Coffee Barker in Cardiff

I love the atmosphere here. I had a chai latte and I loved it

Veritable welsh pub located in the heart of Cardiff city centre.

We have made numerous visits to Cardiff and have frequented Coffee Barker on every one. We live on the outskirts of London and can truly say that we have never been anywhere that resembles this unique establishment. Coffee Barker has a quirky, cosy, inviting atmosphere whilst always providing exceptionally good food and drink, generous portion size, fresh ingredients, reasonable prices and last, but not least, great service with friendly helpful staff. We are genuinely disappointed that there isn’t a Coffee Barker near us………!

I went to Cardiff from Japan because I wanted to visit there once while my daughter was studying abroad. This was the first time I had jacket potatoes here. The coffee and the potatoes were very delicious. The atmosphere was so comfortable that I was able to stay for a long time. It's one of the places I want to visit again.

The best thing about this cafe is its beautiful location in Castle Arcade. It's a lovely place to sit, whatever the time of year, and whatever the weather. Outside if you like it bright, inside if you like it dark and cosy. Great coffee, OK cakes, decent snacks, efficient staff, good loos.

Un peu cher mais le cadre est très agréable la nourriture est bonne et surtout les serveurs sont très gentils. On avait commandé un plat en double par erreur...ils nous ont remboursé le doublon alors qu'ils avaient préparé les 2 plats!

Nice place to catch up with friends. Lunch was ok, a little burnt and cool.

Always call in here when we visit our Capital city🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥰 Had the toast(door steps) with home made butter and coffee for breakfast today.. So comfortable to sit down and Service is Fantastic..Extremely warm Atmosphere and All Round Lovely place to visit🥰👏🏼

Such a great atmosphere here!! So warm and cosy, perfect place for a coffee and a cake on a rainy day! A bit on the pricier side though.

Servicio eficiente y amable. Wi-Fi rápido y un muy buen piso blanco. Un par de horas de administración.

Lovely café with nice selection of food but very overpriced. Cost £8 for two slices of toast which we waited 25 minutes for.

Nice little hide away in the city. I had a few hours to explore and stumbled upon this lovely little place. Warm and eclectic inside, outside seating in the arcade under heatlamps was great. The barista was really helpful and got the door for me so I could go outside and recommended the best table. Thank you.

This is a wonderfully unique little coffee shop. The drinks are well prepared and delicious. The interior is well decorated and feels relaxing, or you can sit in the actual castle arcade and watch the world go by. Certainly worth visiting rather than a coffee chain.

Unique experience in this warm and welcoming coffee shop. Atmosphere was warm and welcoming, with lots of little alcoves to tuck yourself away in. Would definitely return.

Tuve el placer de pasar por Café Barker en Cardiff un sábado a la hora del almuerzo - capuchino de avena realmente increíble en un lugar de arcada realmente excepcional - mi visita se completó con la elección de la música de guitarra independiente de los 80 / 90 's - vibra increíble!

A lovely place in town centre. Great food, one of my favourite for coffee. Can be busy.

Fabulous location and super staff and a great selection of food and coffee. A real treat if your in Cardiff

Solo 3 de 5 porque cierran estúpidamente a las 4 pm. Cuando pregunté por qué 'Porque es un café'. Bastante estúpido porque estaban muy ocupados a las 3. 45 cuando llegamos allí - y afortunadamente encontramos un asiento al otro lado de la puerta mágica donde se convierte en un bar. Es un espacio encantador, acogedor y cómodo con música tranquila, pero esa hora de cierre es una tontería!

First class, easy to relax. Good staff and variety of food. Bread baked on premises.

Afirma ser amigable con los perros, pero solo si te sientas afuera en la galería fría. No hay perros adentro, así que ¿cómo se supone que pidas tu café si estás solo con un perro? ¿Dejar al perro afuera para que lo roben? El café no valió la pena esperar. Y son muy lentos.

