The Gatekeeper in Cardiff

Great place, great atmosphere with nice food. Ideal to meet up with friends and family or just a bite to eat

Service was so so, wasn't that busy but they took quite a while to serve people and didn't serve people in the order they came to the bar, myself included, but it is just another wetherspoons so you should never expect too much anyway 😉

This place is my go to for drinking in town to start the night. It's not the nicest place, it's not got music but I'll go back again and again

Arrived around 5pm and left after midnight. Managed to get a table even though it was very busy. Table ordering took a long time due to how busy it was. Food was nothing special, I had a lukewarm burger and chips

Only had drinks. Nice place but very cold. Good cheerful staff

Wonderful pub in centre of Cardiff

22/11/24 Never had an issue with this pub up untill today. Food and staff great as usual. The issue is with the extremely rude bouncer. We arrived at 6:30 and were asked for IDs. Obviously no problem, my Partner jokingly said its early to ID on the door isn't it. I repeat this was clearly meant jokingly as she was literally smiling while saying it. We proceded to show ID and enter. As we entered the bouncer following my girlfriend in and tells her to leave for being rude and 'snatching the ID' which she blatantly didn't do. I have no idea what the Bouncers problem was but in no way is it acceptable to take it out on my partner who just wanted a nice meal and a drink. The whole situation has put a very bad taste in what was one of our favourite whetherspoons. Hopefully the situation with the bouncer will be rectified as I and anyone else dealing with such a horrid man will simply stop returning if these incidents continue.

Great friendly staff and good food

Good Spoons, quieter than some of the others. Ramen bowl was good

Visité para el almuerzo con un amigo que ambos tuvimos pescado con patatas fritas, por desgracia estaba muy por debajo de la par - demasiado cocinado y un trozo muy pequeño y delgado de pescado. Decepcionado.

Found the staff very friendly and helpful. Ordered the steak and found this very grisly. Not enjoyable at all.

Nice helpful staff, food is really good and great value. Toilets aren't that good and when I went the lift wasn't working and the disabled toilet on the ground floor was dirty.

App and WiFi were not working sufficiently so ordered from the bar. Good service and a tasty large breakfast!

Great place to enjoy a day or night out drinking and eating only.

Absolute moronic decision by the so called “manager” to change channels on all TVs on Saturday 9th November from Liverpool vs Aston Villa to the hugely representative France vs Japan Rugby game (must have been 1 French supporter in the whole of the pub) - the bar staff had promised the game would be on but old incompetent “manager” decided to take a unilateral decision to satisfy one person. Why the inept “manager” couldn’t have changed one of the TVs to satisfy the 20 plus Liverpool fans I was with, I’ll never know, but I guess that’s representative of a pub that’s too big for the limited skills of an idiotic “manager” I’ll be back to Cardiff, but not to this dump.

Double American burger, beef Lasagne wife says Lasagne was jut about OK. My Burger was dreadful Al 9 of my chips were dry and cold. Dreadful. Will never eat there again, or any other Spoons for that matter.

All good. One of my favourite Wetherspoons in Cardiff. Nice burger and a very good price for Stella 👍🏻 Nice scampi and chips too!

Massive Wetherspoon pub on various levels. Seemed clean enough, otherwise typical of the chain. Food okay but mostly disappointing. Not really that good value as it used to be. Couldn't find any info about the building, which was a bit of a shame, would have liked to find out the history of the place...

Absolutely dreadful place, bar staff are overworked and understaffed. God knows what the kitchen must go through.

Just had one of the ales which was on offer. It was really tasty. It was quite quiet in there which was nice

Had steak it was like leather but did change it and second steak was good ,polite staff and friendly 👍🏼

Lovely atmosphere and excellent service throughout the day..

El lugar estaba vacío, , hacía bastante frío allí, , , . eran alrededor de las 2 pm, , . mi bistec estaba frío, la patata chaqueta estaba fría, , , ‘cocinaron’ uno nuevo, pero para cuando llegó mi amigo estaba casi terminado + todavía estaba frío! ! . , nuestros dos bistecs eran masticables . . caminamos un largo camino, ya que solo son Witherspoons que ahora bistec . . podría haber tenido bistec el mismo precio en molinillo + carta . .

Las mesas eran pegajosas y los menús estaban muy sucios. Me quejé pero el personal no se molestó y se encogió de hombros.

Eggs a bit overcooked but overall enjoyed the breakfast

Really quick table service despite it being a busy Friday night! As with all spoons - cheap and cheerful food, bargain drinks etc... nice little outside space at the front too

Bar opens at 08:00, handy for the Principality Stadium.

Best of the pack in Cardiff, hard working happy staff, good food with large selection of beers, best stock of craft ales compared to the other wetherspoons, most evenings will have manager's specials on food. All round good experience.

