Premier Inn Cardiff Bay

Hotels
Premier Inn
7.8 (24 reviews)
Bute Place,Cardiff,South Wales,South Wales , Cardiff , GB

Facilities

Parking
Air conditioning
Restaurant
Breakfast available (surcharge)

Review Highlights

Pros:
Friendly and accommodating staff
Great location for attractions
Cons:
Cleanliness issues noted
Sleep guarantee not met

Categories

Cleanliness
6.63
Some issues with dust and bathroom cleanliness mentioned, which affected the overall experience.
Service
8.6
Staff was noted as friendly and accommodating throughout the reviews, enhancing the experience.
Location
8.64
The hotel is conveniently located near Cardiff Bay and Millennium Stadium, which was positively mentioned.
Room Quality
7.59
Rooms were generally comfortable, although some cleanliness issues were noted.
Amenities
7.62
Basic amenities provided, but there were no standout features mentioned other than standard offerings.
Value for Money
7.58
Mixed feelings on value received; some complaints about promises not met regarding sleep guarantee.
Food and Beverage
7.63
Mention of a free breakfast offered as a gesture, but specific food quality wasn't detailed.
Overall Experience
8.1
Overall a positive experience despite some setbacks; staff efforts were particularly noted.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-01-07 10:41

Property Description

Welcome to Premier Inn Cardiff Bay, where comfort meets convenience in the heart of Cardiff!

Ideal Location
Nestled in a prime spot, our hotel grants you easy access to Cardiff’s vibrant attractions, from the bustling Mermaid Quay waterfront to the historical charm of Cardiff Castle.

Gourmet Dining
Savor delicious culinary offerings at our in-house Thyme restaurant, where fresh, mouth-watering dishes await to delight your taste buds after a day of exploration.

Unwind in Comfort
Relax and rejuvenate in our cozy rooms equipped with luxurious Hypnos beds, ensuring a restful night's sleep for an enjoyable stay.

Book your getaway today and immerse yourself in the charm of Cardiff!

Important information:

TThere is no on-site parking at this hotel. Chargeable off-site parking is available at Q- Park Cardiff Bay (CF10 4PH) adjacent to the hotel This car park only accepts card payments. Hotel guests benefit from a 25% discount at Q-Park, currently £11.20 per 24hrs, without discount £15 per 24hrs. Rates are subject to change by Q-Park. Guests should get their parking tickets validated on the table at the main door in Reception before departure to receive the discounted rate. A validated ticket valid for 1 entry only, leaving the car park and re-entering will incur a new charge. Discount isn’t available on pre-paid parking, A 2m height restriction applies to this car park.
Follow the Cardiff Bay Link Road (A4232) into Cardiff Bay. At Queens Gate Roundabout, take the exit onto A4234. Follow the A4234 over two roundabout leading onto Hemingway Rd. Turn left onto Lloyd George Ave (A470) then turn left onto Bute Pl. The hotel will be on your left.

Check-in and check-out hours:

Location

Guest Reviews

7.8
Based on 24 reviews
Cleanliness: 6.63
Service: 8.6
Location: 8.64
Room Quality: 7.59
Amenities: 7.62
Value for Money: 7.58
Food and Beverage: 7.63
Overall Experience: 8.1
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Welshlady90 Solo travel Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil County, South Wales, Wales
10
Brilliant hotel in great location for the WMC .
Pros:

Absolutely brilliant hotel ,location spot on for the wmc ,bed Absolutely comfortable,staff really friendly and welcoming and accommodating spotlessly clean room and I'm happy as in my last review I mentioned the TV and this time the bed is facing the TV .Thankyou premier inn for a great night's stay and I look forward to booking with you again in the future .

2025-12-03 via Tripadvisor
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Giacomo_Squintani NONE Portishead, Somerset, England
10
Perfect for anyone headed for Cardiff Bay
Pros:

Perfect location for the Millennium Stadium and Cardiff Bay.
Reasonably priced parking at the adjoining Q Park.
Typical Premier Inn set-up - we had a great night's sleep!

2025-12-01 via Tripadvisor
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DebbieH1339 Family
4
Not A Guaranteed Sleep
Pros:

I have put this on here to make people aware of Premier Inn 'sleep guarantee.
We stayed at the Cardiff Bay site on 31/10 and 1/11. Our first night has to be said was the worst night sleep we have ever encountered - we always look forward to our decent sleep and with your 'good night guarantee sleep' Premier Inn you have never failed until now.
Early hours of the morning, what we now know is something to do with the extractor fan came on and stayed on with a rather loud annoying fan noise, broke all of our sleep and unable to go back to sleep. Although we flagged this with the very helpful lady in the morning at reception and she was very accommodating - will get maintenance guy on it. Our day was shortened and ruined as we were all so tired.
The helpful lady offered us a free breakfast to say sorry - although this was a lovely gesture, £21 doesn't quite cut the room we paid for to have a guaranteed sleep. As a result the maintenance couldn't repair it and would need to move us for our 2nd night eventually - which we did.
I written 2 emails with no response, even well over the time frame to contact back, so I made a call.

