La Margherita

La Margherita is a friendly family run Italian restaurant in the centre of Cambridge. We offer good quality food using traditional recipes with a modern twist.

Our Pizza dough is made every morning on the premises and all our sauces, stocks and soups are prepared from scratch. The beauty of that is we can alter almost all our dishes, because our food really is freshly cooked.

Everything is freshly cooked so if you have any specific requirements just ask. We will always do our best to adjust dishes to your taste.

We also cater for weddings and parties and have a function room upstairs. Please give us a call or email us with your requirements.

Our Story

La Margherita owners Rocchina, Lina & Jean-Louis have been in the catering business for over 35 years.

Rocchina emigrated from Puglia, Southern Italy in the 1950’s. She met her French husband Jean-Louis in catering, and they have been working together since the 1970s.

Their first restaurant, in the same location on Magdalene Street, was a fine dining French Restaurant called Jean Louis. The recession in the 1980s led to its closure and the opening of La Margherita in its place.

Rocchina’s love of food and cooking is influenced by her parents. Her father grew his own vegetables and her mother cooked them. Everything Rocchina knows about cooking was taught to her by her mother, with recipes passed down through the generations.

What sets La Margherita apart from other Cambridge restaurants, aside from the food, is the service. Many of our regular customers say they love coming to us because the staff here today are the same faces from 20 years ago. Saverio, has been La Margherita’s most loyal waiter since day one and Rocchina’s sister, Lina, has been the restaurant’s manageress since it opened.

La Margherita is a real family affair with children Jean-Pierre, Nadine and Clara playing key roles in running the business today.