Destination Cardiff, where's good for a night out?

[davido140]

Off to Cardiff for a night out with a friend who's decamped from London to live there.

He moved on the weekend and doesnt know the area at all, neither do I. Embarrasingly the only bar we both know in Cardiff is Minskys, whole congregation went there the night before his wedding!! He did marry a girlie, wasnt one of those new fangled civil partnerships!

Any hints and tips on where to go thats not too banging (I'm old) or chav filled (do they have chavs in Wales or are they called something else) would be great.

Cheers!!

Edited by davido140 on Tuesday 12th August 09:40

[Flat_Steve]

Be sure to visit the Brewer's Quarter, doesn't matter what age you are you'll love the atmosphere there. Across the road is the Prince of Wales which is another nice place to be.

[Famous Graham]

davido140 said:

Embarrasingly the only bar we both know in Cardiff is Minksys

Is that the dive at the back of the shopping centre?

[LilPeteMordino]

Flat_Steve said:

Be sure to visit the Brewer's Quarter, doesn't matter what age you are you'll love the atmosphere there. Across the road is the Prince of Wales which is another nice place to be.

Same street and full of clubs and bars. Bound to find something to your tastes within a 10min walk from the train station!

[pits]

kebab/chip alley aswell

[disco1]

Cardiff is forming three separate areas for boozing, you have St Mary Street and the Brewery Quarter, full of large chain pubs, clubs and food. Then you also have Greyfriars Road with more chain pubs like Tiger Tiger and Varsity. You also have Cardiff bay. If I were you I'd try option 1.

Stick the the city centre and you can't go much wrong. Don't be tempted to walk to the bay, you'll only get mugged!

[hornetrider]

I don't live in Cardiff but am about half an hour away. I went out for a few beers last Thursday and can recommend Copa bar just off Mary Street - quite a staggering array of imported beers on draft, literally about a dozen huge and wonderful draft jobbies on the bar, including Erdinger

http://www.cardiffpubs.co.uk/Pub.php?Pub=Copa

Also the gaff at the entrance to the Brewery Quarter on Mary Street seemed pretty lively - and whilst I like a good pint of Brains SA, I saw they now do a 'continental lager' called Brains 45 which I can confirm is very nice indeed.

[neil_bolton]

pits said:

kebab/chip alley aswell

My name for it: Fight Club Alley...

Edited by neil_bolton on Tuesday 12th August 09:24

[davido140]

Famous Graham said:

davido140 said:

Embarrasingly the only bar we both know in Cardiff is Minksys

Is that the dive at the back of the shopping centre?

Its a drag act caberet thing, full of 50 year old fish wives who think a man in a dress is the funniest thing in the world ever!

Thanks for the suggestions chaps, I think we have more than enough to go on there!

[neil_bolton]

Can I suggest starting the evening in the Bay, plenty of nice restaurants there, and great place to spend an evening before you head into town