Cardiff Restaurant Guide

Canteen on Clifton Street

Opened at the end of 2007, Canteen on Clifton Street is a restaurant that specialises in producing high quality and innovative vegetarian cuisine. However, it is not strictly vegetarian, as, on each menu, a slow-cooked meat dish is offered to suit the carnivores.

• Address: 40 Clifton Street, Cardiff, CF24 1LR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International, Vegetarian, Restaurant
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £22.00

Champers

Not exactly what you might expect from the name, this is a Spanish theme-bar, and a good one at that. There are over 120 choices when it comes to wine and the atmosphere is lively and hip. Most of the Spanish dishes are there ranging through tapas to tortillas to steaks.

• Address: 62 St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1FE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Spanish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £35.00

Cibo Bar Cafe

Every inch an Italian café with some pretensions to being a restaurant, mainly in the form of traditional dishes of the country such as vegetable antipasata, mozzarella ciabatta. Their pizzas are renowned and this must be one of the best places for coffee in Cardiff.

• Address: 83 Pontcanna Street, Cardiff, CF11 9HS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £26.00

Cinnamon Tree, The

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The Cinnamon Tree enjoys a reputation for being one of the best, if not the best, Indian restaurants in the city of Cardiff, a place not exactly under-endowed with the breed. Whilst all the usual and well-loved dishes are present there is plenty of room for such exotica as flaming ostrich and other dishes not normally encountered in your average Indian.

• Address: 173 Kings Road, Cardiff, CF11 9DE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £29.00

Cutting Edge

As sure as night follows day so up-market restaurants follow politicians. Look therefore behind the Welsh National Assembly, beneath a set of law offices, to find Cutting Edge, an exercise in the modern, minimalist approach, where politicians of all parties forget their differences as they enjoy a cuisine that follows the classical tradition, with minimal frills.

• Address: Discovery House, Scott Harbour, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF10 4PJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, Modern British, Welsh
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £27.00

De Courcey's

A smart and beautifully appointed venue set in three and a half acres of grounds, they specialise in conferences, functions and weddings but have an attractive a la carte restaurant as well. Do note - no jeans or denims.

• Address: Tyla Morris Avenue, Pentyrch, nr Cardiff, CF15 9QN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £26.00, Dinner: £42.00

El Puerto Restaurant

In the swinging city that is Cardiff, El Puerto is well to the fore. Its key position in the handsome former Customs House in Cardiff Bay certainly helps and a steady stream of favourable reviews and happy customers tells its own story.

• Address: The Old Custom House, Pernarth Marina, Penarth, CF64 1TT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £33.00

Fat Cat Cafe Bar - Cardiff, The

The first Fat Cat Café Bar opened in Bangor, North Wales in 1992 and since then the group has been steadily expanding to meet the demands of the increasingly discerning customer. The chain runs ten café bars in London, the Midlands, Wales and the North West, and is known to maintain high standards in food and service.

• Address: Grovenor House, Greyfriars, Cardiff, CF10 3AD (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £20.00

First Floor Restaurant

• Address: Mercure Holland House, 24-26 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0DD (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Frankie & Benny's New York Italian Restaurant & Bar - Nantgarw

Frankie and Benny's combine the best of classic American and Italian in both style and cuisine. They specialise in home style cooking 'just like Mamma used to make it'. This is a great place to take the entire family and represents excellent value for money.

• Address: Hoel-yr-Odyn, Parc Nantgarw, Nantgarw, CF15 7QX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): American, Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £18.00