The Plough Inn in Cardiff

It is a quaint atmosphere with a surprisingly gourmet feel.

Ellie was awesome. Very attentive but not overbearing. Really good at her chosen profession. We wish her well in future endeavours!

We often pop into The Plough, and as we have had a continuous spell of sunny weather, the place was buzzing. We chose to sit in their courtyard area that is supposed to be smoke-free – there were enough signs to promote a clean atmosphere, and customers who were eating food sat amongst others using electronic puffers. The manager walked through this area three times whilst we were there and did not challenge the offending mainly females chugging away very frequently on their puffers! Also, the table (121) we were sitting by was filthy and looked like it had not had any attention since last summer – see picture. Our drinks were great, but the surrounding atmosphere was the worst we have visited in a very long time. We know the pubs are generally struggling due mainly to new financial pressures but the courtyard especially needs a damn good old fashioned scrub and return it to its usual excellent condition. I suffered from uncontrollable coughing due to puffer smoke and had to leave.

Lovely lunch, great service.I was given the courtesy of a phone call explaining that due to staff shortages the main part of the restaurant would be closed but we could still have lunch in the bar or lounge. We were more than happy with this. Good as always was lovely. Really good chips! Staff really pleasant and friendly. Great value.

Lovely meal, thank you. The best ever pie was super tasty. Thanks to Laura, our server and chef Tom for the pie!

Drinks outside front before meal, really good also people watching! Service in restaurant excellent, and always with a smile! Sunday lunch menu excellent choice! Meals were delivered to our table quickly and nice and hot! Excellent quality food and plenty of it! Finally price wise good value!

Laura and their chef Alex did a good job at serving us food tonight.

Alex was great, very personable and great service.

Cena para 8 . Muy mal servicio y comida. Esperó más de una hora para la comida cuando el restaurante no estaba ocupado (? ). El pan de ajo como cartón, lasaña insípida, pollo salado y un plato llegaron con comida equivocada. La bebida equivocada también servía y tuve que ir al bar yo mismo 15 minutos después para conseguir reemplazo. Camarero apático. Muy insatisfecho. No volverá.

Food and drinks lovely lovely staff Alex and Naomi very helpful and friendly

Alex served us at the bar and was absolutely lovely. Gave us recommendations on what to eat and served us a lovely pint. Would go again

Plough is a lovely warm welcoming pub greeting by polite staff who were cheerful had a lovely steak Malbec pie really enjoyed it big thanks to Alex the barmaid and Dylan who was a great help and Cheryl the chef will be back soon

Went for a bite to eat with some friends food was delicious cooked to perfection my wife had some cocktails she loved them big thank you to Alex Cheryl and lewis will be back soon

Nice one Alex, mun! Stonking service, like! Loving the backwards cap and all. Great pub, great staff. Will almost certainly be back again for a Moretti. Big love.

Fabulous visit over Easter. A great friendly local pub very accommodating and friendly staff especially Laura (manager) and Alex who also cooks the food (which is a good standard). We (Damo & Jo) now visit on a regular basis.

Impromptu visit for food and a drink and the service was impeccable! Thank you to our hostess Chenai and food prepared by Chef Cheryl, will be back again!

Always a great fish and chips here, best served with a pint of neck oil.

Lovely ambience, food & drinks - friendly bar staff especially Alex! Always enjoy coming here.

Booked a table online for 6pm for two. Greeted warmly and sat by the windows. The setting is modern and area is clean comfortable. Ordered food and was very happy with presentation and quality . Worth the visit and would recommend if asked , 100 times better than Fox and Hounds. keep up the good work.

Cheryl’s cooking was fab and the food was delicious from. Had the chicken Caesar salad and was very tasty would definitely have again. Service from Laura was amazing and food very reasonably priced. Would recommend and will come again.

Sunday Lunch was excellent - plenty of food, fresh veg and a huge Yorkshire.

An excellent pub with great food.

Thanks to Cari. You are fab & friendly. 10/10 would recommend:)

Great service from Eva and the whole front of house team and the food was delicious. Sunday roast and Salmon encroute were excellent.

