If you are looking for a restaurant at lunchtime that offers a quick service with some top quality…read morefood then I suggest you try Pillars. 'Pillars' is an underground restaurant that has a wide variety choice of food. They rang from salads to sandwiches to hot meals. The whole atmosphere of the restaurant is delightful and makes you leave with the idea of returning again. I have been to 'Pillars' many times because when I walk in there I know that I will get excellent quality food for a very reasonable price. When you first enter you can see all those glorious looking foods that look so exotic they scare me. So I stick to what I know and go for the hot meals. They are very basic like the bog standard Fish and Chips or Curry and chips. You are overwhelmed by the smells they give off that you will want to try everything they offer. The desserts look so edible that you want to just buy them all and take them home whilst watching a sad film. It costs around £7 per person but depending on what you buy they do have offers of 2 meals for £5 and offer a children's menu. This underground restaurant is a little gem in Cardiff and is constantly busy so make sure you get there early enough to get a table. Once you try their foods you will definitely want to go back there again.

This is an old-style lunchtime 'restaurant' down some stairs just off Queen Street (near Dominions…read moreArcade), and despite being a rather bizarre and tired-looking place it's often very busy - usually with lots of older people, weary shoppers, and families taking advantage of the cheap children's meals. You have to order your food at the hot or cold counter, then go on to pay at the till, then take a seat. The food is fairly standard - nothing exceptionally interesting, but plenty of choice of both hot and cold options such as salads, lasagne, fish and chips, jacket potatoes, soup and so on. Portions are filling and the prices are very reasonable. Make sure you know what you want before you reach the staff waiting to dish up behind the counter, though - otherwise they get impatient and make you feel like a bit of a nuisance.

Got a breakfast order to go - two poached eggs with bacon on toast and a regular coffee - and it…read morewas great. Bacon was especially tasty, and it was super filling of course. Decent coffee and super friendly service.

This newly opened cafe has put a fashionable spin on the predominantly 'old school' establishments…read morethat line Bedminster Parade. With its flashy aesthetic and sprawling presence, it is the antithesis of neighbouring old man pubs such as The White Hart. Sporting a spacious rustic interior, equipped with a wooden floor, an array of comfortably spread out coffee tables and side sofas, customers will find themselves spoilt for choice in the seating department. The food menu is also wide ranging, boasting everything from cake (and lots of it) to baguettes to main meals. Teas, coffees and a multitude of soft drinks can also be purchased here. In the evening, the bar comes alive and the place takes on a European style drinking vibe. So if you find yourself in the area, and don't fancy supping ale in an old man's pub, try Grounded for a more...grounding experience.

Quaint and traditional - that's how I'd sum up Refectory Coffee Shop. Tucked away in the City…read moreUnited Reformed Church off Windsor Place, this charming little diner is the perfect hideaway for enjoying a coffee or quick bite to eat before work. With its muted colour schemes, low lighting and austere furnishings, Refectory Coffee Shop reminds me of what Thatcher-era Britain would have been like, and I mean that in the most complimentary way - I tire of glossy, contemporary chain coffee shops (that means you, Costa, Starbucks, and Cafe Nero), and often search for good ol' home-style food at modest prices. The ladies who man the shop are absolutely lovely. Not sure how busy it gets in the early hours and around lunchtime, but around 10 am, it was a quiet haven from the surrounding bustle of Queen Street, as a few patrons flipped through their daily newspaper and enjoyed cups of tea with their meals.

Inside the lovely City Church on Windsor Place this coffee shop is always bustling and warm. The…read morestaff are fantastically friendly and are one of the main things I love about going for lunch in here. The menu is standard cafe fare with jacket potatoes, sandwiches, toasties and then hot meals as well. It's nothing cordon bleu but its hot and tasty and best of all really easy on the pocket! Get a tray and queue up to order and have a natter with the lovely ladies on the till, they make me smile everytime I go in! It's full of all sorts in here: local office workers, lots of older folk having a cuppa and groups of tradesmen sat outside usually! Also do breakfast fodder.

Excellent food, really lovely quiet place to do some work or catch up with friends…read more Really enjoyed my 'working from cafe' day there last week. I had a salad with a coffee and some water. The salad was amazing and the coffee was great. Highly recommended.

