Temple Bar, Cardiff

David Walton left this review about Temple Bar

Visited 21/08/25. Visited previously on 07/11/23.

No cask here. Typical keg offering of Neck Oil, Cruz, Moretti, Guinness, Murphy's, original and dark fruits SB, Heineken, John Smiths and Fosters.

Large long rectangular venue on the busy bar street that is St Mary's St. There is an area at the very front on the street, in the sunshine today, with regular tables and chairs. This leads to a covered area with a stone flooring and an array of barrel and tall tables before the entrance to the actual indoor part of the bar. The bar has an original concrete flooring with the bar counter, a dark wood affair, along the right-hand wall. Some more barrel tables with tall stools just after the entrance before a series of semi-circular booth tables down the left-hand wall. There is a large rectangular table at the back right-hand side before the stage area at the rear with an illuminated screen behind showing an image of music shot in dark bars and with the Guinness logo prevalent. Plenty of TV screens showing silent golf coverage on my visit with a rip-roaring music soundtrack. Plenty of Irish memorabilia on the walls, particularly historic Guinness ads.

On 7^th December 2025 - rating: 5
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