Bar 44 Cardiff in Cardiff

We had friends visit from Australia and so we decided to treat them to a meal here as our previous visits have been very enjoyable. Unfortunately it was a very disappointing experience, the restaurant wasn’t very busy, so there was no ambience, we were seated at a table at the back, this had three big lights above it so it felt we were under spotlights. The one positive was the waitress was very good, but when we ordered our wine another waiter came to the table with it already opened and just put in the middle of the table and walked away. My friend from Australia said ‘looks like we are pouring our own wine then’. I would have at least expected them to pour the first glass for us or give one of the group a taste to make sure we were happy with it. So on to the menu, all I can say is that compared to previous visits it was extremely restricted, just one A4 sheet of paper. I can understand that on a quiet Wednesday night in Cardiff you may have to have a smaller menu, but this should be explained when you book it. The food was ok, but nothing that would get me to rush back. Unfortunately Bar 44 has now lost one of its customers, I doubt whether I will return.

The friendliness and authenticity on show here makes it a very difficult to see past this lovely venue as the best tapas spot in Cardiff. The quality of the food and speed of service is second to none, the drinks menu is extensive yet also fantastic in its simplicity (not easy to accomplish by the way) and the staff here just effortlessly make you feel welcome and at ease from start to finish. Don't bother thinking about this place, just do it!

Great little spot for tapas! food is lovely, with a wide variety of tapas dishes that were both delicious and good value for money. Service was also super quick so you can order more as you go if you like. Only downside for me was the lack of good dessert options. Highly Recomend the Croquetas, Sobrasada tostada and 44 Duck Pringa.

Lovely experience at Bar 44 for a friend’s birthday! We had the lunch deal which was amazing value. Great service and really tasty Spanish tapas.

Well presented restaurant with good atmosphere. We had delightful service from a lovely young lady who was also well informed. The menu was so enticing but we managed to choose; sobrasada tostada, wild prawn rice, ox cheek, Jamon croquetas and manchego with rosemary honey. It was all absolutely sublime; the flavours, the presentation etc. Excellent bottle of Spanish white wine. Just the perfect lunch and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend and return.

Great staff, great cocktails, great food and great atmosphere 😀. Have been recommending it to friends and colleagues also

Fab food and atmosphere, went late so if anything service was too quick!!

Great drinks and food. The staff at the bar were exceptional. Courteous, friendly and conversational. You can’t go wrong here.

Particularly like the Sunday lunch here, never disappoints...

We loved some of the dishes - beetroot salata and tortillas were brilliant, same as chicken and St Jacques. Steak was a bit disappointing mainly due to the quality of the meat itself. Overall - very pleasant experience, Thank you for having us.

Great Sunday roast. Beef was cooked to perfection and the pork was tasty too. The cauliflower with manchego cheese and the chorizo on the Yorkshire puddings were both divine. The desserts are always delicious. On the downside the vegetarian option was very disappointing. I understand that there is meat in the manchego cheese but to serve the cauliflower dry with no sauce is very poor, there are plenty of vegetarian cheese alternatives. Also, to charge us for extra gravy is annoying especially when this was not explained to us on request. Lastly the service wasn’t great, some of the staff were very pleasant, others were rather rude. We weren’t greeted with a friendly welcome and the staff member who took our order was very abrupt. The service on the whole was very slow, it took a long time order mains, and again to order desserts. We then had to request our bill and the card machine several times to pay. It seemed like our table was constantly forgotten about. Overall I would recommend the meat roast, but definitely not the vegetarian option and the service really does need to improve when you’re paying over £40pp plus service charge

An impressive range of cocktails, served by excellent staff who were very knowledgable of drinks and ingredients. The interior was very attractive and well designed. We will certainly visit again.

Great staff, great food. This was my second visit and wasn't disappointed. will definitely be returning.. 👍👌

Loved our time here. Superb food and service, so good we returned for a couple of glasses of wine the following lunch time,

A fair attempt at a Spanish themed tapas bar, decent selection of beers, particularly Estrella Galicia. Estupendo chicos y chicas.

The Sunday roast to share is top notch. Everything about the whole meal was of a high quality. I opted for the beef, and it was fine choice. Lovely cut and melt in the mouth sensation.

