TY MAWR ARMS | FOOD REVIEW
Graig Road, Lisvane, Cardiff. 029 2075 4456 / www.tymawrcardiff.com
As we are supposedly in the full throes of summer, it’s that time in the month when you ask yourself, ‘Where can we go and sit in a nice beer garden?’ Inevitably, you waste a couple of hours debating and end up in your usual haunt, or eventually find a decent little pub and are subsequently joined in it by half the planet.
Thankfully, the Ty Mawr ticks all the boxes for a decent size beer garden: great views, good pub grub and it also does a successful wedding venue service on the side. On this particular occasion – a beautiful, sunny Saturday evening – a gang of 10 friends and assorted offspring descended. The staff very graciously dealt with all our requests, drinks and various orders. Obviously used to dealing with a rabble, they were organised and patient.
The majority went for the homemade burgers: Celtic Pride beefburger, brioche bun, pulled beef, dill pickle and chips. The lamb-based equivalent also appeared, along with a couple of servings of honey and ginger glazed pork belly, garlic mash, fine beans and Aspall Cyder apple sauce – plus a selection of kids’ meals. We finished off with a shared mass of honey and pistachio cheesecake and chocolate and praline tart, with clotted cream ice-cream.
For a Brains pub the setting is great, the food is always fresh and homemade, and the drinks are varied and reasonable. If you venture to the Ty Mawr, you can’t go far wrong with either a lazy lunch or a few early evening local ciders, at a price that is reasonable.
words HARRISON FORCE