The Senate in Cambridge

Beautiful setting in Cambridge centre. Delicious food - recommend the vegan burger and pea and shallot gnocchi. Good cocktails too. All served by friendly staff.

Catch of the day has a very bad fishy smell. Chicken was all right. Restaurant has a spider infestation. There were baby spiders crawling on our dining table and also a lot of them in the toilet.

visited Cambridge for a few days, what a fantastic place, and my Granddaughter suggested to go to the Senate bar/Bistro. previously having the run of the mill other meals when out,we were in for a treat. the food was far above the 5 star rating and the service was super. its a nice homely place and they go out of their way to help you with anything. I didn't get a chance to say how much i loved it, we were the 4 hungry 6 pm guests. hope we didn't talk to loud , so with all the thanks from Leeds ,well done and hope to see you again some time. xxx Mike

Great food, the patatas bravas, calamari and mussels were good. We also had the chilli linguine but it was a bit bland for my taste.

High quality, well presented food with excellent service. Visited yesterday with friends and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience at The Senate. From the beautiful setting across from St Mary's church to the wonderful service from all the staff. It was complimented with delicious food for all my party from all courses. I would highly recommend a visit and will look to return in the future.

The Bistro is located outside St. Mary's Church and sitting outside watching time go by is really pleasant. The food was delicious and full of flavour. The staff were very professional, accommodating and adhering to Government guidelines.The only critique i would say is that it took quite some time for the food to arrive, but otherwise all fine.

Delicious Food and Amazing Service.It was super sunny on the day i went but when the sun went away, it did get cold. But the restaurant provides comfy clean blankets which makes you feel nice and warm.The food, would really recommend Chilli Cheese King Prawn and Wild Mushroom Gnocchi Also how can I miss out on the amazing view 😍

So beautiful place, very good meal and drink and great staff. They offer blanket when is cold, I was completely surprised ********

We came here for our Anniversary, the restaurant is rated “2nd best for food” by OpenTable in Cambridge, so I had high hopes.Indeed, the first thing you notice is the beautiful view of old Cambridge and the sun shone through big windows at the front of the restaurant. Each dish had excellent presentation with attentive staff. A good variety of options on the menu means there is something for everyone.Unfortunately, looks can be deceiving and the food was quite mediocre. The starter of bread and oil looked like Hovis bread and a Tesco’s bread roll (I mean.. how do you get that wrong?!) The main of chicken (photographed) was overcooked with my wifes’ fish being fairly tasteless.The wine was overpriced (I have a habit of using Vivino to check the wines quality/cost) and the £30 asking price didn’t cover up the fact this was, and tasted, like a £9.99 bottle.Overall. Disappointed. This restaurant definitely has style over substance.

Beautiful, satisfying and delicious comfort food and friendly staff. What more could you ask for?The service is efficient but not pushy.The prices are on the higher side but well worth it and no more expensive than the average prices anyway.There are choices for veggies too. I took the mushroom gnocchi with red pesto and cream sauce topped with parmesan and it was gorgeous.