Perfect family birthday celebration with beautiful food and great service.

friendly staff, great selection

Lovely pub,great decor,2 beer gardens,dog friendly slightly expensive around 6 quid a pint but do blue card discount on food.

Enjoyed our visit to the Plough, first time in some years as I live other end of city. Booked for an early dinner before attending a Paint and Prosecco night’s which they do once a month. Lots of fun would recommend for anyone looking for a mid week activity either on your own or as a group

I went there for my birthday, (I had a voucher) Everyone was pleased with their food. I had the halloumi, pepper & courgette kebab, 🍢 it was lovely! We'd all go again!

Lovely atmosphere, great food and had good service. Caitlin was very friendly and polite.

a great experience! food was perfect and our server dylan was super nice and attentive - will be back!! 🫶

Great food and friendly staff and choice of food

Lovely pub grub with friends. Food was delicious thank you to the chefs Cheryl and Laura, and great service from the staff.

Lovely food from chef Cheryl and Lauren

Lovely food by cheryl and Lauren and good service

Lovely food from cheryl & lauren

The steak and malbec pie was delicious. Shout out to the chefs Cheryl and Laura. Good service and lovely pub

Lovely as always, food superb and reasonably priced. Kudos to chefs Cheryl & Alex for an amazing ham hock! Excellent friendly service from Mike & Jude 😁

My partner and I enjoyed a lovely meal at The Plough. The service was excellent. We would like to thank the chefs Cheryl and Mike, who did a marvellous job.

Lovely new menu. Great food chef Cheryl and Laura!

Brought my family here today for the first time. Beautiful food by Cheryl, great service overall and atmosphere.

Delicious food served over friendly conversation with chef Cheryl.

Very friendly will definitely come again

Mis amigos y yo visitamos The Plough el sábado 28 de febrero de 2025. Nos sirvieron en el bar por Cari que fue muy servicial con nuestra orden de bebidas al señalar un ahorro que podríamos hacer con el vino. Cari era muy profesional y amable con nosotros.

We came round sample the new menu and was not disappointed. Fab service from Laura and chef Cheryl thanks very much.will be back

cari was lovely and welcoming at the bar x

We didn't dine. But our bar maid, Cari was very accommodating and friendly and made us want to stay a bit longer. Top service. Thank you so much!

Friendly staff, not at all pushy. Food well presented and nice and hot. Would recommend.

Great atmosphere and place to catch up with friends. Warm and cosy bar. Friendly staff and attentive service. Will definitely be back.

This is a lovely and welcoming place to meet up with friends and family. The staff are very attentive and the food is delicious. I love sitting in front of the open fires. So homely. Would definitely recommend and I will be returning shortly x

Me and my mates came in today for a few drinks and Cari was fab , so chatty and lovely !! The atmosphere was also amazing , not too busy !

Cari was was very attentive, poured the most amazing Guinness. Would recommend. 10/10

Nice pub , really good food . No parking on site but the are places to park a short walk away. Decent value for money me and Mrs had a two course meal each with drinks for less than £50 can't go wrong really.

Food from chef Cheryl was amazing and lovely service too!

Amazing food by chef Cheryl, thank you!

Called for one drink, lovely comfortable pub. They did food including bar snacks but we didn't eat.

Came here for a Sunday roast and was not disappointed. Food came quick, and tasted great. Would recommend.

Stopped here for a Sunday lunch. Fantastic food and great service. Highly recommend

Very good and kind staff and food came out very quickly

Excellent friendly service by Laura and top food from Chef Cheryl

Fab food by Chef Cheryl & service from Laura.

Fab place to go and have food or drink. Excellent customer service and food was fabulous

We were are large table who enjoyed Sunday lunch. Great food, great atmosphere and a fun time had

Been here a number of times as part of a large group 10+ and the service and food has been excellent. Would recommend

Lovely evening and very supportive in relation to food allergies. Thank you Chef Tom and Chenai

It's a lovely pub but way to expensive £6.35 a pint of Estrella.

