The Castle Cafe Cellar Bar in Ceredigion

Just had a tea and bara brith. Intended going back for full breakfast which looked very nice - but it didn't happen. Staff very helpful and friendly.

The Castle Cafe at Cardigan is probably the best place to socialise, unwind and savour the experience. Castle Cafe is that sort of establishment, where nothing is too much trouble! Steve and April Greenhalgh are hard working, honest duo. They are the driving force, along side with their team. Your first visit will feel as though you have frequent their place many times before. This is certainly a place of acceptance and a place to visit to make new friends. Light bites or even hearty meals, roasts are a favourite for many including a Nut Roast. Your four legged fur babies are accepted at this caf. With laughter and music in the soul of this fine eatery you will have to travel far and wide to discover any thing similar or better! Cardigan is steep in History with Cardigan Castle in the forefront of Castle Cafe, this magnificent building dates back as far as the 11 Century. In 1176 The National Eistedfodd was formed. That tradition has been carried forward today. Musical instruments, Poetry, Dance and Song, where’s the winner selected won the chair to dine with the Lord of the Castle. Today the Castle Cafe will say you don’t have to perform to dine at Lord Steve’s table. You will be equally greeted by Steve or his team. Castle Cafe is constructed in stone in 1750 certainly the stone used came from Cardigan Castle. Steve is no bard, but music stems from Cardigan Castle and in the veins of Steve Greenhalgh. With other projects that he spearheads. Five star is the reason I award this Maestro.

Amazing breakfast very friendly

Although we went In for a coffee and the toilet..there not equipped for disabled as the toilet is upstairs. Apart from that coffee was spot on service was good

Excellent value, helpful staff, very dog-friendly

Friendly, welcoming staff, attentive and helpful. Good wholesome tasty meals obviously lovingly made. There’s no pretence here, it’s a true diamond! Will definitely return!

Tasty food, lovely offbeat atmosphere. Super dog friendly! My dog loved her free sausage

Nice and relaxing. Food is good, very quick on serving. It's a nice place to relax and hang out.

A very cozy restaurant with good home-cooked dishes. The welcome and service are lovely, the prices are incredibly low for the quality offered. Congratulations for your work, we were won over!

We came here on a Sunday afternoon. They offer indoor and outdoor seating. The price and value of this place is absolutely fantastic. Two coffees, a Pepsi, two roasts, and two puddings came to £32. Unbelievable value. The coffees were really nice and well made, and the roasts were exceptional. I wasn’t expecting much as the prices were so low, but this was genuinely one of the best roasts I’ve had - such well cooked veg and meat, and they were able to accommodate vegetarian options as well. The apple crumble was also divine and incredibly cheap. Cant recommend this place enough!

What a gem! Came in totally by accident and discovered not only a super warm welcome but that the food is excellent! It’s easy to get these clones of “cafe standard dishes” wrong but they got everything right 😍My new favourite Cardi cafe

Great food, nice atmosphere, lovely staff and Steve the owner is such a lovely guy

Amazing place, traditional caffe in Wales

Atmosphere was lovely, very busy but staff were very attentive. Loved the second hand books and free bible box they had! The food was very reasonably priced. They lack slightly when it comes to alternatives as was no oat milk or gluten free bread and the veggies sausages were a bit odd. However, on the whole it was a lovely breakfast

A busy little café with seating inside and out with something to please everyone. I don't know why it is also a cellar bar because we ate upstairs outside.

Lovely friendly cafe with an unpretentious, slightly battered vibe. Second hand books line the walls in the cafe section while downstairs there's a cellar music venue and second hand records. Coffee and Welsh cakes for £3 is great value and the service is friendly and efficient. A genuinely lovely place to escape the rain on our first visit to Cardigan. Dog loved her free sausage.

Excellent good and incredibly cheap. Friendly service too. There’s even a free sausage for your dog! You can’t go wrong.

Neat little breakfast followed by a large mug of filtered coffee...after spending the previous evening in the Cellar Bar underneath the cafe in the basement watching some top bands rock tourists and locals alike....friendly crowd, great banter and ace bar staff...Will return 😍

What a lovely find - was walking round Cardigan and stumbled across this gem of a cafe. The food was lovely, the service was great and the staff went out of their way to offer advice for places to visit and see whilst in the area. Dogs are welcomed with a free sausage, which is a nice touch....would definitely recommend.

