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Heathcock, Cardiff
Llandaff
Postal town: Cardiff
CF5 2EN
Served areas
Reviews of Heathcock (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Heathcock
This pub appears to be more of a gastropub now. Although, as food is not served on a Monday or Tuesday, it doesn't open until 5pm for drinkers on these days. I'd planned our trip around Cardiff to arrive here for 5pm to cater for this and actually arrived 10 minutes before opening.
At 4:50, the lights were on, but all doors were shut. We waited 15 minutes and despite calling several times on the telephone, with nobody answering, we eventually gave up at almost 5:10 and moved onto the Black Lion down the hill.
A call was eventually answered and they confirmed that they were open on a Tuesday evening. In fact, there was a quiz on. We headed back up the hill to find an already busy pub, with all tables reserved for the quiz. There were also several male staff members wandering around, which made me wonder why they couldn't open up on time or why they couldn't answer the telephone!
Nevertheless, the real ale selection was good, with 4 ales on. There were 2 Wye Valley beers - HPA & The Hopfather, with a couple of others - Glamorgan Cwrw Gorslas & Bragdy Twt Lok Cymryd Y Pyst. I ordered the latter, which turned out to be a very murky brown ale that was significantly past its best. I would have returned it, had we not had another bus to catch to move back closer to the city centre.
The ale range here is certainly of interest. But I'm not sure the beers are rotating as quickly as they need to and the whole place had a bit of a pretentious feel to it. Somehow, it is in the Good Beer Guide.
On 7th September 2022
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2452 recommendations about 2451 pubs]
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Andrew Heard left this review about Heathcock Hotel
Great beer selection. Friendly and never any trouble.
On 17th March 2010
- rating: 8
[User has posted 4 recommendations about 4 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 10 September 2014 by ROB Camra
