The Golden Cross, Cardiff

Visited 21/08/25. Visited previously 14/02/24. No cask. Keg offering of Moretti, Carling, Stowford Press, Brooklyn Stonewall Inn IPA, berries & cherries cider from Old Mount, Guinness, Coors, Brains Bitter Smooth and the series of flavoured Thatcher’s ciders, Thatcher’s Haze and Peroni. This is an impressive venue with a lot of internal features retained, particularly the glazed ceramic tiling on the walls and the frontage of the bar counter and the leaded windows. Boarded interior with some banquettes to sit at regular tables in the initial bar but then largely ledge standing in the main bar in a boarded interior. There is a stage on the rear wall of the main bar. Beyond the main bar is an area with tall tables and glitzy artwork on the walls. Feels like a good bit of the original features retained in this space such as the fire grate. An upstairs VIP area was closed off on my visit. There is an outside area, partly covered at the rear with patio style furniture in a paved and boarded area. The initial bar on entry has a fitted banquette around the exterior wall serving regular tables. Decent patterned wallpaper throughout and unexpectedly quite a few arcade machines in here. Have regular cabaret at the weekend.