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The Alexandra Arms, Cambridge
Cambridge
CB1 2LL
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Reviews of The Alexandra Arms (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Steve of N21 left this review about The Alexandra Arms
First time to visit for me as I usually restrict myself to one GK pub maximum a day and that would be the nearby Free Press. However, on the PuG crawl running list it was so I dutifully entered my, god forbid, third Greene King pub of the day.
Fortunately, in keeping with the others, another of the GK stable in Cambridge that supports a decent guest ale offering as detailed by the reviewer below and my Three Blind Mice Porter was very decent.
A nice looking pub from the outside but I wasn’t so keen on this one inside and the modern bare boarded space wasn’t really to my liking, especially the area with the bench seating which sported a wall papered wall that was conducive to headaches. And I’m not a great fan of being able to see the workers in the kitchen whilst I’m sitting there drinking.
However, what I was very impressed with was the outside courtyard area at the back which was largely undercover and extremely well designed and laid out. If there was anything resembling a silver lining from the Pandemic it is that a lot of pubs now that their outside spaces as a feature rather than an afterthought.
Still don’t think I would rush back to this one, given what lurks nearby.
On 14th April 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2110 recommendations about 1992 pubs]
Steve C left this review about The Alexandra Arms
I popped into the Alexandra Arms for a quick half after catching up with the main body of the Friday Pubs Galore crawl around Cambridge. All is still pretty much the same as my previous visit in 2021, although on this visit I paid more attention to the beers that were on offer from two banks of four hand pumps. One was unused, one was being used to hold up the food menu and another was advertising a sparkling margarita jug for £10. More interestingly the remaining five pumps were drawing Wolf Brewery’s Mad Wolf, Milestone’s Cushty Peeve, GK Future Brewers’ Spring Break, Three Blind Mice Brewery’s Porterhouse Blues and Weston’s Rosie’s Pig Cloudy Cider. I went for the Cushty which was good and served with a smile. This place is still worth a look if passing.
On 9th April 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 5228 recommendations about 5196 pubs]
Tris C left this review about The Alexandra Arms
Another modernised backstreet pub.
With four on cask, I plumped for a half of the Tom Sharp-inspired Three Blind Mice Porterhouse Blues which was nice.
Worth including on a crawl.
On 8th April 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1983 recommendations about 1949 pubs]
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Cambridge North, 2.1 miles, 40 min walk (show)
Shelford (Cambs), 4.52 miles, 1 hr 27 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 08 April 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 08 April 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 20p pp off cask and real cider. - last updated 08 April 2024 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 06 April 2024 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 11 June 2016 by ROB Camra
