Bar en Route

Yay it’s open again! A great little wine bar with fantastic staff. Now they just need to make it a bit more warm, cozy and arty feeling and they have a winner

Tucked away on a corner of Cathays Terrace you’d be hard pushed to know this little gem was here. When you walk inside for the first time you can’t actually believe it’s that small! The main bar area as you go in is smaller than my living room and is furnished with wicker chairs and kooky little bits and bobs. I only realised last time that there is now a downstairs area too — which is great for adding more space but I have to say it smelt a little damp!
The real thing about Bar En Route is the atmosphere, it’s jam packed with candle-​lit ambience and is the perfect place for a relaxed evening with friends. Although it seems to get really busy there never seemed to be a big queue at the bar — even with the HUGE choice of beers etc to really make deciding what to drink a struggle!
I don’t really like beer (sorry) however I was very happy with my bottle of Gaymers Pear Cider — yum — and the boys I was out with informed me that the choices of beer and lager was fantastic. I think there is a choice of over 60 imported beers surely something for everyone.
On a different note — the toilet upstairs has some of the most interesting graffiti I’ve ever read and is just another example of how individual this place really is.
The staff are friendly (I think it’s family run), the windows nice and big to watch the world go by and you can snuggle down for an evening and pretend you are in some cool european bar. I don’t want too many people to discover this gem though, frankly I’d like to keep it all to myself!