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19 unbelievably brilliant Cardiff breakfast places you'll want to be a regular at
19 unbelievably brilliant Cardiff breakfast places you'll want to be a regular at
We've rounded up some of our favourite breakfast and brunch spots in Cardiff so you can start your day right.
Breakfast is the most important part of the day, and in Cardiff, we're lucky to have a wide selection of cafes, restaurants, and cabins where you can feast on bacon baps, fry-ups, pancakes, and vegan eats
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Breakfast is the most important part of the day, and in Cardiff, we're lucky to have a wide selection of cafes, restaurants, and cabins where you can feast on bacon baps, fry-ups, pancakes, and vegan eats.
But with so many choices across the city, where do you choose? Who serves the best sausage bap? Where can you get a fry-up that doesn't cost the earth?
Luckily for you, we've rounded up some of our favourite breakfast and brunch spots in Cardiff so you can start your day right.
In no particular order, here are our top picks in the city. Let's dig in! For the latest restaurant news and reviews, sign up to our food and drink newsletter here
1. Longa
Breakfast from Longa
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Enjoy a top-class, homemade Turkish brunch in a relaxed setting at Longa's Whitchurch Road location. Their awesome brunch and breakfast options are so popular that they are now serving them all day on weekends.
They include dishes such as menemen, consisting of two eggs fried in rich, spiced tomato and pepper sauce and butter, served with Turkish Bread.
Another brunch favourite at Longa is Shakshuka, fried aubergine and potato in spiced tomato and pepper sauce with paprika. Served with Turkish bread.
180 Whitchurch Rd, CF14 3NB
2. Canna Deli
Located just off the King's Road on Pontcanna Mews, the Welsh-speaking Canna Deli is always busy thanks to its covered outdoor area. This local favourite effortlessly combines flavours from around the world with a distinctly Welsh twist.
From the brunch menu, try the coconut porridge with plum compote or, for something a little more filling, the deviled chestnut mushrooms on toasted sourdough, washed down with coffee.
Pontcanna Mews, CF11 9DF
3. Milkwood
One of our favourite Pontcanna breakfast spots is Milkwood
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One of our favourite breakfast spots in Pontcanna is Milkwood, a dog-friendly neighbourhood bistro and cafe focused on quality Welsh produce and seasonal specials.
By night, the Dusk menu features crafted cocktails, wine, and pizza on Friday and Saturday nights. So you can feast day and night, foodie fans.
We particularly love the Shakshuka dish for breakfast, which features perfectly oozy eggs atop a herby and spiced tomato sauce. Order a cheeky side of chorizo for extra brunching oomph.
83 Pontcanna Street, CF11 9HS
4. Hard Lines
Hard Lines is a small-batch Welsh Coffee Roastery that serves a mean espresso, gorgeous silky smooth flat whites, and pour-overs made to perfection.
Their cafe at St Canna Court in Canton serves a range of brunch and breakfast dishes alongside quality coffee. Typical menu items include loaded breakfast baps, pancakes, huevos rancheros, and banana bread.
Cowbridge Rd East, CF5 1GX
5. Park Side
Park Side's brunch muffin
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Parkside has opened a second Cardiff location with sophisticated interiors and an impressive all-day brunch menu.
The indie business already has one cafe in Heath, which opened in 2021. Their new location in Lakeside, right by the popular and gorgeous Roath Park, aims to offer a sophisticated brunch option while serving up established classics, including coffees, cakes, and cocktails.
The all-day menu features several new creations, like stuffed sourdough eggy bread with smoked bacon and cheddar, and buttermilk fried chicken French toast with hot honey.
The first Park Side is already loved for its cakes and sweet treats, and the independent bakery Carrot Top Bakery will continue to provide for the new Lakeside cafe.
6. Brød
Looking for pastries and coffee in Pontcanna? Try Danish bakery Brod for a little slice of Denmark in the 'diff.' It offers traditional Danish pastries and freshly brewed, aromatic coffees supplied by Clifton Coffee Roasters. The Sunday Times also singled out this hip bakery as being "unmissable."
It's the brainchild of Betina Skovbro, who combined her heritage and love of baked goods to the city in November 2015, since expanding to Penarth, then the east of Cardiff.
126 Wyndham Crescent, CF11 9EG
7. Forest Tea Rooms
You'll find no-nonsense breakfast food at the rather secluded Forest Tea Rooms in Tongwynlais
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You'll find no-nonsense breakfast food at the rather secluded Forest Tea Rooms in Tongwynlais. Look, this isn't a posh hipster cafe. Don't come here expecting deconstructed avocado on toast, okay?
Adjust your expectations, and you will have a fuss-free breakfast experience in a rustic and leafy cafe in the woods. It's a family-run business in a gorgeous forest setting that even has the odd peacock roaming around.
Heol Y Fforest, CF15 7JR
8. Servini's at the Summerhouse
Servini's at the Summerhouse
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Since Servini's took over the summer house in Bute Park, it has been offering a fabulous selection of locally roasted coffee, breakfast, and lunch sandwiches.
Eat al fresco in beautiful Bute Park and enjoy a relaxed morning in the outdoors. Their outdoor seating area is also dog-friendly, so you can take a break from your dog walk to grab a hot brew and a bap.
Bute Park Summer House
9. Ground
The dishes in Ground look (almost) too good to eat
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Ground Bakery is MasterChef star Thomas Simmons' coffee shop venture, whose first cafe was in the affluent creative area of Pontcanna.
