Gathering Ground in Cardiff

Pricier than I'd normally go, but for our day out and the quality of the food?? Totally worth it. It's called the "Uncommon Ground" now.

I'm making this a go-to place after shopping on a Saturday morning! Every time my partner and I have attended, it has been around about 830ish in the morning. It's always been quiet at this time, so I can't really state how busy it does get. For me, it's the perfect time to chill, relax, and enjoy the ambience. They do play some amazingly eclectic music as well, which also helps with the atmosphere. Funky decor, too! To the food and drinks now. The kitchen isn't open at this time on a Saturday, which isn't a big issue for me (one day I'll go back when the kitchen is open to sample their menu). The reason being is they have lush cakes to enjoy with your drinks. The mocha drink has always been on point, and my partner rather enjoys the pot of tea she has. The server at this time in the morning has always been polite and courteous, as well as really approachable if I have any questions, like if they sell the Puppy Potion brown sauce.

Brilliant service and really nice coffee lovely atmosphere warm and cosy AND more importantly very honest staff . I had lost my purse and Nathan very kindly 🙏 kept it this team of staff are a credit to the place everyone was so helpful to me don't drive past a good welcome awaits 😊

Unfortunately, there was no food available when we visited, but Rachel couldn't do enough for us, offering toast or tea cakes. I love this coffee shop, friendly & welcoming. Wouldn't go anywhere else.

Good coffee, acceptable food. Polite service. Decor is modern, empty the lunchtime we went.

lovely drinks nice atmosphere lovely food by the park

The cook is a absolute tool rang up and said the breakfast stops at 11 turned up 10.40 and wouldn’t serve me breakfast and was rude

Had good food and good service, aesthetic space, never had a bad experience there and today great service of Karl the chief!

Table had a baked bean and sauce on it. Waitress completely ignored it when my meal was delivered and on clearance.Too busy on her ‘phone!

Great cafe, proper sausage, and a proper valleys' girl serving behind the counter. Coffee was bang on as well, even had calon lan on the sound system!

Tried this place today for the first time today. Pleasant enough, with good coffee and I liked the range of Welsh cakes and savoury options on offer. It just felt a bit tired - dark interior and a dirty, neglected terrace - and the waitress was going to charge me £19 for two drinks, five Welsh cakes and a scoop of ice-cream, until I queried it. Turned out she'd charged for an additional coffee for some reason. A bit sloppy.

Although the decor is trendy and the staff friendly, the actual service was poor. We have been here many times before and each time there has been some problem- wrong food, cold food, slow service etc. We were here to give it one last try today. And this confirmed everything- we won't be back. We asked for poached eggs, but were given fried. Pepper mill was empty- the cafe only has ONE pepper mill for everyone...and it took me asking three times to two different people to get it refilled- like it was a MASSIVE ask. The HP sauces were old and near empty. No spares. Asking for water for the dog was a big deal even though it is supposedly a dog friendly place... Food was ok, but a bit bland with stingy portions. They were more focussed on fuss fuss fussing with coffees. Even though we ordered food which was more expensive! We felt like this place was taking advantage of wealthy Whitchurch clientele who are more willing to pay through the nose for poor service, without complaint. We wanted to support local, independent businesses but I'm afraid the service needs to improve hugely. We won't be back.

Friendly, comfortable cafe with excellent coffee, cakes and lunches

Robyn the manager was polite and courteous, and very friendly.

I popped in here for a quick coffee and cake and will be back again. There’s a nice choice of coffee (including decaf, needs must at the moment, even though I need the caffeine 🤦‍♀️) and cakes. The decor’s nice with all the lights and I liked the quirky things on the wall. I noticed that there’s a children’s menu here which is handy to know as it’s just across the road from Whitchurch library and the playground.

Lovely food. There are sturdy outside tables, great for bringing dogs along. It's my favourite place for brunch in Whitchurch.

Tea and coffee was lovely but food wasn’t the best ,eggs not edible as yokes were still cold to touch on top and under cooked (still snotty) and £4 extra for one sausage one hash brown and one egg small breakfast to the large, mushrooms tasted like they sat in oil or butter there entire time before going on the plate also had a scrambled egg on toast and couldn’t be eaten as tasted fishy we didn’t make a scene as it was busy won’t go back for food

Very pricey but a good atmosphere

Nice relaxing place staff really nice 👌

Great Christmas do had at the gathering ground - cosy atmosphere!

Stopped off with the kids on the way home from school... man and woman working behind the counter having an ongoing argument while we were there. Lots of effing and jeffing. Massively unprofessional. One star for the nice cakes, but the fact they couldn't act appropriately when there were customers (including children) present means we won't be going there again.

3.70 for a large coffee (medium) I think, sorry! I really liked this place

Hit and miss. Sometimes this can be great, other times the service let's it down and that's mainly due to the staff numbers. It's very good generally, but there's the occasional visit that makes you wonder why you bothered.

OK for a snack but nothing special. Service was a little slow and the food was average.

Good coffee in very pleasant surroundings.

I love it here, and often pop in when out walking the dog. But wanted to post about how they dealt with an issue today- the mark of a really good place when mistakes happen! I ordered a coffee and a bacon sandwich. Coffee came but no sandwich. I thought it would be along any min, but had finished coffee before I checked. Super apologetic, gave me a second free coffee and when bacon sarnie came, chef had not only put a sausage in it as well, as a bonus, but had cooked an extra sausage for my dog! Pup loved it and will doubtless expect it every time now. Anyhow, lovely friendly staff, good coffee and cakes, and my favourite place to stop in Whitchurch/Rhiwbina.

Been here a couple of times in the last few weeks, on Sunday we tried the chefs special calamari fritti, accompanied by a glass of excellent white wine, was perfect in the glorious sunshine, the calamari was cooked to perfection. My friend had the chicken salad and I had to be cheeky and try some, it tasted as good as it looked. Appears to be a very new team here but they're doing a good job and are so friendly accommodating and professional. Keep it up guys

I love the ombeience of the cafe however the service has become apauling. Twice this week we have ordered coffee and waited over 20 minutes. First time the lad forgot about our order and the second time, after a reminder again they were sat on the side for so long they were stone cold and had to be re-made. 12 months ago I would have given 5 stars!! We will give it one more try in the hope that the service improves.

Favourite Cafe shop in Whitchurch. Great coffee, nice food, lovely ambiance and friendly staff.

The gathering Ground provides an interesting range of food that is somewhat different to what you might expect. The coffee is good and there are a range of other drinks to choose from.

Nice interior. Cozy atmosphere.

Best coffee in Whitchurch, miles above Coffee #1 and the newly opened Coffi Lab (which is horrendously expensive). Service is amazing, chef kindly gave us a complimentary piece of chocolate cake after mentioning it was my other half's birthday. Highly recommended!

Lovely service, nice and cosy, cappuccino was lovely

Dog friendly, good coffee and delicious food.

Nice coffee, but got very bizzy very quickly. Parking at back questionable due to inconsiderate people parking!

Services wasn't great, hot drinks were okay, food portions were good but all meals reported to be pretty bland

Great Food, Coffee and Atmosphere, plus dog friendly

Just about coping during a busy half term lunch time. Good food, but no variations possible for fussy teens.

Really lovely coffee shop. Very friendly. Lots of nice biscuits/cake to choose from.

Fabulous cafe/restaurant, huge portions at very reasonable prices.

Very enjoyable spot for a nice casual lunch or breakfast. Love staff and lovely coffee

One of the best little cafes.great coffee beautiful cakes and dog friendly❤