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Cardiff Bay ... Nightlife

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.

Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay


Pubs and Bars

Terra Nova, Cardiff Bay 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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City Bar and Canteen, Cardiff Bay 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, Cardiff Bay 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, Cardiff Bay 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, Cardiff Bay 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, Cardiff Bay 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, Cardiff Bay 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, Cardiff Bay The Wharf Bar
Schooner Way, Cardiff Bay
Large, spacious Brains bar overlooking the old Bute Dock. Good for outdoors drinking.
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City Bar and Canteen, Cardiff Bay 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

Odeon Cinema, Cardiff Bay Odeon Cinema film times
Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay • Tel (029) 2044 2200
Modern 12 screen cinema. (Formerly UCI Cinema.)

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay 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.

The Point, Cardiff Bay The Point website
Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay • Tel (029) 2046 0873
This former church hosts local and national live music concerts.

Glee Club, Cardiff Bay Glee Club website
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay • Tel 0870 241 5093
Cardiff's premier comedy club, open Thursday to Saturday.

Coal Exchange, Cardiff Bay Coal Exchange
Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay
This prestige venue has now close.

Evolution Nightclub, Cardiff Bay 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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