Parker's Tavern

4.2

2363 Reviews

£26 to £40

British

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2 people

19 Dec 2024

19:00

Booked 17 times today

Experiences are available.

Good for special occasions
Charming
Great for fine wines

A restaurant and bar located within the new University Arms hotel on Parker’s Piece, Cambridge.
Parker’s Tavern serves modern British comfort food sourced from field, fen and England’s seas.
The menu changes with the seasons, every dish representing a return to good, unpretentious British cooking, conjured by a spectacular chef.

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
British
Hours of Operation
Afternoon Tea Daily 12:00 pm–5:00 pm Lunch Mon–Fri 12:00 pm–2:45 pm Sat 12:30 pm–2:45 pm Sun 12:30 pm–3:45 pm Dinner Mon–Fri 5:30 pm–9:30 pm Sat 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
Phone number
01223 606266
Website
http://www.parkerstavern.com/
Payment Options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Smart Casual
Private party facilities
A private event at Parker’s Tavern combines the gravitas of an historic Cambridge institution re-designed by the Queen’s architect, John Simpson, with a modern lightness of touch by Swedish-born interior designer, Martin Brudnizki.

Location
Regent Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1AD
Area
Cambridge
Parking details
None
Additional
Gluten-free Options, Indoor Fireplace

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Experiences

Festive Wines for Christmas
£38.00 per person
19 Dec 2024 only
This December, we invite you to join us in our library for a hedonistic evening of festive wine exploration with celebrated Cambridge sommelier, wine writer, and educator, Cong Cong Bo. 6 carefully curated wines will be served with specially prepared hors d’oeuvres from our talented chefs while Cong guides you through ideal wine choices for Christmas. Be it aperitifs with the neighbours or a special toast, turkey lunch or beef wellington, Stilton and mince pies or Christmas pudding – we will have you covered for all eventualities. With an impressive career spanning multiple facets of the wine industry, Cong is listed 9th in the Harpers Top 50 UK Sommeliers. You may also know her from Cambridge wine shop-bar Amphora.
Private Christmas Lunch
£159.00 per person
25 Dec 2024 only
Enjoy Parker's festive private party 5-course menu for £159 per person, highlighting our chef's festive flair in the University Arms Ballroom.
Boxing Day Brunch
£65.00 per person
26 Dec 2024 only
Room for more? Continue the festive feasting with a leisurely 3-course Boxing Day Brunch at Parker’s Tavern. Gather with loved ones and take your pick from a selection of dishes, from baked duck egg shakshuka, Bloody Mary salad, dry-aged roast beef & bone gravy, Suffolk ham with honey, clove & orange glaze, to finish with croissant bread & butter pudding or a rhubarb crumble & custard choux. The choice is yours. £65 per person. Complimentary glass of English sparkling wine per person. Children up to 12 year’s old will receive our children’s menu, priced per item.

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What 2,363 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.2

4.2 based on recent ratings

4.3Food
4.2Service
4.4Ambience
3.9Value

Noise • Energetic

Diners' Choice Awards

Cambridge/Cambridgeshire
Good for business meals
Cambridge/Cambridgeshire
Great for creative cocktails
Cambridge/Cambridgeshire
Great for fine wines
Cambridge/Cambridgeshire
Romantic
Cambridge/Cambridgeshire
Good for special occasions
Cambridge/Cambridgeshire
Most Booked
Cambridge
Best Overall
Cambridge
Best Ambience
Cambridge
Best Value
Cambridge
Good for business meals
Cambridge
Great for creative cocktails
Cambridge
Hot spot
Cambridge
Great for fine wines
Cambridge
Romantic
Cambridge
Good for special occasions
Cambridge
Lively
Cambridge
Most Booked

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews

Parker's Tavern offers a "beautiful setting" with a "fantastic ambience" and "delicious food." Guests rave about the attentive service and "lovely dining experience," while signature dishes like the pies and Sunday roast receive high praise. Some reviews note "slow service" and occasional food temperature issues, but overall, it's a "wonderful" place for special occasions.

