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The Pontcanna Inn, Pontcanna, Cardiff

36 Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9LL

Phone: 02920232917

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Local Pub (Marstons)

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Pontcanna

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David Walton left this review about The Pontcanna Inn

Visited 23/11/24

Three cask, Youngs Original, Youngs Winter Warmer and the Cwrw Gorslas from the Glamorgan Brewing Co. Keg was Thatchers Gold, Guinness, Estrella, Asahi, Jubel Peach lager, Camden Hells, Inch's, Clwb Tropica, Pravda and Neck Oil.

Decent seating area out the front on leafy Cathedral Rd. Inside the bay fronted venue, the bar counter is against the left-hand wall. Lots of regular seating options around the front part. A flight of steps in the middle part of the floor takes you up to the hotel rooms. Behind this there are a couple of more secluded seating area on each side before you walk through past the bathrooms to a huge seating area out the back, mostly covered based on a quick glance with patio heaters and loads of screens to watch live sport. The venue was rammed, not surprisingly, on a Saturday evening after a Wales game at the Millenium.

On 21^st March 2025 - rating: 6
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Will Larter left this review about The Pontcanna Inn

My review below was written on hearing the news that the pub, under the management of Marstons, had closed. It has now reopened with a new name and a fresh approach to beer and food. (See photo for beer range at the time of my visit.) I went for the Siren Undercurrent, having also tasted the other Siren beer and shunned the offerings from Vale of Glamorgan and Tiny Rebel. My companions all chose Cwtch, which I cannot stand, though clearly many people love it, as I heard no complaints. I didn't see any sign of the large screen they used to have (opposite the bar) for live sports being shown on TV, with the pub seemingly now aiming for slightly upmarket diners and beer connoisseurs, just a smaller one near the bar counter, but it may all change at other times of day, of course.

On 14^th August 2019 - rating: 7
[User has posted 4274 recommendations about 3935 pubs]

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Will Larter left this review about The Cayo Arms

I can remember coming here a few times soon after the turn of the century, when I had to be in Cardiff on business from time to time. This was a Tomos Watkin pub then, and the excellent beer was matched by a fine atmosphere. I can well remember how surprised I was, when there was a European football match on one night, that almost everyone in the pub was supporting Liverpool. That aside, it was a splendid pub in those days. I wonder what went wrong?

On 18^th October 2017 - no rating submitted
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