Address: 10 St John St, Cardiff, CF10 1GL, United Kingdom
Phone: +442920221980
Rating: 4.1
based on 241 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"An excellent eating establishment the food is great."
"Good veggie burger."
"Food here is absolutely wonderful, plenty to choose from."
"The food was delicious and generous in portions without being OTT."
"Really enjoy the fish&chip and baked aubergine here. Tasty and only cost for 15 pounds."
"The Lasagne is the best I have ever tasted."
"Stopped here for lunch whilst out in Cardiff. Great service, and one of the nicest veggie burgers I've eaten in a long while."
Cons:
"Visited today for a meal out with friends while Christmas Shopping in Cardiff - had a mixed grill very little food at premium prices."
"Very busy, I ordered a festive burger when it arrived it looked the part when I cut into it it was raw!"
"Very disappointed with the food today. Gannon egg and chips. Eggs were so burnt that the underneath was black and crispy!"
"But my recent visit, I had the 3 small plates and had the cauliflower wings again and was served this disappointing plate."
"Food was over priced. Small portions. No value for money at all."
"A chicken burger which was so dry with a solid bun, mash potato with a beef pie which was also dry, & not that hot."
"Absolutely terrible food we received today."
Service
Pros:
"The atmosphere is very friendly."
"Such friendly staff, the service is speedy and amazing."
"The staff that I met were friendly and helpful."
"The staff were incredibly helpful and brought out not just a big bowl of water but also a bowl brimming with dog treats."
"The staff were very welcoming, security/covid regulations were very well organised."
"The staff are pleasant, enthusiastic and go above and beyond their duties."
"The staff were fantastic, all friendly and helpful despite how busy the place was."
Cons:
"The waitress charged for a coca cola instead zero and charged too much."
"Extremely rude member of staff, no manners and should not be a front of house team member!"
"I was the only person at the bar and was totally ignored while they were busy doing nothing."
"Kitchen staff were rude to Bar Staff."
"Not a single member of staff came over to ask if food was okay, despite them walking past us."
"I didn't find the staff very friendly, even going up to order it seemed like I was bothering them."
"We asked young lady the stuff of this place to clean it. She had very bad mood and she was very happy to share her bad mood with us."
Ambiance
Pros:
"It's a bit soulless as a pub but they were playing all the weekends sporting events on TVs throughout the venue."
"Cool place to watch football on a weekend as well and a pool table."
"Just normal great Welsh atmosphere!"
"Always great atmosphere when I walk through the door."
"Set on 2 floors with many t.v. screens dotted around, including a large screen both upstairs and down, and with the lights dimmed and the excellent sound system the atmosphere is tremendous."
"Great City Centre Pub! Awesome atmosphere on a match day too."
"A really great pub loads of locals were chatty nice friendly and very reasonably priced compared to other pubs in the area."
Cons:
"We noticed one of the tables had sick on it which hadn’t been cleaned."
"The pub itself smelt so bad that we decided to try and finish our drinks quickly so we could leave."
"Very cold upstairs in the loos and no Wi-Fi and seems that 4G can't get through the very thick walls."
"90% of the tables were covered in empty glasses and plates, upstairs area looked like a bomb had gone off."
"Wasn’t nice having to walk up the stairs to the toilet and be greeted with sick on one of the steps."
"Awful experience, not the place to go to if you’re an ethnic minority it seems!"
"The table was very dirty."
Value
Pros:
"Reasonable priced drinks and food in a comfortable atmosphere."
"Great food at very cheap prices."
"Food was great and good value too (deal of the day)."
"Good lunchtime menu. Cheap and cheerful. Had 2 courses for £10.50."
"Prices aren't too bad and it's popular so must be doing something right."
Cons:
"Nice pub but it's really quite overpriced for what it is you're easily looking at over £6 a pint for standard stuff."
"Drinks were expensive especially the wine at over £18 for two glasses and a pint of lager."
"Waited over 30 minutes to be served drinks cost nearly £40."