Tamburlaine Restaurant and Bar in Cambridge

The best afternoon tea I’ve ever had. Even very well designed and presented.

My boyfriend and I had the best time dining at the Tamburlaine while staying in the co-located hotel (the Clayton Hotel). Our waiter, Antoine, was super attentive and gave us the best recommendations. I had asked for the local beer and he definitely didn't lie when he said it was a good local beer. The restaurant was very accommodating to my peanut allergy letting me know what every dish contained without having to place a booklet in front of me to flip through before ordering. Everything tasted amazing. I’d highly recommend the everything, especially the sirloin steak, the grilled sea bream, and the brownie sundae. Despite being the only staff member attending the tables that was not managing the bar at the same time, Antoine was extremely attentive and quick at serving the other guests. Thank you Antoine!!! The next day, we came back for tea and the service was consistently good but without our waiter from the night before. The Cookie of the Day was freshly baked and delicious. Definitely a must-visit if you’re ever in Cambridge and near the train station.

Great restaurant, very friendly. No fuss menu, great burger. Buffet breakfast plentiful and friendly team.

Delicious afternoon tea. Scones were warm and scrumptious. The service was excellent - Mariana was a great host.

Was pleasantly surprised with the food after reading the reviews, only saw them after booking. Cocktails to start were good, tasty and strong. Whilst the food wasn't high end and for the price just over £100, for 2 including with and a couple of Cocktails you can't expect it to be it was really decent , my smoked salmon was nice and my pork was melt in the mouth , although no crispy crackling. Portion size if anything was to large neither of us could finish our meals. Overall really decent food for a good price

Came down for a cocktail and pudding as we were staying with the hotel (you get a 20% discount). Very impressed with the staff, food and drinks. Amused by Aussie Rules Football on the TV! No sound thankfully :)

Popped in on a Tuesday afternoon. Sat at the bar. One lady working behind the bar. One other couple in the whole place. After 5 mins - could we have a drinks menu please? Yes Could we order some drinks and do your gins come with tonic? I don’t know I’ll have to get someone We had to ask twice to get ‘someone’ who made 2 excellent drinks. Asked if we could have some nuts and were told no problem. No nuts arrived, but 4 members of staff made themselves a coffee and chatted. I had to go to reception to ask for the nuts which of course they didn’t have and we were given crisps. The drinks were lovely. However the staff were disinterested and given the price of drinks the ‘service’ was non-existent. 2 stars for quality of drinks 0 for disinterested staff and zero service I couldn’t recommend going here, the place was empty and we felt an inconvenience to a coffee afternoon for staff.

We waited for hours! We had a dinner reservation at 8:30 and didn’t get the starter until 9:50 by this time two other couples had got up and left having been there even before us, when the starters came my partners order was wrong and mine was very over done (burnt) I ordered the tiger prawns in honey glaze, when our mains came they were not hot and the burger my partner had was heavily over salted so much he didn’t eat it, I ordered the salmon which was such a disappointment when it was not hot, the flavours were there and had the potential to be a beautiful meal but it was clearly rushed and done at a poor standard. We got the bill before the plates were even cleared which reached over £100 we got an apology but unfortunately we were bitterly disappointed with a restaurant we had high hopes for.