Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Spring

Address:  66 Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2AS   [google maps] (the old Italian)
Telephone:  01223 352 836
Opening hours:  11:30-14.00, 17:00-23.30 Monday-Sunday.

Type:  Chinese.
Posh or common:  Common.
Take-it-away:  Yes. 

Lavoratoire Garniers:  Really bad.  I usually do a lid-up shot, but I couldn't this time.
Number of tables:  About 10.
Clientele:  Students and Chinese people. 

Could I take my parents?:  No.
Would I return?:  I would eat here again, but I wouldn't make a special effort.
Service:  Fantastic. 

Price for a main course:  6.50-8.50 GBP.
Portion size:  Enormous.
Menu choice:  35 starters, 71 mains, 31 secret Chinese things (vegetarian nightmare).

Good
:   Big Fat said "it's full of Chinese people, it must be good."  I sensed it was authentic, also you get good value, because rice or noodles are included.

There is a special Chinese menu where you get a camping stove which sits in the middle of the table.  You are given plates of raw things which you cook yourself.  I wouldn't advise this because I've done this before and I burned my arm about 10 times.

Food was quick to arrive and the service was really good.

Bad:  Really grubby.  The toilet was a like a festival toilet.  The waitress spent a lot of time wiping down tables, when she should have been in the toilet with a jet wash.   The entire restaurant, in fact, was like a dirty bedsit.

They only take cash.