Great food. Chenai was really helpful and polite.

Came here for a Valentine's Day lunch with my husband. Great value meal and food was delicious (thanks Chef Laura!). Mike was also super friendly and attentive.

Superb visit yet again. Lovely staff fab food thank you

Excellent service and great new menu

Thanks to all the team for a great night! Had lovely service and food! UPDATE: Another fantastic visit to the plough. Such a lovely welcome and homely feel. Food was great too!

Had a great meal here the other day with the family Sunday roast was amazing lovely pink beef massive Yorkshire puddings Service was great will definitely be recommending to family and friends.

Lovely food and staff, would highly recommend a visit.

Fantastic service and excellent new menu

Really nice atmosphere and the table service (which I didn't know existed the last time I came) was great. Only issue is that the price of drinks is relatively high, but it's a good enough pub to offset that.

Thank you Cheryl and Laura for a lovely mid-week meal with friends. Lasagne and scampi+ chips were very tasty

Very nice pub, food was great and a cosy feel. Would definitely eat here again. Service was excellent as well.

Chef Alex did a great job and lovely service from Laura! Checked in on us throughout, food was fresh and hot! Crispy chicken burger was tasty!!

Excellent Sunday lunch which the grandkids enjoyed as well....thanks to Laura serving and Alex in the kitchen

Great food, great people, great time. Cheers chef Tom for a brilliant meal.

Drinks are a bit dear food is nice in there

Staff lovely especially Vicki. Gents toilets poor

A nice family atmosphere in the restaurant area. Vicki was very courteous and pleasant. Roast dinner is a decent size with quality beef and turkey. Good value for money!

We love The Plough. It’s a lovely cosy family pub and the food and service are excellent. Best Yorkshire puddings ever!

Had a lovely burger with Camembert, bacon and caramelised Onion. Special shout out to Naomi who provided us with wonderful service. We’ll be back, thank you!

We had an absolutely lovely time. Food was tasty and our server, Naomi, was an absolute delight! We’ll definitely be back ☺️

Lovely food and atmosphere. Naomi was a complete babe!

cool place, spacious and delicious

Lovely meal. Great service from Naomi. Would definitely recommend.

We had visited the restaurant on a number of previous occasions. This time we ordered from the 3 course lunch deal menu. Unfortunately, we found the steaks that we ordered overcooked and burnt around the edges, despite ordering them medium to well done. The steaks were rather 'chewy' and not at all tender. In addition, we had to wait about 40 minutes just for the starter meals which seemed rather excessive. On the positive side, the staff were very pleasant. Obviously, Christmas is a busy time and mistakes happen, but we felt a little disappointed at this visit.

We went to the Breakfast with Santa at the Plough Whitchurch on 21/12/24. The staff were amazing. The food was lovely and the activities for the kids were fab. Very reasonably priced. Will definitely book again for next Christmas. The kids loved the face paints, crafts and reindeer food making, story time and of course seeing the big man himself! Big thank you to all the staff! 🎄🎅🏻

Lovely staff, great food Brilliant. Atmosphere

went for my birthday breakfast. the food was amazing. the service was excellent very kind waiters

Very pleasant areas. Great staff. Usual Brains (now Marstons) menu with plenty of choice and food well-cooked & hot.

Had to send both steaks back, as they were very tough. Very short staffed.

Lovely pub, food was delicious, glass of prosecco slightly overpriced

Too late for the deal but nice to get a good table on a walk-in so close to Christmas. We both chose the pie accompanied by a pleasant glass of house white. Very tasty and good value food. Toilet facilities very good. Pleasant lively atmosphere.

Popped in for friends to have a pint of SA. Atmosphere was friendly and comfortable.

Lovely food and attentive staff. Love a real fire. Warm and cozy. Busy but not noisy. The steak was ie chicken s delightful.

This is not our nearest pub but the one we go to out of choice when looking for a relaxed and casual late lunch. Landlord and landlady are friendly and the food quality good. This has a good blend of locals, regulars and new guests and can cater for couples, families, larger groups and even the odd dig or two.