene King brand), with a semi-traditional interior with various seating areas. I found IPA, Old Speckled Hen and Abbot from the three handpumps. Two handpumps, offering Old Speckled Hen and IPA (£2.90). Eight years after my previous visit, little has changed and still a little bit soul-less.
On 2nd August 2020
- rating: 6
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Strongers . left this review about The Lamb Hotel
The Lamb is a Greene King establishment that has been given a modern refurbishment, but still sits in the GK Old English Inns portfolio. The interior is broken up by a central stairwell that leads up to ‘37 well-appointed bedrooms’. Around the stairwell are various seating areas and the décor is more gastro pub than hotel bar. To the left is a dining area and the bar is found on the rear wall. I noted the presence of standard and premium draught products and I counted three hand pumps. One of these was unused leaving Greene King’s IPA and Old Speckled Hen as the ale options.
This pub is food led, which is given away by their website which lists several menus that cater for nippers through to the aged. Mains are priced around £9 and I thought that the burger I order was tasty, but it could have been a little bigger. My visit being on a Sunday evening, I was a little gutted that I didn’t notice that the roasts were buy one get one free after 17:00… DOH!!! I recorded that the Lamb opens for breakfast at 7am during the week and at 8am at the weekend.
Live sport is not shown here, but I did spot a plasma screen that was showing muted rolling BBC News. There was some low background music playing and live music is advertised for every Friday evening.
I found the service to be polite, but because of the lack of character and decent ale I would visit elsewhere if in the area just looking for a beer.
On 24th November 2014
- rating: 6
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Lamb Hotel
The Lamb is a large old pub that is also an hotel and as usuall with these sort of pubs it does'nt have any real ales on the bar.
There were a couple of rooms that i noticed and we went in a fairly comfortable room and the only bitter available was John Smiths smooth crap so we had a Guinness.
These sort of pubs are not to my liking.
On 25th April 2011
- rating: 4
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