The Royal Standard Pub — Restaurant in Cambridge

I went to the Royal Standard last night. A place ive often tried to avoid because of its reputation as a pub. For a while i thought it was one of these pubs which served Inian on the side with your pint for a fiver, so i never really made the effort to go.

We went there last night because to be quite frank, we have no other places left to try in Cambridge so we were kind of stuck.

The first thing i noticed was that this place is down Mill Road but it actually has good parking! and lots of it! Once you go inside we were greeted by a well presented and quite large resturant which is quite clearly no longer a pub but a complete authentic indian resturant from head to toe. The decoration was a bit bland but I was just happy not to be sitting there eating with the football on or a load of drunken pissheads in the corner shouting.

What impressed me about this place was it also served Thai food aswell.. So if you ever want to take a few people unsure on Indian food they have more of an option.

The place was average price. Nothing special. You were paying the standard £3.50 for a Cobra beer, a curry was about £4.95 and rice was about £1.95. For the money however the quality began to show immediately!

The Papadums were thick and delicious and the 4 sauces that came with it were above the usual quality of all Tandooris we have tried in Cambridge. The mango chutney and lime pickel were exceptionally amazing! Definatly a must if you ever decide to go!

By the time we had finished our Papdums our food was only another 5 mins. The food was well presented and served with the usual dignity and mannors youd expect from most Indian tandooris!

The Vindaloo was delicious. Anna meantioned how the chicken was incredibly juicy and that there was a good chicken to potato ratio compared to the usual "high potato, low chicken" ratio you get in some places. The curry itself tasted like a Vindaloo should taste! Hot and firey with a slight burn in your mouth that left you feeling like you had a true Vindaloo! We did find however that it didnt leave that burning sensation in our bellys though it wasnt much of a concern as it was clearly cooked and tasted delicious!

If the curry had been cooked just a little hotter it would have been perfect!

The rice portions were good too. We have found often in some places that they have been quite stingey, not here.

The Naan bread was alot very tastey.

Once we were done we were presented with the standard desert menu which we sensibly avoided! Afterwards we were presented our hot towel and a chocolate mint! which is always a plus for us because we have noticed alot of places now serve choclate orange, WTF?

The bill was bang on average in price as was expected by the cost of everything on the menu. We ended up paying £24 for three papadums, two curries, one rice, one naan, 1 1/2 pints of Cobra beer and two lemonades.

This place ended up being much better than i ever imagined and definatly is one of the better places in Cambridge to go. I actually feel foolish for not going sooner! The food was of a high quality, the price was fair and the service and presentation of the place was very good. Along with good parking and an optional Thai menu i highly reccommend The Royal...

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