We enjoyed a very happy evening gathering of family and friends at the Ancient Shepherds last Saturday to celebrate my husband’s 70th Birthday. What a great place for a party - a wide variety of beers and wines and a great selection of gins. The traditional finger buffet was delicious - homemade sausage rolls, scotch eggs and mini pies to name just a few - to die for! The staff are friendly, hard working and extremely helpful. I wholly recommend this pub as a venue for a gathering/party, and I will be very happy to use the pub as a venue again! Try it, you’ll love it!! ��
Fantastic food (we loved the crispy pig cheeks and my chicken & chorizo pizza was to die for) but the best thing was the warm and friendly greeting from all the staff.
A great place to meet, eat & drink.
Visited for the first time on Monday to watch the England game and loved the atmosphere so came back again this evening with my Mum after recommending to my parents. Super friendly team, great menu and delicious food.
Definitely my new favourite place for a pint and a nice meal! 5 *’s!!
The food is outstanding, well presented and was so yummy, such a gorgeous pub and the staff could not do enough to make our evening special-highly recommend and can not wait to return
The food was amazing (pate and pork belly totally deelish!) and the staff are great! #loveelvis
Fabulous, historic pub. Really friendly staff, lovely beer garden and they do a great Vegan option along with wonderful traditional roast.
Lovely food and friendly staff. I had roast pork and chocolate brownie with cream for desert. Lovely St Austell beer too. A well deserved meal after a cycle ride along the river from Cambridge.
We called in here, on our way back to Grimsby, after having a great time in a flight simulator at Virtual Aviation Cambridge Airport. The food was beautiful. We had squid for starters and it was cooked perfect, not chewy at all, my partner had a stilton ploughmans his main which was yummy, but my Hollummi burger was amazing. Tasty homemade food, will most surely go again if we're in the area.
Amazing food and great staff you have to try there great real ale selection
Great, knowledgable staff and a seemingly never ending selection of Gins �
The fish pie was outstanding. As were the selection of beers on draught. Best pint of Adnams Dry Hopped in Cambridge!
We had the set lunch menu and it was very good - it was like a party of flavours, all with their own distinctive taste and character - its quite incredible how many distinct flavours were in every bite, it was a real display of culinary mastery. I think for both of us our favourite was a courgette dish - I've never liked courgette and this was one of top three meals of all time. It was so crisp and fresh, had i seen it on the menu I would never have chosen it so glad to have the opportunity to have my eyes opened to what courgette can be. Ambience wise we were very impressed with attention to detail, the choice of cutlery, lighting, the classic styling were it mattered, i could go on... we really loved it.
What no one can deny is that restaurants are among the most beautiful places where we can go and enjoy our time.
When we are on the weekend we go with our family or with friends . Also, on holidays and at the end of the year, there are no places better than restaurants to go to.
There are many types of restaurants and each of us has his favorite restaurant in which he relaxes and likes to go to.
Some of us go to a restaurant that serves fast food like pizza and hamburgers. Some of us like restaurants that offer home food, such as rice, chicken and meats of all kinds. As for me, I like to go to a restaurant that serves home food.
We experienced a tasting menu with wine flight. It was stunning. Every dish was amazing in its own special way and the wine combinations
with them was sublime. Really friendly explanations of wines and dishes. Very friendly service too. We will be back for sure!
Lovely little restaurant bar and hotel. Well renovated. Best described as old and romantic. With modern rooms.
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Had an amazing lunch. The food was delicious. Nice quiet and relaxed atmosphere. Highly recommend
Fantastic food at eminently reasonable prices. Served with a friendly, personal touch. If you live in Cambridge this restaurant should be on your bucket list.
We had a wonderful lunch here and the food tasted absolutely delicious. We've eaten at many restaurants that serve high class and delicious food such that is served here but we've always been offered bread with our meal. To offer bread should be standard in great establishments such as this one but they neglected to do so which was a great shame. Even though we appreciate this is a Haute Cuisine establishment, the food portions were a lot smaller than they should have been. We left there still feeling hungry.
Great atmosphere, feels like just any local restaurant but the foods they serve here are special.
Pork taco, cod roe and chilli crab were all remarkable. Great selection of appetisers, can’t wait to try new ones in the future.
Sea trout was fine, although for me couldn’t feel any difference from salmon. Came with salmon roe instead of caviar which wasn’t informed properly so this should be improved. The taste was good.
Venison was better than I expected, quite juicy and tender although could have more flavour.
Duck was absolutely disappointing. Couldn’t cover the wild animal smell even with herbs. The meat was very chewy and was hard to swallow. Not sure if it meant to be like that but I do not recommend this dish.
They don’t have service charge which was bit surprising. I liked how you can choose the size of portion and create your own course. Might come back in few months time to try again.
We had lunch with friends and it was exactly what we were looking for: great food, prompt service, perfect atmosphere. We will definitely go back. We loved the option to have smaller portions, so we could enjoy some of the excellent starters too. The sourdough bread was perfect.
We popped in Sunday 12th February just before they closed for lunch and was pleased to find they could squeeze us in. I had the best roast beef lunch, how the chief packed that much flavour into one plate of food I’ll never know, my wife had the veloute and she was very pleased with it. We also had a little mini loaf of bread with some homemade salted butter that I can’t recommend enough. Top job all round. We’ll be heading back soon to try some of the other food on the menu.
We went for our anniversary and decided to go for the Chef's tasting menu. To start with they asked us what sort of foods we didn't like so they can select dishes appropriatly, which i thought it was great!
Can't fault any of the plates, every course was delicious. The portions are small plates, as they should be in a tasting menu so I wouldn't recommend if you are looking for bigger plates. For me they were the right size for the menu we choose.
The service was also amazing, taking into account our choices and even suggesting wine options thay fit our preferences.
They have 2-course and 3-course menus as well, which we will definetly go to try in the future.
Highest recommedation in Cambridge!
Really lovely restaurant with delicious food, good service and a lovely atmosphere.
Fantastic meal as always with Mark and the team. The staff create a warm, welcoming environment and are very attentive. I would highly recommend visiting MJP @ The Shepard’s for any occasion you have.
I can’t wait to experience Mark Poynton at Caistor Hall and see what creations they’ve come up with there.
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