Un café favorito de esta visita amaba un desayuno tranquilo y hermoso antes de ir de compras de Navidad. Una granola magnífica en un entorno acogedor que recomiendo encarecidamente

Coffees only, quaint styling with comfortable seating. Busy and a bit cramped. Note table service only for food.

My favorite food great Latte nice hot chocolate to die from

Comfort and cosy. Varied menu and cooked to perfection. Door step toast with delicious butter. Sit down in absorbing chairs. Just like the Spanish inquisition of Monty Python.

Staff looked miserable. Cumberland sauage in sandwich was overcooked and it seemed like they'd been warmed up. My eggs benedict was nice but cold. Coffee was delicious. Won't be eating here again

Such a lovely coffee/ tea place! Great atmosphere & lovely cakes !! 🍰

First breakfast spot i tried in Cardiff on my little trip there and so happy that i chose this place to have breakfast! Such a pretty and cozy place. The workers there are sooo nice and helpfull. The food was soooo good! They even had glutenfree options, the glutenfree brownie was heavenly! The best breakfast i had in the UK and i even went to the Ritz in London. They deff deserve this review. ;)

It's the best Chai latte ever. And they have other great drinks too.

Lovely food and decor. Chilled lunch today with my husband on a day trip to Cardiff - this place was a great find.

Visited this establishment a few times over the past few years. Situated in Castle St. Arcade it is a comfortable relaxed ambiance. Staff are welcoming and friendly. I love the decor and commend the use of recovered building materials and furniture. Decent sized portions of quality local produce. Salty butter on granary toast……yum. Great coffee. Also worth checking out the sister restaurant in one of the other (many) arcades in Cardiff. A visit to Coffee Barker when in Wales is always on my list. You guys didn’t disappoint. Keep it up. Thanks

One of Cardiff's best and coziest coffee shops I think. Tucked away down Castle Arcade, serves really good coffee and bits to go with it. If you're lucky enough to get one of the more cozier seats or booths, you could find yourself not wanting to leave. Turns into Rum & Fizz bar in the night, which is also a great place to head for on a night out

The pictures don't do it justice, they don't convey the warm comfortable atmosphere, tunes and decor, lovely coffee and cake and staff. If I lived in Cardiff, this would be my regular coffee hangout.

Coziest coffee lounge in Cardiff. Lovely warm lighting and polite service. Is quite over priced but nice as a treat if u love cozy places

The coolest coffee shop I've ever been in. We only had coffee but the food looked amazing.

Having visited many times before we called in for a coffee and cake. After sitting down we recalled what we had paid and did a double take, checking if there had been a mistake. No prices are displayed so we had to find a menu which listed coffee at £3.80 and a piece of cake at £5.50! The cake was nothing special. I would advise checking the menu for prices to avoid any surprises.

Met my daughter there for coffee and cake and was extremely pleased with the ambiance and staff. In fact I went there subsequently. If you're planning to go there repeatedly, geta loyalty card ;-)

What a great coffee shop in the heart of Cardiff. I found this place because of Google and so glad I did. I would go as far to say the best looking coffee shop I have ever seen. Really unique decor. Breakfast was a whopping £16.49 which is quite expensive for an English breakfast but it did taste really good. Follow this up with a latte and I was a happy chappy. Staff were really great and friendly. Such a great atmosphere and ambience. I will definitely be back!!!

Unfortunately, I have had to update my initial 5 star review due to two changes made in recent months. Coffee Barker is now cashless and therefore discriminates against older customers & those who understand the dangers of a cashless society. They also replaced the nice Coffee cups with glasses, but that's just my own personal taste.

Nice little bistro style cafe in the heart of Cardiff. We sat Parisian style outside. Great for chilling out and people watching. Nice coffee and cake.

Visited today, paid £37 for two coffees and bagels. Waited an hour for food. Both bagels were underwhelming and not worth the money. Such a shame because it's normally so nice. Only redeeming factor is the atmosphere

Definitely a coffee place to go in Cardiff.