Fantastic food, very filling. Staff were polite and helpful. Would recommend.

A very lovely meal , every dish was absolutely delicious. The whipped manchego on the sharing plate was really good! The chorizo was really soft and flavourful, and we loved the tortilla. The food was better than ever. We were served by Jemma a very friendly and helpful waitress who made great suggestions on ordering including this sourdough bread topped with some chorizo flavoured spread and honey it tasted like. It was really lovely!

Our Sunday roast at Bar 44 was fantastic. From the gracious greeting at the door, lovely and professional waitress, to the warm goodbye every part of our Sunday afternoon was perfect. Horseradish aioli! Hell yeah. Melty beef, super cheesy leeks and lovely veg. And the gravy was excellent. And the margaritas, wine, service, atmosphere. I used to work in a very popular London gastro pub that was praised for its Sunday roasts. This was far superior. £22 per person? You can’t get much for that now. Well done team. See you soon!

Wow. We chose this restaurant after watching Remarkable places to eat and seeing Asador 44 on there. As soon as we saw there was another restaurant as part of the Asador family we had to try it. The food was absolutely incredible. The service was amazing, the servers were so friendly and knowledgeable about the food. I honestly wish we lived in Cardiff as I would eat here at least once a week. The dishes were really good value and absolutely incredible.

We had a music concert in the stadium so decided to book bar 44 and it did not disappoint! Very handy as it’s so close to stadium so was a perfect choice of location for drinks and food to fuel us. The food and drinks were outstanding and a very high quality. The service was impeccable and nothing too much bother for the staff. Highly recommend couldn’t fault it at all. Can’t wait to return very soon.

Excellent food and service itwas a little noisy.

Tortillas are absolutely amazing!

Excellent £20 lunch menu (3 tapas and a drink), friendly efficient service, delicious food. Very convenient for stadium and castle for pre-gig food and drinks. Highly recommended.

Wonderful tapas lunch with plenty of gluten free options. Staff very helpful and friendly. If I could change one thing, it would be to make the 'fish of the day' a simple dish with oil/herbs rather than in batter which excludes coeliac. We loved the Artichoke and Boquerone dishes in particular.

Already been once, again a fantastic, well priced roast dinner, Amelia was a great waitress, great beer selection, would highly recommend! 10/10 would come for again.

Such a lovely location for a good roast dinner. Portions are a lot bigger than you'd think & it's absolutely delicious. Honestly not badly priced either! Amelia, Morgan, & Marcello looked after us and they were incredible - went above & beyond at every opportunity! Cannot recommend enough🌻

Really lovely place. Had a great vibe for night out or date. We had gluten free & vegan st table & Louis could not have been kinder and more helpful. Coming back several times to discuss options. There is a separate vegan menu. Love this! The food was amazing- Patatas Bravas excellent, cocktail Sangria so very delicious! Nieve then looked after us and was simply amazing- excellent service with real care. Thanks to Louis & Nieve both a credit to the place!

Really lovely place great vibe for night out or date. We had gluten free & vegan st table & Louis could not have been kinder and more helpful. Coming back several times to discuss options. There is a separate vegan menu. Love this! The food was amazing- Patatas Bravas excellent, cocktail Sangria so very delicious! Nieve then looked after us and was simply amazing- excellent service with real care. Thanks

The roast was delicious! As someone who doesn’t usually like pork belly, the pork belly at Bar 44 was to die for! Amelia & Marcello were a fantastic waitress’ and Morgan on the bar was brilliant. 10/10 recommend!

Great food and service, food service was great need to speed up the drink service.

Really lovely. Reliably good food, drink, atmosphere, and service. I

Great for pre drinks and tapas. Very friendly and spotlessly clean. Enjoyed our couple of hours here

I booked the table at 530, but we arrived early. Notice there were a lunch deal that serve till 530, including 1 drink and 3 tapas. It was a very good deal for £2x. We ordered 2 lunch meals and added wild prawn rice and Jamon iberico de bellota. My favourite is the cripsy market fish and the sourdough. The wild prawn rice was slightly too salty. But everything else was good!

