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The Alexandra Arms, Cambridge
Cambridge
CB1 2LL
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Moby Duck left this review about The Alexandra Arms
A reasonable backstreet pub albeit somewhat modernised inside, my three Blind Mice Porterhouse Blues was a good drop. I didn't really warm to the interior despite some decent ale, worth the visit though.
On 5th May 2024
- rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Alexandra Arms
Solid, side-street pub with a modernised (but not excessively so) interior. Although a Greene King house, none of its beers was available, with Wolf Brewery's Mad Wolf (£2.45, half) being one of four cask ales and a cider being poured from a total of eight handpumps.
On 21st April 2024
- rating: 7
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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 2147 recommendations about 2019 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
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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 2005 recommendations about 1971 pubs]
Will Larter left this review about The Alexandra Arms
I've really got to come back to this pub some time, as my recent visit was towards the end of a busy day and I was all pubbed out. Looking at my notebook, I can read the name of the beer I drank perfectly well, it was Oakham Slovenian Wolf, and I took a photo of its pump clip and of the other beers, but I didn't write down my impressions of the pub, so all I can tell you is that it was NBSS 3.5, I paid £5.10 for two halves - one for me and one for my drinking companion, whose name I do remember, thank you very much - and I needed my dinner.
Date of visit: 29th February 2024
On 3rd April 2024
- rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about The Alexandra Arms
A Greene King pub and another GBG2022 entry in this area, however only Old Speckled Hen of theirs on the four ale pumps, Tring, Wensum and Oakham on the others. Four more pulls serve cider and there’s keg cocktails and beer. Supposedly modernised it has clear windows, pallet wood counter front and a grey plague paint job, unfortunately not just on the inside. There’s a lower seating area at one end which is odd as the pub isn’t on a hill, this is Cambridge remember, but it’s the result of starting out as two buildings. I didn’t check the garden to see if that was flat. A lintel has a sign saying “the city pub with the village feel”, nope it doesn’t feel like that. The beer was average and £4.40 for a 3.7% mild is pushing the envelope. Less than scintillating would be my verdict on the place.
On 25th July 2022
- no rating submitted
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Steve C left this review about The Alexandra Arms
The bar of the Alexandra is to the left with seating front and rear. Steps from the bar lead down to some seating in the right and there is a long thin wood floor extension with seating at the rear that runs along the left hand side of the thin beer garden. The paved beer garden is lined with picnic tables, some of which are covered at the rear. Food is available, the burgers were £11, or £6 off the kids menu. I found the service to be polite and I’d have no problem returning.
On 29th October 2021
- rating: 6
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Alexandra Arms
Another classic street corner local,the Greene King signage gave me pause for thought.Due to Covid regulations,the tap room served by the apex door is unused and entrance is via the side door.NHS T&T ,could choose a table of my choice,so wound around the interior past a long refectory table to the back room which has been sectioned off using perspex screens.There is a wood burner in here but the interior is quite modern with lots of glazed white tiling,some high tables and a minimalist feel.It has lost a lot of character as a result.
There is an open kitchen serving burgers and other pub grub generally around £11,although there was a 2 for 1 burger promotion on my Wednesday lunchtime visit.My sausages and mash was very good.
The barmaid said that the real ale selection was Oakham Inferno,Black Sheep Bitter and TT Landlord but as I was still standing I ordered an Inferno from behind my mask which must not have been clear to her for a pint of Landlord appeared (NBSS 3).The handpumps are visible through the window but were all unclipped ,while the screen based beer,cider and bottle menu wasn't up to date.This is poor practice in my book,I got the impression that it might be pot luck what you get served.
I was surprised to find this pub in the 2021 GBG,it may have been Buggins turn but there are more authentic street corner pubs close by.Probably more popular with the young,there is a decent garden and a Thursday pub quiz.
On 22nd October 2020
- rating: 6
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Alexandra Arms
A good backstreet local that clearly had a state-of-the-art makeover some years back which now feels like a rather dated Scandinavian café. The front bar area is not too bad but to the side and behind are heavily wooden eating areas and a kitchen servery that do not do much for me. Out the back improves, with a nice patio garden and a separate garden room, also set out for dining. A fair selection of beers though, at time of visit being Oakham Citra and Inferno, Tring Moongazing, Truman Swift, and Greene King London Glory plus a couple of ciders.
On 21st May 2019
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3353 recommendations about 3290 pubs]