The Mount Stuart (JD Wetherspoon), Cardiff

A large glass affair situated right next to the bay. On two floors. Fairly busy and service was slow on my Friday afternoon visit. Not really worth travelling the distance out of town for unless just for the tick.

This branch of Wetherspoon's feels a bit out on a limb. Whilst it's set in an area busy with restaurants, modern apartments and other leisure facilities, there aren't too many other real ale outlets locally to justify including this pub on any crawl. I visited on a dark Wednesday evening in winter when it was reasonably quiet, but with lots of glass in this place, I could imagine it to be a pleasant place for a drink on a sunny summer afternoon. Inside is spread over 2 floors, with bars on both floors. The cask range was a little disappointing. Greene King Abbot & Sharp's Doom Bar were available as usual, with Greene King IPA on instead of Ruddles. Guest beers were limited to Brain's SA & JW Lee's Game On. Nice venue, but poor beer range and away from the rest of Cardiff's action. There are better pubs and even better branches of Wetherspoon's elsewhere in Cardiff.