Guidebook for Cardiff
Food Scene
Brava Cafe
71 Pontcanna StPopular for breakfast with the Pontcanna set
Milkwood
83 Pontcanna StProbably the best restaurant in the local area if not the entire city
The most superb service and fantastic food - It's just around the corner!
22 locals recommend
Heaneys Restaurant
6-10 Romilly CresThe most superb service and fantastic food - It's just around the corner!
Great home cooked takeaway food as well as precooked meals to serve at home. good selection of Welsh produce and deli standards. Check out the homemade pasties - cheese and onion is a particular favourite!
6 locals recommend
Bant A La Cart
231 Cathedral RdGreat home cooked takeaway food as well as precooked meals to serve at home. good selection of Welsh produce and deli standards. Check out the homemade pasties - cheese and onion is a particular favourite!
Drinks & Nightlife
Very popular with the locals. The food is good as are the drinks selections. Ample seating on the street on hot summer evenings and cosy restaurant area on rainy nights
27 locals recommend
The Conway
58 Conway RdVery popular with the locals. The food is good as are the drinks selections. Ample seating on the street on hot summer evenings and cosy restaurant area on rainy nights
A proper pub. Good beer and great atmosphere - for that traditional 'pub' experience - check out the indoor skittle alley!
9 locals recommend
Halfway
247 Cathedral RdA proper pub. Good beer and great atmosphere - for that traditional 'pub' experience - check out the indoor skittle alley!
Just over the road from the flat - good selection of food - recommend you go for the seasonal coffee blend option as it's always much better than the standard. Friendly service and bustling local meeting place.
18 locals recommend
Coffee#1 Pontcanna
217 Cathedral RdJust over the road from the flat - good selection of food - recommend you go for the seasonal coffee blend option as it's always much better than the standard. Friendly service and bustling local meeting place.
The most real, and unusual Real Ale place you're likely to find. The beer is local and always excellent. The decor unusual and stimulating. Don't expect a polished, corporate venue - this place is the antidote!
10 locals recommend
St Canna's Ale House
42 Llandaff RdThe most real, and unusual Real Ale place you're likely to find. The beer is local and always excellent. The decor unusual and stimulating. Don't expect a polished, corporate venue - this place is the antidote!
Parks & Nature
Pontcanna Fields
42 Fields Park RdLarge open space right next to the property
Great play park with separate areas for large and small children as well as ample space to set up your own games in the surrounding grassed areas
15 locals recommend
Llandaff Fields' Playground
103 Fields Park RdGreat play park with separate areas for large and small children as well as ample space to set up your own games in the surrounding grassed areas
Formal gardens on the banks for the Taff River. En route from the flat to the city centre. Often the venue for events in the park in Cardiff
11 locals recommend
Sophia Gardens station
Formal gardens on the banks for the Taff River. En route from the flat to the city centre. Often the venue for events in the park in Cardiff
Arts & Culture
National Museum Cardiff
Museum of Welsh history and more
Techniquest
Stuart StreetA 'must' for children
The biggest and best theatre in Cardiff as well as events happening throughout the year
47 locals recommend
Millennium Centre station
The biggest and best theatre in Cardiff as well as events happening throughout the year
Its the seat of power of the Welsh Assembly - you can go inside and see democracy in action!
12 locals recommend
The Senedd
Pierhead StreetIts the seat of power of the Welsh Assembly - you can go inside and see democracy in action!
Essentials
All round good little shop with very friendly staff
15 locals recommend
Co-op Food - Cardiff - Kings Road
200 Kings RdAll round good little shop with very friendly staff
Recently opened convenience store for fresh food and other essentials - just across the street
18 locals recommend
Co-op Food
335 Gloucester RdRecently opened convenience store for fresh food and other essentials - just across the street