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Live & Let Live, Cambridge
Cambridge
CB1 2EA
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 9 of 10) see review guidelines
Steve C left this review about Live & Let Live
Live and Let Live was very busy on Friday evening last week. So much so that we ended up stood in the rear at a beer shelf in what felt like a corridor. The five cask offerings were Great Newsome’s Sleck Dust, Nethergate’s Suffolk County, Oakham’s Citra, Fat Cat’s Marmalade Cat and Settle Brewery’s Plum Porter. There were also six real ciders available as well as a craft keg range. This pub is on the revisit list for when I’m a bit more sober because this visit was nine hours into the crawl.
On 12th April 2024
- rating: 8
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Tris C left this review about Live & Let Live
More Cantabrigian backstreetery, extensively described below.
This is a very busy mixed locals’ place, with lots of natural wood t ‘n’ g style and an Artex ceiling.
There were five cask offerings, with a good half of Oakham Citra; worth including on a crawl or a prolonged stay.
On 8th April 2024
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about Live & Let Live
My first visit for well over a decade, and it was good to find it less gloomy than my memory of it. And livelier too, and with five beers on the bar, two of which I can aver were in very good condition. There are 10 "craft beers" too, and a number of ciders listed on the blackboard. I went for two beers from Nethergate, a brewery I have found reliable in the past and they didn't let me down; neither did the cellar team, as both beers were in the NBSS 3.5/4 range. There was another Nethergate, plus a chocolate stout from Rudgate, and Oakham Citra. Definitely one to include when visiting Cambridge.
On 28th February 2024
- rating: 8
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Live & Let Live
ORIGINAL REVIEW September 2012.
Sadly not open on a Thursday lunchtime despite being listed as such in the 2013 GBG.The exterior was looking a little tatty but peering in through the window revealed a good line up of real ales and a functional interior.
October 2020
I really wanted to check this pub out and arrived at the 5.30pm opening times to find out that only takeaways were being offered from a table blocking the side entrance.It was a wet Wednesday ,so I was thwarted again, this time by Covid.
UPDATE
At last got inside the pub to offer a proper review.After a change of hands,opening times during the week now observed as 4pm and there was a friendly welcome from behind the bar. Essentially a single room with a real fire and three sided servery to the right side,it does look like two smaller terraced buildings knocked into one.At the rear of the pub is a narrow wood panelled snug with a single long table,a good place for a team photo.The interior is all very traditional and there is a boozer atmosphere ,authentic compared with the nearby Salisbury which is focuseed at the student market.
The ale choice on my visit was Oakham Citra,Nethergate Suffolk County,Settle Plum Porter,Great Newsome Sleck Dust and Fat Cat Marmalade Cat on top form,NBSS 4.5.
I really enjoyed my crawl visit and could easily have stayed longer.Don't miss out when in Cambridge.
On 3rd December 2023
- rating: 8
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E TA left this review about Live & Let Live
An absolutely first-class pub, the best I’ve found in Cambridge to date. Well described by others, below, this is a venue in its own right, though it doesn’t open in the afternoon so be aware. Ales on were Green Devil and Citra from Oakham, Elgood’s Cambridge Bitter, Yeovil Night Train and Nethergate Umbel. The other handpumps were dispensing cider and perry from Simon’s Cider. There was an advert for a rum festival, which sadly wasn’t on during my limited visit to Cambridge, plus several adverts for other pubs’ forthcoming beer festivals. Definitely worth a visit and an essential crawl pub.
On 20th February 2020
- rating: 9
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Graham Coombs left this review about Live & Let Live
A wonderful and atmospheric street corner local with lots of ins, outs and corners. It has a proper bare wooden floor and is decorated with various bric-a-brac, but is generally free from distractions. A very good range of excellent beers, and a specialism in rum. Definitely one for the serious drinker.
On 6th August 2018
- rating: 9
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Live & Let Live
Please note the pub opens at 5pm during the week. Well worth the wait as this is a cracking pub, serving great beer. The locals were also friendly and chatty. There was a choice of six ales on handpump and two ciders. We went for the Oakham Green Devil and Yubby beer from the Cotswolds.
On 11th March 2016
- rating: 10
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Steve of N21 left this review about Live & Let Live
Probably my favourite of all the good ale pubs in this part of Cambridge and the best of the Trilogy for me on the day. It may not have as wide a beer choice as the nearby Kingston Arms and Cambridge Blue, but is the most traditional pub of the three. It has a no frills ale-house feel to it, with bare floor boards, wood panelling "butchers block" tables and a large solid oak bar frontage. A main L shaped central room around the main bar and then a smaller separate snug around the back.
As mentioned plenty of reading material provided in a magazine rack and lots of CAMRA local guides available on edge shelves. And plenty of posters for promotion events, including a Rum festival with over 30 different types of Rum that we had just missed.
Six of the eight pumps were going when we arrived, with the other two in the process of being cleaned.
But still a very good mix available, namely Oalham Asylum, York Brewery Legacy, Whitstable Oyster Stout, Nethergate Umbal Ale , Tring Bring me Sunshine, and Yarlington Mill Cider. The Oyster Stout and Umbal ale were in particular fine fettle.
Along with a friendly mix of eclectic locals, but less students than in other locations, who were more than happy for us to join in with their discussions. If it wasn’t for the fact that we still had the other pubs to visit I could have quite easily stayed all day here.
Top pub, a rare 10 from me.
On 2nd June 2012
- rating: 10
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Mark Davey left this review about Live & Let Live
This is my second visit to this pub and I am not disappointed. Blindly selected a brew from the bewildering selection on the bar, only to find it was a mild. But a mighty fine mild it was. Not as bad as last time however when one of our party blindly selected "Fruit Bat" you will know what i mean if you have tried it. Great decor, scrub top tables and loads of reading matter. I'll be back.
On 21st December 2011
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about Live & Let Live
I've been here a couple of times before but on my latest visit it was disappointing that the only beers left on were of the "pale and hoppy" variety that is becoming the default bitter in a lot of real ale pubs nowadays. I have previously had some good darker beers here, but apparently I'd "just missed the stout".
On 24th October 2010
- rating: 7
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