The Classroom - Y Dosbarth in Cardiff

Excellent food, drink and service. First class!

An amazing place where I had an amazing date. The spa and sauna is really peaceful and the lunch after that was really great. The cooking is perfect and the staff is very professional despite being still students.

Went for a lovely meal at the classroom last night. This is our second visit, and as before, the food was delicious. Both times we've been the staff have been friendly and given excellent service. We'll definitely be going back soon!

Another delightful meal at the Classroom. Quality ingredients, well cooked and presented. Service was excellent and Declan was a star! Thanks to everyone involved

Brilliant experience and the food more than matched it, will definitely be back.

Lunch for 3 today ( all pensioners) We booked ahead. It was a semi set menu with a choice from 3 items for starter, main,dessert. There was one other table already there, starting their meal. The food was very tasty, but we would have enjoyed it more, if it hadn't taken 38 minutes to arrive, in an almost empty restaurant. It really spoilt our enjoyment.

Portuguese evening 6 courses with matching wine for £79 exceptional value. The wine merchant was on hand to discuss the different wines and the food was wonderful, we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Congratulations to Thomas and the team, how about a Spanish night? Sign up to their e mail notifications and find out what’s happening.

We really enjoyed our visit to the classroom, we visited for the Portuguese night with friends and the vast majority of the dishes were very good. I’d say the areas of improvement would be the salted cod dish which was a bit tough and the Portuguese tart, which could have been warm. The soup was fantastic along with the lamb rice and the bread/butter. The wine matches were also very good, well matched, and it was great to have the descriptions of why they match and the origins of the grapes. Service as always was fantastic. Probably on the pricier side but good food, service and fantastic views over the city.

What a lovely night at The Classroom. Fantastic menu and really reasonably priced. I had the whitebait for starter and salmon for main - both cooked perfectly and really generous portions. Partner had the venison faggots for starter and sticky short rib beef for main - again beautifully cooked and matched by excellent service - waiting staff were so attentive. Will definitely be returning in the autumn

We really enjoyed our visit to the classroom, we visited for the Portuguese night with friends and the vast majority of the dishes were very good. I’d say the areas of improvement would be the salted cod dish which was a bit tough and the Portuguese tart, which could have been warm. The soup was fantastic along with the lamb rice and the bread/butter. The wine matches were also very good, well matched, and it was great to have the descriptions of why they match and the origins of the grapes. Service as always was fantastic. Probably on the pricier side but good food, service and fantastic views over the city.

Went for lunch (3 Courses for £24). Wonderful service from every member of staff. Food was all beautifully presented and extremely tasty. Superb selection of wine as well. Will definitely be going back.

Such a great place! The food was amazing, as was the service. The staff were very friendly and professional, from the welcome, to stopping at the table to top up glasses of wine whilst collecting empty plates made it a 5-star experience.

I would urge people to try this place, the food is very nice, well presented with good portions. The two front of house staff are attentive, however it doesn’t seem like they really enjoy what they do, fair enough. Still good though. The setting is very nice, quiet when we went, only four tables but that was fine for us. View is cool, I like how you have to walk through the college to get to the restaurant. Good food, very good prices, i would not hesitate to come back and recommend to friends. I also think it is a great idea for the culinary school and what a good opportunity for the young chefs. We had a really nice evening there, extensive wine list too! There are nicer places in Cardiff if you’re looking for fine dining, but our whole group really enjoyed the meal we had here and would definitely come back. If you’re looking for somewhere a bit different, not too expensive, this is the place.

Lovely light airy restaurant with great views over the city. The staff were excellent. The menu was interesting & varied. Everything was beautifully presented & very tasty. Would definitely recommend. The only downside is the lack of signage at street level, & it’s a little off the beaten track. Definitely worth the effort though!

nice evening with friendly staff good value for money all three courses were nice especially liked the starter of rabbit terrine with a lovely homemade chutney

Lunch for four today. Lovely welcome by staff. Great choice of food for our three courses. Vegan options available. Food was presented well and tasted delicious. Cian and Tom were cheerful and thoughtful as they served our food and drinks. Would recommend visiting here. Thank you for the experience. Planning to visit again

Great service and food was lovely. Amazing value for money, would definitely go again.