Lovely staff and a great atmosphere, one of our party got a scrambled egg breakfast which they said was delicious, our door stoppers were not quite as good. But overall would recommend

Popped in to this gorgeous coffee shop for a coffee and cake mid afternoon. The decor is stunning and there is such a lovely vibe about the place. It was heaving and we did well to find a table. I had a chai latte and it was the best I’ve ever had. Apparently the coffees and hot chocolates were also excellent as was the cake. Very friendly waiting staff. Definitely the coffee shop to be in when in central Cardiff.

Coffee Barker had atmosphere from the start. We were looking for a place to have a coffee as tourists to Cardiff and we happened across this place in the arcade. To get into the coffee shop we walked further into the narrow street of the Arcade and the view was stunning ✨👌🖼️ We went inside and luckily grabbed a seat right next to the window where we could enjoy more of the view 👀 The atmosphere on the inside was warm and intimate. If you wanted to caption the vibe it would be the whole industrial dark academia ✒️ We got a whole ye olde bronze lamp on our table, added to the feel, and everybody loves a repurposed bottle. Long live vases 💐 COFFEE WISE ☕ The coffee was great and the service was quick. It took the entirety of ONE MINUTE for the coffee to arrive from the bar to the table. Couldn't have been any faster 🏃‍♂️💨 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Great coffee and great breakfast. The flat white was extremely tasty and the chunky bread with avocado and salmon was great. Friendly staff, great atmosphere and even the music was right 😉

We only had coffee, but lovely coffee if was, sat in this beautiful Victorian arcade.

Amazingly decorated little coffee shop. Variety of seating arrangements was highly welcome. The leather sofas were a delight. On the expensive side but worth it.

Having your coffee in a Victorian gallery what a treat. Those who know the Parisian passages will surely appreciate the place.

This is a beautiful cafe in an amazing location. I revisited due to the quality of the food I experienced last year when visiting Cardiff. What a disappointment! I just had 2 fried eggs on gluten free toast as I'm celiac. One egg was overcooked with hard yoke, the other egg was strange, it was half and half with yoke and the white was the same. Very clever to achieve an over and under cooked egg. It was made to look fancy with a bit of garnish and spice. The bread, you can get some great quality gluten free bread now from a bakers so had expected chunky toast like advertised, instead I had thin bread that was like cardboard to eat and far from toasted. I had to take off the eggs to put the very nice butter (only good bit) to make it pallitable. I was very hungry and had waited a while so ate it and thought, my last visit. I was going to return with hubby tomorrow before going home but it just isn't worth the money. It wasn't cheap! I now can see why it's not as busy as last year. Sorry guys but you just didn't produce the goods this time.

Breakfast- very poor and very expensive. Rock hard sausage, overcooked bacon, rubbery eggs, watery beans. Good toast , butter pat and coffee. £16.50 without coffee. Overstaffed bar. Perfunctory, blank, indifferent bar service. Give this place a swerve. Nobody there cares.

Visited this coffee house several times and it’s well worth seeking out for the Coffee or light food . Located in a narrow Victorian arcade, the building is cosy and comfy. Coffee is consistently good and staff friendly.

Café in a beautiful location! The breakfast is really tasty, with good food and nice coffee! I tried the avocado toast and the Nutella latte! Definitely recommend!

Great atmosphere. Lovely food. Warm & welcoming.

Lovely atmosphere and décor, staff also seem kind. However, food is pricy (£20 for full breakfast and a pot of tea) so I was expecting the standard to be high! However, bacon was really overcooked and completely inflexible, the sausage I think was either overcooked or had freezer burn as it was tasteless and chewy on the skin, and the scrambled eggs were pretty bland and arrived cold, as were the mushrooms. I’m really not a fussy eater, I didn’t have time to eat again before a busy day, so reluctantly finished my plate - the absolute saving grace was the (I’m assuming!) locally made doorstop bread and butter! Really delicious! If the chef is looking for honest feedback I hope this helps - I think it’d also be nice to be offered a choice of what eggs to cook with the breakfast. I’m sure however it’s a lovely place to bask in the atmosphere with a good book and a coffee :)

Food prices are a complete rip off

Perfect for a decent breakfast 👌

Great venue amazing space in the centre of Cardiff.