2,363 Reviews

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Andy
Cambridge
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined 2 days ago
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 4
Absolutely awful!!!! I took our management team out for a Christmas 'treat' and felt nothing but embarrassment inflicted by the experience! My wife joined us slightly later and as we know historically the unnecessary delay there ALWAYS is in delivery of drinks I ordered her a cocktail as she got into her taxi in Horningsea. My wife travelled in the rush our joined us and the drink finally arrived for her 20 minutes after her arrival!!!??? The food was shocking, cottage pie did not describe the solid patty that was delivered up!!!! The staff were embarrassed by the offering and a discount was offered but you know what this is not what we wanted. Is it beyond the realms of possibility that a well presented tasty meal and efficient service could be expected particularly given the promotion of the venue rather than the money grabbing experience we encountered??? Why should these people over-sell and over stretch what can reasonably be delivered in favour of the money grab which is obviously the main priority of the management!!?? Avoid or go at your peril Andy
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Simon
Cambridge
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined 3 days ago
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
Adequate but unexciting food and phenomenally slow (though perfectly amiable) service.
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Craig
London
4 reviews
3.0
4 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
The service was painfully slow and uncomfortable. We were sat with our menus for over 30 before our orders were taken and then only after we asked f house. After we finished eating we sat with our plates waiting to be cleared for over 15 mins and again waited for the pudding menu an excessive amount of time. To the point our party just wanted to leave. The food overall was excellent and all dishes nicely cooked and presented. They have a good wine list and cocktail menu. Our experience was the bar service was good but the restaurant service was very poor and borderline incompetent. At one point tables were being set while we sat with out menus waiting to order.
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Emilia
Cambridge
9 reviews
2.0
9 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 3
Service was just ok Sunday roast not great stodgy yorkshires watery tasteless gravy, very disappointing
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Maggie
Cambridge
10 reviews
5.0
10 reviews
Dined 4 days ago
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Hello This is one of our favourite places to eat in Cambridge and as always the welcome was warm, the service was excellent and e enjoyed a lovely Sunday roast. We have always enjoyed the choice of food at Parker's Tavern and highly recommend it for any occasion.
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Dominic
Cambridge
5 reviews
4.0
5 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
Great place on Cambridge. Bar area was busy at 6.30 with shoppers but thus changed as night moved in. Cocktails were great but served in small old fashioned glasses. Nit sure it works. Restaurant is nicely done and service friendly. Pretty good menu choices. One of the table had mussels but strangely not served with bread? Ah..you can have bread for £7.00. Had to ask which seems an own goal. Food was all served and all nicely presented. However most need side dishes added which soon mount up. Wine list pretty broad but few bargains. Overall great experience mussels aside. Probably about 80 a head for 2 courses and 2 bottles of wine shared with 3. Would recommend but definitely book ahead. Not that cheap though but a bit of a treat.
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David
London
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined 5 days ago
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 2
The food and the Service were very good and very friendly.
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Andrew
Cambridge
9 reviews
2.0
9 reviews
Dined 6 days ago
1. Overall 2
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
The food was great but the service very disappointing. asked 4 times for a jug of water.
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OpenTable Diner
Cambridge
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined 6 days ago
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
Nice atmosphere with dimmed lights, food is good but some portions are ridiculousely SMALL, when they say scallop, they really mean ONE scallop and a very small one at that, for £18 its a complete rip off hand picked or not. SERVICE was quIte bad, it took 40 minutes for a no G&T to arrive, ordered cheese platter that has never arrived, Tea is served using tea bag, a complete no no for a place like The Tavern is making itself to be.
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Nicolas
Hampshire
6 reviews
1.0
6 reviews
Dined 6 days ago
1. Overall 1
2. Food 5
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
Have been to Parker’s several times before. Never before here have I experienced such poor quality and slow service. That includes waiting times between all courses, even after having to get up walk away from my table and ask for our food. Even asking for the bill seemed all too much. We could have walked out and nobody would have noticed!
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Parker's Tavern is rated 4.2 stars by 2363 OpenTable diners.

Parker's Tavern does offer gift cards which you can purchase here.

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