Food was poor and had to have third choice, some dishes unavailable

Called on for a quick drink, quite quiet as it was Thursday night but decent drinks as always

never got to enter as it’s impossible to park your car anywhere sensible

Fue nuestra última parada de un fin de semana fantástico en Gales. El portero en Cardiff sería nuestro destino final para un último café antes del largo viaje de regreso a casa. A la sombra de ese enorme estadio, es un lugar lo suficientemente bueno, pero no tengo duda de que los días de partido podrían ser un poco difíciles. El pub estaba bien, el personal era lo suficientemente amable y había un montón de mesas para elegir. El café era lo suficientemente sabroso, bebimos y nos despedimos tristemente de Gales.

Went for some food before attending the Uptown festival in Bute Park, had the all day brunch, didn't wait too long for the food to arrive, food was tasty but mostly just warm to some items being cold, it's a Wetherspoons so it is what it is.

Un montón de espacio para elegir dónde sentarse, el bar era tranquilo, así que el servicio fue rápido y amable, la comida se entregó rápidamente, y era bueno.

Good pub with plenty of seats in and outside the venue. It has a large variety of beers to choose from. Nice atmosphere here.

Your usual Weatherspoons in a nutshell… it’s Never going to win any Michelin stars for sure, but it fills the gap. The breakfast I had, was decently cooked, well presented and hot…. and didn’t bleed my wallet dry. The Day crowd start early in here, with people having a pint in hand at 0830 mid week.

Wonderful pub with a great atmosphere,Staff extremely friendly and drinks were well priced,Food was fresh and tasty.

Shocking service at the bar, Friday afternoon and one young girl serving on her own, while other staff laughing and messing around in the kitchen area . What a joke

Food, great value for money well presented with friendly helpful staff.

An awesome freezing pint of guinness to be fair. Enjoyed just before the rugby across the street.

Just another typical Weatherspoons pub

This is what a service line for breakfast looks like

We didnt partake of food although what we saw looked nice and smelt good. We had a fab time in the gatekeeper.

Well it's a spoons, good beer at a good price. Again the food is ok but not as cheap as it use to be.

Always an awesome time. Many places to sit and watch sports. In a great location.

Good service, food and drinks delivered quickly, food nice and hot

Classic Spoons , very large with a huge upper level, two outside areas and fancy toilets.

Came for a job interview so I can't really comment on the quality or value for money, but the staff I did speak to were welcoming and indirectly did enough to calm the nerves I had.

A nice Wetherspoons. Food and drinks are cheap. I had the Chicken wrap deli meal with a drink. Awesome value.

Stayed open past 11 pm Tuesday eve. Decent bar staff. Kudos. A needed respite after walking for hours in the wonderful Bannau Brycheiniog

Food ok service greatwell it's weather spoons

Shocking shocking service Ordered on the app. The pub was empty at time also Ordered my drink and waited over 20 mins for my drink not too arrive When and asked where the hell it was for the waitress just randomly chatting to a customer with no care in the world And what makes it worse look liked my drink and been drunken out off. Even customers said that Been drunken out off Fuming ain't the word Avoid at all costs 🤬😡😡😡

Visited here for the first time, and I have to say the food was stunning and cooked to perfection! I don't usually like travelling to Cardiff, but on this occasion I'm glad I did.

As most Wetherspoons it's cheerful, cheap and sticky!

This is just opposite Cardiff Arms Park Stadium so will be very busy on match or event days. The service was very good and the young man who served us went out of his way to help. This made the experience so much better. The food is standard across all Weatherspoons and is reasonably priced too. Definitely recommend this place

Great food for a very good price. Very friendly staff. Quite loud.

Good spoons, lots of seating some are om ground levels other's are upper but there is a lift. Great service , food came out hot.

Nice Wetherspoons...not too busy

Lovely building typically cheap with some interesting characters

Not a lot more you can say great location, great pub and great atmosphere 👍

The Gatekeeper Wetherspoon in Cardiff offers a lively atmosphere with a good selection of affordable drinks and good pub food. The historic building adds charm. The service is fast, and the toilets are clean. Would visit again.

Great service and great food today, i had. A mixed grill that was piping hot and was great quality and quantity for the price too!! The manager nick had great customer service and couldn't do enough for us. Hats off to the chef, it was cooked to perfection!

This pub was right next to my access point to the Cardiff Pride parade. Normally I avoid Wetherspoons like the plague (for the obvious reasons) but I was desperate for a wee. To my surprise the ground floor was full of other Pride marchers, so we stayed and had a drink. The staff were lovely and friendly. Later on, folks who were more representative of what I imagine a Wetherspoons regular looks like, came in. Bless them they didn’t know where to look. Still it’s a big old pub and there are multiple floors and plenty of space. I will probably come back, but not often because I would not want to contribute to the wealth of the awful Tim Martin

It was a total pleasure to join the Welsh guards veterans on there remembrance to the Galahad event they made me welcome and part of the family friends for life respect to the veterans they don't get enough credit and they are a jolly bunch of young lads in a grown man's body thank you for your service each and everyone and the fallen we toasted you boys to Update jul24 Another great day lapping up the sun outside watching the world go by enjoying a few Worthingtons

Busy pub over two floors. Typical Wetherspoons. Good prices. Reasonably tidy pub. Pleasant and efficient staff. Lift between floors.