Nice place tucked in the shopping centre. The staff were friendly and the food nice, quite pricey but good quality.

Great visit and fantastic pannini.

Friendly staff, beautifully decorated and top quality coffee!

Had afternoon tea, yes maybe more expensive then elsewhere, but nice food and plenty of it. Took what we couldn't eat at the time home. Milkshake was huge and very tasty.

Lovely place to meet friends and have a drink . First time here

Lovely place. Good coffee and cakes, nice atmosphere.

Excellent coffee and toast like door stops

Yummy selection of cakes. Generous amount of Soya milk with my tea. Great location. All staff were polite and friendly. Would recommend.

Lovely Venue, Great Location By Cardiff Castle, Dog Friendly & Good Service. They Open Early For Breakfast Which Is Great To Know.

this was my second visit to coffee barker, having the exact same breakfast, and i can safely say that it has been consistently amazing. you can tell the ingredients are of great quality, the bacon is thick and cooked crispy, the sausages are herby and tasty, and the scrambled eggs are creamy and lush! the star of the show is, and always will be, the toast! super thick cut (you can tell) homemade bread, that could almost bring a tear to my eye at how good it is! my only downfall is that the beans are a bit thin for me, i personally prefer mine to be more thicker and stodgier. if you’re looking for a good and hearty breakfast then you need to visit coffee barker.

Great service in a relaxed atmosphere.

The decor was lovely, and seating along the arcade was really nice! Had an English breakfast tea and latte which were average, but overall atmosphere makes this a good spot for a cuppa!

This place was recommended by the concierge where we’re staying - advertised they serve breakfast until 1pm, decided as my partner was literally halfway through ordering with the person at the counter that they’d just stop serving it early.

I had a nice time here however I was a little disappointed that my breakfast items came without butter on the toast, this ruined most of my meal as it was very dry without.

Nice coffee, fabulous atmosphere

Super funky venue, lovely atmosphere and décor. Awesome crockery. Great tomato soup and bread, slightly on the pricey side.

We had breakfast in this cafe. The dish was hearty, like an English breakfast. We enjoyed ourselves but the bacon was super salty and even too salty. So we left them because they were difficult to eat like this. The toast was killer. Too good. The café is located in the arcades and the decor and atmosphere are just amazing. I adore. It's intimate. Too bad you have to order at the counter then get your coffee from the counter yourself in addition to napkins and glasses of water. Only your dishes are brought back to you at the table.

Nous avons pris le petit déjeuner dans ce café. Le plat était copieux, à l’image d’un petit déjeuner anglais. Nous nous sommes régalés mais les bacons étaient super salés et même trop salés. Nous les avons donc laisser car difficile à manger ainsi. Le pain grillé était une tuerie. Trop bon. Le café se trouve dans les arcades et la déco et l’ambiance sont juste topissime. J’adore. C’est intimiste. Dommage qu’il faille commander au comptoir puis prendre son café depuis le comptoir soi même en plus des serviettes et des verres d’eau. Seulement vos plats vous sont ramenés à table.

We had a coffee, got in just before the rush so got a nice seat outside in the passage, lovely place, will definitely be back for more soon as we can

What a lovely place...!! Called in for lunch, but their choices were limited so left. Will definitely be back for coffee

We had a fantastic full cooked breakfast at Coffee Barker. The produce was absolutely delicious but the doorstep toast stole the show! The icing on the cake? The individual portions of fairly locally made butter. It was delicious! All items were nice and hot too. I also loved the large pot of tea! The only issue for me was the seats are not too comfortable. The choice was either high stools, or low settees/chairs. As I have a lower right leg full of metal, this was a bit uncomfortable. The toilets are down some steep stairs too, but they can't help that! Great for a short visit, but I couldn't have settled in for another cuppa! It certainly would not put me off visiting again though as the food was really good.

