The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over £50)
$$$ (£35 to £50)
$$ (£20 to £35)
$ (under £20)
This is for a three-course meal per person, including half a litre of wine or equivalent. Tax and tip included.
Tides
Inside the elegant St David's Hotel is an award-winning restaurant, Tides, which offers beautiful seafood and excellent local produce, in plush interior boasting superb views of the Millennium waterfront. There is a terrace for alfresco dinning in summer.
The St David's Hotel & Spa, Havannah Street
Tel: (029) 2045 4045.
Price: $$$$
Pearl of the Orient
Located at Mermaid Quay in Cardiff Bay, Pearl of the Orient has a wide-ranging oriental menu taking in Cantonese, Peking, Malaysian and Szechwan dishes. The food is delicious, and the décor is modern and elegant with a more spacious layout and better lighting than is often the case with many other oriental restaurants. The service is also excellent.
First floor, Mermaid Quay, Stuart Street
Tel: (029) 2049 8080.
Website: www.thepearloftheorient.com
Price: $$$
Le Gallois
Cardiff-born chef Padrig Jones has made Le Gallois ('the Welshman') a bit of an institution in the Welsh Capital, and it is easy to see why. The food is not only excellent, it is also very distinctive (there aren't that many restaurants around serving French food with a Welsh twist!) and well presented. Add to this a relaxed atmosphere and friendly service and you are onto a winner. Booking advised.
6-10 Romilly Crescent, Canton
Tel: (029) 2034 1264.
Website: www.legallois-ycymro.com
Price: $$$
Benedicto's
Conveniently located right in the city centre, close to the New Theatre, Benedicto's proposes an Italian influenced menu featuring seasonal ingredients from all over the world. The surroundings are elegant, the atmosphere relaxed, and the service attentive and efficient. Good affordable house wine. No smoking restaurant.
4 Windsor Place
Tel: (029) 2037 1130.
Price: $$-$$$
Brazz
Tucked away in the Millennium Centre, this brasserie serves straightforward and unpretentious British and modern European food in relaxed surroundings. The staff is very friendly and good at making guests feel at home. It is a great place both for lunch and dinner, and some nights there is live music entertainment.
Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place
Tel: (029) 204 59000.
Website: www.brazz.co.uk
Price: $$
Thai House
This excellent Thai restaurant has been in Cardiff since 1985 and offers delicious food and friendly, professional service by staff wearing traditional Thai dress. The restaurant does fish and meat dishes equally well, and the curries are fantastic. The house speciality, however, is fillet of salmon and broccoli marinated in a red curry paste and steamed in banana leaves.
3-5 Guildford Crescent, Churchill Way
Tel: (029) 2038 7404.
Website: www.thaihouse.biz
Price: $$
Dorothy's
'The best chippy in town', many locals will tell you. Definitely a Cardiff institution (it's been going for over 50 years), so do give it a go. Fish and chips (the cod is excellent), chicken curry, fries, the usual suspects... Perfect after a night on the town.
39-40 Caroline Street
Tel: (029) 2064 5813.
Price: $
$$$$ (over £50)
$$$ (£35 to £50)
$$ (£20 to £35)
$ (under £20)
This is for a three-course meal per person, including half a litre of wine or equivalent. Tax and tip included.
Tides
Inside the elegant St David's Hotel is an award-winning restaurant, Tides, which offers beautiful seafood and excellent local produce, in plush interior boasting superb views of the Millennium waterfront. There is a terrace for alfresco dinning in summer.
The St David's Hotel & Spa, Havannah Street
Tel: (029) 2045 4045.
Price: $$$$
Pearl of the Orient
Located at Mermaid Quay in Cardiff Bay, Pearl of the Orient has a wide-ranging oriental menu taking in Cantonese, Peking, Malaysian and Szechwan dishes. The food is delicious, and the décor is modern and elegant with a more spacious layout and better lighting than is often the case with many other oriental restaurants. The service is also excellent.
First floor, Mermaid Quay, Stuart Street
Tel: (029) 2049 8080.
Website: www.thepearloftheorient.com
Price: $$$
Le Gallois
Cardiff-born chef Padrig Jones has made Le Gallois ('the Welshman') a bit of an institution in the Welsh Capital, and it is easy to see why. The food is not only excellent, it is also very distinctive (there aren't that many restaurants around serving French food with a Welsh twist!) and well presented. Add to this a relaxed atmosphere and friendly service and you are onto a winner. Booking advised.
6-10 Romilly Crescent, Canton
Tel: (029) 2034 1264.
Website: www.legallois-ycymro.com
Price: $$$
Benedicto's
Conveniently located right in the city centre, close to the New Theatre, Benedicto's proposes an Italian influenced menu featuring seasonal ingredients from all over the world. The surroundings are elegant, the atmosphere relaxed, and the service attentive and efficient. Good affordable house wine. No smoking restaurant.
4 Windsor Place
Tel: (029) 2037 1130.
Price: $$-$$$
Brazz
Tucked away in the Millennium Centre, this brasserie serves straightforward and unpretentious British and modern European food in relaxed surroundings. The staff is very friendly and good at making guests feel at home. It is a great place both for lunch and dinner, and some nights there is live music entertainment.
Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place
Tel: (029) 204 59000.
Website: www.brazz.co.uk
Price: $$
Thai House
This excellent Thai restaurant has been in Cardiff since 1985 and offers delicious food and friendly, professional service by staff wearing traditional Thai dress. The restaurant does fish and meat dishes equally well, and the curries are fantastic. The house speciality, however, is fillet of salmon and broccoli marinated in a red curry paste and steamed in banana leaves.
3-5 Guildford Crescent, Churchill Way
Tel: (029) 2038 7404.
Website: www.thaihouse.biz
Price: $$
Dorothy's
'The best chippy in town', many locals will tell you. Definitely a Cardiff institution (it's been going for over 50 years), so do give it a go. Fish and chips (the cod is excellent), chicken curry, fries, the usual suspects... Perfect after a night on the town.
39-40 Caroline Street
Tel: (029) 2064 5813.
Price: $
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