Little Man Garage

Great place to grab a coffee to go on the way to town or have a little sit down upstairs next to the fire. It's also a really decent place to work with £7 coffee for the day ✌🏻 Will be even better when they start serving food...

If you're looking for excellent coffee with interior that is stripped back and chilled this is absolutely the place to go!

I love this quirky little place! The stairs are v steep, but once you're upstairs it's a gorgeous cosy space with a wood stove and a view of the trains going past. The coffee is lovely and they have some nice cakes. Plus the all day coffee deal is amazing!

We went to the Little Man Garage for their barista experience. Such a fab find! When we arrived we were made a coffee each to enjoy by the log burner in their cosy area upstairs, followed by several hours spent learning how to make the perfect espresso and steam milk like a pro. Ash was really helpful and patient. I’d definitely recommend this informal and relaxed session to anyone who wants to know a bit more about the art of making good coffee!

Did the barista experience with Laura today. What a fantastic experience with a really knowledgeable barista. The cafe is great, a really laid-back, quirky place to sit and chill out with a coffee, followed by some hands on training and I feel that I actually know what I'm doing with my espresso machine now! Had the opportunity to learn what goes into making a perfect espresso and then how to use that to make a great flat white and cappuccino.
I would thoroughly recommend this to any coffee drinker

Coffee impeccable. Staff perfect. Place fascinating and off the beaten track. What more could you want ? Eliot

The Little Man Garage really is one of the hidden gems of Cardiff's cafe scene. There is so much more than meets the eye to the place, as the sparse entrance in a back lane leads to a quirky coffee station with an upstairs lounge which is great; a log burner and a relaxed vibe compliment the great coffees. We did the 'barista experience' and found it a brilliantly fun, informative and, ultimately, enjoyable way to learn about coffee and try your hand at something which is harder than it looks! Ash was a fantastic host for this; highly knowledgeable and extremely personable, so able to handle any questions without making you feel stupid for asking even the most simple query. It's an all-round winner and worth making a trip slightly out of town for. Highly recommended all round.

That's quite possibly as unique a little coffee stop as I've seen around the world… True culture makers at work!