Awesome place! Staff, students, and food are all superb.

Definitely qualifies as a fine dining restaurant despite being run by students. They definitely put their hearts into everything they do in here.

Fantastic food & service. Been several times and always very impressed with the food. Excellent. Thank you

Absolutely lovely Saturday night meal. Food was delicious and filling, with a good variety including meat, fish and vegetarian options. Cooked to a high quality while also being relatively affordable! Service was personal and attentive. Fantastic drink options as well. Would definitely recommend!

We had our office Christmas meal here and enjoyed the dishes that were presented and the ambience. The high ceiling allayed concerns we had about being in a busy restaurant just before Christmas with covid on the uptick. The bar adjacent to the restaurant had a good selection of spirits and the kitchens were reported to be directed by chefs cutting their vocational teeth. Recommended!

Had a great Christmas meal here. Lovely food and superb service

Nice quiet place on top floor of Cardiff and Vale College. Good vibe, professional service, nice food and value for money. Enjoyed Christmas party there.

The service is great and the food is stunning

A great experience for a weekend in Cardiff, very good staff, cooks/chefs, presentation and ingredients are of exceptional quality. Price was affordable and they accommodate birthday plats which is such a treat.

Delicious meal. Fantastic service - welcoming, professional and attentive staff. Lovely dining area with great views ofnthe city and open kitchen. Diolch yn fawr.

Best restaurants in Cardiff, we come here every year on our wedding anniversary. The service and the food is just amazing. Every dish, every little detail is just so well made. So perfect . Thank you !

It's a fantastic place for lunch or dinner. Great food and service with fantastic views .Well worth a visit ,best cocktails in Cardiff.

Amazing food in a fabulous setting.

Never have been disappointed,have been going for years, wonderful food excellent service the best cocktails in Cardiff x

Excellent set lunch - great views across the city. Very good but not obtrusive service. Well worth a visit.

Fantastic 5* college restaurant. Great cocktails and wine menu. Excellent and well presented choice of starters, mains, and sweets, with liqueur cocktails. You would pay 2 of 3 times the cost for a top London restaurant. Friendly and informative staff. Will def attend again.

Just had an amazing meal in Y Dosbarth very reasonable prices and excellent service from Florentine and Costine will highly recommend

A truly fantastic venue showcasing excellence in fine dining in all aspects. The food was cooked to perfection with astonishing precision, each flavour and texture perfectly balanced with great skill. Service was friendly, attentive, and helpful, which added to the excellent evening spent here. With fantastic drinks on offer, and a broad panoramic view from the windows this is a.must visit venu! With the reductions in price due to the staff being in the process of being trained as part of their qualifications, this is fine dining at a more affordable level than most! Would strongly recommend.

Excellent meal. Very good service. Enjoyable evening.

Birthday celebration very good place and great service

Located in the Cardiff and vale college on the 5th floor. Modern interior, airy. Nice views and sunset for dinner. Service by Eastern European waitress both robotic and curt. Food selection limited. Portion massive: all courses. Tuna tartar was good but on the tasteless side- Under salted. The lamb was excellent- Came pink and would like it to be. Good accompaniment. Stick toffee massive portions and too much to finish- good dish. Variable cocktails- negroni. The apple martini was undrinkable. Good value for money for the size of the portions. Good option for dinner. Service could be a bit more Friendly, less judgmental and less Robotic.

We came for dinner on a Friday night, and while we expected the place to be busy, only 3 tables, including ours were occupied. The service was rather unfriendly, to be honest. Polite perhaps, but our waitress was really cold with us. The food was ok but nothing to rave about. The sticky toffee pudding was quite dry as an example. Wouldn't really recommend as overpriced for what it was.

Excellent food. Well presented. Service was very attentive and professional. Would definitely use again.

Me and a few friends had a lovely evening at The Classroom which is a training restaurant for burgeoning chefs and catering staff studying at the Cardiff and Vale College. Firstly the location and atmosphere is lovely - perched 5 floors up, it has a light and airy feel with great views of the city if you bag a window table. I had great pre-meal communication from the manager, Thomas, which meant all our needs were catered for on the day. Oh, and the food was great too! Note the price we paid was for a special set menu with wines - so more extensive and expensive than a normal service. Support the students!

