Ludo, Cardiff

David Walton left this review about Ludo

Visited 04/10/25. Visited previously as Alchemist on 16/02/23.

Surprisingly for a large sports bar there were three cask ales on, Thunderbird, a Welsh IPA from Glamorgan Brewing, Tribute and Proper Job. Quite a reasonable keg range of Ffresh a juicy Welsh pale ale from Glamorgan Brewing, Korev an unlikely named Cornish lager, Amstel, Moretti, Heineken, Asahi, the Arctic Sky IPA from Harbour, Neck Oil, Inch's Riversider, Guinness.

It is indeed a large sports bar. On my entry point there was a large bar area with the bar counter down the left-hand side with a dark wood counter, screens above and along its length and tall stool seating at the bar counter. The whole venue is bare boarded and there were tall tables with tall stools down the middle. Some booth tables along the front and some tall tables with tall stools down the right-hand wall. To the right of the entrance, albeit as I discovered it had its own entrance when I entered via the walkway from the first bar, was another large room again with shed loads of screens, mixture of regular, tall and booth tables with some of the regular tables laid for diners. There was a large column towards the rear with a ledge and individual screens all around albeit I found the screens v distracting when sitting on my stool given their proximity. There was a darting area on the right-hand wall but given there were screens immediately above the dart boards I can see the proximity and darting whilst drinking leading to a fair few screens needing replacing over time. There was a large outside area at the back with large outdoor screens but given the rain had arrived I didn't venture out.

On 7^th December 2025 - rating: 6
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