Budget
Rainbow Cafe
9a kings parade, tel: 01223 321 551, (http://www.rainbowcafe.co.uk/). m-sa 11am-11pm. average price: â£12 meal with beverage virtually the only place in cambridge to get vegan food. also caters to a whole range of dietary requirements. the food is very tasty, imaginative fare. can be cramped, but worth waiting for a table!
Tatties
11 sussex street. busy cafe serving jacket potatoes and sandwiches. very popular with students around lunch time.
Dojo
Oriental fusion dishes at good prices. Nothing's quite like you'd find in Japan, but it's certainly worth eating. Main courses around £8 and huge portions wash it down with some Asahi Japanese beer.
Auntie's Tea Shop
1 st marys passage off the market square toward kings parade. the â£9 cream tea traditional afternoon tea with scones and small sandwiches makes a good snack for two. rather cramped when busy on the weekends.
Savinos
3 emmanuel street. authentic italian coffee bar. best espresso and cappuccino in town.
Michaelhouse Cafe
Trinity st, inside st. michael's church, (http://www.michaelhouse.o...). m-sa 9:30am-5pm. average price: â£4-6 - beautiful cafe serving excellent sandwiches, salads, hot dishes, and soups. sinful desserts as well. vegetarian options always available. lunch served until 3pm.
Many pubs in Cambridge also serve good food at reasonable prices, for example the George and Dragon, Carlton Arms, Cambridge Blue, Kingston Arms, Portland Arms, The Zebra and The Mitre among others.
CB2 Internet Bistro
5-7 norfolk street, email: cb2@cb1.com. daily 12:00-00:00. average price: â£10. similar to cb1 see drink, but larger, this place serves high quality international cuisine for a modest price.
Midrange
De Luca Cucina & Bar
83 regent st, tel: 01223 356 666, su: 10:00-21:30 m-th: 11:00-23:00 f,sa: 11:00-24:00. average price: â£25. great little italian/british fusion restaurant with reasonable prices and great staff!
Le Gros Franck
57 hills road, cambridge, cb2 1nt, reservations call: 01223 565560, le gros franck serves genuine french cuisine, cooked by an award-winning french chef franck parnin. by day, le gros franck is a french patisserie, with fresh pastries, pastas and sandwiches. specialties include our genuine french-style steak-frites, fish pies and stews. by night, le gros franck is a romantic french restaurant serving the finest french food at your table from our menu. only open thursday, friday and saturday evenings.
Thanh Binh
17, magdalene st, cb3 0af, tel: 01223 362456. average price: â£20. very good vietnamese food in a pleasant atmosphere. no alcohol license, but you can bring your own; there is a good wine shop just over the bridge 50m away.
Fitzbillies
51 trumpington street, tel: 0870 1413505, (http://www.fitzbillies.com/). sun: 12:00-17:45 and mon to sat: 09:00-21:30. average price: varies depending on whether you go there for lunch, tea, or dinner. fitzbillies is a cambridge institution serving refined food for lunches and dinners, as well as heavenly tea and pastries in the afternoon. don't forget its adjacent shop selling the best pastries in town, amongst which you will find the world famous chelsea bun!
The Cambridge Chop House
(http://www.cambscuisine.c...), 1 kings parade, cb2 1sj, tel: 01223 359506 su-th: 12:00-22:30 f,sa: 12:00-23:00. good british cuisine in a great location, real ale well kept!, attentive service, fixed lunch & early dinner menu from â£11 2 course, mains â£10-20. booking recommended.
Restaurant 22
22 chesterton road, cambridge, cb4 3ax telephone: 01223 351880. set menu 3 courses â£28. set in a converted victorian house near the river. serves up quality seasonal food from a monthly changing menu in an intermate dinning room. booking essential. larger private room up stairs for parties of approx 12.
The Kohinoor Tandoori Restaurant
74 mill road, tel: 0870 1413563. su to sa: 12:00-14:30, 18:00-00:00. average price: â£11-20. there isn't much to say: top quality food, excellent service, and generous portions!
Loch Fyne Fish Restaurant and Oyster Bar
37 trumpington street, tel: 0870 1413579, sun: 10:00-21:30 m-th: 09:00-22:00 f: 09:00-22:30 sa: 10:00-23:00. average price: â£20. if you love seafood this place is for you!
Sala Thong Thai Restaurant
35 newnham road, tel: 0870 1413666, su-sa: 12:00-14:30, 18:00-22:30. average price: â£11-20. this small place serves simple tasty thai food with good service.
Top end
Arundel House Hotel Bar & Restaurant
Chesterton road. comfortable, elegantly furnished bar and restaurant convenient if you are staying north of the river.
Alimentum
(http://www.restaurantalim...), 152-154 hills road, tel: +44 01223 413000. we paid â£55/person for a cocktail, starter, main, half bottle of wine, and dessert each. newly opened in july 2007; very good food and a fairly varied choice on the menu only one vegetarian option per course, though.
Midsummer House
(http://www.midsummerhouse...), midsummer common, tel: 0870 1416395. tu-th: 19:00-21:30; f,sa: 12:00-14:00, 19:00-21:30. average price: â£50+. by far cambridge's finest restaurant and one of only ten british restaurants to have earned two stars from the michelin guide.
Cotto Restaurant
(http://www.cottocambridge...), 183 east road, cb1 1bg. tel 01223 302010 the twice-gold medallist at the chef's olympics, hans schweitzer has amassed an impressive repertoire of culinary skills, including training as a confiseur and chocolatier in switzerland and paris. he is considered the best chef in cambridge. a contemporary, restaurant, convenient if you are near parker's piece, anglia ruskin university or the grafton centre. open for lunch tue - sat 9am - 3pm. dinner thu - sat from 7pm.