Ty Madeira in Cardiff

Lovely place with the good variety of fresh fish and see shells. Definitely worth to visit!

Amazing food, fish special was incredible!

Superb restaurant. Excellent service and staff. Great value for money. Food is delicious. Highly recommend a visit.

The fish dishes were phenomenal. Our companions opted for skewers of meat hung from the ceiling. Although they looked good they were actually very awkward to eat. They didn't ask about allergies.

I just love this Restaurant, we had amazing food today for my birthday, I would definitely recommend you

Great place for good food and cracking atmosphere. One of my favourite restaurants in Cardiff.

60th birthday today, we were a bit late to a restaurant that was less than 1/3 full, after letting them know we were late. I arrived, alone, first, blanked by the old guy behind the bar, clocked my 60 year old face and gave the "are you sure you booked here?" look. Waitress that took me to our allocated table kept walking past many empty tables, I asked if there was a smoking area at the back of the restaurant, no, I needed to put my trainers on and do the mile long walk back to the front, from what was obviously going to be the table closest to the toilet (worked in hospitality over the years, knew the score). I gave up and went to wait outside for my 33 year old daughter to get us seated, massive improvement, nowhere near the toilets. The food is fabulous, bliss on a plate or a wonderfully hanging skewer from the ceiling with a perfectly marinated and cooked kebab. Just make sure if you are female and old, bring a younger person if you wish to be treated like, well, a normal person with the money to pay for the meal you will be ordering and paying for. My daughter and her partner will go back, I won't.

Third visit to Madeira absolutely delicious as always, great food and very reasonable on price. Lovely restaurant look forward to returning again soon.

Food fantastic but it's not a place to have a romantic meal, as you can't hear yourself think, so so noisey.

Amazing food. Very welcoming and lovely staff and service. Celebrating a double birthday with a special performance from staff.

Food amazing, but service was a bit lack lustre and took us ages to get served.

Excellent food, 5-star staff, price between £20/£30 per person, nicely decorated wooden ceiling reminiscent of taverns in the north of Portugal. I recommend booking a table before going on Saturdays and Sundays, as it is always full. Easy access and very well located, close to all public transport.

I had a fantastic meal here. Went for lunch and had been recommended it. The place has a good vibe for a restaurant. It wasn’t super busy when I went but I’ve heard it does in the evenings and weekends. The key to this place is the skewers. They cook the meat and fish on heavy duty skewers and then suspend them above the table. Part of the experience is pulling down off the skewer when you’re ready for your next bite. We got beef and also prawn and monkfish. I loved the monkfish, it’s a meaty fish and complimented the prawns very well. The beef was cooked well and had a sumptuous taste. Service was good, we got to choose our table and we sat opposite the kitchen and could see them cooking and preparing the food. It added to the memory. It’s good value. Good for groups and dates. I would definitely go again.

Always have a lovely meal here excellent food

very nice food, good atmosphere and friendly staff.

The food is beautiful here with lots of options. Meat eaters will be very happy here! Their skewers hanging from the ceilingh with garlic butter dripping over them is something to see.

I’m not getting it, it’s got great reviews, we were not impressed, food was mediocre at best, the monkfish kebab was mushy, the seasonal veg side dish had a terrible smell, really strange, the best thing were the potatoes and battered cauliflower, and didn’t like the way the waiter made a point of telling us in great detail the tip wasn’t included in the bill and then asked us did we want to leave one,

So cool eating food , hanging from the ceiling and the stunning garlic butter dripping down on it makes my mouth watering thinking about it

Been here several times now, food amazing ! Staff very friendly, lovely atmosphere, we love it !!

Celebrated a belated birthday today with four wonderful friends who chose this venue. We all enjoyed our food and the staff were really friendly and attentive. Will definitely visit again

Quality of quantity… This is what happens when you take a lovely authentic restaurant and slum it in the middle of a busy centre. Too busy, staff unable to keep up, lots of mistakes with orders! food seems rushed with no love, drinks are full of ice! Prices are high! Madeira used to be a nice romantic/ relaxed dining experience that was always a pleasure now it is just over packed, loud, the food does not compare, it is definitely not relaxed, it’s get you in and get you out feeling

Tried this place tonight on a recommendation, great food, great service, thanks a lot. The quality and flavours were amazing, portion size is good.

