be the place for you. A cool, lavish bar
drinking
that serves only the best champagnes,
this is one of the most incandescent,
indulgent bars in Cardiff, and it’s
perfect for a chilled start to your big
night out.
people who dislike
BuffaLO
11 Windsor Place, Cardiff.
students think they sit in the
029 2031 0312
Brimful of scenesters and always
pub all day, but thanks to
with an eye on the best new music,
Buffalo has one leg in Windsor Place
technology you can now get
and the other firmly in Shoreditch. It
consistently hosts established and up-
blotto in cafes, microbreweries
and-coming musicians, it has a beer
garden and it’s also one of the best
and yurts. take that, haters.
places to go for a post-club nightcap
because it’s open ‘til 4am.
ZeRO DeGReeS
27 Westgate Street, Cardiff.
staples The fLORa 029 2022 9494
136 Cathays Terrace, Cardiff. Clean styling and a brisk, open plan
The Taf 029 2040 5038 interior mean that this metropolitan
Cardiff University Students’ Union, Tagged as a specialist pub by the microbrewery is frequented by a
Park Place, Cardiff. great brewery Brains, this pub has a varied clientele. The beer is excellent
029 2078 1400 very large student following. It’s your and it’s a good place to impress a
Cardiff University Students’ Union’s typical local with a great jukebox and date.
very own bar is about the only place cheap alcohol, and is a lively place to
in the city that you can guarantee will be at any time of day.
be packing students every night. Dirt
cheap, friendly, a stone’s throw from GaSSY JaCKS
Solus and now serving food. 39-41 Salisbury Road, Cardiff.
029 2023 2608
The WOODVILLe At the centre of Cathays, Gassy Jacks
diff Arts Institute
1-5 Woodville Road, Cardiff. is always popular but tends to attract
029 2064 9991 more of a jocky clientele. With its
The Woodville is a staple of Cardiff credit crunch-busting drink and food
photo: Car
University culture, sitting dangerously prices and lively atmosphere, this bar CaRDIff aRTS INSTITuTe
close to the Humanities and Law is well worth a visit. 29 Park Place, Cardiff
buildings. Students are all you’ll find A brand new collaborative project
in here – at all times of the day, too KOKO GORILaZ between Milgi and the owners of
– and as this is a part of the Scream 7-9 Miskin Street, Cardiff. Camden’s Lock Tavern, an evening
brand, there are many opportunities 029 2034 1767 spent here promises to be “like
to save money. Tasty burgers and a Situated at the heart of Cathays, getting pissed in a Saatchi exhibi-
busy atmosphere make The Woodville Koko Gorillaz is a popular pre-drinks tion.” Expect quality live music and a
one of Cardiff’s most popular student prospect for societies and socials. suitably kitsch interior that includes
haunts. If you’re ordering food, be The decoration is modest, but it’s a Sistine Chapel-inspired ceiling
prepared to wait. spacious, cheap and offers a rooftop designed by local collective Designer
garden and frequent live sport screen- Violence. Opens early November.
The MaCKINTOSh ings. Watch out for the occasional
Mundy Place, Cardiff. raves that take place too. 10 feeT TaLL
029 2064 9061 11a-12 Church Street, Cardiff.
The old man pub of Cathays, The trendy 029 2022 8883
Mackie is notable for its unique (and, Buffalo’s brother in the heart of the
it should be said, unintentional) MOCKa LOuNGe city, 10 Feet is a little larger and a
apartheid-style interior: one side for 1-2 Mill Lane, Cardiff. little more antiquarian bookseller
the students and one for the locals. 029 2022 1292 chic, but no less full of hipsters with
All the same, cheap prices and com- If spending the night with Cardiff’s their Ray-Bans aimed squarely at
fortable surroundings can make for social elite sounds like an intriguing London. Recently, the introduction
an enjoyable evening here. prospect then Mocka Lounge could of drinks deals has made it more stu-
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