Zerodegrees, Cardiff

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Popped in here both before and after Saints game at Cardiff City. Bear in mind haapy hour is 4-7 when all pints are £2.20, I got my round just before!

Black Lager, Pilsner, Wheat and Mango plus a couple of seasonals Amber and Oktoberfestbier. Regular beers are £2.90, others around £3.30. Beer tasted pretty good, particularly the black lager. Decor modern and industrial. Interesting and worth a visit.
GuideDogSaint - 2 Oct 2011 16:53
We'd gone to search this micro brewery / bar / gastro pub out, passing up the City Arms which is our normal haunt in Cardiff until later, and was pleasantly surprised! I think what a lot of reviewers miss on here, is that pubs are essentially about one thing, the beer. It's nice if the staff are courteous and know a thing or two about the product (which they should to work in a pub in the first place really? Imagine going to get your car serviced and the guy knew nothing about cars, durrgh!! ); and the place isn't and doesn't smell like a toilet, but essentially the beer and how it's served is the key. The Black Lager went down very well with my companion, the Pale Ale and the 5% Ti-ger (with hint of lemon grass!!) was a nice touch too, so would thoroughly recommend this.... We didn't try the food, but the price, ambiance and taste of the product were welcoming. Keep up the good work folks!!
mikeypr - 15 Jun 2011 15:13
Excellent beer and food in plentiful portions. Chocolate wheat beer was superb on my visit and the food we had was good value. If you want to try something different then well worth a visit.
davewat - 3 Apr 2010 20:11
Lovely looooooooovely pint of "Mango",nice atmosphere and wonderful building. Keep an eye out for their happy hours too, 8/10
fat_beer_badger - 14 Mar 2010 18:45
Popped in out of curiosity, especially after hating the Bristol version. Sadly, Cardiff hasnt got it right either. Slow service sans smile and Pilsner which would shock the good people of Pilzn. No, no, no, this is not a good choice for quality, service nor price.
beersup - 6 Jun 2009 12:30
It now has a normal licence so you can get served at the bar.

We were very surprised on ordering a pint of the black lager (which wasn't available) that the server poured a pint of stout instead. When I asked why this was done, she said that this was the black beer of the week.

She had absolutely no idea that a lager (black or not) would taste vastly different from a stout. A bit of training wouldn't go amiss.

The beer is OK - quite home brewy and served rather too cold for some of us - but worth a visit., especially at happy hour.
eddierowles - 25 Nov 2008 13:41
I have only ever found the staff in this place to be over interested if anything, great service from all! I agree that the sitting down only is a bit weird but apparantly they are getting rid of that sometime soon. It is a little bit different and a little bit quirky, but overall it's my new favourite bar!
Zecora - 14 Aug 2008 10:40
I suggested this pub,I had come here with high expectations as it was recommended to me by the brewer,Chris,who used to brew for the Bristol(boring!) Beer Factory.

It is table service only-you cannot stand at the bar(licence condition) and I felt the greeter was cool with me when I disclosed I was only a party of one but was led to a twin table and my order was taken. Ages passed(during which i observed loads of people's drinks going up and down in a lift!) but then I stopped a waitress and it then transpired my big 1 pint order had been forgooten. It came straight away(£3.20 for the pint though,KER-CHINGGG!) then. The mango beer I had was excellent,not as madly fizzy as in the Bristol branch,but that was when I finally got it!! Noted the happy hour prices,same as Bristol and also 4 pt jug discounts.

The place seemed to follow the Zerodegrees tradition which is 1)Don't go unless you're in a party and 2) Don't expect the staff to be interested.

So 9 for the beer and 1 for the service-an overall 5 from me.
an_ecunemical_matter - 14 Aug 2008 09:38
This is a cracking place and the fact that they make all their own beer on site is even better, the happy hours are amazing two quid a pint that unheard of for an inner city pub, and if you’re eating the spicy Mexican is delicious nice hot and great with ice cold beer.
The staff are all polite and friendly and couldn’t do enough for me there should be more places like this in Cardiff!!

dark668 - 10 Aug 2008 20:13

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