Tiny Rebel Cardiff Reviews Summary

Location & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great Location In The City."
• "Great spot with a deceptive amount of space."
• "Lovely place, ideal locations for concert days at the principality!"
• "In a great location, really large venue with cool art on the walls."
• "Good city location, right opposite the stadium on Westgate Street."
• "Nice pub in the central location."
• "The venue is deceptively large right next to Cardiff stadium and has a look that totally fits the Tiny Rebel brand image."

Cons:

• "We sat upstairs where the atmosphere was a bit lacking otherwise nothing to report."
• "It can be very noisy and it's not that comfortable trying to have a conversation."
• "The place just feels neglected."
• "The pub generally felt quite unclean."
• "Unfortunately, the actual venue seems very dirty and definitely has a terrible smell which wasn't very pleasant."
• "Came here for a wrestling viewing party, wouldn’t visit again not much atmosphere."
• "Boring bar... dead atmosphere."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly."
• "The staff, including the chef were very attentive and made sure we 100% happy with the food."
• "Great welcoming staff."
• "Lovely staff."
• "Friendly bar staff and great service, and happy to offer tasters for all the cask options."
• "The staff welcomed us quite quickly and we were seated within minutes."
• "Special props should be given to the knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff."

Cons:

• "One of the employees came to tell us we where to LOUD!"
• "Staff not knowledgeable about the beer, or even interested."
• "When served food by one member of staff the comments that were made were very rude when asked about the food provided."
• "We were unjustly asked to leave the premises by a rude bouncer after raising a valid concern about the manager's behavior."
• "Had a few members of staff be rude/pretty uninterested."
• "door guy takes a hit for not letting one of our party in, saying it was too late after she lingered outside for a few minutes."
• "Truly appalling customer service."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Tiny Rebel are serving one of the best Sunday Roasts I’ve had in the city!!"
• "The food was amazing and extremely good value."
• "Good beer and brilliant vegan junk food."
• "Food was really lovely, so tasty, well priced for the portion size."
• "The ales are fantastic and plentiful with loads to choose from."
• "Fantastic atmosphere, great selection of beers and ciders."
• "The food is awesome and reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Personally I'd say some of the beers come under the novelty category and tend towards too sweet."
• "I would suggest the burgers are only 3 stars though: slow, unimaginative, poor quality coleslaw and buns."
• "The food is pretty decent, only get the pizza if you like thick dough and flour though..."
• "Don't waste your money on the food here - it's just awful."
• "Beer here is tasty and the vibe of the place is great but food is so so disappointing - it’s mediocre pub food but probably a bit worse."
• "The chicken burger was really dry which was a shame."
• "The vegan burrito left me craving flavour, the only detectable ingredient was the plain white rice ☹️."

Hygiene & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Toilets nice and clean, music not too loud and a trendy crowd."
• "The place was very clean, service was fast, the music was funky and on the hot day that we went the air conditioning was much welcomed!"

Cons:

• "During my visit I watched the bar staff use this toilet consistently, so not feeling confident about the hygiene levels."
• "Numerous times people I know have a been quite sick from both food and the beer here."
• "I'm partially-sighted, so used the downstairs toilet, where there was no toilet paper, soap or paper towels."
• "The only issue we had was we had to send some drinks back as the glasses were dirty. No ideal in pandemic."
• "The place could seriously do with a good clean, the windows at the front are bogging!"