Fantastic lunch time menu,absolutely packed so definitely book

Just Perfect, love it. All the food was delicious, the staff was super friendly and kind, the atmosphere was really nice with good portugues music. We will comeback for sure. Muito obrigada pelo o ótimo serviço 👌🏻

Food was good with lots of choice of fresh meat and fish. If there was a dairy free options on sauces then it would've been 5 star and great 😊

Nos encantó este restaurante antes de su re-ubicación. Fuimos a cenar esta semana. Primero, el filete solía derretirse en la boca. Ahora, son promedio - usted encontrará mejor en su pub local por la mitad del precio. En segundo lugar, solían servir pequeños cubos de patatas increíbles. Eso ya no está. En su lugar, sirven trozos de patatas fritas grasas que saben peor que las patatas fritas pobres de un chippy. Ya no se sirven verduras verdes con su pedido. Sólo coliflor frita gorda y esos asquerosos trozos de patata. Tenía mejillones para empezar. ¡4 de ellos estaban sin abrir! ¿Qué chef sirve mejillones sin abrir a sus clientes? Sé que parece que tienes muchos mejillones en el plato, pero ¿qué hay del veneno alimentario? Absolutamente impactante. Un camarero parecía que acababa de levantarse de la cama y todavía llevaba su pijama. Pensé que era un cliente mal vestido. Casi me caigo de la silla cuando lo vi sirviendo comida. No me importa la decoración o el hecho de que tuvieron que mudarse. Sus estándares cayeron por debajo de lo aceptable. Tantos otros lugares que sirven comida increíble - seguro para comer -. Definitivamente no volveremos.

Primera visita de vuelta a Ty Madeira desde antes del Covid, cumpleaños familiar, comida encantadora en general pero bebidas caras. Buen personal, buen ambiente y buen servicio. Espedadas increíbles como siempre. Sólo bebidas de gripe, sí se puede tener agua de mesa gratis grande pero £ 5 para una Pepsi? Luego una pequeña copa de vino tinto de la casa a £ 8. 50 ? Probablemente la razón por la que la mayoría de la gente no va a los restaurantes ahora mucho, es solo precios tontos, una vez al año para nosotros y se quedará una vez al año, pero no la relación calidad-precio ahora comiendo fuera... vergüenza

Busy on a Saturday evening Lucky to find a table Boisterous crowd Espadada was amazing especially the way it was served with herbed butter Sardines were ok Mix sea food. Flavourful broth Ribs were ok Poncha passion fruit was amazing Dessert was nice

Busy on a Saturday evening Lucky to find a table Boisterous crowd Espadada was amazing especially the way it was served with herbed butter Sardines were ok Mix sea food. Flavourful broth Ribs were ok Poncha passion fruit was amazing Dessert was nice

Always 10/10 food and the best, attentive service. It's my favourite restaurant

After arriving in Cardiff I looked for an attractive restaurant and ended up here. Got a table without a reservation (for almost two hours). Very friendly staff, good selection of top quality food. The preparation of the food and the waiting time were fine. Not too long and not too short! We were pleasantly surprised and left the restaurant very satisfied.

Excelente parada para el almuerzo. Excelente relación calidad-precio, buena comida y personal muy amable. Recomendado por amigos locales y bien vale la pena una visita de regreso.

Had a nice evening here. Food good. Service good. A sour taste left by the £19.95 charge for a starter portion of cured ham. I ordered this as it was flagged up on the specials board. no price was shown but my cursory glance at the starter menu didn’t flag up any concerns. I was a bit surprised then to see on the bill that the cost of the starter was £19.95! When I queried it with the waiter he pointed out that that was the cost on the main menu. Sigh. Ok. But why put it on the specials board without a price ? If I’d known , I would have chosen something else. This plate of a few slices of cure ham cost less than a fiver than my course. It wasn’t a special as it was on the main menu. It was just a dirty trick. Makes me think less of you guys.

Called in while having a day out in Cardiff. Ordered the 2 Course Lunch I think was £17.95 which is great value compared to other restaurants in Cardiff. Food was really good as was the service waiters so friendly. Had Garlic Mushrooms and a Chicken Portuguesa Main both excellent. Will definitely be returning.

Excellent from start to finish 👏

The ambiance is so warm and welcome and fun The service and food are the best in Cardiff Fab food yet again GOUVEIA family 5* Cannot praise it enough you must come and try

Amazing experience, loved the food, we were made to feel very welcome & well looked after.

