On The Plates
Cambridge has experienced something of a foodie revolution in the last few years with a huge growth in food establishments - from cosy cafes to food markets and top end world cuisine to fabulous, inventive street food. In this competitive arena where many are pushing the eatery envelope, we continue to be determinedly honest and straightforward with the food that we serve.
Back in the day, when eating out in Cambridge, was a choice between a Wendy burger or selling an organ for a single course at Midsummer House, The Punter launched its gastro pub fare on a, more often than not, grateful clientele. Over the years we have stuck to the same offer, mixing well-cooked pub staples with more adventurous dishes, always adhering to the same basic principles of fresh food, cooked well and delivered in hearty portions.
The menu changes seasonally, offering an à la carte style menu lunch and dinner.
On The Pumps
Our cellar is run with a near obsessional rigour. One of our four ale pumps features Oakham’s top selling Citra as our Punter Blonde session ale – this award winning beer, with its 4.2% ABV, is light and refreshing with pungent grapefruit, lychee and gooseberry aromas leading to a dry bitter finish.
The two remaining ale pumps are rotated regularly to reflect changes in season, customer preference (bullying – you know who you are), and to provide a platform for the best of our local breweries to showcase their new ales. Adnams remains a firm favourite alongside Suffolk based favourite Nethergate Brewery.
We are SIBA registered and 5* Casque Marque accredited and have been awarded a Certificate Of Excellence by Oakham Ales Brewery.
Click on the images below to see some of our regular contenders
Dog Friendly
We’re not going to lie, even though they never bring their wallets, often have inexcusably bad table manners, questionable notions of personal space, lounge about as if they own the place and always expect their favourite table even when they haven’t called ahead to book – we still love our four legged guests just as much as our two legged ones. Sometimes a teeny bit more.
