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Society Standard

79-81 Whitchurch Rd, Cardiff CF14 3JP, United Kingdom

Society Standard
Bar & grill
4.4
661 reviews
8 comments
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GR35+6C Cardiff, United Kingdom
+44 29 2061 1556
anythingbutstandard.co.uk
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Monday: Close
Tuesday: 17–23
Wedneasday: 17–23
Thursday: 17–23
Sunday: 10–17
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Young Yang
Young Yang
Decent atmosphere, reasonable food and average price.
The food is enjoyable, but nothing special. The burger wasn't offered medium rare, but was by no means dry. Unfortunately there is nothing that makes this place stand out from my first visit. I've heard good things about the roast, but that'll be another time I suspect.
Matteo Trisolini Longobardi
Matteo Trisolini Longobardi
From first impressions the place from the outside looks great, family friendly and inviting, the decoration is cosy, clean and relaxing. The food I would say was average to good which was a bit of a surprise but still a very nice Sunday lunch.
Lee Harding
Lee Harding1 year ago
A fantastic vegan and vegetarian Sunday roast, decent portion and so tasty, served with a jug of gravy and assorted sauces.
Tina - Full Name: Christina Keay
Tina - Full Name: Christina Keay1 year ago
This Place is fantastic ❤️❤️
Cool and Calming atmosphere for Drinks/Coffee 🍹☕ and Food is really great by all accounts.
Sunday Lunch meant to be immense 🥔🥕🥬🥩 with a great Burger too 🍔
Staff are very welcoming indeed!!
F C
F C1 year ago
Second time I’ve tried to eat here and walked away with an empty stomach...

Walked in for food this afternoon with my family and stood waiting to be seated (there’s a sign). The two women working studiously ignored us, walking past us multiple times, until we cracked and left. We were within food serving times. They could have told us they’d be with us soon or that the kitchen was closed. Instead they were incredibly rude.

The first time (some months ago) we did get seats but found out 15mins in that they weren’t serving food, again within advertised kitchen hours.
Cardiffgirl _
Cardiffgirl _1 year ago
Great place for a Sunday Roast on Whitchurch Rd (Veggie Option -Seitan, cauliflower cheese, yorkshire pudding & mushroom gravy) cool vibe, nice staff. I’ll be back to try the brunch at some point!
Daniel Woodiwiss
Daniel Woodiwiss1 year ago
The food was incredibly disappointing.
We had the truffle fries, garlic & mozzarella flatbread, leek & cheese croquettes and the Xmas mac 'n" cheese.

The mac n cheese is by far the worst I've ever tasted, I didn't even make it through 10% of the dish and I am an absolute cheese and carb fiend. The entire dish tasted like old dish water.
The croquettes were an embarrassment, I've had better from a freezer in aldi, although the panko coating was okay if you didn't get any of the filling on the underside of it.
The flatbread I managed to finish, with the help of many mayonnaise sachets, but without them it just tasted like oil
Bad texture, no flavour.
The chips started out okay, with some slightly crispy ones on top, then rapidly became worse after 3 minutes of being served. They were way too cold coming out of the kitchen to survive any table time. A bowl of soggy chips was not what I fancied.

The price of the food seemed okay, but then we tasted it. Bringing the value plummeting down. We left 70% of our food. A huge disappointment and a clear waste of time and money.

With the food out of the way, I would like to mention that there was no greeting, even when I approached the bar and stood right in front of the waitress. I had to interrupt her doing nothing to ask how we go about ordering and seating.

Then what brought the review from 2 to 1 star was listening to the kitchen staff swearing clearly in earshot of the guests.

Overall, a pathetic place to eat. The only recommendation I can make is that you avoid this place. I cannot find a redeeming factor anywhere in my visit.
Valerie S
Valerie S2 years ago
Great experience, highly recommend. The staff were delightful, all polite and helpful. Food was great and was lovely to see them preparing it in the open kitchen. Will definitely come again
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