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The Portland Arms

129 Chesterton Road, Cambridge, England, CB4 3BA United Kingdom

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Inn in Cambridge near city centre

River Cam
2 minutes walk from the River Cam and a 10 minutes walk from the historic city centre, the Portland Arms is in easy reach of all Cambridge amenities. Show more
Hotel bar/lounge
The Portland Arms is a traditional pub serving fine real ales, home-cooked food and a warm welcome.
Complimentary Wi-Fi
All rooms come equipped with tea and coffee making facilities, TV and use of free Wi-Fi internet. Hide

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  • One Double Bed
You will have access to a shared bathroom. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and the flat-panel television is offered for your entertainment. A coffee/tea maker is supplied. This room is Non-Smoking.
Twin Room
  • Two Single Beds
You will have access to a shared bathroom. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and the flat-panel television is offered for your entertainment. A coffee/tea maker is supplied. This room is Non-Smoking.
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  • One Double and One Sofa Bed
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  • Number of floors - 2
  • Bar/lounge
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Front desk hours
  • Free Wi-Fi

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  • Iron/ironing board
  • Non-smoking only
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Check-in time ends at 10 PM

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The Portland Arms
2.9
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neil from uk
5.0
out of 5

“lovely for a weekend away”

great place, cheap and central. friendly staff. small room but as expected, and worthwhile for the price. definitely coming back as very close to centre

Iain from UK
4.0
out of 5

“Cheap & Cheerful”

Good pub, nice staff, basic room, absolutely rubbish bed. It's about as comfortable as sleeping on rubble. If you want somewhere to crash and don't want to pay through the nose, this is fine. If you like camping, it'll be fine!

Andrew from San Francisco, CA
4.0
out of 5

“Cheap digs - bring earplugs”

This was pretty basic accommodation at a reasonable price. It's a few minutes walk through a park to central Cambridge. Our room was tiny - barely room for a bed and a dresser, with nowhere to hang clothes. The bathroom was shared with two other rooms. The rooms are above a popular pub with outdoor drinking, so there was a lot of noise until closing time. The staff were friendly and helpful. If you need a place to sleep in Cambridge but don't plan on spending a lot of time in your room and don't mind some background noise than I would recommend this place as being good value.

Nicola from Italy
4.0
out of 5

“Funny place to be”

The hotel is very cozy as well as the pub downstairs. The music ends at a decent time and a good night sleep is ensured. Good value for money (at least for the online offer i fount). The bathrooms had just been refurbished and in excellent status.

Laura from York, UK
3.0
out of 5

“Worthy”

Very kind staff. Good bar at the ground floor. The bathroom is shared, but it is very clean. A little too far from the centre part of the city.

William from Scotland
2.0
out of 5

“Cambridge pub accommodation”

I was surprised that this accommodation was on Expedia at all as it was merely one of three rooms up a fire-escape above a pub with a raucous disco each night. The lack of an en suite bathroom seemed very old fashioned and annoying too as was the failure to make the bed, renew the towels etc for night 2.

Tim from Malaysia
2.0
out of 5

“My family would not go back to the hotel again.”

The hotel is suitable only for young people who like to go to pub to have drinks, listen to loud music and go straight to guest room after that.

Hasmik and Ashod from Montreal, QC
1.0
out of 5

“horrible experience”

I am surprised that this place was on Expedia. We always trusted Expedia as we are using it for years. First of all, this is not a hotel or motel, it is a pub with rooms on the second floor. The “separate” bathroom means one for all rooms. Don’t be mistaken! There is no soap in that bathroom and the tile edges along the bath tub are covered with mold. The heating setting on the radiator was on maximum, but it was absolutely cold in the bathroom. The shower head was installed at 5’ and was turning downwards only, with very little flow of water. Now about the room: It is the size of the double bed plus 3 feet from each side. No place for luggage! No table and the Wi-Fi can’t reach the second floor?! So if you need to use your laptop, you have to take it to the pub. As you are literally over the pub, you can clearly hear the music and your windows come out into the terrace where the smokers get their tables, so you can not open the windows, unless you enjoy the smoke coming up. There is one face towel and one bath towel for two. The bed - you can feel each spring in the mattress. I tried to cancel this “hotel” when I saw the room, but had to pay full day price as it was too late, even that the “separate” bathroom is a very misleading statement! To be completely objective, the room and the bathroom were relatively clean (if you will not pay much attention to two lines of cobweb on the ceiling) and there was working TV in the room and a kettle with cups and coffee in a basket.

Pascal from New York NY
1.0
out of 5

“Basic, no comfort, noisy...”

basic motel-pub, no service, bathroom to share, noisy neighbors shouting till 2am when you think of Cambridge GB, the old and charming university town, you expect another environment...not recommended

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The Portland Arms

129 Chesterton Road Cambridge, England , CB4 3BA United Kingdom

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Nearby Points of Interest

  • Jesus College - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
  • Pepys Library - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
  • ADC Theatre - 0.7 km / 0.5 mi
  • Cambridge Castle - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
  • Magdalene College - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
  • St. John's College - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
  • Sidney Sussex College - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
  • Bridge of Sighs - 1 km / 0.6 mi
  • Trinity College - 1 km / 0.6 mi
  • Gonville and Caius College - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
  • Wren Library - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
  • Church of St Mary the Great - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
  • Senate House - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
  • Trinity Hall - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
  • Emmanuel College - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi

The preferred airport for The Portland Arms is London (STN-Stansted) - 37.3 km / 23.2 mi.

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Cambridge, England, United Kingdom: Cambridgeshire (county)

The Portland Arms

129 Chesterton Road Cambridge, England , CB4 3BA United Kingdom

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