Chilli Flames Cardiff Central — Restaurant in Wales

Edit: added a star as over the last year, the food has remained much more consistent :) the food here is decent, I recommend. 23/01/23

Not particularly bad but nothing particularly great either. If anything, it's a conveniently located and somewhat reasonably priced joint in the city centre if you maintain a halal-meat diet. See it as a Nando-lite for a few pounds less and arguably a bit quicker. I've been going here since opening in around 2018 and the experience has mostly remained the same.

Food: First things first, on a recent visit I was served a raw, pink, ground beef burger. Pink all the way through, yes I'll repeat, pink ground beef - which is potentially very dangerous to consume when uncooked due to bacteria. It was busy at midday and I was limited with time on my lunch break so couldn't bring it to the staffs attention. I sadly threw the burger away.

Onto the chicken, it's decent. The chicken strips can be a bit 'rubbery', but other than that, the whole piece chicken is good. Often times, and this is across almost everything on the menu, the sauce is very often quite watery with a more bitter/vinegary taste than spicy. It doesn't seem to stick onto anything like what a marinade should do. It gets in the way both in terms of mess if you're eating a burger, and generally in the way of flavour.

To their credit, there is a fair amount on the menu to choose from. From burgers, wraps, salads, chicken pieces, it's good variety and there's also a decent number of sides to choose from too. Be warned that if you ask for peri fries you'll likely only receive a dusting of peri salt.

Prices are okay, acceptable. I understand that inflation has affected everyone but I can't help but feel their prices are anywhere between 50p-£1 too dear, especially when buying a meal.

There's not a great deal of single seating arrangements, which is a bother. You'll end up taking up at least 4 seats to yourself on one table if dining in solo which doesn't feel great when others are lining up with acquaintances. The premises is kept clean and nothing feels grubby, you can quite comfortably eat in, there's also a washing basin which is always well maintained and loaded with hand towels, so top marks here!

Staff can seem a bit stressed and busy at midday and peak times so you'll have to anticipate them rushing your order and forgetting to ask things on your order like sides/eating in or takeout etc. Other than that staff are polite and prompt to help.

Overall, if you've not yet tried chilli flames I'd recommend making a visit if you're in town. There's a good chance...

Found this restaurant online and felt that I must give a try although quite pricey within the Deliveroo App, however, with how the food was described and the reviews extremely favorable I decided that a Gormet described meal was worth a try as a treat for the family and I. I am so sad to say that the almost £45 Teatime Gormet treat was far from described and reviewed. The fries are small and dry, 2 of the smallest and flavourless Garlic bread slices (described as a side), again a tiny amount of salad inside the £8.49 Gormet Burgers alongside the half of chicken which looks no bigger than 200g all to be washed back with a Warm Coke and just to disappoint further.... A drink and fries were missing. I must however give 5* for the Burger Patty and the Rice (even though again a embarrassingly tiny portion). Delivered incredibly fast, hot and awesomely packaged. I do hope that the portion amounts are simply due to the current situation as I would try the food again but due to the prices charged it simply is not worth it to be paying almost £10 for a Burger and certainly not the tiny chicken. Sadly I feel completely ripped off,...

Great food for very good price! Service was superb, ordered at the counter & had the freshly grilled meal in about 15 minutes! 🍗 Had a variety of choices for the whole family, everyone was happy! There is a kid’s meal choice of nuggets, burgers, chicken strip or wings. I had half chicken seasoned with lemon & herb, it was rightly cooked & delicious! The grilled chicken burger was great. Spicy rice & loaded fries were excellent. The flaming hot chicken wrap was also delicious. Through peri peri, it was bot really that spicy, so all choices are excellent. 🍔 Highly recommend especially for families on a budget & it is right there in Cardiff City Center! 🇬🇧 Try it, you will...