Very nice people and amazing little record cave downstairs. Food fine but a little focus on quality would go a long way. Bread seemed to be supermarket budget, fine if that's what you're expecting. Seems to have some good local custom and genuinely care about their customers.

The hot breakfasts here are spot on. The service is also very good and it’s a nice environment to sit and enjoy some time. They also accept dogs and was given a sausage for mine.

Great place, very welcoming and great food and service. Dogs welcome and spoiled with a free sausage. Great tuneage too.

Lovely little cafe, according and friendly service and good food family, dog nd purse friendly!

We stayed for bed and breakfast for two nights. The staff were very friendly and the food was perfectly cooked. The whole building was clean and tidy.

Quirky, lovely, friendly, helpful, very dog friendly! Has it all! Always recommend.

The best breakfast in Cardigan in a quirky cafe served by a wonderful team. There are second hand books to buy for a pound and dvds for two pounds. Very quickly everyone knows your name and your order. It’s like sitting at home but with better service and no washing up. I wish I could go there every day. A traditional British café and tea room at its very best.

Lovely cafe with good range of food, feels very home cooked and lovely style inside.

Nice traditional cafe. Good coffee and good cooked breakfast. They provide a free sausage for your dog. Play good music. Good attentive staff.

Visited today with my family of five and four dogs. Sat outside on a table that worked perfectly for us. Very nice touch: sausages for the dogs. The food was simple and delicious. Beans on toast hot and proper beans. Cheese on toast with absolutely tons of lovely cheese was a big hit. Quiche felt home made and came with a very varied and tasty salad including coleslaw, potato salad and pasta salad. Ham sandwich in fresh thick bread - ham was thick cut and breaded. Side salad with samdwiches fresh, crunchy and colourful. Very reasonable price and friendly service. Good understanding of the needs of dogs ans their owners! Books and other stuff to browse inside which I will do should I ever return without hounds.

Very positive atmosphere with super kind workers. Nice food too, even the kids meal.

Great place for tea and toast. (And extras) And I love that they welcome 4 legged friends with a free sausage. Top marks for me..👌

Amazing Dog Friendly Cafe! Lovely lovely staff. Food is whole heartedly a great traditional ‘proper’ breakfast! Well recommended after a beach walk with the dog. Sausage for the dog an added bonus!

Just visited nice friendly staff, Just had a ham and tomato panini and my other half had a bacon and cheese. Absolutely lovely nice meaty ham and really fresh tomatoes and side salad, latta is also spot on. In/out door seating and dogo friendly, the dogs loved their free sausages thank you 😁 also thought great valve for money

Amazing food, and an amazing little music Venue with a good selection of drinks. Highly recommended.

A poor experience. A luke warm, bland beef cawl served with a cheap bread roll and a small pot of margarine. Not what I would expect from anywhere. I should have raised my disappointment at the time but was rather cross and didn't want to get into a dispute.

We go to this place for brunch and you can’t beat it. Great cafe food, great service and dog friendly too. Oh and fantastic value for money. What more can I say.

Popped in after visiting the castle opposite, as the dog dragged us in for his free sausage 😁 Lovely coffee and cake, friendly staff, quirky place, very popular . Will visit again. Very dog friendly.

Visited this café on several occasions and it never fails to deliver. The breakfast was very tasty as was the omelette. Lovely mugs of tea. It has a good atmosphere,plenty of quirkyness and the crew are really pleasant.😁

Popped in for just a coffee and ended up having the full cooked breakfast with the best mug of tea EVER. Just how I asked for it. The cooked breakfast was smashing and I'm now very full up. Hubby had the healthier option of porage, orange juice with toast and marmalade. It's a cafe/bar/small venue and shop all in one, really quirky and will most definitely come again. Highly recommend this wee place to anyone visiting Cardigan. It's right down the bottom by the river and on the Right.

Burger burnt and not as advertised a special vegan burger but cheap supermarket type. Extra portion of chips was laughable . Even the front of house questioned size only to be told by chef ( I use that word loosely ) that that's a std size portion. Won't be using again.

What a great cafe to have some food, everything is freshly cooked and the atmosphere is really great.

Excellent little cafe. Staff all really friendly and the food is good too.

Just had a lovely coffee and teacake at the cellar cafe. Staff went above and beyond to meet our needs and the dogs also had a sausage each :)

Good cafe in cardigan and dog friendly food fantastic Steve &April are very good host's, situated right at the top of Grovenor hill on the left, very good brekkie, xxx

Good menu and great service from the staff. I recommend the faggots peas and chips which I really enjoyed.

