Gatekeeper, Cardiff

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user reviews of the Gatekeeper, Cardiff

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Not much more you can say about this place - its a Wetherspoons with all that entails. Poor range of beer on our visit (more draught cider than ale); usual lack of bar staff but cheap prices for beer and food. Handy for city centre and the stadium etc.
mcroyal - 3 Jan 2012 12:33
One of the better Wetherspoons in Cardiff. Plenty of space and always a grand selection of ales. Can get rather busy at times, especially in its location opposite the Milennium Stadium.
manglewangle - 28 Aug 2010 15:43
Large Spoons located close to Millenium Stadium and Castle. As previous comments have said, beer of good quality. If you like real ale then you won't be disappointed.
davewat - 3 Apr 2010 20:05
Camra has recognised the quality of ale by granting the Gatekeeper a listing in Good Beer Giude 2010.
Baldpat - 14 Jan 2010 20:22
Very enthusiastic manager who knows and loves his real ale.Asuccessful St Davids festival this week with an interesting selection from microbrewers as well as Brains.Most pleasing!
Baldpat - 26 Feb 2009 20:30
Beer festival going very well.Excellent choice every day.all well kept.Well done!
Baldpat - 11 Nov 2008 19:31
special Wednesday offer no longer applies but beer still very good.
Baldpat - 19 Sep 2008 18:42
Easily the best Wetherspoons in Cardiff.Very pleasant and efficient staff and a high level of comfort.Real ales well kept.Try Wednesday when all ales are £1.69 apint and there is usually an intersesting and well kept selection.
Baldpat - 14 Sep 2008 19:38
Had Rhymney Export and Dark on(both excellent) along with 2 from Bullmastiff,Caledonian Lager,Robinsons Olympic Gold,Coach House Inkeepers and the normal other welsh Spoons standards(SA,Best,Evan Evans). After the disappointment of the Mochen Du and the Cayo this was a welcome surprise and definitely top of the 3 visited that day. The manager and staff were friendly and the aircon worked. Enough said.
an_ecunemical_matter - 14 Aug 2008 09:57
Only a few minutes walk from the Prince of Wales, a giant Wetherspoons pub, you have the Gatekeeper, a giant Wetherspoons pub. As I have said elsewhere, the Cardiff Wetherspoons do seem to be better than the national average. As such, this place is quite acceptable, and usually serves pretty well kept beer. But having said that, there are far more interesting pubs than this to visit in the city centre.
Crow_Valley - 27 Oct 2006 19:52
Big and rather soul-less but perfectly OK as long as you keep your wits about you and leave before it gets silly. Usual Wetherspoon's value. Bar staff are generally good considering what they have to put up with.
AdamAdamant - 17 Jul 2006 21:00
Popped in during the England v Sweden World Cup match last week, which was showing on the television. Pub was pretty quiet, selection of local ales was good; I tried the Evan Evans and was well impressed with it.
Rich66 - 25 Jun 2006 23:01
This is an absolutely enormous pub - Still a Wetherspoons though, so it just means you can cram in more alkies and deadbeats.
Looks like a warzone after a certain time on a Friday night..
TheGP - 22 May 2005 18:07

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