April 16, 2012 [ Updated April 17, 2012 ]
My first visit here and this will probably be a pub that Loz and venture to again, however the beer selection was hardly exciting, the most interesting beer that we could see was Banks & Taylor Fruit Bat and Box Steam Chuffin Ale so hardly anything to get to cheery about. The beers were well kept but in the case of the Box Steam just plain boring and the Banks & Taylor was just well rather weird, too artificial in my opinion with the fruitiness. A pleasant long corridor type pub that was amusing for the very cluttery and busy feel, I guess it would seem busy with just a handful of folk in there and yesterday it had barely anymore than a handful on our visit. Relatively close to the bottom end of Mill Road this pub is situated closeish to town and not far from both Parkers Piece and Jesus Piece/Place. The selection of Belgian bottles in the fridges was very impressive however on the whole I thought that they were also rather steep £5.30 for an Orval and £6.70 for Rochefort 10 is quite pricey in my opinion however Schlernka at £4.20 or thereabouts is not bad at all.

February 6, 2011
Easiest way to find this is to take the footpath from the side of Parker’s Piece, near the coach stops. Otherwise, head to the Tram Depot from East Road, and zig-zag once behind that, about 200m max. New B&T proprietorship is a great improvement over the old only-Wells drudgery. 3 W&Y, 3 B&T (always rotating) and 4 guests. Well-chosen Belgian bottles too. Great staff - very knowledgable about good beers, and really friendly too. A very positive contribution to the excellent Cambridge beer scene.

August 10, 2010
Nice pub with a good selection and quick service. From the outside it looks like any corner pub, but a really nice selection of cask ales.

July 4, 2010
Charles Wells pub leased to B & T with extremely knowledgeable and friendly licence es. 3 Wells/Youngs cask beers, 3 B&T and 4 well chosen guests. Good foreign bottled collection including Cantillon 375mls for a fiver! Didn’t try food, but the ambiance is superb. My dream street corner local.

May 26, 2010
A top notch pub and very handy for the Cambridge Beer Festival afternoon kick out. Also near the bus "station". As usual for decent Cambridge pubs, it’s a back street boozer in a residential area although, unlike most, it’s NOT in the Mill Road area. Used to be a Wells pub but taken over by B & T a couple of years ago. So you will find 2-3 B & T beers plus half a dozen guests on the bar. Also a decent Belgian selection with a printed list containing descriptions. The landlord previously ran the Hobgoblin in Reading and was extremely knowledgeable and friendly, coming to sit with us for a chat. Don’t know about food. The only bad thing about this pub is actually finding it. Although the address is given as Orchard Street, that seems to end when you hit Clarendon Street with no sign of the pub. However, there is an alleyway directly ahead and the pub ids down there on the corner of Eden Street. Alternatively walk down Elm Street as far as you can go and you can’t miss it.

March 10, 2010
Great pub, has really helped to educate me on belgian beers. Huge selection of bottle and a good selection of beers and ciders on tap. Great place,individual glasses for each of the belgian beers. Prices a little steep but worth it.

October 14, 2009
Another gem of a backstreet pub in a city full of backstreet pubs; and well worth the effort to find. Quiet and friendly with a good range of handpumps and an extensive list of Belgian beers, all neatly catalogued and described.

September 27, 2008
Hard-to-find little pub, just five minutes from the bus station, which has recently (Aug 08) been re-opened by Banks and Taylor. Ten handpumps on the bar and a very impressive foreign beer list in the fridges make this one of the essential stops in town.