Stopped here for a spot of lunch, service was fast , which was good as they were very busy. Only had a couple of panini sandwiches and coffee but really enjoyed. Plenty of seating outside and quick service, again very good , no waiting around .

Absolutely beautiful, wonderful people, amazing food 😋

Perfect for lovely coffee and scones for elevenses. Ideal pit stop as we tour the welsh coast. All day breakfast is one of the best

Called in mid morning for coffees and a scone. Coffee was a bit weak and not very tasty but the scones with jam and cream were tasty. Decor seemed a bit haphazard/worn and eclectic and the service was a bit hit and miss as we waited some time and there seemed to be a lot of shouting between the staff checking orders etc.Various people seemed to wander in and out for some reason not strictly complying with Covid regulations but there was good space between tables which were cleaned straight after use. Good value for money.

Ive been visiting this cafe for a while now and always have had a great breakfast, cooked to perfection washed down with a lovely filtered coffee. And if you do have to wait for a bit longer as the staff can be busy but its well worth the wait. I will always recommend this cafe to anyone that wants a quality breakfast and other meals.

After ordering food & drinks, we waited 30 minutes and nothing arrived, and while they were busy, they were not full. After asking the waitress where our order was, we were told it would be with us shortly, and she said sorry as they were busy !!!! After another 15 minutes and nothing, not even a drink arriving, we left.

Great food, lovely staff & dog friendly. They treated our dogs to some sausages which they loved. We had the Cawl and the faggots. We enjoyed both, tasty homemade food.

After ages of not being able to eat out , a massive well cooked fry up at the Castle Cafe was much needed and did not dissapoint, amazing food ,huge portions ,cooked to perfection ,friendly staff and the dog even got a free sausage too.I would recommend this place highly to anyone visiting cardigan.

Whenever I come to Cardigan to visit family I always make sure to make a stop at the Cafe and order a delicious breakfast. The staff are really friendly and always smiling, as a vegan they always take the time to go through the menu and tell me what changes/additions I can make to my meal to suit my dietary needs. Great music and a vinyl shop to peruse if it takes your fancy. Dog friendly too which is always a must for me. Always happy to help and go the extra mile.

Very disappointed with this venue. Coffee cold and we ordered Cawl which was absolutely awful - 2 very small lumps of beef, all potato in a thin watery liquid. Over priced to add to the insult. Avoid this cafe as there were better looking options further up the street.

We stopped here a few times dogs very welcome and serve great food! breakfast was lovely and thedogs get a sausage as well, free!

We called in for food on the 20th and 24th of September really good and the staff were very friendly. The service was top class.Really enjoyed the music playing from the cellar.The gentleman playing the music was very friendly .Would recommend it to anybody.

We ate here a few times never disappointed, they also sell books. There is seating inside and out. Dog friendly, and your dog gets a free susage.

If you fancy a nice cooked breakfast at any time of the day, this is the place to go! Very reasonable price and nice food to match. Staff are friendly and dogs are welcome!

We spend a few days in Cardigan every year after getting married here a few years ago. We'll always spend one morning in the cafe for breakfast. It's nothing fancy, just good home cooked style food and great service.

Got an outside table on a very rainy day, yet the service, the simple and tasty bowl of cawl and a nice cup of coffee made it a great stop. Cheap and cheerful, the dog got a couple of complimentary and most welcome sausages!

Myself and husband were looking for a coffee. We saw the coffees being served here looked lovely and loitered for the next available free table.2 coffees also turned into a c&o panini, a ham salad sandwich and a bowl of chips to share. The chips were an after thought after we had ordered and paid but it was no trouble for this cafe to add them to our order. The staff were warm and friendly and chatty and we received a lovely welcome with lots of laughter.Really enjoyed our first visit and it won't be our last.See you next weekend!

This is the first review we have done because we feel we need to review this adorable quaint cafe.The best breakfast we have ever had! All cooked to perfection. My husband had the mega, I had the full and our eldest son had the medium, and our youngest, who is a very picky eater had weetabix and toast. All plates were emptied. They even allowed us to amend the drinks to milk and milkshake to suit the boys.The staff were so friendly and very helpful. I honestly think the bad reviews are for a different Castle Cafe, because we couldn't fault this place at all. Will definitely visit again next time we are down here.

Superb location. Excellent food- we had the cooked breakfast. Very friendly staff.I am a music buff and there is all sorts of music connected with this place; the cellar is a live music venue and we are looking forward to returning when the restrictions are eased!

