Worried about finding halal food in Cambridge? Not to worry, there is a surprisingly large range of restaurants, takeaways and supermarkets that supply halal food to suit a range of tastes.
Many colleges also provide halal food in their halls/butteries. Colleges known to have such a provision are listed below. If your college is not listed, it may be that you need to request a halal meal for hall; it might be worth contacting your catering and conference department. Ask your college rep for more information.
Colleges with Halal provision
- Clare: Requests for halal can be made for Hall in advance.
- Gonville and Caius: Chicken is always halal, please inform the Kitchen Manager to request ‘halal meals’ for more fish/chicken options. Note: Hall is compulsory 45 nights per term or else pay KFC but kitchens are not very well equipped.
- Downing: Requests for halal can be made for hall with 24 hours notice (fish and vegetarian always available for evening meals).
- Emmanuel: Halal Chicken/Lamb on Tuesdays and Fridays
- Magdalene: Halal chicken, duck or lamb can be requested for buttery or Hall in advance from the chef in advance
- Murray Edwards: Halal is on the menu sporadically, and can be requested for formal dinners with a day or two’s notice
- Newnham: Halal is often on the menu. Be sure to check for the 'This meat is Halal' sign
- Queens: Halal food can be requested for the buttery and formal hall, a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
- Sidney Sussex: Chicken is Halal. However, students/guests are advised to double check with kitchen staff at cafeteria meals, and halal meals should always be requested in advance when booking formal hall or other dinners.
- St Catherine's: None, although Kosher can be requested for hall
- St. John's: Almost daily in buttery and in hall on request
- Trinity: Dinner on Mondays in hall and on request for any formal dinner such as Matriculation/Graduation Dinner
- Trinity Hall: Almost daily in hall. Note: Meat suppliers contract being reviewed
Grocers
- AL Noor Grocers (1c-1e Arbury road, Cambridge CB4 2JB, Tel: 01223 514820)
- Al Amin Grocers (100A/102A Mill Road, Tel: 01223 576396)
- Nasreen Dar Halal Supermarket (20 Histon Road, Tel: 01223 568 013)
- Spice Gate (14 Mill Road, Tel: 01223 513 097)
- Bangla Bazaar (194 Mill Road, after the bridge, Tel: 01223 413369)
- Iqbro Halal Grocers (28 Milton Road, CB4 1JY)
Restaurants
- Sweet & Spicy (102 Mill Road, Tel: 01223 568 006)
- Agora at the Copper Kettle (King’s Parade, Tel: 01223 308 448)
- Al Casbah (62 Mill Road, Tel: 01223 579 500)
- Curry Queen (106 Mill Road, Tel: 01223 350 407)
- Asia (66 Regent Street, Tel: 01223 309 559)
- Anatolia (30 Bridge Street, Tel: 01223 362 372)
- Kohinoor (74 Mill Road, Tel: 01223 323 639)
- Café Naz (45 Castle Street, Tel: 01223 302687)
- Bombay Brasserie (3-5 Millers Yard, Tel: 01223 360 409)
- Royal Standard (292 Mill Road, Tel: 01223 246 239)
Takeaways
- Renu’s Bangladeshi Takeaway (26 Milton Road, Tel: 01223 313 233)
- Tek’s Kebabs (Newnham Road adjacent to Lammers Green, open every night 5pm-12pm,
Tel: 07899 056 613) - Chicken Cottage (83A Mill Road, Tel: 01223 301483)
- Roosters Piri Piri (36 Mill Road, Tel: 01223 315 897)
- Carlos’ Express
(Corner of Mawson Road and Mill Road, adjacent to Abu Bakr Mosque, Tel: 01223 309 609) - Flying Pizza (some place far away! Tel: 01223 244 874)
- Rizwan’s Halal Chinese (97 Mill Road, Tel: 01223 364 221)
Disclaimer: We would advise that you enquire as to whether the food is halal for yourself, as not all of the venues listed have been fully certified. Some of the venues also sell alcohol.
