{"id":948590,"date":"2026-05-09T15:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948590\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:50:39","slug":"new-bar-to-open-in-cardiff-this-weekend-next-to-victoria-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948590\/","title":{"rendered":"New bar to open in Cardiff this weekend next to Victoria Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pig & Swill will have rotating ales on tap and small plates from the team behind a Michelin Guide-loved restaurant<\/p>\n

16:49, 08 May 2026Updated 16:05, 09 May 2026<\/p>\n

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The brand new exteriror of Pig & Swill in Cardiff<\/p>\n

Cardiff’s Victoria Park will soon have a new bar and taproom to visit.<\/p>\n

The Pig & Swill, found on the corner of Cowbridge Road East and Victoria Park Road West, comes with good pedigree, with the team who run Hireath across the road, behind it.<\/p>\n

Michelin Guide placed restaurant, Hireath is run by chefs Andy Aston and Lewis Dwyer who wanted to give their diners the option of somewhere to extend their evening after a meal, with a relaxed pint or wine.<\/p>\n

Hireath’s modest size means they had their eye out for another venue and when Parklands cafe closed on the spot by the park, they took their opportunity.<\/p>\n

The Pig & Swill will open to the public on Saturday, May 9 at midday after an opening party on the Friday night, tickets for that were sold via the Kickstarter to get the pub up and running.<\/p>\n

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The bar is right opposite Victoria Park <\/p>\n

Of course, it won’t only be open to Hiraeth diners, the tap room will serve craft beer, wine and snacks to anyone who wants to pop in.<\/p>\n

The bar will have 10 ales on tap, served on a rotating basis, and will offer a different sort of pint and vibe to the Victoria Park neighbourhood. From superstar gigs to cosy pubs, find out What\u2019s On in Wales by signing up to our newsletter here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chef Andy, who has been in the industry for more than two decades, said the new taproom was somewhere they wanted to “create a community feel” but at a quality and standard that they aim for across the road in Hiraeth.<\/p>\n

“We’re not looking to reinvent the wheel at all,” he added. “It’s just somewhere really nice to come have a drink, have a bite to eat and meet up with friends and family.<\/p>\n

“We’re also really keen to offer something different to what’s across the road. We’ve been really lucky that the whole street along here, that little road, are really supportive. So I think the last thing we want to do is to try and create a competition.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pig & Swill will have rotating ales on tap and small plates from the team behind a Michelin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,12502,4884,1889,280,37828,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-948590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cardiff","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-pubs","12":"tag-restaurants","13":"tag-things-to-do-wales","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116545417761765270","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}