Kingston Arms — Restaurant in Cambridge

This fantastic independent pub’s focus is now Kitchen, Hummus and Wine and they delivered on all counts. Featuring a menu of fresh, seasonal ingredients it was a pleasure to taste what chef Maoz Alonim and his team created in the kitchen. The menu was simple and not overly descriptive, done purposely to accommodate creativity and changing produce. Our waiter had a detailed understanding of the ingredients and methods of preparation of each dish. The varied and impressive wine list included bottles from Argentina, Armenia and Palestine, alongside favourites from Spain, Italy, etc. A sommelier was on hand (in a non-pretentious way) to help choose. I enjoyed my glass of Argentinian white wine. The silky hummus and puffy pittas were simply amazing. I ordered a half portion of the hummus but will have it as a main course next time (it comes with lamb or mushrooms, for example). We feasted on a parade of dishes: oysters, hummus (with pitta and pickles), labneh, chorizo, pan con tomate, bottarga, challah and pulled crab on toast. Glad I left room for their famous biscuit cake. We sat in the covered walled garden under the heaters but the inside is also inviting and has distanced tables. A welcome addition to the foodie scene...

Courtyard is beautiful and covered in preparation of the British summer! Staff very friendly but food and drinks very expensive. Cheapest bottle of wine was about £38. Bowl of hummus was £11, though it was delicious. The menu had to be explained by the waiter, thought that was pretentious, why not just provide a menu which describes the food they are selling? The "pickles": that accompanied the pita bread were: 1/4 raw, unpeeled, unsliced onion ; 2/4 large tomatoes (not sure how I was supposed to cut them with a standard knife); small, hard, green olives; gherkins. The sommelier was very friendly but I don't need one to help me choose a wine to go with my bread and hummus. Sadly I won't return, it used to be a great pub, sad to see it go this way but am sure it will do well with the wealthy residents from the...

My dad had this pub when I was about 8, nearly 30 years ago, then the greyhound (since demolished) he passed away a few years ago, came to Cambridge to visit my brother and wanted to pop in to see the place, it's changed so much as you would expect 🤣 but Its absolutely beautiful! The staff were so friendly, food was on point, it was lovely to see how much its improved over the years, I don't remember it having such a beautiful outdoor space, everyone was so friendly, brilliant atmosphere! Excellent service, and was so nice to tell my brother the memories of my dad in there! Highly recommended! Keep kingston arms going for another 30 years! Will be bringing my children back for food and more memories next time. Thank you for making it such a special experience without knowing my connection...