Seven Days

For those who enjoy authetic chinese food, this is the place to be in Cambridge. Every Chinese student I have asked for restaurant recommendations referred me to Seven days. As a westerner not used to seeing chicken feet or pig ears on the menu — I was a bit taken a back at first instance, but there are plenty of dishes that do not contain — what is in my opinion — unsavory items. It also serves all you can eat buffets, but like many other chinese restaurants in UK, your choice is limited to some meat and whole lot of fried stuff, prawn crackers, spring roll etc.
On a minor note, I was told that Stephen Hawking celebrated his birthday here — and surely if it is good enough for him, it’s good enough for everyone. A must try when in Cambs and craving chinese, enjoy!

One of my favorite restaurants in Cambridge. The service is good and the food is legit. Been here 3x already and here are my recommends:
— Oyster and Potato soup
— 3 cup chicken
— pork belly Tso style
— spicy chicken with mala sauce
— vegetable and whelk
Almost all items are good!
Apparently Stephen Hawking likes coming here too. Have fun with all the menu typos.
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The food here is real deal, very tasty, not your ususal chinese restaurant menu. The chili oil fish was really good as with all the other dishes.

A little pricey but quite authentic. Loved the chili oil fish! Kung pao chicken was a little sweet and sour like. Spicy eggplant was good. Would recommend to get fried rice as it comes in a wooden mini bucket, whereas one serving of white rice is 2.2 pounds.

Very surprised on decent Chinese food during our one day visit in Cambridge. Both me and my husband were sick from the cold weather and decided a hot Chinese soup can cure our cold. The food is great but just a tap too salty. The staff is helpful and gave good recommendations. The food is spicy but at the tolerated spiciness. If you are looking for Chinese food in Cambridge this is the place to go.

Good food, lots of good looking items on the menu. Kung pao chicken was a bit on the sweet side. The shredded chicken with Chinese mushrooms was good for a cold evening. Definitely worth a visit.

Ive been here now 4 times, three times downstairs for the ‘normal restaurant’, and once upstairs for the hot pot.
OMG, the hot pot, is seriously, amazing. It also helps that I went with my family, and as we’re all mandarin speaking, same as the waitresses, waitors and restaurant staff, it was easy to ask for exactly what we wanted, in terms of particular flavourings etc.
downstairs is like any normal restaurant, except the food is really authentic, but be warned– it is mainly spicy hot!!! please note the chilli signs, as they are not kidding! if you try to ask for mild, they dont like it!
all in all, very authentic, and i am chinese myself!

Excellent Chinese food in Cambridge. They can get very busy on the weekend evenings, so plan in advance if you want hotpot for a larger group. I’ve never had a bad dish here, but particularly good are the spicy hotpot, Sichuan noodle soup, minced pork cold noodles, and chili cabbage. Order family style to try more!

We were steered here by two recommendations from people with good taste. Everything we had was good and I think there are dishes here that are fantastic.
My favourites were hot and sour soup (I eat this whenever I have Chinese) and I rate it very good. The best dish on our table was the baby cuttlefish in black bean sauce. Everyone liked the ‘squirrel’ — a funky presentation of a sweet and sour fish, saying the sauce did not overwhelm the fish. I don’t do sweet and sour so can’t vouch. The beef spare ribs were boring — too much reliance on five spice?
All in all? We have a new go to in Cambridge for Chinese.

Great place! Very authentic and shareable with a group. There were nine of us and we ordered eight entrees to share and a few appetizers. Nobody left hungry (in fact, we had leftovers), and it ended up being about £27 per person with apps and drinks. The service was decent; they split our check, brought food out promptly, and overall took good care of us. The waiter struggled quite a bit to understand my American accent. I’ll be back.

Great Szechuan food! Bold, flavorful, spicy dishes done right. The menu is filled with several authentic and interesting choices, and most of them pack on lots of heat from the abundant use of chili peppers. Be sure to order the fish fillets in chili oil. It’s an outstanding dish, and a small is enough to feed 3 people. There hasn’t been one dish that I’ve been unhappy with here, and I’ve tried several. Don’t be scared of the more adventurous dishes such as ox tripe or chicken liver, they don’t disappoint! The food can be a little bit on the oily side, but it really brings out the flavor of the chilies.
I’ve noticed that most of the Chinese restaurants in England charge for each bowl of rice. This is new to me, because in the US, complimentary rice accompanies the meal. I can get over the 2 pounds for a bowl of rice, but I don’t understand why there is a charge for tap water? However, I would advise not to skimp on the rice and water because three bites into one of the spicy dishes, I had already guzzled down a glass of water! The food is reasonably priced and the portions generous though, so no complaints.
As far as the service goes, I have only gone for lunch right when it opens, so the service has been fast and exceptional. I’ve walked past on Friday nights and the restaurant is absolutely packed. Not sure if they take reservations, but I would definitely try to if I was headed there on a busy night. Skip the buffet, order off the menu!
Seven Days is a must whenever I’m in Cambridge, and I always make sure to include a bowl of the fish fillets in hot chili oil.

Many traditional style dishes, relatively good service (for the UK), overall very tasty, but not a place to go for standard chinese food for a good price. Worth paying for the more traditional dishes, but not amazing enough to justify just going for chow mein.