Castle Cafe — Restaurant in Wales

This is an unusual, quirky and unique small cafe perching on a corner at the top end of Quay Street, from where you can sit and watch the world and his wife walk by, either inside on a grey day or outside on the pavement under a colourful umbrella if it's sunny. The food is reasonably priced and freshly made and you can get an all day cooked breakfast including a mega sized portion, satisfying firm family favourites like cottage pie, lasagne and fish and chips and really good quality coffee. Cakes and fresh sandwiches are home made. April's Cawl is very popular here too. Staff are absolutely lovely, warm and friendly, chatty too if they've the time and willing to impart their local knowledge of places worth a visit to the tourists passing through. Steve, the owner, is almost always on the premises and is a larger than life character, jovial and funny and up for a chat about his little kingdom, the cafe above and The Cellar Bar below, which during the day is a vinyl and CD store playing music and attracting locals and visitors alike to browse and chat. In the evenings the Cellar transforms into an interesting live music venue with an open mic night on a Thursday and at weekends you will often find a good gig on here where local, national and sometimes international bands or solo artists perform. Musical tastes of the owner iare eclectic and so you never know what you might find here...from jazz, blues, folk, rock, pop, punk, indie,.....to psychedelic and even classical on occasion! The place is a treasure trove and well...

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...

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...