ibis Cardiff Centre

Nice clean and reasonably priced hotel in a central location for both nightlife and shopping. Interior décor is bright and cheerful and the rooms are the same. You could do alot worse than this hotel!

Very near to the Millenium Stadium. A very clean hotel. Friendly staff. They put up with me at 4am asking for a curry & rice plus a pizza! And they actually produced the food. It cost about £16.
The bathrooms are cute. The shower is very wide and is suitable for all weights and sizes. The bathrooms are like the Tardis. From the outside they look very compact but once inside there is ample space.
It costs about £60 a night week days and rising to about £65 at weekends. Breakfast is extra. About £5. I was never up to taste the breakfasts but was told it was a cold affair and worth the money.

This is the more central of the two Ibis hotels in Cardiff, situated a few minutes’ walk from the main shopping street at Queen Street and Queen Street railway station. Although the immediate area around isn’t all that prepossessing a railway line, lots of busy roads, tall office blocks you are only a short walk from shops, bars, restaurants and the sights of Cardiff Castle, the Millennium Stadium, and Cathays Park, which contains the National Museum of Wales.
Although the exterior isn’t going to win any architectural awards it’s modern and functional — the interior is bright and attractive, with a reception, lounge and cafeteria area all rolled into one. The rooms are your basic Ibis type, with comfy king-​size beds, a small hanging space, shelf unit and seating area, TV with (expensive) internet and broadband access, and the same carpet you see from Inverness to Bordeaux. The rooms aren’t particularly spacious, but are OK for a night or two.
Each room has an en-​suite ‘pod’ which contains a toilet, sink and a surprisingly spacious and powerful shower. Rooms are clean enough, although the ‘Guide to Cardiff’ in the information display in the bedroom an otherwise attractive hard-​back book — had tomato ketchup on the front. Yuk.
Like all Ibis hotels, check on-​line for deals, although it may be worth ringing as well. One glitch on our recent stay was that they tried to charge us the same (higher) rate for both nights, even though we had booked the two nights separately to get a lower rate for one of the nights. They sorted it straight away, but we shouldn’t have had to challenge them, and it was £20 difference, which in Cardiff pays for an evening meal.
Overall, it’s an acceptable (if formulaic) place to stay, but loses a star because for charging the wrong amount.