Order food on there app which took about 20 mins for the drinks and half hour for the food the beans was the only thing which was cold but then it was busy in the gatekeeper

Took over an hour for food when asked how much longer they another 20 minutes so I had a refund

Always happy with Spoons. Love the beers, the value for money food and the spacious toilets. Stopped off here today to watch the England game. A very busy Saturday. Wanted to use the app to avoid the crowds at the bar but we were told the app wasn’t working today. Disappointed.

Great Wetherspoons pub in the heart of Cardiff City Centre. Great customer service and food/drinks. Nice clean large restaurant. Highly recommended

Classic spoons in centre of cardiff, had a beer before the rugby and fast service, good prices, whats not to love!!!

Quiet at the right times but mostly bustling as central, cheap and close to the stadium

Great place to have a couple of beers before concert 👌

Good pub food, cheap prices, good range of beers. I like living within my budget and these pubs cater for that. Won't break your bank.

Ripping people off yesterday with big price hikes just because the Foo Fighters were playing Cardiff The place was packed , they would have made plenty of money anyway

Excellent place one of the best Wetherspoons I have been in

We had fish and chips here this week and I have to say it was absolutely awful.We won't eat there again..I suppose you get what you pay for . :-(

DISGUSTING PLACE. Ordered a breakfast was cold asked for everything well Done and it was uncooked manager rude staff rude DO NOT GO HERE !!!!

Typical "Wetherspoon" pub with good prices, fast service and pretty good food

It's an ok weatherspoons. Tablets were full of dirty plates and glasses for the whole time we were there, and it's wasn't that busy. The food was ok, and the service was quick using the app. Staff seemed nice. It is what it is.

Had a couple of £2.99 Guinness. Good pint!

We came in a group and the service was very rude, and we only got drinks after eating??

This is a nice weatherspoons friendly staff good food cheap beer. Happy days

Nice experience, excellent chicken meal. Nice vibe. Would definitely visit again

Good food and drinks at reasonable prices

It's a Wetherspoons what can I say

Nice spacious pub opposite the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. I imagine this is packed on match days. Interesting history around this building. Quiet when we were there with lots of available seating. One of 9 Wetherspoons in Cardiff. Happy days.

Excellent service friendly bar staff

Everything fine all day but the last server, had a bit of an attitude as the final drink order was slightly wrong and slammed the last drink down.

Great place for a pint in the heart of the capital. Usual Spoons 5 mile treck to the gents, hiking boots and oxygen masks essential.

Popped in for a few drinks. It's a nice pub and central in the city.

This is a really friendly Wetherspoons

COMMENTING ON MY NATIVE LANGUAGE, THEN NOT LETTING ME IN The security commented on my native language, asking whether I am speaking some kind of a ‘special code’ - I was talking polish to my friend while he was about to check my ID. I didn’t appreciate the ‘joke’ so I sarcastically Answered ‘yeah I am speaking a special code’. But then he asked whether it was polish or not. Then he said that it’s not my ID, that the person on my ID doesn’t like look me. He asked me additional questions like date of birth and my name, which I obviously said right. He then asked his colleague to have a look at my picture and confirm whether that’s me or not - ‘Nahh, sorry’ he said. They asked me about my bank cards to confirm my identity - imagine just to go to spoons, which I didn’t have on me (Never carry anything else than my phone and ID especially on nights out). I felt so embarrassed and ashamed. I have never been in a situation like that before. I fly to different countries with the same ID and not even one person on an airplane had doubts whether that’s me in the picture or not. I would just think it’s okay to be cautious etc but I didn’t appreciate commenting him on my language, investigating my nationality and afterwards saying I can’t be let in because I am not me basically. Unbelievably rude, definitely felt bullied.

Metup with some old friends and their families for the first time....it was awesome...

Good place to wait for a concert at the stadium nearby with a tasty hot chocolate.

Popped in after a meal and it was very quick friendly service even tho it was super busy. We were served by zach, he was lovely!

Had fish and chips. It was fishy and chippy as expected.

Never eaten here however always a good place to meet for a drink before heading on.

Very busy but plenty of staff behind the bar. Good beer.

Ordered Traditional Breakfast. Arrived with bacon and beans stone cold. Sent back and was returned with warm bacon and beans, but rest of breakfast was cold. Should have been all binned and cooked fresh. Shocking attempt....

Great afternoon drinking with friends.The only disappointment was the food, a steak with 17 chips no tomatoes etc to build up the plate.