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Cardiff Bay ...
Nightlife
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This section
covers all bars, pubs, clubs and entertainment venues
in the Cardiff Bay area.
Also look in the Accommodation
section for hotels in the bay, the Nightlife
section for Cardiff City Centre nightlife and the Explore
section for outer districts of Cardiff.
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Pubs and Bars
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Terra Nova Bar
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff
Bay Tel (029) 2045 0947
Multi floored, faux-rustic
Brains bar, formerly Via Fossa and hasn't changed! Service
isn't that great though cool for a pint. |
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Bute Dock Traditional Pub
West Bute Street,
Cardiff Bay
Very pleasant traditional
old local, takes you back to the docks' heyday. |
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Eli Jenkins Traditional Pub
Mount Stuart Square,
Cardiff Bay
Very popular pub, with big
beer garden at rear. |
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City Bar and Canteen Bar
Mount Stuart Square,
Cardiff Bay
Small, modern bar, quite
trendy but hidden away a bit. |
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Waterguard Bar
Harbour Drive, Cardiff
Bay
Small modern bar with
unique range of beers and lagers, in Britannia Park. Great
bay views with an outside area for summer drinking. Reasonable
for food, home-cooked but rather basic menu. |
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Salt Bar
Mermaid
Quay, Cardiff Bay Tel (029) 2049 4375
Bar seems mostly to consist
of driftwood and wicker furniture! Fresh, bright decor,
in this two floored modern and trendy Brains bar. Restaurant
priced food but service and quality only befits a bar. (Formerly
Bar 38.) |
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Ba Orient Oriental
Bar
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff
Bay Tel (029) 2046 3939
Cardiff Bay's, unique, contemporary,
oriental bar, rather over-rated and expensive though. |
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The Wharf Bar
Schooner Way, Cardiff
Bay Large, spacious Brains
bar overlooking the old Bute Dock. Good for outdoors drinking. |
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Packet Traditional
Pub (Brains)
Bute Street, Cardiff
Bay
Traditional old Brains
local, just escaped being demolished by the Butetown Tunnel.
Very local customer base. |
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The Hemingway Queensgate South, Hemingway Road
Family pub/bar next to the Future Inns hotel.
Oyster Catcher Terra
Nova Way, Penarth Marina
Good value 'Hungry Horse'
family pub/bar in Penarth marina, on the way to the barrage.
R Bar Red
Dragon Centre
Modern bar.
Entertainment Venues and Clubs
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Odeon Cinema film
times
Red Dragon Centre,
Cardiff Bay Tel (029) 2044 2200
Modern 12 screen cinema.
(Formerly UCI Cinema.) |
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Wales
Millennium Centre website
Bute Place, Cardiff
Bay Tel (029) 2063 6400
An international arts
centre presenting musicals, opera, ballet and dance. Also
home to seven of Wales`s top cultural organisations. |
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The
Point website
Mount Stuart Square,
Cardiff Bay Tel (029) 2046 0873
This former church hosts
local and national live music concerts. |
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Glee
Club website
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff
Bay Tel 0870 241 5093
Cardiff's premier comedy club,
open Thursday to Saturday. |
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Coal Exchange
Mount Stuart Square,
Cardiff Bay
This prestige venue has
now close. |
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Evolution
Nightclub
Red Dragon Centre,
Cardiff Bay
This club has now closed. |
Grosvenor Casino Red
Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay Tel (029) 2046 8350
Large modern casino.
For city centre venues, see
the Nightlife section for more details.
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