South WalesRestaurants

Café restaurants in South Wales

  1. A

    Chelsea Café

    Golden yellow tablecloths and dark red banquettes against wood-panelled walls and a red-brick chimney breast make for a snug dining room at this popular restaurant. Check the blackboard specials for filo-pastry parcels filled with prawns, squat lobster tails, cockles and laver bread, and roast loin of lamb with a smoked bacon, date and rosemary jus.

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  2. B

    Refectory at St David's

    Part of the ongoing restoration of the cathedral cloister, this stylish modern café has a lunch menu with a choice of sandwiches and hot dishes (at least two vegetarian dishes), as well as excellent coffee and home-baking. Grab a table upstairs with a view of the cloister and garden.

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  3. C

    Dylan's Books'n'Bites

    Armchairs and tables scattered among the bookshelves in the Dylan Thomas Centre bookshop make an agreeable spot for a coffee and a read. The lunch menu includes home-made soup and sandwiches, plus dishes from the more formal restaurant upstairs.

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  4. D

    Pebbles Yard Espresso Bar

    A cute little space, with butter-yellow walls, worn pine floors and basketwork chairs, this café is the place to read the papers over a cappuccino, or tuck into cakes and cream teas. Art on the walls, and cool tunes on the sound system.

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  5. E

    No 25 Cafè

    An appealing café with marble tables and bentwood chairs, the No 25 uses home-baked bread and fresh local produce to create delicious sandwiches, along with good coffee, home-made soup and cakes. It has wi-fi access, too.

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  6. F

    Wedges Coffee House

    This is a cosy family coffee house, serving excellent home-cooked soups, curries and vegetarian dishes. In summer, the tables spill out into a sunny garden at the back.

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  7. G

    Caffi'r Castell

    A deservedly busy little corner café, with sunny outdoor tables in summer, the Castell does good coffees, cakes and hot snacks.

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  8. H

    Orange Tree

    A delicatessen and takeaway sandwich place, the Orange Tree sells tasty baguettes and has a sit-in coffee shop (open from 10:00).

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  9. I

    Pendre Art

    This art gallery has an excellent coffee shop serving freshly ground Ferrari coffee and tea with home-baked scones.

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