Address: Ryder St (off Cathedral St), Cardiff, CF11 9BR

Telephone number: 029 2022 7842

Website: N/A

Date of visit: 28 November 2009

Approximate cost per head: Around £5

Comments on wine list/beer: Brains, Everad Tiger, Becks etc

Summary:
OK, so what is a squash club doing on BottlesandCooks.com?

The answer is Rugby!

I was at the Wales v Australia game – the less said the better – and I ended up here.

There are plenty places in Cardiff to park – park and ride is best if you want to go straight after the game. The other two places are the multi-stories near the Meridian Hotel and Newport Station – a short train ride away and you bypass all the congestion. However, beware, as on the 28, they closed the line to Newport because of bad weather.

On the other hand, you can park, drink and eat at the Squash Club – 15 minutes walk to the Millennium Stadium (West Gate). Sober up during the game – after moderate drinking  – and go home.

Parking is £5 per car and admission to the club is £2 per head for non members. No bouncers, no ques!

The food is not haute cuisine. Pie chips and peas, curry, burger, hotdog etc. Meals start at £4.50 and they put gravy on everything. So if you don’t want gravy, say so. Food is served all day.

Eddie