Really nice food ,great atmosphere, friendly happy people running a perfect cafe to relax and watch the world go by and ease yourself into a lovely day out In cardigan.perfect for dogs and the musics always brilliant .

We are currently holidaying in the area and have visited this cafe every day. We have enjoyed the food which is great value and the staff have been very friendly and accommodating to us. There is a nice relaxed atmosphere which has been great for us as our son has special needs.

Me and my friend had been here before and were very pleased. We went back today and were totally disgusted. We got a dirty look from one of the waitresses when walking in. Paid £8 for a cooked breakfast and a drink, you hardly got any food. The egg and toast were burnt, there was only half a slice of bacon. Our food came out with a “I’m guessing this is yours” and our cutlery thrown on to the table from the same waitress that gave us the dirty look. My friend ordered toast with her breakfast but none came with it (that’s fine we all forget things sometimes) but when we told the young waitress that we’d ordered toast with the breakfast she just turned around and said “did you” and never brought out the toast that had been paid for. Will not be going back.

Overall happy, unsure if I would pay full price though, ??? Food ok, hubby had lunch brunch it looked very nice! I had chicken burger, naff burger , no salad etc cheap processed chicken burger! Didn’t enjoy my food atall. ......

Wow what a simply wonderful place. They bent over backwards to accommodate 9 of us inside out of the rain. Unbelievably friendly staff, had a lovely chat with the man working there, he was so chatty and smiley. We all ordered, and no sooner had we sat back down it felt like the drinks were there for us. Just wonderful service. The food was delicious and very very well priced. Do yourself a favour and visit this wonderful quirky place when visiting. Perfect

Great little cafe near the castle. Reasonably priced and decent food. Would recommend as a family of 4. Sat outside due to covid but no probs.

Another wonderful couple of evenings at the Cellar Bar at this year's Midwinter Dream. Fantastic music on both nights (was I expecting a dance party? I was not,) Lovely lovely people especially Mark and Fern who made our evening. Special thanks as ever to the dynamic duo Kim behind the bar and Steve the magician. We''ll be back just as soon as we can.

This is my favourite place to eat in Cardigan 😋 lovely atmosphere and tasty home cooking. Fab cafe by day, live music venue by night 😎

great meal well cooked and tasty friendly staff nice location nice to find an honest cafe live music in a cellar bar

Travelling between West Wales and North Wales on a wet December Sunday we wanted to stop for lunch. We had not had opportunity to book anywhere so we were pleased to find this establishment. More café than restaurant, the place was empty when we arrived but started filling soon afterwards. The food was very good basic fare, service was laid back, friendly, but efficient. Our dog was greeted with a treat, and the prices were very reasonable. For relaxed refuelling we recommend this, a very short detour from the A487.

Found this by accident whilst walking and got chatting with the owner who was really friendly. Found this to be a music venue as well as a cafe and we saw the James Oliver band there on Sunday night. What a stroke of great fortune to have found it when we did and to have seen this band, WONDERFUL. The cellar is quite quirky but with loads of charm and what a great night we had. Can't wait to go back to Cardigan just to be able to go there again. Fantastic advert for music and for Cardigan, If you see an advert for the James Oliver band, go to see them, great musicians and what a guitar player the lead is, just brilliant.

Enjoyed the food, good value. The owner was very helpful. Discovered there was a live band on in the evening. Went back to the Cellar Bar. Wow what a really cosy place, well lit, comfy sofas etc. Reasonably priced drinks served with a smile. Nice girl. The local band was called ''The Delicate Flowers'' , nothing delicate about them! What a treat to hear some talented guys giving it the wellie (at their age). I understand that they have been re-booked. Someone bought their dog in to listen, it never stopped wagging it's tail. Lovely place. If you come to Cardigan don't miss it.

A great place to eat, drink coffee and relax. The place often has live music in the cellar underneath the cafe, where you can enjoy some great performances by artists with exceptional skill.

what a charming and friendly place to eat. The staff were extremely helpful, the food was amazing, just what we needed on a cold day. And what a lovely cozy place to eat. Can't wait to visit again

went in for a breakfast, but the prices lured me into a dinner, the cottage pie was real local welsh meat, so yummy, staff changed set menu to suit my wishes, caring friendly welcoming atmosphere, i stayed working on computer after closing time

Lovely little cafe, great and reasonably priced food with a really welcoming atmosphere. Not just dog friendly but they bring the dogs a sausage each too which is such a lovely touch. Highly recommended.