WONDERFUL food, top class service, a little lacking in atmosphere. Talk about value for money. You are treated and served as well as any high-class restaurant. Excellent wine selection, and the food menu was delicate and detailed. Staff were amiable and attentive. Highly recommend.

Must visit in Cardiff. Food was exceptional, and portions were very generous. Support local students and enjoy an incredible meal.

Very impressed with the restaurant, the views were very interesting. From the start the welcome was very professional my coat taken and hung up nice little touch. Drinks and wines the price you would pay on any restaurant so don't expect cheep drinks but the wine we chose was very nice. On to the food well the menu was interesting and we both new what we wanted, I went for tuna tarta with sour dough bread it was fresh and very tasty, my husband had the belly pork with slaw again really good. On to the mains I chose chicken again full of flavour our other maine was rib beef which was slow cooked and fell off the bone again full of flavour. Could not fault the portions either. Just the one dessert strawberry cheesecake and what a cheesecake it was probably one of the best I have eaten. Bill came with a tip to £58 well worth it and will definitely be going back.

Great food, nice atmosphere, old school service (which is pretty refreshing), £38 per person for 3 courses with virgin mojito each is a great value and food is amazing!

I found it clean and well organised. The toilets on the top floor are mixed, but there are disabled toilets if you prefer not to be seen in a compromised position.

Really bad. I know the waiting staff are students but they were awful. It's like they've never met people in real life. They were stood around with vacant expressions. The senior staff (assuming they are lecturers/professionals) weren't much better and looked like they were waiting with glee for their impending deaths. Went for Xmas work meal. My Sea Bass was like a sardine, and the amount of veg shared between 4 people was very poor.

Really delicious food. We had the traditional Christmas Roast which was extremely good. Service is good with friendly professional staff. I'd definitely go back next time in Cardiff and definitely recommend a visit.

Great food with 5 star service as usual. Highly recommend.

Amazing food & such value for money. Had lovely anniversary meal here today (Saturday lunchtime) Food, wine & views just perfect. We will be back ���

Excellent meal and service. Thoroughly enjoyed our birthday meal.

Our Tai food tasted like fish soap and the waiters weren't much friendly.

Fabulous food and service as always

The staff made the experience, so professional accommodating. Restaurant was so clean and nicely decorated. Great experience

Exquisite! A truly wonderful meal and service from start to finish. Highly recommended.

Lovely venue, very attentive staff, food good but rather small portions, more veg would be good.

A group of 12 booked lunch here. We all enjoyed it. Nice food choices, well cooked. Good service. Will go back.

amazing place! I'll definitely be back :) the food was so good and was worth every penny for the price. Great staff and I love the fact that the college are giving a great opportunity to these youngsters who will achieve great things in the future. They were respectful, humble, enthusiastic and you can tell they really happy when you showed appreciation for their service.

Me & my husband has dinner at The classroom. Our 1st time - dine in this restaurant. We were super happy to find out this place/restaurant called The Classroom where is a teaching restaurant of cooking school to potential, enthusiastic students, taught & guided by professional, well-known Michelin star chef. Me & my husband was very impressed by their professionism service, friendly, welcoming smiles. Thanks so much for your services. ⭐️❤️. We were definitely be back again. Highly recommended to anyone who visit Cardiff⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Really first class meal. Excellent service, really good food and a very extensive wine list. Took a few minutes to find the place, but well worth it.

One Cardiff best kept secrets. Wonderful service, food and views. Great wine menu too.

Great food, service and highly recommended 🤩

Student take over menu (£12 for 3 courses) on Tuesday lunch times (in CAVC term time) is an absolute bargain.

My fiancé and I travelled in from London for a weekend away and were looking for a place on a Saturday night where we could have a lovely evening meal. After reserving a table a few days prior after seeing the website and reviews The Classroom had received, I was intrigued and hoped it would be a good enough evening for both of us. We had a lovely evening! The food and wine was exemplary, we could not fault the service and we stayed a little longer after eating for some cocktails which rounded off the night perfectly. And after mentioning it was a birthday celebration meal, a little extra plate of sweet nibbles was brought over with our dessert, a lovely surprise! I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough, you get really good value for money and wonderful food.

