please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Visited around 5pm on a Sunday, just after Cardiff Rugby club had been playing around the corner, so rammed full of post-match exuberance (and a total ignorance to move ever so slightly to one side so that we could pass to somewhere near the bar). Decent Brains range on tap, although much pricier than could be obtianed from very close by). Mirrors everywhere create the impression of being much beigger than it actually is - more of a long corridor than anything else. Slightly stale smell in the air, but the smokers would say that could have been masked, I suppose.
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The black narrow frontage invites you to step in and you wouldn't be disappointed. This pub possesses lots of character and to accompany its range of Brain's beers there is a reasonably priced extensive menu. You don't have to mingle with the diners - there's a raised area to the rear. My pint was on good form and the steak and ale (Brain's of course!)pie was piping hot in a positive lake of tasty gravy. It's a stone's throw from the Tourist Information and shopping centre. What could be more convenient?
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Well done on the smoking ban. Busy enough on a November Friday evening. As another poster says, pre-empts the ban, so better get used to it.
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I drop into The Cottage for a pint of S.A. and a paper to read occasionally. A nice place (but another victim of Brains new pricing policy).........sadly empty since the smoking ban came into effect. Have to go to The Borough now to see the entertainment!!
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Not what it used to be since the introduction of fresh air (On St Mary Street? Surely not). Smoke free it may be but on a recent visit it was also customer free. Couldn't give a toss service doesn't help. Why are so many city pubs like this?
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Wow, this place has changed in the last few years. It used to be one of the most traditional pubs on St Mary's Street: dark, smoky and full of old regulars. Now it's gone all modern - light, airy and, pre-empting next summer's laws, non-smoking. Still well worth visiting, and does a very decent pint of Brains, but has lost the atmosphere it had a few years back.
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This is an excellent pub. Very traditional, as the other comments say it is a proper pub, full of dribbling old Welshmen - Which is not a bad thing.
TheGP - 22 May 2005 18:02 |
i used to start off here on student drinking nights. whilst we were'nt welcome, none of the old buggers could lift a finger as they were so pissed. saw some real sights here, very funny.
anonymous - 25 Sep 2004 18:59 |
A little gem in the midst of the dross. Okay, so you may think of it as an old geezers joint, but a favorite for a first stop to plan the rest of the evening. A proper pub in the middle of chain bar central.
anonymous - 17 Sep 2004 15:49 |
