Traditional ambience in buckets

If a touch of the quintisential English pub is your scene then The Eagle has it in buckets. There's several bars that act as the 'main' serving areas and a stack full of history to get through as you sample the good ol 'tradtional' english ales alongside. With several rooms to choose from the best, by far, is the 'flying room' - with the graffiti'd ceiling from the flight boys of the World Wars who signed their names on the ceiling and painted in red lipstick a murial of the then lady land owner. If you squint and look upwards you can just about make out the cigarette that is in her hand amongst the host of signatures of the various flight crews that surround her. The Eagle also offers a marvellous selection of good ol English pub grub, think pies, chips and vegetables and you can't go far wrong. The clientel are a nice mix of tourist (inevitable in Cambridge), students (also inevitable) and local yocal - always a great indicator of a quality drinking establishment! So pour the ale , order a pie, chips and vegetables and enjoy gazing upwards and trying to identify the various insignia of the flight crew and lipsticked illustration of years gone by. No trip Cambridge would be complete without a visit to The Eagle.

A User - 09/10/2007 | report this review