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Owain Glyndwr, Cardiff
Cardiff
CF10 1GL
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Tris C left this review about Owain Glyndwr
Owen Glendower – to give him his name translated from Welsh into English – was the last Welsh Prince of Wales, the title now held by some bald bloke with a scruffy beard; Meibion Glyndŵr (Sons of Glendower) was the Welsh nationalist group that would burn down your English-owned Welsh holiday cottage from the ‘70s to ‘90s.
With ‘Croeso’ (‘Welcome’) above the door, the pub is situated in an attractive location by a church and opposite an outdoor art market, held in wooden cabanas. Otherwise, it’s as mentioned below, in effect a rather downmarket, sub-‘spoons sports’ bar, with raised carpeted area and the multitude of TVs (some individual ones to booths) showing either unwatched cricket or motor racing.
I was furnished with a half of the Rev. James, part of a round as no price was recorded, as unmemorable as predicted.
A poor pub, serving only dull England-brewed cask beer, somewhat ironically.
On 30th May 2025
- rating: 4
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Owain Glyndwr
The curved exterior is noteworthy and it sits near a significent church but the interior is far less impressive.There are many flatscreens and some seating booths have their own screens,the interior winds around at multiple levels and there is a first floor gallery.
The bar has two sets of handpumps,one dedicated to cider leaving just two handpumps on the other rank dedicated to ale,a choice of Marston's Rev. James and Wye Valley Hopfather,flacid NBSS 2.
I was amazed that the local CAMRA branch consider this sports bar suitable for the 2025 GBG. I would give it a very wide berth .
On 26th May 2025
- rating: 4
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Ian Mapp left this review about Owain Glyndwr
Oh dear. Not sure what this pub is trying to be. A JDW Style eatery with cheap eats? A sports pub with many, many TV Screens. A casino, with lots of puggies?
They lost me with the lack of bar-stewardry. A 30ft bar manned by a single operative who simply shouted "Who's Next" - at people spaced far apart. Its your job to manage this. Maybe orderly JDW style queues are not all bad. She then stuffed a very Locale welsh brewery ale (in fine condition) into a London Pride glass. A pet hate of mine. Not London Pride. Inappropriate glassware.
A 10am opener. Which looked a bit sketchy at 10am. I only walked past at this time, coming back later :-)
On 29th October 2024
- rating: 3
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Quinno _ left this review about Owain Glyndwr
Barn of a place and part of the city circuit venues which makes its GBG selection a mild surprise. You can tell you’re in South Wales as they fail to spell the name of their national hero correctly (it should be a ‘ŵ’). Not much to mention about the inside it’s as you’d expect, a laminate sub-Wetherspoons, but at least it’s in a good state of upkeep. Three cask and two ciders at the bar; I went for a VOG What's Occurin’ and what occurred was a beer that didn't fully clear and was a bit warm, clearly no turnover (NBSS 2). Not worth the bother, very much a ‘making up the numbers’ GBG pick.
On 15th May 2024
- rating: 5
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Owain Glyndwr
A street corner pub in the main shopping area, that capitalises on it’s location is a pedestrianised street with a decent amount of outside seating. Although traditional looking from the outside, it’s got a somewhat more contemporary interior than might be expected.
It’s essentially a single room bar, but divided in to different sections with low level partitions and a couple of steps here and there. There’s wood flooring and the paintwork is mostly maroon, although there is also some heavy flock wallpaper, and one small corner feels almost like a hotel lounge with it’s floor to ceiling wood panelling and a large chandelier. Elsewhere recessed spots sit in the plain white ceiling, which seems an odd combination. There’s a large curved corner bar with wood panelling, and blue lighting behind. A couple of plasmas were tuned to a sports channel.
There was an extensive pub grub menu, divided in to several sections such as Sandwiches & Ciabattas, Pub Favourites, Burgers & Grills, etc. Most of the mains were priced around the £6/£7 mark, but we didn’t sample anything so cannot comment on the quality.
An A-board outside advertised a “Great selection of cask ales” but this should be perhaps qualified with the fact that they all come from the same brewery (Felinfoel). These were Best, Celtic Pride and Double Dragon. Ciders were Gwynt y Ddraig Farmhouse Scrumpy, Strongbow and Magners Golden.
On 26th July 2011
- rating: 5
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Martin Burke left this review about Owain Glyndwr
Lively atmosphere good food, beer and cocktails.
On 27th November 2008
- rating: 6
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