Closed
Ballers Pizza
Their signature: Pepino Spritzer
The venues we've lost
Every venue here poured for Cardiff Cocktail Week and has since closed for good. Thank you to every one of them.
Closed
Neighbourhood Kitchen & Cocktails
Their signature: Strawberry Spicy Margarita
Closed
Revolucion de Cuba Cardiff
Their signature: Chile Verde Daiquiri
Closed
Revolution
Their signature: Blank Canvas
Closed
The Queer Emporium CIC
Closures come from Google Maps, which lists each of these venues as permanently closed (checked every month), and from venues we've been told have closed. Has one reopened, moved or changed its name? Email hello@cocktail-week.com and we'll update it.
Still pouring in Cardiff
Venues that have taken part in Cardiff Cocktail Week and are open now. Tap one to see what they poured.
- Aura
- Be At One
- Bill's Cardiff Bay
- Bill's Cardiff Central
- BOHO
- The Bootlegger
- The Botanist Cardiff Bay
- The Botanist Cardiff Central
- Brewhouse
- Cosy Club Cardiff Bay
- Cosy Club Cardiff Central
- Daffodil
- DNC Bar
- The Dock Bar And Kitchen
- Fizz n Flour
- Flight Club
- Flight Club Cardiff
- Gaucho
- Golf Fang
- The Ivy
- The Ivy Asia
- NQ64
- NQ64 Cardiff
- On The River
- The Philharmonic
- The Piano Works
- Retro
- Retro cardiff
- Roos
- Rosa's Thai
- Roxy Lanes, The Friary
- The Sorting Room Bar
- Thomas Bar & Restaurant at Future Inn Cardiff
- Turtle Bay
- Voco St David's Hotel
- Voco St David's Hotel Cardiff
What Cardiff Cocktail Week does for hospitality
Cardiff Cocktail Week is about getting people out to local bars and restaurants. The venues host and pour and we bring the customers.
Real footfall
Wristband holders plan their ten days around the line-up, so venues meet people who have never been through the door, often at a quieter time of year.
Money in the till
Every signature cocktail is bought at the bar, so the money goes straight into the venue's own till, along with whatever else people order while they're in.
Awareness
The guide, the website, social ads, emails and local press put every venue taking part in front of people across Cardiff.
45Cardiff venues across 2 editions of Cardiff Cocktail Week, with 43 different signature cocktails
What Cardiff venues said
A fantastic event showcasing Cardiff’s vibrant hospitality industry
Be At One, general manager, after Cardiff Cocktail Week 2025It was a great week, and finally great to see Cocktail Week launched in Cardiff! Wristband holders loved it!
Roxy Lanes, The Friary, sales & events manager, after Cardiff Cocktail Week 2025
Why your local needs you
A bar or restaurant is someone's first job, a regular order for local suppliers, the place you go for birthdays and the reason Cardiff still feels alive after six o'clock.
Costs have climbed on every side: wages, energy, food, business rates and VAT. When a venue closes, the staff, the regulars and the nights out go with it. The best thing any of us can do is simple: go out and go local.
How you can help
- Go midweekWeekends are busy. A Tuesday or Wednesday visit goes further.
- Try somewhere newPick the bar you always walk past and finally go in.
- Book, then turn upCan't make it? Cancel, so someone else can have the table.
- Leave a reviewA kind review takes a minute and helps the next person choose them.
- Bring the groupBirthdays, leaving dos and catch ups. Book them local.
- Buy a gift cardChristmas sorted and money through the door when it's needed.
- Back the VAT cutSign the #VATsTheProblem petition for a 10% VAT rate on hospitality. Sign it here.
Why VAT matters
Cut hospitality VAT
In the UK, VAT on eating and drinking out is 20%. The campaign points out that France, Spain and Italy charge 10% on hospitality.
The #VATsTheProblem campaign, led by chef Tom Kerridge and backed by UKHospitality, the British Beer & Pub Association and the British Institute of Innkeeping, is asking for a 10% rate for hospitality. More than 400,000 people signed its petition before it was handed in at Downing Street on 14 October 2026.
The Budget on 28 October 2026 did not cut it, so the campaign carries on. We're behind it.
Sign the petition20%→10%
VAT on UK hospitality now, and what the #VATsTheProblem campaign is asking for.
Plan your night out
Questions
What venues have closed in Cardiff?
Ballers Pizza, Neighbourhood Kitchen & Cocktails, Revolucion de Cuba Cardiff, Revolution and The Queer Emporium CIC took part in Cardiff Cocktail Week and are now listed as permanently closed.
How can I support Cardiff hospitality?
Go out locally, midweek if you can. Try somewhere new, book and turn up, leave a review, bring your group and buy gift cards from local venues. You can also sign the #VATsTheProblem petition for a 10% VAT rate on hospitality.
What does Cardiff Cocktail Week do for local hospitality?
For ten days, wristband holders plan their nights around the venues taking part, so they meet new customers. Every cocktail is bought at the bar, so the money goes into the venue's own till and the guide, website, ads and local press put every venue in front of people across Cardiff.
What is the #VATsTheProblem campaign?
A campaign led by chef Tom Kerridge, with UKHospitality, the British Beer & Pub Association and the British Institute of Innkeeping, asking the UK Government to cut VAT on hospitality from 20% to 10%. More than 400,000 people had signed its petition by October 2026. The Budget on 28 October 2026 did not cut the rate and the campaign is carrying on.
The next Cardiff Cocktail Week
Dates for the next Cardiff Cocktail Week are coming soon. Sign up to hear first.