The Angel Hotel

we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at The Angel. The location is ideal for visiting Bute Park, the Castle, and the city centre within a few minutes walking. A good local bus service with a friendly and helpful driver took us to the Bay area. We spent a very happy 3 hours in the museum and had a very tasty lunch in the restaurant. The staff at the hotel were helpful and friendly, I loved the chandeliers in the hall. We will certainly go back again to Cardiff and would certainly like to stay at The Angel again. the bedroom was comfortable although we found the bolster on the headboard was very uncomfortable and unnecessary.

the only problem with hotel were the noise from traffic and street (drunk students ect) rooms need secondry glazing to sound proof rooms. otherwise very good hotel.

I grew up in Cardiff and the Angel was seen as THE hotel (before Hilton etc) to stay at - all the international rugby teams etc stayed there. I supose the description faded grandeur fits best now. The entrance and publec rooms downstairs are nice but the guest rooms are dingy, in need of refurbishment and tired. Bed was comfortable but the window had to be left open to keep temperature bearable (not so good at 02.00ish on a Saturday night in central Cardiff). The room was dark in daytime as there was one small window overlooking car park. Car park itself was full and so we had to park in Civic Centre (meaning a trip out before 10.00 to feed the meter. I'm glad I spent the night there for old times sake, but other hotels (at same rate) are available and are of a better standard. For the record the staff were fine. For information we had room 310 - avoid it if you can!

we stayed at the Angel when playing golf @ Celtic Manor over 2 days which was only 25 mins away and gave us opportunity to walk into Cardiff in the evening and enjoy Cardiff restaurants etc

Pleasant two night stay at the hotel not sure I would rate it four star but I suspect we were not given a newly renovated room as it seemed quite old and not like the photos we saw. It was however comfortable, staff were pleasant and the breakfast was excellent!

I booked a double room, single occupancy for a very high room only rate for one night only through Expedia on 9 November (my birthday) for the rugby international. When I arrived I couldn't park in the hotel car park because there was a large white transit van blocking the entry route and there was a red illuminated sign confirming that the car park was full. Only when I went to the reception did the receptionist explain that there was plenty of room in the car park and that the red FULL sign was malfunctioning. By that time I had already parked in a multistory car park for £20. When I was checking in the receptionist gave me room 209. When I went up to the room I discovered that it was a single room with a small single bed and not what I had booked through expedia. I went down to the reception and explained that the room was not what had been contracted. The receptionist said that expedia had made an error and only requested a single room for me. I had a confirmatory e-mail message from expedia contradicting the hotel. They could not offer me another room because they were so busy and only when I enquired did they offer a small refund and breakfast as compensation. I felt that this was not sufficient but accepted their offer conditionally. The bedroom was small and unbearably hot. It wasn't a comfortable stay. When I went down to breakfast the following morning the restaurant manager had not been informed by reception that I was now on a B&B rather than a room only rate.

bedroom above big extractors which were noisy and no double glazing. Otherwise perfectly acceptable and top quality service from delightful and helpful receptionists who deserve high praise.

It was great to stay in a city centre hotel, which still had charm and character, and not your usual sterile clone chain hotel. Staff were friendly, and it was peaceful and not hectic in the morning at breakfast...perfect way to start the day....especially walking down the grand staircase into the lobby with the stunning chandeliers

Nearby parking available (at a cost) but good price for city centre and able to stay all of the next day. Check-in was slow but friendly. Room was good value. Seemed to have been recently painted but still retained some rustic charm (ie a bit rough around the edges) particularly the bathroom but nothing to put you off, just a bit tired. I'd stay again.