Superb food and attentive staff. Top class!

What a fantastic restaurant. Recently visited on a match day and was blown away by the quality of food and standard of service. Two of us had an excellent 3 course meal and a good bottle of wine for £76. Fine dining and a great atmosphere on a budget.

Delicious food. The Duck leg rillette was lovely as a starter - ate it with the Focaccia which we had been given at the beginning - exquisite. Only thing pork Crackling delicious tasting but not crackly enough. Mash potatoes deliriously creamy with a lovely not overwhelming gravy. 3 people went with the Creme Brulee as it turned out got 3 in 1 which was fantastic. The cocktails both non alcoholic and alcoholic were interesting to the taste buds. Everyone enjoyed the food. You could ask for things to be without if you were allergic like the desert which had the Happy Birthday written on came without the peanut. You could see the 3 Chefs in the kitchen who gave lovely welcoming smiles. You can see the hills while at your table so the view was amazing. Can't wait to come back to Cardiff and book in again.

Stunning food and you can watch the staff cook which is great! Students only cook in the week apparently, but the trainers cook on the weekend to keep servive going. For the price and the views, I'd definitely recommend!

Amazing place - would highly recommend people visit!

Fabulous food and outstanding service combined to make a wonderful experience. I would recommend whole heartedly.

Very high quality dining experience. Not cheap but incredibly good value. Excellent service, fantastic location on the 5th floor of the college with views over Cardiff, and food truly fine dining.

Absolutely beautiful food, superbly presented with lovely attentive staff. Great views across the capital. Well worth a meal there

We had lunch last weekend and all were very impressed with the restaurant. The “class room” is in the college but once at the top floor and through the door you could be in any upmarket city establishment. We were seated promptly at our table and within minutes our drinks order had been taken. We then sat back looked at the Lunch menu and enjoyed a tasty glass of wine. I ordered the Duck leg rillette followed by Pan fried sea bream. Both were presented well and very good to eat. After the main course I sampled the Plum frangipane tart, almond ice cream, almond tuille. This followed the standard of the other courses and was divine. Nothing to fault this restaurant, 100% amazing food, service and quality.

Such good views and a nice place to eat thats out of the way. Very good service, and even better value, especially for such delicious food. Could not recommend this place more.

Really good food and great service. Lovely venue with a nice atmosphere

Amazing and beautiful food. The service was also brilliant. I would definitely recommend this place and I would happily visit again

Really great food but one member of the waiting staff was very inconsistent with his mask wearing, often serving tables with it on his chin.

Quality meal with attentive service at an affordable price. I’d heard someone say that this restaurant was “Michelin quality at a reasonable price”, and I have to agree wholeheartedly.

Excellent food and service and i would highly recommend 👌 well done guys!

What a restaurant. Service was fantastic. Food was fantastic. Highly recommend

Lovely meal for my hubby’s birthday! Outstanding food & presentation, I will definitely recommend & come again! Only slight let down was not being ask how we would like our lamb cooked, other than that was a lovely atmosphere. Loved the open kitchen, where you can see the chefs cooking.

Very impressive.. the only drawback is parking

Visited here for a wedding breakfast and the food was absolutely amazing. The service was top class and I would recommend anyone uses this for banquets/conferences/weddings

Took the aging parents here as a special treat. Now, they’re not much in to fancy food so it was a bit of a gamble...but it paid off. Lovely restaurant with amazing views over the city. The food was superb, not loads, but just enough that after 3 courses we were all full. Amazing presentation by the chefs and beautifully served by the staff. We all had a wonderful night out. We’ll be back for sure.

The vision of top professionals training future culinary talent is certainly realised in the high quality of food and service provided by students. It was difficult to chose from the menu as they all sounded so good. The food was presented well and the mix of flavours worked really well. The view from the restaurant adds to the ambiance. Definitely worth a visit and can’t wait to go back.