I'm a fan of this little cafe, for sure. There is certainly a quaint feeling about all of it, in…read morethe same way that cucumber sandwiches and knitting have a homely, even if you don't want to admit it, feel to them. This is a tea room which celebrates traditional Brutishness to a tee. Ha ha, see what I did there. I'm always pleasantly surprised that they have table service here; other places of the same ilk tend to have counter service. The staff are always friendly and efficient, so it is nice to see Truffles making the effort and just going that little extra mile. People who've ever worked in hospitality will know how much extra work they're making for themselves! The food here, while tasty, is, as Anna mentioned, rather limited. That being said, they have most standard lunch items that you could want. It's just not the beetroot and houlomi salad you might get at somewhere like Juno or Ocho Lounge. This place is homely and lovely, and good value for money. I for one sometimes wish that more places were still like this. I enjoy the absence of chrome and frappucinos.

When I used to live in Germany and came to Cardiff a lot, Truffles used to be my No. 1 stop!!!!! I…read morereally, really enjoy the scones they do - with clotted cream and strawberry jam. It is simply delicious. They do a great apple pie - with ice-cream and also cream if you like to truly indulge yourself! Oh, I had forgotten to mention that they do nice Floaters, too. This here is coke with vanilla ice-cream. I can recommend it on a hot summer's day in August. Truffles do good speciality teas and do not bang just the cheapest teabags into any old pot, something that you unfortunately get so often! My favourite tea has for over a decade been Earl Grey tea. I like to add milk. Truffles is situated very centrally, also not far from St John's Church, St Mary's Street with shops like Howells and Beanfreaks. In the past a Welsh-language literature shop called Oriel used to be near. There are pubs in the same street and opposite from Truffles more or less you find a cheap, good bookshop where it can be fun to browse. A little side story relating to Truffles: I stayed with a lady once who made me breakfast which was not very filling - so my first stop used to be Truffles again - for a real breakfast, not a cooked one - but some nice cake or toast - and the extra drink to quench my thirst and satisfy my big appetite! Only then my day could begin. The service at Truffels' is excellent. A smart waiter or a smart waitress comes and takes your order! I like the music they play - it is old and traditional. Christmas-time Truffels is really nicely decorated with tinsel - no kitsch but it is rather very nicely done. You can hear festive carols like I'll be home for Christmas, God rest 'ye merry gentlemen! and more. It can be busy though on Saturdays when the rugby is on (...) because the Millennium Stadiun is about four minutes away only. So during an important game, I once was given cold tomato soup. This is why I give only four stars. All in all, it is excellent - one of the best tearooms in Cardiff, if not the best!! CHECK IT OUT, MATES!!

I went to soho for a coffee and got useful advise about what to order from lovely Takiyah who…read moregreeted me with a smile, the passion fruit matcha was delicious which Issy made and had a lovely conversation with her! Over all a great experience, would highly recommend 10/10!

I was lured in by the promise of a delicious cold brew almond latte. Is that what I got? I'm not…read moreentirely sure: my cup was filled with ice, and then only 3/4ths filled with liquid (most of which was almond milk). I ended up binning it because an iced milk was not at all what I had in mind (especially based on the appealing advert in their window front). I think most of this has to do with the staff... I'll agree with what others have said - the service here is rough. I stood at the counter for an uncomfortably long time waiting for one of the three people working to acknowledge me. Even after they did, they went back to talking to each other. Eventually they finished their conversation to tend to the queue which had gotten so long it was out the door. Clue one that my drink wasn't going to be right: the cashier asked me to repeat my order a bunch of times. Clue two: when one employee asked another employee what the drink even was. Clue three: when my drink was thrown on the counter and they shouted out "the almond drink thing." Yikes. Bath is a city that's overwhelmed with amazing coffee shops - this one shouldn't even be on your radar.

Not a bad place, coffee is good and the food is fine…read more It's a pity that there is only a couple of seats outside the shop and it must be north facing because the sun is never covering the front of the shop where the seats are that well.

Love going here, friendly staff, nice food and good drinks.read more

Nice place to get out of the rain and use laptop. Quaint arrangement of outbuildings provide…read moreseating area behind the original train station waiting room which serves as the kitchen servery. The management might like to reconsider how customers are informed of when food is ready, or of delivering. I was told 15 minutes for food collection. Because it was cold and wet on the platform I went and took a seat. After 15 mins I had the option of taking my belongings with me- and potentially losing my seat, or taking my belongings with me, to collect the food. It was a fairly busy morning and my food wasn't ready. So it meant waiting around another few minutes and eying my belongs 30m away.

Wonderful spot. Excellent service (except one woman who I assume is married to the owner? Honestly…read morealways looks like she's licking piss off a nettle). But yeah - if you're in the area and fancy a reasonably priced and delicious light meal and drink, you literally can't do any better.