I've eaten breakfasts from New York, Hong Kong and Dubai. This was, without doubt, the best breakfast I've ever had!

Great coffee shop, quick service, fabulous coffee and the sausage and egg door step sandwich for breakfast was enough to keep me going all day. Would recommend.

Lovely spot to relax in Cardiff. Great coffee. Lovely breakfast. I had scrambled eggs on rustic toast. There was as good range on the menu. Great atmosphere but by far the best part for me was the service. Lovely attentive staff. Nothing was too much trouble.

Can't say enough brilliant things about here. My default place for meetings that are of a more gentile manner. Great, great great breakfast. Toast is proper doorstep toast I'll be back as soon as I can!

We didn't eat, but the coffee was great, as was the service. Really chic atmosphere there too, great to chill out there.

Totally recommended site. The food is delicious, plus the bread for the sandwiches or toast is huge and very juicy. The staff is very friendly. The decoration of the place is very curious, vintage style.

What a find! Lovely staff, tasty food and cakes, and so atmospheric and cosy. We were visiting Cardiff for the weekend and came in for coffee but ended up having lunch and tea and cake! What a fab place, so quirky but welcoming. We could have stayed all day. If only they did rooms too! Really worth visiting and I can't wait to return.

Only good if you want to sit in a cafe with mind blowing interiors - absolutely stunning! However , the coffee and food are below average at best. Not worth the money spent unfortunately.

I only had a coffee while I waited to have an appointment. Wish I tried coffee barker year's ago the atmosphere was grate

Atmosphere is a feast for the eyes, so authentic, lovely food & people .. didn’t wanna leave - a must visit in Cardiff

Very cozy place to drink tea and have a good time

Lovely, lovely, lovely place. Filled with lots bobs and bits to keep your eyes busy. Nice music that isn’t blaring in your ears. Cool location. Good cafe to sit and read or get work done. Had a black americano extra shot, it was amazing. Perfect temp, quality coffee, extra strong.

Nice atmosphere, I like the interior design of this coffee. Been there twice and definitely visit more!

Great atmosphere but they use super low quality kitchenware and their teapots are rusty. They even claim that it’s tea marks. They are not. Check your kitchenware if you don’t want to eat/drink rust.

I'm very confused about this place. It has got a perfect city center location, interior decor and helpful staff. The cake and coffee were decent but the vegan sausage sandwich was not nice. The sausage was dried out and had no taste. You need to reconsider picking a different brand. They don't generally taste good when re-heated or overcooked 😞 Good luck!

We can't say anything about the food because we only drank coffee there. We can recommend this as well as the ambience.

Huge portions. Nice ambience. Excellent-2 ladies loos and 1 male. They had to que!!!!!

This great little coffee bar/cafe/restaurant is tucked away in one of many arcades in Cardiff's castle quarter. Staff are friendly and there is inside and outside seating. Menu is short, but drink and food options should cater for most tastes. Prices are comparable to others in the area.

Gorgeously eclectic café situated in the beautiful Castle Arcade. It was very busy when we popped in for a coffee, but thankfully we managed to find seats inside. The weather was pretty grim, and although the outdoor seating is sheltered within the arcade it was still pretty cold - sitting inside was much more cosier, comfortable and warmer. I really enjoyed absorbing the cafés gorgeous decor - and the Chai Latte I ordered was equally superb.

Had some breakfast here whilst I was visiting Cardiff. Really liked the coffee & avocado toast with chorizo (really proper bread). Coffee was also really good. Only thing I was slight underwhelmed by the juices as they weren’t fresh juices. Really nice staff though & great atmosphere.

Very nice place, food is great. The interior is the highlight for my visit, great ambience and aesthetic. Would visit again!

Gorgeous coffee and snacks in a fabulous atmosphere. Beautiful decor and background music. We will be back. Thanks