Be aware if you have a medical emergency it’s not the place you want to be! We are usually big fans of this place and have been coming here for years, however after last night we won’t step foot in the place again. Just as the food was brought out to our table, a family member had a medical emergency which required ambulance assistance and a stay in hospital, staff were asked to call an ambulance due to us having no signal at the time to which they sent out a first aider to assess the situation. A short while later an ambulance was called and the first aider and bouncers were great in helping us with everything we needed. Other Staff members were no help I understand they had other customers to attend to but it was hard to even get a glass of water quick enough. Whilst stood with the Ambulance crew and police a member of staff interrupted and asked us to come and speak to the manager. The manager was unprofessional and unsympathetic, arguing that he wanted us to pay full price for the food we hadn’t touched in the middle of all of this. He then offered to take one or two things off the bill. I understand that food was wasted however the food hadn’t been touched when this had happened. We were happy to pay for drinks at the time or sort it out the next day as we had to leave when the ambulance was about to depart. I understand that as a business this is a loss to take however it was handled in such an unprofessional way to which the manager wasted 10 minutes of our time arguing back and forth about us paying the bill. He could’ve at least offered to sort it tomorrow or just said don’t worry about it you need to go. 3 times I mentioned he was wasting our time and we needed to leave. He had contact details for us if he needed to contact us later on. Baring in mind they had already had a 70 pound deposit off us plus the money for the drinks. Safe to say they weren’t any help in a horrible and scary situation for us to be in as a family and we won’t be returning which is a shame as we have ate here for many years and haven’t a bad word to say about their food or service previously.

Love coming here. Always friendly staff, we were very lucky to be able to be fitted in tonight on a Saturday. Attentive staff. Really good prices, food absolutely gorgeous.

Ty Madeira remains consistently high quality in its food, wine, and service. One of my favourites, and not just in Cardiff.

a firm favourite! beautiful food, reasonable price well worth a visit

Lovely restaurant.lovely meal .

Visited with friends, we were all very impressed with the restaurant,great food, lovely atmosphere. The staff were very friendly and helpful . We all thoroughly enjoyed our meals which were tasty and of good proportions. We will definitely return .

Visited for a works Christmas meal and once again the food was absolutely delicious (sorry I didn't take any pictures) service was outstanding and the atmosphere is amazing .. highly recommend this restaurant

We had our lunch with these delicious fish food. Scallops, Halibut, Prawn and Monk Skewer with delicious garlic butter. We had potato and cauliflower as side dishes with the fish. Service was good , thank you.

A group of 18 of us on a "works do" arrived at Ty Madeira (pre-booked) & we were seated very quickly. Orders were taken promptly (although we'd already pre-ordered our starters & mains earlier in the week) & food arrived quite soon after. I had the garlic mushrooms, which were tasty but not very strong in garlic flavour, followed by chicken skewers, which were absolutely delicious! The chicken was moist & succulent & good portions, although I would've liked some kind of sauce because everything was dry (side dishes of crispy potato cubes & fried cauliflower). The waiters were very efficient, attentive & pleasant. Considering the noisy chaos of our party, especially when we were all ordering from the vast dessert menu, they were also very patient & fun! I had the lemon meringue, which was the best I've eaten in a long time. The atmosphere at Ty Madeira is relaxed & the service is extremely efficient. Everyone in our party enjoyed their meal & had a lovely time. I'll definitely go back again & try some other dishes.

the waiter didn't speak much english but was still amazing and funny, and loved the chicken kebab thing

Made me love Portuguese food! So yum, definitely recommend!

Great meal, brilliant atmosphere, could do a little more sides with your main meal.

Absolutely brilliant visit - all the food was great and tasty. Highly recommend. Nice wine recommended by waiter. Excellent hospitality.

Very bland food unfortunately but service and staff were excellent

This place has gone down hill. What was once the pinnacle of restaurants in Cardiff has now shrunken to whacking some fish on a plate with a side of concrete potatoes. The fish was too salty and I was desperate for water. The place was louder than a night club. Please change the potatoes.

Food here is absolutely divine, top class cuisine, delicious, I cannot give this place enough praise, food is 10/10 ..

My friend and I went for Lunch at 1.00 we were promptly seated at our table, the restaurant was busy, I ordered the Mixed Espetada and my friend ordered the chicken espetada, both came with potatoes and battered fried cauliflower, we both enjoyed our Espetada. For dessert, I had the Raspberry Pavlova and my friend had the Portuguese Custard tart, considering the price of the dessert I felt the portions were very small and they were over priced, the waiters were very attentive and friendly.

A great for authentic Portuguese cuisine, prepared and served by a passionate, enthusiastic team. I had mushrooms with prawns for starter and pasta with beef for main. My colleagues had the hanging kebabs. Highly recommended.

