The Botanist Bar & Restaurant Cardiff Reviews Summary

Decor and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The decor is gorgeous and the actual design of the restaurant is lovely, especially with all the Christmas decorations."
• "I liked the deco and amount of seating."
• "Lovely restaurant, suitable for special occasions, lovely ambience."
• "Good atmosphere and decor."
• "Great roof top bar with a lively vibe, indoor and outdoor seating available."

Cons:

• "The music was loud enough to drown any conversation around but still allowing you to have a nice conversation without there being a need to shout."
• "Very lively and quite noisy venue great for groups not so much for quiet conversations."
• "The live music was piped through a 10,000 seater stadium appropriate PA system so loudly that holding a conversation at the table was nigh impossible."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "I had sweet potato & goat’s cheese tart (5⭐), turkey kebab (3⭐), and the cookie dough pie (4⭐)."
• "Nice menu but not many vegan options but I had the cauliflower burger which was really good."
• "Great selection of cocktails, would highly recommend the vegan houmous starter, a generous amount of houmous!"
• "The food was absolutely stunning. Hanging kebab was absolutely delicious."
• "Very good food and drinks! Lovely servers, who were very smiley, and knew lots about the specials and food they had available!"

Cons:

• "The turkey kebab required a lot of chewing and felt like more of a ‘wow factor’ through how it looked than how it tasted."
• "Don't eat here if you're vegan. They are frying the vegan food with non-vegan food."
• "It's a shame the food let it down... Mains was shocking, half a bowl or sprouts, 2 small pieces of parsnip, 3 carrots, 3 or 4 frozen toasties and the meat."
• "I don't eat sprouts or parsnips! Dessert was cold for what is usually hot."
• "Really disappointed with the festive menu that we felt forced to have after making the initial booking a long time ago."

Service

Pros:

• "Overall, a great place to come for a Christmas party, the staff were very friendly and the place itself was really nice."
• "Josh served us who was lovely and very friendly yet professional, had a great service from him."
• "Staff were very busy today with large tables. Starters arrived very quickly and with our 1st drink orders."
• "Went last week for drinks. Great cocktails and friendly bar staff."
• "Visited here on Sunday after wanting to try for a long time and it did not disappoint! Staff were lovely, just loved it all."

Cons:

• "The service was not over quick once you placed your order but we were not in a rush so it was fine."
• "Everything we ordered was A1. Only thing that dampened the experience was that the waiter got 3 orders wrong and didn’t really come by to check on us during the course of the meal."
• "Let's hope this was a one-off."
• "Nice decor but that's about it. Massively overpriced, slow service, incorrect food descriptions on the menu."
• "We had a lovely Brunch at the Botanist Friday morning... We tried many things on the menu and everything was really good."