It's an artisanal boulangerie and speciality coffee house and is just yards away from his hugely successful restaurant, which now has three sister locations in Canton, Penarth and Cowbridge.
This small and sleek venue serves a range of brunch dishes and baked goods, including (melt-in-your-mouth) overnight bacon, mushrooms and eggs, Llys Meddyg smoked salmon and eggs and house beans and eggs
15 Pontcanna, Cardiff CF11 9HQ
10. Bentleys Cafe
Bentley's Café on Wellfield Road is a standout among Roath's hipster cafe offering
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Bentley's Café on Wellfield Road is a standout among Roath's hipster cafe offerings. It perfectly combines old-school cafe vibes with modern decor and excellent service.
Take a seat and have a proper cup of tea alongside toasties, omelettes, massive breakfasts, and tasty avo on toast.
35 Wellfield Road, CF24 3PA
11. Wally's Kaffeehaus
Wally's Delicatessen and Kaffeehaus brings a little slice of Viennese coffee house culture to Cardiff
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Wally's Delicatessen and Kaffeehaus brings a little slice of Viennese coffee house culture to Cardiff. They offer a great range of continental breakfasts, open sandwiches, and strong coffee to kick-start your morning.
After breakfast, make sure to check out their foodie emporium on the ground floor. It's a real treasure trove of local European food and local produce.
Royal Arcade
12. KIN+ILK Pontcanna
KIN+ILK Pontcanna site is a stark and stripped-back bit of Scandi cool, smack bang in the tree-lined 'burbs of Pontcanna
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KIN+ILK Pontcanna site is a stark and stripped-back bit of Scandi cool, smack bang in the tree-lined 'burbs of Pontcanna. There's plenty of outdoor seating here too, giving this uber-hip café a real 'European neighbourhood' feel.
Try the delicious Turkish eggs slathered in creamy, garlic yoghurt or their incredibly moreish pancake stack.
31 Cathedral Road, CF11 9HB
13. Penylan Pantry
If you're in the market for hipster eats and ethical plates, head to Penylan Pantry in Roath
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If you're in the market for hipster eats and ethical plates, head to Penylan Pantry in Roath. They whip up healthy breakfasts packed with sustainably sourced ingredients and local produce in cutesy café surroundings.
72 Kimberley Rd, CF23 5DN
14. The Ivy Cardiff
The Ivy Cardiff
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Have a swanky brunch at the Ivy Cardiff and spoil yourselves with a range of delectable dishes in utterly divine surroundings. This eclectic city restaurant serves modern British and international Ivy-inspired classics from breakfast to dinner.
Typical breakfast items include hot buttermilk pancakes, The Ivy full breakfast, smoked salmon crumpet and avocado Benedict.
St David's Centre on The Hayes
15. Ramon's Breakfast and Burger Bar
The mountain of food was never-ending
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Whether it's modest beans on toast or a stomach-challenging mega breakfast, Ramon's is an iconic cafe deep in the student heartlands that serves up huge portions of your fave dishes.
Our hungry reporter, John, bravely took on Ramon's colossal Titan breakfast challenge, which contains a staggering 57 items. This breakfast trial requires participants to polish off eight rashers of bacon, eight sausages, eight fried eggs, six hash browns, six slices of black pudding, a pound of mushrooms, a pound of fried potatoes, a huge omelette, tomatoes, baked beans, three vanilla pancakes, four slices of buttered bread and another four slices of fried bread or toast. Read how he got on here.
64 Salisbury Rd, Cardiff CF24 4AD
16. The Secret Garden, Bute Park
Right in the centre of Bute Park lies the Secret Garden Cafe
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Right in the centre of Bute Park lies the Secret Garden Cafe. This hip park cafe serves up herby eggs, granola, and coffees that are to die for, especially after a walk around the lush green surroundings.
Bute Park
17. Let Them See Cake
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This homely cake shop in the heart of Victoria Park is one of Wales' most Instagrammable bakeries and rose to prominence after being featured on a TV show.
The perfectly pastel pink Cardiff shop front was revealed to the world BBC series Hot Cakes in 2022, which followed the delicious team as they bake their way into the hearts of the nation - and their social media feed.
Along with beautiful hand-crafted, stylish buttercream cakes, the bakery also serves brunch from Wednesday to Sunday. Expect pretty plates of Wyau (Forage Farm Eggs), Sweet Stack French Toast and Byti Bach (brioche buns with either smoked bacon or Teifi halloumi)
593 Cowbridge Rd E, Cardiff CF5 1BE
18. Milk & Sugar
Planning a chilled weekend breakfast? Milk & Sugar on Pontcanna Street has you covered. Part of a group of independent city venues, whatever you order is freshly cooked and will start your day off right.
You can tuck into a full breakfast, pancakes or egg benedict, or specials like flat iron steak. There's a selection of cold-pressed juices, and if you're feeling adventurous, try the chaga mushroom latte, which is described as an "immune system booster, energiser and mood enhancer."
79 Pontcanna St, Pontcanna, Cardiff CF11 9HS
19. Hiraeth kitchen
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Hiraeth is a small neighbourhood restaurant opposite Victoria Park, that's been making waves on the foodie scene. Known for its tasting menus and use of regional produce, including locally foraged ingredients and some from their own smallholding, it has exceptional eats in an intimate setting
Hiraeth has also been named in the prestigious Michelin Guide, the AA Guide and the Good Food Guide.
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They recently started offering brunch, which is currently served on Saturdays only. Expect quality produce from a monthly changing menu, perfectly plated.
