Afternoon Tea Lounge At The Tamburlaine

Many thanks for a nice lunch, glad that we came to a quieter time. nice to practice something French while enjoying the delicious food. a word on the wise, parking around the hotel is demanding on street parking (ringgo app). we park at the station, which costs £12.70! because it is limited to day parking only! the parking lot costs almost as much as a 3-course lunch menu! (not the fault of the hotel, but very annoying). I would recommend not explore other parts of the hotel, well to know whether it is a kind dach terrace or terrace.

Had a lovely meal and the pea soup was particularly delicious. Must add that we were dining on special offer 3 courses for £15 during Cambridge Restaurant Week. Excellent!

The dining room itself and the staff were all lovely. Unfortunately for a set menu for two people, the service was really slow we ended up having two courses of the three as nothing particularly took our fancy from the dessert menu, and this took two hours. Luckily we enjoy each other 's company! The food was ok and presented really well. I can see that everything was done with good intentions, I just think there is room for improvement for example we chose to have a cocktail after dinner and the bar was being sprayed with cleaning fluid while we drank our £14 cocktails, so the air smelt and tasted like bleach, which took away from the experience somewhat. Maybe cleaning could be restricted to the end of the evening, or a different cleaning fluid could be used? My dirty knife was dropped on me when my starter was taken away, I think this was really because of the spacing of the tables rather than fault of the server we were in a corner which was hard for the servers to get to. Perhaps a table could be removed for more space for service? We asked for a refill of our waters, but were forgotten. Perhaps a jug on the table would be a good solution? The 'discretionary ' 12.5% tip is on the bill and is typed into the card machine without asking, so you feel awkward to amend it. I think this should be discretionary, as it would be in other restaurants, especially for a table of two.

Unfortunately the service doesn’t live up to the price. Although the food was excellent. Just don’t order the carrot cake a few crumbs on a plate!

Excellent evening meal and very attentive without being intrusive