We are visiting from Essex and needed some brunch... come across castle cafe.. Great atmosphere food was lovely and staff friendly.. Totally recommend...

Very dog friendly,dogs get a free sausage when you go there with you're dog.Good quality meals,good value for money staff lovley .

Overcast day but this cafe at the top of the hill was very busy at lunchtime and full of locals . Always a good sign and we were not dissapointed .really nice home cooked food at compedative prices . Pleasant welcoming staff . Pensioners meal with dessert and drink is a particular value for money option .

What a fabulous little find ! We went for breakfast on both mornings of out stay in Cardigan! The breakfasts were delicious, I had the veggie option, it’s been ages since I’ve had a fried slice, was wonderful! Lovely and clean cafe, toilets were fresh and clean.

Food was unpretentious and tasty, the service was friendly and efficient and it was dog friendly. A nice homely atmosphere, in short a traditional cafe.

Called in just for a cup of tea and cake. Liked the idea that they love dogs. All dogs get a free sausage. Ideally situated on a corner. Staff very friendly.

It is a fantastic cafe in Cardigan privately owned, not a chain which for me is so different from all the London coffee shops which look pretty much the same. You have a very unique atmosphere there which is very interesting and quirky. On the walls there are posters of the upcoming jazz events and gigs. There is a bookcase with some novels you can read or exchange. The food is decently priced at £7 for a full breakfast with a coffee.

Spent time in here with our daughter and her friends at a Christmas party and had a great time music dancing and drinking and lots of locals made it a great night.

Lovely little cafe, paninis were really nice also cappuccino was lovely and hot, good prices as well

WE only called in for a coffee. What attracted us, as well as the location, was the sign out front reading 'Dogs, bring your humans in and get a free sausage.' Dog enjoyed his snack! Very friendly, stacks of interesting things on the walls, one of the staff was telling us that once a month (I think) veterans are invited to meet and socialise, share experiences etc in the cellar bar. It is licensed too, though we did not have an alcoholic drink there. Perfect location opposite the Castle and well worth a visit. Oh, they also have books for sale, second hand. A really great place to meet and socialise as well as to eat.

My family and i visited for lunch. Our dog was made welcome - bowl of water available and she was given a sausage!

A happy weekend at 17th Dream. LOVE the Castle Cafe and Cellar Bar, it's got everything. Charm, quirkiness, super-friendly, good food great beer magic music. Kim behind the bar was awesome, she worked flat out for three days and never once stopped being a darling. Thank you Kim and excellent work! See you next year xxx

Excellent food, friendly service abd relaxed atmosphere. Breakfasts were everything you would want on a plate and a fab cup of tea. Thank you

It's only a cafe I hear you cry! Well its not just a cafe, it's a really friendly place that does great food from the usual standards like big breakfasts to some classic Welsh dishes as well.

Visited here after a wander round the town. Immediately we were made to feel welcome and at home with friendly staff (Kim I think lol). We only had a scone but it was certainly worth it. The next table had massive fry ups which also looked scrumptious and I wished I'd tucked into one as well. Before leaving I decided to get some Rocky road cake to take away and at £1.50 it was a bargain. Kim told me she'd made it and if that's so then she should be very proud. I've just eaten it and it was spot on. Even gave us a sausage for our dog which she also enjoyed. Thanks girls

Completely over the moon with the level of service from Lizzie and all at the Castle Cafe, such a friendly, vibrant, genuine and accommodating place to just be, and one of the most affordable and generous pot of teas we've had in ages and yes it all came in a large tea pot with ample serving of milk and soya, non of this tin teapot malarkey that often drips tea all over your trousers! It was Pure bliss to be able to sit in the sunshine on a glorious day watching the hustle a bustle of a vibrant Aberteifi. Thanks you so much Castle Cafe for all you do :)

We went to this cafe as it had a big sign outside saying dogs could bring their owners in, and the dog would get a free sausage. We went in and they were really friendly gave the dog a sausage and a bowl of water. We had a really good home cooked lunch and very reasonably priced. Would really recommend it with or without a dog .

Six hungry lads were looking for a cafe serving breakfast and we discovered the Castle cafe, where we enjoyed a cooked breakfast, and we were not disappointed, as it was excellent!

We had a very pleasant lunch, the staff were lovely and the Labrador appreciated his sausage: will definitely visit again. Thanks.

Went here twice while on holiday