The meat hanging from the ceiling melts in your mouth. A delight from the staff. If I go back to Cardiff, I will go again.for sure

We ate here as a group of four on a Saturday evening. The restaurant was full so a good job we’d booked in advance. We ordered a mix of starters and then some sharing platters/skewers. While there was an abundance of meat and fish, the sides were a little light. The staff were very helpful and very friendly and provided an excellent recommendation on the red wine. Will definitely come again.

Lively atmosphere, authentic tasty food with estapada meat skewers hanging from the ceiling, and great service. Looks good for groups too.

Do like this restaurant, haven't tried the fish yet, but going by the quality of the meat dishes, It's going to be superb.

I've been to Ty Madeira on a number of occasions and enjoyed it. However have never been on a match day. Set menu was £42 per person, I asked for the scampi and beef skewers. I got 5 little bits of fried scampi and spoon full of salad on the side. We then waited some time before getting 4 bits of tough beef, on a plate, not even hanging. I was sat on the end and by the time the potatoes and deep fried cauliflower came to me there was none left. I asked the staff for some more and was told that there was not any cauliflower left. I was brought a small bowl of potatoes and some rice I instead. £42 for 5 bits of scampi, 4 bits of beef, rice and potatoes is not value for money. Please don't waste your money on match days at the Madeira.

Went for the office group Christmas dinner which was priced at 40 per person. Very crowded in the restaurant which is always a good sign that the food might be good. Was disappointed however in the quality of the food on the day. I had the sardines for starter which was burnt rather than grilled properly but honestly that was the best of the lot. The espenadas were massively disappointing as that is the signature dish. The lamb was really overcooked to the point where any amount of gravy couldn't soften this. Pastel de nata is a Portuguese tart - again I would recommend the ones in Lidl over this one. Guess if you have enough alcohol and good company the food quality is often forgiven and that must be the reason for the crowd.

Fell across this restaurant after bumping into a friend in St Marys Street who recommended it. Food was superb, I had the lamb kebab which they hang on a large skewer above your table. Meat was cooked perfectly to order and came out medium. Very reasonable prices for the quality of food. Fantastic staff, very polite and attentive. Would I go again.......100%

I can't recommend this place enough. Excellent food and professionally presented. You won't be disappointed.

So disappointed with our visit, we hadn't booked for Saturday lunch but dropped in on the off chance and got seated in what looked like a holding area. Large groups were directed passed into the back room which wasn't full but sounded lively. Admittedly, we haven't been since they moved into town centre but the food in Guildhall Crescent was always great. We ordered hanging kebabs and battered cauliflower and it came with a side of potatoes. Both sides looked and tasted as though they'd been sat around for hours, then reheated and the meat wasn't great. I'd rather they'd have told us they were fully booked than provide such a dreadful meal.

Kebabs and sauces were delicious. Friendly staff

Return visit with everything still as 5 star as before. Newly tried the cataplana (monkfish and prawn) - superb and generous portion. Mushroom and prawn starter is just incredible.

Delicious food and super friendly staff! Would recommend!

Had lovely meal here, lovely atmosphere and great service would definitely recommend a visit.

The service was awful. I ordered completely different things from the ones served and ended up paying 10 pounds extra, but that’s not the worst thing. The food was actually good, but the way I was served was just NOT right. The bartender took my order and he was very unwelcoming and not right for the job

Love it here fabulous food, fabulous service, fabulous atmosphere what more do you want..

I can recommend the scallops and the sardines.

Lovely experience apart from when the manager started shouting at his staff....

I really don't understand the high reviews here. VERY expensive for what you get for example a three meat skewer £24 it comes with zero sides of sauces these are extras. The meat was like chewing on leather the sauce that was ordered was like tomato soup and a side that they said they can provide because we had 10+ people was cauliflower...we had a bill for over £450 and I personally wouldn't have paid half everyone had some issue with their food. Bland under seasoned over cooked etc. Do not recommend

Arguably the best restaurant in Cardiff! Definitely has to be top three. Food is so good. Such good value for money

Absolutely brilliant celebration meal. We went to celebrate a number of birthdays, and could not have picked a better place. The food was really good, the staff were so friendly and helpful, and the atmosphere was very lively - it seemed as if every party was celebrating something. We will definitely be back.

I am so dissapointed, this place used to be absolutely lovely, now it is absolutely average. The staff are mostly still lovely, the wine waiter was not happy. The chicken dishes we chose were grim, the cauliflower was over fried, re heated saute potatoes., the artisan Potugese bread was in fact a white bread bun soaked in garlic butter, what a dissapointment. No one asked us about the food, so here is the feedback, dreadful. We shall not return and I am sad

Nice environment and overall very friendly staff. We ordered two Espetadas. They were good, however my high expectations and experience with traditional espetadas from Portugal had me wanting and expecting more.

