There is an amazing sub place in town, I think it was called The New York Deli. Only ever eat there.

which ones if so? I went to uni in cardiff, it's a great city you'll love it! (where are you moving from?)

DO

Get all your records/CD's from Spillers (worlds oldest record shop)
Clwb Ifor Bach - great live music venue and some good club nights
Try and see at least one Wales home game at the Millennium Stadium
Floyds Cafe/Bar - St Mary Street (Castle end), great little bar
Ditto Ten Feet Tall, Buffalo
Buy fresh fish from Ashtons in the Market - superb
Visit the millennium centre - awe inspiring

Don't's
Go to Town on weekends (as above). If its one thing I hate about Cardiff, its weekends in the city centre. AVOID
Cardiff Bay - overrated and expensive (esp. for students) Nice for a walk during the day, don't bother at night

What uni are you going to? And what halls are in Llandaff? Don't really know much about that area

p.s the 6th form college you are referring to is called Howells ;o)

i've been in uni here since september, i will bump this or PM you later tonight or tomorrow!

is Llandaff isn't it?

It's nice, you will be right by a big park which is great in summer time. Surprising how nice and green Cardiff is.

I've lived here for 5 years and still like it. If you're into good music and go to gigs you will basically end up knowing lots of people who do the same. It's a bit cliquey (but in a nice way!) for a relatively small city.

Maybe go on the forum here www.twistedbydesign.co.uk and ask questions!

near to the castle is a dead nice place to relax and have a nice cup of coffee, obviously go to Spiller's Records, The Welsh Club is pretty good too, same goes for The Point, Barfly is ok sometimes, although it's not the greatest of venues, Hobos sells nice old clothes too, generally amble about the shopping arcades to find nice shops. Oh and the Gower Peninsula, which has some of the best coastline and beaches in Europe in my humble opinion, is only about 80 minutes away (50 by train to Swansea, then get a bus out from the bus station in town). Basically it's a nice, safe city that's a manageable size and relatively cheap to live in.

is making me super homesick :(

I seem to have blanked it out though, I vaguely remember it being nice though

and loved it:

- the welsh club;
- metros which is shit but you have to go there at least once, it's an initiation;
- twisted by design (god bless gary anderson - whenever I go back to cardiff and go to twisted he plays Party Hard by Andrew WK and Come to Daddy by the Aphex Twin for me. what a guy);
- loads of nice little arcades and shops;
- mooching around the charity shops on albany road;
- having boat fights on roath park lake
- shakey-hand man and the guy with the toy microphone outside the queens arcade;
- loads of new stuff that wasn't around when i was there.

apparently there's a good music scene there at the moment. my mate is involved in a label called businessman records who have been releasing stuff by gindrinker recently. good fun.

there are downsides - as previously stated, town on a saturday night is pretty grim; if you're not welsh, town is best avoided on a six nations day; it's got its "raw egg" parts like any city. llandaff is nice though. (i hope) you'll love it.

cardiff is the home of sleeveface! my mate carl is responsible for this, he is a fucking legend.

http://www.sleeveface.com/

Chapter: lovely arts centre/theatre/cinema away from the centre with lots of nice beer too. A good place to get away from Saturday night madness.

Is Shot in the Dark still there? That was maybe my favourite cafe ever. Downstairs used to have ace greek tapas; upstairs with this cosy, late-afternoon-sunlight feel.

The bay is a bit rubbish for going out, but makes for nice trips in the day is there's a bit of sun. Techniquest is worth abducting a child to get into.

it will be a thing of beauty, and well worth the wait.

aahh many happy hours spent in the warm as toast, drinking white russians and eating club sandwiches.. Actually met my future wife there, she was a waitress / barmaid and I was the DJ.. 10 years ago, we're getting married in september, shame the place has shut down or we could have had the reception there ! Anyone else remember the TWAT ? Salisbury road..