Really enjoyed our meal, being coeliac is great to have a gluten free menu, and actually have choice of what to eat rather than 'the gluten free option'. Top floor of the building providing great views of the Cardiff skyline whilst you're there. Staff were really helpful given my dietary requirements. Can't wait to go back.

Booked in for Valentine's meal and we were not disappointed. It was my first time visiting and I was very impressed with the service as soon as we arrived. We managed to bag a window table, which had great views of the city. I'd like to book for lunch to see it in the day. Only one comment regarding seating was our table was quite large and we were sat on sofa-like seats. It didn't create an intimate atmosphere as we felt quite awkward. On to the food - amazing! I was overly impressed with my choice of dishes. The menu varies week to week so difficult to make specific recommendations. I would definitely recommend this place and look forward to visiting again.

We were staying in Cardiff for a few days & wanted to try something a little different for dinner. The resturant is smart with great views over the city. We forgot we were in a college as did we forget that the majority of people that looked after us were students. Everyone was extremely friendly & professional. Ewen. Richard & a lovely guy with an accent sorry we didn't catch his name were fantastic.The seasonal a la carte menu is compact however we still had difficulty choosing. The homemade bread rolls were yummy. The pigs cheek & raviolo starter were amazing, beautifully presented & each element on the plate playing it's part. There's an extensive wine list we were a little disappointed there wasn't a more reasonable house red. What we did have was lovely & we loved the top of the class cocktail. The main dishes were equally impressive....The chicken with pancetta & red gurnard were both cooked beautifully...a special mention goes to the Madeira jus, the fish & pickled carrots. We finished with cheese plate & coffee & almond trifle.. The peanut brittle shortbread & peanut butter ice cream that accompanied the trifle were stunning ...Im so glad I found room for it.We really did feel we were in a top class resturant & enjoyed the experience immensely. We live a fair way away but would love to visit again in the future. Gold star!

Visited for a family lunch. This is the third time we have visited for lunch, the seasonal menu was out of this world. Great vegetarian options that were extremely tasty. Service was exceptional, special thanks to the three young men who waited on us Tyler and two others unfortunately didn’t get their names. The lunch menu is such good value for such high quality food.

Very good food in great surroundings

Enjoyed our first meal here. As trainees the prices are cheaper than some higher class restaurants - but this definitely didn’t impact on the quality of food. Really tasty and presented beautifully. The waiter service was great although I must say, the Restaurant Manager did come across a little abrupt when he tended to us on the odd occasion. Maybe we caught him on a bad day, who knows. This won’t stop us from returning again soon though. Enjoyed it.

Learned a few things. Ate the rest.

Una sorpresa !! In una città con qualche problema per quello che riguarda la ristorazione ( parlando di qualità ) grazie proprio a Tripadvisor abbiamo scoperto questo piccolo gioiello, cena per quattro persone abbiamo potuto provare diverse opzioni dal menu nessuno e rimasto deluso sia gli antipasti che le portate principali preparate con attenzione e non solo estetica, il pesce per mio parere un passo avanti, i dessert buoni ( nella norma rispetto al resto ), buona scelta di bevande, ho pasteggiato a cocktail a base gin ( un filo di ghiaccio in meno sarebbe stato meglio ), personale attento e cortese. Ci tornerò

Fantastic food, service and view. Freshly cooked food together with ambiance made for a good evening. Staff very knowledgeable and helpful.

Amazing! Food was fantastic, and staff are lovely, trainees did really well

Superb food, very interesting and origional cocktails, great views and brilliant to see the students performing at such a high level.

Not a good experience over priced for what you get. Good job I'm on a diet left feeling hungry. Would not recommend.

Best professional coocked meals with best desserts in town.

An amazing experience! Visited with a group of 20 people. The manager was fantastic at dealing with a few last minute changes. The food was delicious and very well presented. The only downside was the drinks prices. Wouldn’t hesitate to return. One of Cardiff’s hidden gems.

My wife took me as a pre Christmas treat and we weren't disappointed. You would never know that students were doing the Lions share of the work. The standards were fantastic and we'll definitely return.The pate and goats cheese starters were amazing. The veal and turkey mains were as nice, both really flavoursome.There's a fairly extensive wine list, and good selection of beers.Parking on the street outside is fairly plentiful and free after 6.