Ordered set lunch at £16.95 with 2 courses. Starters (Grilled Sardines and Avocado Vinaigrette) were very good. We had Sea bream and Hake pan fried for Main courses. They were also delicious. Really good value for price.

Ordered set lunch at £16.95 with 2 courses. Starters (Grilled Sardines and Avocado Vinaigrette) were very good. We had Sea bream and Hake pan fried for Main courses. They were also delicious. Really good value for price.

Staff and food amazing will defo come again highly recommend

Staff and food amazing will defo come again highly recommend

Ci era stato consigliato da amici gallesi e ci siamo trovati molto bene. Propongono un menù turistico a 17 sterline a persona con due portate a scelta tra 6 antipasti e 6 primi, soprattutto di pesce. Abbiamo provato le sardine grigliate e l'orata alla brace, davvero ottimi. Il servizio è impeccabile, particolare menzione per il nostro cameriere Miguel, un ragazzo spagnolo molto bravo e simpatico.

Ten out of ten ! Amazing service. , amazing food ! We had scallops cooked to perfection - 28 day aged fillet which was unbelievable and we had 3 children who were treated amazing by our waiter . The children’s good was done by half on adults portions and they loved it ! Absolute gem of a place in cardiff - Thankyou

It’s amazing for any occasion , lovely food, an amazing ambience and absolutely perfect service . Had a great night . I had the sirloin steak and it was one of the nicest steaks i have ever had.

Even before we had eaten my husband already wanted to come back again. We both had the hanging kebabs which were fabulous and the cauliflower in light batter was delicious. The service was also amazing . We booked for 4pm on a saturday on a glorious day in Cardiff and the restaurant was really well managed and we will definately go back again.

Absolutely gorgeous place to eat genuine Portuguese food. As we had to go early a bit quiet but was filling up!

Nice food lovely service a bit expensive

A lovely friendly restaurant in the heart of the city of Cardiff. The food was excellent. Make sure you book in advance as it gets really busy

Food was very underwhelming, had scampi to start, I’ve had better at my local chippy! Lobster spaghetti for main, not cheap. Only about 6 small pieces of unidentifiable fishy stuff in a pile of ordinary spaghetti, didn’t taste like any lobster I’ve ever had before and I LOVE lobster! Also it was a beautiful sunny day and we asked to sit outside but were told that we couldn’t.

Everything we had was delicious.

Having just attended our daughters graduation, we decided to go for lunch. This place is a real find! Super attentive staff and a delicious reasonably priced menu, there really is something for everyone. If you're looking for authentic and tasty Portuguese food with a great atmosphere give this a try!

We had planned to go to this restaurant for about 2 years my due to recommendations, but just never got round to it because of where we live & trains. What a shame we didn’t find this place earlier. The food was spectacular, recommend the ‘beef inferno’ (mild spice, compared to the dish title but sooo tasty). The side dish that totally shocked my wife & I was the battered cauliflower. The sautéed potatoes were average, but we ordered a side of sweet potatoes & garlic mushrooms which were lovely. Our table was booked for 6pm. Quiet on a Monday when we got there, but it soon started filling out. There was a birthday across the way & the staff did a Portuguese 🇵🇹 celebration which was nice to see the small details of going the extra mile. Be aware of the percentage of the red wine as my wife needed a helping hand out lol! Can’t wait to return!!!!!

The food and service was amazing, gorgeous food definitely would recommend to anyone , the pictures speak for themselves 🔥

Fantastic food at great prices. Lovely grilled salmon mains, and try the onion rings and cauliflower in light-batter 😍.

👌 Before visiting this restaurant, I had already organized it through Google maps, I had a great adventure of going camping by bike from London to all over Wales, this beautiful restaurant with a wealth of good atmosphere and good service, excellent restaurant, good food rating 10 I will return with friends..thank you very much

Great restaurant with attentive staff and a very good lunch specials menu.

It was my husband Birthday just to remember him as he past away April ,and Tony love going there

I've visited this restaurant a few times and the most recent visit was the best. Food was superb, and was matched with great service.

We booked mid-afternoon which wasn't really necessary as it wasn't busy so atmosphere was lacking. The food and service were excellent and I heartily recommend a visit.

We stepped in to have lunch. Overall we had a good experience, though I felt a little rushed by the waiters to order, despite the restaurant not even close to being full. Food was good, not impressive though.