Tapas are small portions / racions. While the food was good, for what it was it was expensive. Staff were nice but the add a 10% service charge to the bill as standard which was nearly £40 for our table of 7

We come here quite often on a Sunday. Our 11yr old son is autistic and very sensitive to noise, so we book early, and ask for a quiet table. We always have a lovely time with excellent food, service and no drama. Thank you Going out for us takes a lot of preparation and planning so it’s nice to know we can go somewhere and enjoy a family meal.

Went for a family Sunday lunch, and we were really impressed. Best Sunday lunch we have ever had, with plenty of food. Good service as well. Not cheap, but well worth it. Will definitely go again.

Everything was amazing, there’s a vegan menu!

Very good service and food, would come again!

A treasure in Cardiff whether for drinks, tapas or as today a Sunday roast. I really appreciate the choices on the wine list, the pride and care shown in the food that's presented and always a lovely atmosphere there. Highly recommend it.

Had a lovely Sunday Lunch (Sharing platter), will return for Tapas next time. Lovely atmosphere and good service. Good location near the stadium.

My partner and I were really disappointed by our experience here. We called in for a bottle of wine as the place looked cosy. The wine was quite expensive but we accepted that. What we didn't like, however, was that a service charge of over £2.00 was automatically applied. We were very unhappy with this because we don't agree with automatic service charges - we will decide when, and if, we pay a tip. And, actually, the service was poor. Our bottle was brought over and 'plonked' on our table with 2 glasses - there was no conversation and the wine wasn't poured for us. We told the server to remove the service charge, from the bill, and we explained our reasons. But, it all felt very uncomfortable and we feel we shouldn't have been put in this situation. There are plenty of other cosy bars in the centre of Cardiff who don't apply an automatic service charge and who we actually choose to tip, so why would we return here or recommend it to anyone?

Usually bar 44 is one of our favourite places to eat, but were so disappointed with the food this time. Went in about 6pm on a Thursday, hardly anyone there, and it felt cold. The food wasn’t great. The mushrooms with chickpeas were dry, and it was difficult to get a knife through them - like rubber. chicken was ok, pork belly lovely, patatas bravas gone down hill, and even the bread wasn’t as good. olives not the same. won’t be going back for a long time.

A nice establishment with welcoming staff Clean and pleasant ambiance Excellent food and drinks Nice place for a lunch in the city centre

Thank goodness someone is betting on Sherry! Congratulations and see you soon!

We popped in for lunch. I have been before and it was good so I took the wife she had never been. The menu looked good but that’s where the positives end. The food was bland and most of it was re-heated so was dry. The red prawns were awful over cooked and woolly. The servers were not very interested. I would not return as there are far better options in cardiff.

Lovely restaurant with excellent service! The tapas were delicious and generous portion sizing! A great drinks menu as well. Definetle be back!

Gorgeous restaurant, amazing food and service. Well worth the visit

Never disappoints, great food and drink. The spicy margaritas are amazing! We couldn’t choose so left the choice up to the servers and they delivered - great food and atmosphere

Absolutely fantastic Sunday lunch! My other half and I went out for a secondary anniversary dinner after our original meal the day before was disappointing. Bar 44 staff were lovely, the ambience was brilliant the food was faultless. Great place- DELICIOUS

What a brilliant place, went for lunch with friends and although it was very busy the atmosphere and service was spot on. A great choice of tapas dishes which were all really tasty and good portion sizes. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable and service was prompt without being rushed. Will be back very soon.

I don't often go here to write a less than complimentary review, but here we go, unfortunately this time. My husband and I went to Bar 44 last year; he is a vegetarian. The menu in 44 was limited, but was quite nice, and as it turned out, we had a good meal, with nice wine. This time, a trip to Cardiff a year later we returned. The vegetarian options were tasteless, limited, and really absolutely without flavour or imagination. The only good thing in my experience was the waiter, who was gorgeous. And that's the only positive. You might also need to know that the hike on the wine is, shall we say, significant. Oh! and by the way, a service charge is applied. One of my bugbears. But that's, just me! The Indian restaurant in the Brewery Quarter is fabulous, and cheaper!!

