Pear & Olive Cottage

We booked a room for 1 June with dinner in the restaurant back in December and today, 3 April were told they had 'double booked' and were cancelling our booking. Now too late to book anywhere else as it is the Duxford air Festival that weekend. My husband's birthday treat is now in ruins. How can you possibly take three months to realise you are double booked? I would not trust them to honour a replacement booking if it was free

Review – Pear and Olive, Hildersham We booked to eat and stay at The Pear and Olive on the recommendation of some old friends, who had visited recently. The village of Hildersham is pretty and is also close to Cambridge, so could be a great base. The new owners (a young husband and wife team, Josh and Jade Abbs) have only been in residence for a couple of months. There's a car park to the side/rear for approx. 6 cars and a couple of cycle racks for more energetic types. There’s on street parking too. On arriving at the Pear and Olive, we were shown to our overnight accommodation, which was in a lovely cosy little cottage/bungalow just next door to the restaurant. It's been decorated and furnished to a high standard, while retaining a cosy cottage feel; super comfy bed! The front of house staff, Jade and Heidi, are very friendly, welcoming and knowledgeable. The chef, Josh and his sous chef, Patrick, clearly know what they are doing. The food was just incredibly good; so flavoursome and delicious. Later, we learnt that both Jade and Josh have worked in fine dining restaurants in various places, including London. Jade clearly understands the importance and role of great front of house service and Josh is demonstrably a master of his craft. This place is all about a great fine dining experience. Food This was an absolute treat. There was a good choice of starters, mains and desserts. Vegetarians are well catered for on the separate vegetarian menu. There was also a really good selection of slightly more unusual wines, beers and soft drinks, many of which are obviously from local suppliers. When the food arrived, it was HISTORIC. It truly was a fine dining experience par excellence. Do yourself a favour and book a meal at this little gem of a place. And do so sooner rather than later (or both), before everyone else finds out about it. They had to turn a couple of parties away while we were there. We will definitely back. And I hope those diners they had to turn away will too. It’s a pity I can’t give this place 6 stars; it’s definitely worth that and more, but I’ll have to settle for just the 5.   

Beautifully presented. Enjoyed the complimentary cakes …. Very comfortable and clean

Excellent stay with extra cookies, cereal, washer included. Nice property.

Great value for money. Whole mini apartment to stay in. Some furnishings a little tired looking, but overall really nice. Restaurant was fantastic. Cannot believe the quality of the cooking for the price. Would love to come back.

We enjoyed our stay at the pear inn - it was exactly same as shown in pictures - very neat and tidy and little extra touches by the host made it even more special - we stayed for one night while visiting Cambridge and would be happy to visit again.

Lovely dinner in restaurant Gaul was very helpful and welcoming. Decor was a little quirky but of good quality. We would have liked something more savoury for breakfast.

Our stay at the Pear Tree Inn was fantastic. Top notch service from staff. We enjoyed a lovely dinner at the restaurant, and we could not have hoped for a better stay. Super clean, with additional comforts provided. We were taken care of here!