in pop-art and strongly student- UplandS diner FreSH
friendly, AJ’s is a staple in your road 69 Uplands Crescent, Swansea. 32 Royal Arcade, Cardiff.
to recovery. 01792 644409 029 2022 3158
Noted for their jumbo breakfast with If you don’t mind paying a bit more
da Vinci student-efficient prices you’d be sur- for freshness and goodness then this
10 High Street, Newport. prised to find out that the food is ac- is the place for you. Vegetarians will
01633 259641 tually considerably good. A great local love it as they have Quorn fillings
Offering a mix of all-day breakfast for the students of Swansea and with (good luck finding them anywhere
food and a load of stuff for the health- plenty of other choices, this place is else) and it’s run by friendly staff,
conscious, this is a great all-rounder an important part of the town. fronted by a husband and wife duo.
offering up a multitude of ways to
kick those hangover blues. caFe 37 Bar piaZZa
37 Salisbury Road, Cardiff. 15 John Frost Square, Newport.
daiQUiriS 029 2064 1137 01633 213212
49 Salisbury Road, Cardiff. Set in the heart of studentville, Café Lots of commendable coffee and
029 2034 4807 37 sells fry-ups, paninis and the like. tasty Italian dishes make this place a
A Mexican restaurant is not where It’s pretty lukewarm and service can great haunt for students. The prices
you might expect to find a great be slow, but the convenience factor are fair, the live music is impres-
hangover cure, but there’s an incred- tends to keep Café 37 a regularly full sive and the seating area outside is
ibly loan-friendly breakfast that will house. first-rate.
satisfy your needs. There’s also more
food than you could shake a sombrero cF10 MaGic Wrap
at for your sensible friends who didn’t Cardiff University Students’ Union, 47 Salisbury Road, Cardiff.
drink quite as much. Park Place, Cardiff. Unit 5, Wellfield Road, Roath,
029 2078 1400 Cardiff.
raMon’S Experiencing a slow death by An epic marketing fail has meant
64 Salisbury Road, Cardiff. hangover before your first lecture? that Yum! on Salisbury road is instead
029 2023 0533 CF10 is brimful of others feeling your known by every student in the vicinity
A proper, old school caff where the pain. Both ridiculously cheap and as Magic Wrap, thanks to the success
walls sweat with grease, Ramon’s is ridiculously close to uni, it provides of its [not] eponymous wraps. It’s sort
the best value place in Cathays for a a quick and foolproof antidote to the of like Subway, only better. Chances
fry-up. It’s amazing how much food excesses of Solus. are you’ll never have the same wrap
you’ll cram down your gullet for so twice, and with their ‘wrap of the
little fiscal damage. For the less lunch week’ you’ll never be short of ideas.
fragile, try the surprisingly good beer
garden. crUMBS Salad Bar neW YorK deli
33 David Morgan Arcade, 029 2038 8838
THe noSH BoX Cardiff. 029 2039 5007 A cracking American deli with hoa-
143 Commercial Street, Risca, Delicious vegetarian and vegan food gies, bagels and peanut butter cups,
Newport. 01633 619419 that will satisfy even the most car- New York Deli is a hipster hangout
This place really does offer the big- nivorous of people. One of the healthi- that gives more bang for the buck.
gest pile of nosh you could want; find- est places to eat in Cardiff and full to
ing more food for such a small price the brim with excellent produce. The HUnKY dorY VeGGie coFFee
would be difficult. There’s plenty of staff are a delight to be around, and SHop
veggie options to satisfy as well, and well worth the slightly larger queues 17 Charles Street, Newport.
their excellent quality means that and prices. 01633 257850
even if you are a meat eater, they are Wholesome, great-tasting vegetar-
still worth trying. doUGH ian food. The food is superb and
20 Salisbury Road, Cathays, anyone could enjoy a meal here; the
THÉ poT Cardiff. 029 2022 2888 atmosphere is just right for a little
38 Crwys Road, Cardiff. Dough offers up a wide variety of deli- homely café. Enjoy food at any time
029 2025 1246 cious sandwiches (baguettes, bagels of day and enjoy a good variety while
Bored of your usual fry-up? Well this etc) that will no doubt tempt you into you’re at it.
place offers a slightly more unusual making many a return visit. Don’t
(yet equally delicious) one. Well be put off by its relatively small size, STarVin JacKS
worth the walk up Crwys road, they as this place is punching above its 5 Portland Street, Swansea.
serve pancakes and an amazing weight and succeeding. Lunchtimes 01792 456101
San Francisco breakfast with chilli are hectically busy, so time your trip A satisfyingly full salad bar is one of
scrambles and guacamole. Homemade well. the best features of this cafe, as are
cakes, hot drinks and design-your- the delicious jacket potatoes. All the
own smoothies are also essential food is great-tasting with low pricing,
purchases here. perfect for those who want to chill.
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