Nipped in for lunch, great as always. Top quality / top service 3 tapas and a drink for £20, with clearly the best produce used it honestly is a steal. A wonderful and now historic venue within Cardiff Keep doing what your doing

My friend booked this gem on the recommendation of his parents, so we traveled down last week. After a delayed train we made it just in time- what a great experience, so so worth it! The dishes are presented wonderfully and arrive to the table in a staggered fashion which keeps you going for a long time and the cocktails were amazing. A very busy environment but when it tastes like this its not a surprise every table is full! Served by a wonderful man named Chris who provided plenty of laughs to us and the surrounding tables, what an asset to the company, great customer service!! As were the other staff who attended to our needs. Will definitely be back!

What a wonderful Sunday lunch. Chris who served our table was absolutely fabulous and looked after us from start to finish. Oh my days, the cauliflower cheese was blinking amazing as was the giant Yorkshire pudding. Great atmosphere, great food and outstanding service made for the perfect afternoon

Food is incredible. Everything was so tasty. Service is excellent and staff really friendly. It’s got a great atmosphere too! Can’t recommend it enough.

Sobresaliente! Lovely tapas at a fair price for Cardiff. Love the sangria and layout of the place muy español 🇪🇸 🍹

Very nice place, good tapas good wine 🍷 good service

Lovely restaurant, delicious food, Chris was very attentive.

Great atmosphere, food looks great, tastes even better. Full of small dishes to share so we had the chance to try different food as I am fish orientated and my partner is ore for meat. We also had their salad, colourful, and fresh. Service is easy and friendly

Absolutely amazing experience at Bar 44. Everything about the restaurant was perfect... the atmosphere, the food, wine and service. Service was brilliant and we were so glad we asked for recommendations for wine and number/choice of dishes. The food was incredible and the meal was perfectly finished with the incredible crema catalana. Couldn't recommend highly enough!

Excellent food and service. I live 3 hours away and would consider travelling back just to eat here again.

We usually go to the Bristol restaurant, but I love how cost and atmospheric this one is!

Great environment and authentic quality Spanish food. Everything is amazing, specially the arroz meloso and the croquetas. The only reason why I don’t give them 5 stars is because the portions are small, even for tapas. Everything else is great.

The tapas selection was a bit limited but to was very tasty and the staff were very friendly

Cocktails lovely, tapas k sharing board very nice, pan con tomatoes lovely Croquettes bland lacked flava n seasoning unfortunately

We had a lovely lunch with friends. The highlights were the duck burger and the tuna. Really nice croquettes too. Asador is great round the corner too

Came here with the girls for my birthday - great restaurant and the food is stunning.

This was disappointing from start to finish. We are lovers of all things Spanish, including tapas, and were looking forward to an authentic experience. The food has no sense of authenticity about it sadly. Mass produced, lacking in flavour and delivered to the table in a disinterested manner. The whole experience was as if nobody cared. The only acceptable part of the time there was the beer - try a 1906 or Estrella Galicia. To add insult to injury the prices for the quality of food are outrageous. I understand that a tapa is a small plate but it should be bursting with flavour and not the best part of a tenner. There are other places in town doing it far better.

Classy bar with excellent, authentic food.

This restaurant serves excellent tapas. Every dish we had was excellent but 10/10 went to the Moorish Chicken. Great food, really friendly helpful staff and a wonderful atmosphere make for a great meal out.

Excellent Sunday lunch platter. The beef was sensational

Sadly going the same as many other places,,,,overpriced and low quality Cave aged cheese lol nothing more than Tesco tubed rubbish a bit of relish and a broken poppadom which was not a rosemary cracker At 8.80 no sorry lost me

Lovely food. Spent over 300 as soon as we paid they wanted us out still had drinks to finish. Manager was nice enough with his explanation but never have I come across rude waitress. What a shame, what happened to customer service with a smile.

came here to dine with the fam after a busy day in sketty park first things first the food was absolutely delicious i must say the presentation was wonderful and the 5 star service was bomb fam when all my mukkas come round for a smoke we had the whole place going mush

Our second family visit in the space of 3-4 years. The food remains good but the portions seem to have shrunk. We ordered all the starters which while nice didn't satiate so we ordered them all again. Perhaps we should have gone for a main rather than returning to the starters but we wanted to keep to the tapas theme.

