Qype: The Canadian in Cardiff

Cardiff

Hmmm. Where do I start? There's a lot to tell about The Canadian. Some good and some not so good...
It's big - there's a skittle alley, a tabled area for food and another area with a pool table in the middle that can be moved away if there's an event on and a dance floor's required. They show sport live on a very big screen. Sometimes the landlord brings down his Wii and punters can have a play. Don't touch the man's pool cue though - made that mistake once in my ignorance and it got tense there for a while!
Went last halloween and they had the funniest band playing. I say band. There was a big guy on guitar dressed like uncle fester who amused the crowd by putting a lightbulb in his mouth and making it light up and a small guy with a black wig who looked a bit like Peewee Herman. He was the singer and I thought he was really good. Then I was told that there was an awful lot of backing track going on! I still thought he was good though!
The landlord and land lady are very friendly (they even offered us a tab one night when we were a bit short) and do their best to organise live music events and entertainment. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to let them down and the place can often be a bit dead. There are the regulars though and these are...spectacular! One guy spends all night feeding pounds into the jukebox and then singing along so loud that you can only hear him and not the track! He always seems to sing the same stuff though! Then there's the really really drunk guy that looks like a Thunderbirds puppet version of Noel Gallagher. He just sits there drinking, by himself, until he figures out he might not be able to get up if he has another drink. Then he goes home.
There are others, but these are the best of the bunch.
There's a little smoking area out the back or you can stand out the front of the pub (but not after ten o clock - they are mindful of the neighbours as the pub is at a crossroads between 2 streets).
The pub is in an awkward position and this can show. Some nights it's dead and on others it's buzzing and you can have a whale of a time.
Why not try it out for yourself?
Check out my review of The Canadian - I am Tommowinnie - on Qype