Y (£) ***** Pembroke is the latest college to re-invent its bar-cum-common room as a cafe serving top-notch Italian coffee. We were impressed enough by the stylish decor in this carefully-preserved set of Edwardian rooms in the centre of the college to conclude that it has overtaken King's Coffee shop as the most pleasant university cafe venue. It feels like something crossed between a youthful cutting-edge bar in a wealthy continental city and a gentlemen's club. It is open to members of the university, and, as far as we could tell, members of the public. At night, the coffee shop morphs into the college bar.
Y (£) ***** Pembroke is the latest college to re-invent its bar-cum-common room as a cafe serving top-notch Italian coffee. We were impressed enough by the stylish decor in this carefully-preserved set of Edwardian rooms in the centre of the college to conclude that it has overtaken King's Coffee shop as the most pleasant university cafe venue. It feels like something crossed between a youthful cutting-edge bar in a wealthy continental city and a gentlemen's club. It is open to members of the university, and, as far as we could tell, members of the public. At night, the coffee shop morphs into the college bar.
