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##Eat

Street Food

There is an abundance of street food-style vans/shacks around Cambridge now, a small selection of which are below.

FoodParkCam: Various vans on Wednesdays at West Cambridge by the lake.

  • Steak and Honour: Gourmet beef burgers (with meat from Cambridge cows) and the Shroom vegetarian burger. Also serve fries depending on which Citroen H van you chase. @steakandhonor for updates on locations and timings. Usually at West Cambridge on Wednesdays 12-2pm, and Hot Numbers Gwydir St on Friday 6pm-9pm.

  • Tin Kitchen: Artisan ciabatta rolls, soups and salads. Usually one vegetarian option. @Tin_kitchen for updates on locations and timings.

  • Wandering Yak: Vegetarian Middle Eastern food including falafel, tofu, halloumi and houmous. They do amazing sweet potato fries. @Wanderingyak for updates on locations and timings.

  • Nanna Mexico: Burritos van every Tuesday and Thursday at West Cambridge on Clerk Maxwell Road.

Eat-In

By no means exhaustive, but a range of well-priced tasty places.

  • Yippee Noodles: King Street, central Cambridge. Informal noodle bar with delicious sides and rice dishes too. Huge portions for a very affordable price.

  • Zhonghua Snacks: Norfolk Street. Teeny-tiny restaurant serving handmade dumplings and steamed buns. A variety of vegetarian and meat dishes available. Also functions as a takeaway, no delivery option.

  • Charlie's Coffee Company: Burleigh Street. Independent, family owned cafe. The coffee is ok, but the handmade pizzas are amazing. Sandwiches, pizzas available in large and child sizes, they also do a Nutella dessert pizza - nom nom. Very child friendly. Also do delivery via Deliveroo.

  • U-Sushi: Burleigh Street. Freshly prepared sushi and rice dishes in a relaxed and informal restaurant. Also available for takeaway with delivery.

  • Butch Annie's: Market Street. Burgers, beers and cider.

Take-Away/Delivery

  • Deliveroo: Deliveroo deliver food from a wide range of restaurants in Cambridge that wouldn't normally offer their own delivery service.

  • Kymmoy: Burleigh Street. Family-run business heralded by the delightful Kym. Serving wok-fried noodles, soups and rice dishes. Lunch buffet and delivery in the evenings.

  • Cherrybox Pizza: Cherry Hinton Road. Pizzas, calzone and salad.

##Drink

Coffee

  • Hot Numbers: Gwydir Street & Trumpington Street. Excellent coffee, cakes, bacon sandwiches and art. Also serves craft beer and wine in the evenings. Lots of evening events at Gwydir Street, including live music, meetups and coffee tasting courses. Free Wi-Fi for 1 hour.

  • Espresso Library: East Road. Coffee, art and cycling cafe. Often show cycling races on the projector, open in the evening for wine, beer and gin. Excellent food, including a wide range of vegetarian and vegan options. Free but variable Wi-Fi.

  • Tom's Cakes: Mill Road. Small-batch, handmade cakes and biscuits; good coffee.

  • Afternoon Tease: King Street. Homemade cakes, breakfast, brunch and lunch.

Bars/Pubs

  • 196: Mill Road. Amazing cocktails served in a tiny, dark bar, with delicious tapas-style snacks. Impeccable service, reasonably priced and unusual drinks. Don't turn up with a huge group - they'll struggle to seat you all.

  • The Kingston Arms: Kingston Street. Small but friendly local pub serving award-winning ales, delicious food and a roaring fire. Amazing sausages and mash.

  • The Cambridge Blue: Gwydir Street. Larger local pub with a large semi-covered beer garden. Serves food, and prides itself on serving many "Real Ales". Huge participant in the bi-annual beer festival.

  • The Blue Moon: Norfolk Street. Owned by the landlord of the Blue (see above). Huge seating area, large gin collection, open late on Friday and Saturday nights.

  • The Free Press: Prospect Row. Century-old pub with a fireplace, good beer, food and boardgames. Avoid using your mobile phone or incur a fine!

  • The Snug: East Road. Lensfield Road. 2-for-1 cocktails most evenings between 7-9pm. Also serves food, mainly of the deep-fried variety.

  • The Geldart: Ainsworth Street. Great live music, excellent whiskey, unusual food including Croc & Roo on Elvis' infamous Hot Rocks!

  • The Castle Inn: Castle Street. Good food, good ale.

##Sleep

B&B

  • The Railway Lodge: Tenison Road. 2 minute walk from the train station. £65 per room per night, breakfast included, served between 7:15am-9am. Call 01223 467688 to book with Anthony King.

  • Churchill College B+B: 5 min walk from the Computer Lab in West Cambridge.

  • Robinson College B+B: 10 min walk from the Computer Lab in West Cambridge, near the river.

Hotels

  • Hilton Double Tree: 15 min walk from the Computer Lab, centrally located on the river Cam.

  • Varsity Hotel: Located near Castle Hill, 15 min walk from the Computer Lab. Also has a spa.

  • Royal Cambridge Hotel: Located on the edge of the city centre, walking distance from the river.

  • Travelodge: Two locations - one centrally on the Cambridge Leisure Park; the other just outside of the city centre near Mill Road.

  • Ibis: At Cambridge train station.

Self-Catering

There are three main places to look for accommodation in Cam.

Brett Ward notice board: http://www.brettward.co.uk/canb/ — This is a site where landlords/flatshares list what they have available.

University accommodation service: http://www.accommodation.cam.ac.uk — Probably still restricted to people 'connected to the University' but anyone you have any trouble registering, email the OCL list.

Agencies: http://www.zoopla.co.uk — Most agencies put their places up on Zoopla so this is probably worth looking at. You can also find the agencies websites directly and look through those (google for the agency names that zoopla displays).

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