Great food, would highly recommend the tempura broccoli and the red berry Sangria

Great food and great service. Best tapas I have ever had!

Our first visit in 18 months after a poor experience. Now have to admit things have greatly improved. Lunch offer of 3 tapas and drink for £20 is very good value. We ordered 6 tapas between 2 of us and all were very tasty. Service from welcome to table was excellent. We will be back. Recommended.

Visited just before Harry Styles concert. Food was delicious particularly the cheese. Sherry snd beer top notch. Staff very friendly and all round nice experience will definitely be returning

Lovely place with amazing staff and absolutely delicious food! If you like Spanish tapas, this is a great place to get the classics and a few of the originals with a twist.

Lovely decor. Tapas delicious. Great choice of wine. Staff very friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend this restaurant.

I don’t normally leave reviews for restaurants but the food was so delicious, some of the best I’ve ever had and the service was excellent. Highly recommend!

Service was really nice; they had our order, got to us promptly and delivered the food quickly. Food itself was well presented but the seafood was a bit bland and rubbery in spite of the pleasant dressing, as if it was mass imported (this place has several branches). Tapas in general were quite nice, especially the tortilla. It's well located close to both the bus and train stations, but probably won't go crazy trying to get here again.

Lovely food but a really bizzare and poor service. Dishes are brought out with long waits between them so that you can't pick through a few dishes at once. You just have three fish balls and then 5 minutes later get a patatas bravas. Either you let the food go cold and wait or eat in weird isolation.

Nice tapas restaurant opposite the Principality Stadium. Small menu but tapas is well prepared and presented. Staff professional and decent atmosphere.

Top quality, Spanish Food, excellent Wine List, atmospheric, what's not to like. Found this by accident looking for a light lunch having just arrived at an hotel nearby. Immediate warm welcome - Bar Area quite spacious 3 separate areas , quiaet and relaxing - might...

This has to be the best tapas restaurant in Wales! The food, service and ambience is superb from start to finish. We can't wait to return. We asked to meet the Head Chef who has worked there for many years. What a lovely humble guy he is too.

Amazing place,good atmosphere and friendly staff

Excellent service and dri nks, especially from Dex. Looking forward to coming back asap, definitely going to recommend to friends as I couldn't have asked for a better night out.

Incredible Spanish style roast - would 100% recommend

Padron peppers, croquettes and the anchovies all excellent

If you accept the notion that a good dinner out needs to include great atmosphere, great staff, great food and a great View then Bar 44 Cardiff is hard To beat. The place was really buzzing on a Friday night; it strikes just the right...

small portions, but my goodness the food was stunning First time in Cardiff I will definitely be coming back and I will definitely be visiting bar 44 again

We enjoyed the vegan sharing plates, the servers were lovely, nice atmosphere

Brilliant service, amazing food, good atmosphere

What an amazing place!!! We Went last Wednesday whilst visiting Cardiff. The food ,staff ,and service were 1st class.Made all the better to be served by Bronwyn (Hope that's the correct spelling!) She was so lovely , very helpful when asked about something on the...

Wow, first came here 4 years ago when we were in Cardiff for the Rolling Stones and had a fabulous afternoon. Revisited yesterday and took 2 friends along. What can you say but WOW, fabulous food fabulous service and great ambience. Had a fabulous meal,great drinks, the team are truly incredible and totally put you at ease. Congratulations and thank you for a wonderful afternoon. We couldn't totally over indulge as we had booked to have dinner at Asador that evening. It so nice when you can say a business is superbly run by such a good team and made our visit so enjoyable.👏👏👏👏👏

Cocktails were great! Tried one of the new vermouth ones and a cherry daiquiri. Although, the over salted ‘tortilla’ was not so enjoyable, and diminished the taste of the drinks. Friendly service.

Consistently one of the best places in Cardiff. Amazing tapas, fantastic staff and always a great atmosphere. Estrella Galicia is a great beer and the wine selection is fantastic too (especially like their own UVA44). All the food is great but I especially love theJamón, Croquetas, Pan con tomate Sobrassada on toast, and the Duck and Morcilla burger, Arroz meloso, Tuna Tartare. Great selection of cheeses and charcuterie too. If it's full just try to grab a space at the bar