In the duration of the call, I did explain that I have never had an issue with Premier Inn before.
As a result of the call I wouldn't be entitled to a refund for the lack of sleep - even though that is your tag line and guarantee, because I didn't raise the issue in the first instance!!!!
Really?? Come on Premier Inn!
At 1:30AM you would want me to go and find a member of staff to complain to that maybe capable of resolving the issue (that we know now there was no resolution) early hours - and do what? So in the first instance of raising this issue would be at a reasonable hour at breakfast time - to say we didn't raise it in the first instance is ridiculous (we didn't go about our weekend and then complain). We went to reception before our breakfast at approx 8:30am. As mentioned before, even if the maintenance had come and looked at the issue early hours of the morning, the facts would still remain the same, that it was irreparable and they needed to get a contractor in to repair it and they couldn't move us to another room as hotel full to capacity (which we were told when raising), so the issue still wouldn't have been resolved if raised earlier or not.
I have sent a further email fao the manager of the guest relation team - no response.
Would be lovely for you to at least acknowledge the emails sent.

2025-11-25 via Tripadvisor
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Nishan family
8
Pros:

nice location and friendly staff

2025-11-20 via Nuitee
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Scenic45751607367 Couples
6
Cleanliness
Pros:

The room was a tidy size for me and my husband, the room was booked for 2 people but only had 1 bath towel, also found a hair in the bathroom. There was also thick dust all around the skirting boards as if the room hadn't been dusted for days. Apart from that the staff were friendly.

2025-11-06 via Tripadvisor
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plainm2017 NONE
10
Best of the bunch
Pros:

We have stayed in 5 different hotels this year and it was the best we have stayed in ,the staff was and are away brilliant even though I think they was short started you wouldn't have known because they worked so hard and never stopped. They all deserve a great Christmas party

2025-11-06 via Tripadvisor
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w32123 NONE Telford, Shropshire, England
10
Cardiff Bay Premier Inn
Pros:

Great location and the car park is right next to the hotel. Room was clean as was the bathroom. The curtains didn't let any light in so a good night's sleep is assured.

The breakfast buffet was kept well stocked, even at the busy period and is recommended especially if you have kids as they eat free!

2025-11-04 via Tripadvisor
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82MarkMark82 Couples Fremington, Barnstaple, Devon, England
10
Excellent hotel
Pros:

We stayed here for two nights. This is an excellent location to see Cardiff bay, also a 25 min walk to shopping centres, there is so much to see and do here. We found the hotel very clean, tidy, parking next door at a very reasonable rate. Staff were very friendly and helpful, we will definitely be going back at some point.
This is the best night's sleep we've had for a long time!

2025-10-31 via Tripadvisor
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Catbeth91 Business Leicester, Leicestershire, England
4
Disappointing Stay
Pros:

Room was not clean, there were dirty pillow cases on the spare pillows, milk carton rubbish under the table and dirty towels in the bathroom. None of the automated checkin desks were working so the queue to check in was long with only one person working. All in all, a poor stay.

2025-10-30 via Tripadvisor
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CriticalSooz NONE Gloucester, Cotswolds, England
10
Cozy stay on Cardiff Bay
Pros:

Extremely comfortable bed, brilliant powerful shower, cozy & clean room and nice complimentary water, coffee & snacks. The check in and out process was very easy and the location was perfect with a lovely view out of the window. A perfect stay.

2025-10-28 via Tripadvisor
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paulcC7772OG NONE
10
Really Pleasant and Relaxing Stay.
Pros:

Having stayed in quite a few Premier Inns and had nice experience most of the time. This one was really tops. Every member of staff possibly 6 encountered were friendly helpful and interested in us and helping us with what we needed. Really nice to be treated in such a way and it was unanimous across all we encountered

2025-10-27 via Tripadvisor
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W-R-D08092017 NONE Caerphilly, Caerphilly County, South Wales, Wales
8
Location location
Pros:

Good location, easy check in and friendly staff.
Room quite spacious and bathroom well equipped.
Breakfast plentiful and hot, excellent value for price.
Only downside was that the room carpet looked as if it hadn’t been hoovered. This did distract us from a pleasant stay.

2025-10-25 via Tripadvisor
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Road18279256817 NONE
10
I loved my stay!
Pros:

A super experience at Premier Inn Cardiff Bay! Easy check in, lovely view, super comfortable bed, immaculate room, contemporary and functional design with good bathroom, lighting and all amenities. Excellent breakfast.

2025-10-24 via Tripadvisor
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O9406JRtimh NONE
8
good location and breakfast
Pros:

reception area and bar area could be cleaner. everything else was great. a good selection at breakfast. staff warm and friendly

2025-10-23 via Tripadvisor
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stevenu326 NONE
10
Amazing basic room stay
Pros:

Arrival was super quick using the screen and creating our own key card. The basic room was a really good size and the bed super comfortable. Room well decorated. Food was amazing having had evening meal and breakfast. Will definitely use again

2025-10-19 via Tripadvisor
9
979jacquiy Family
10
A lovely experience with friendly staff
Pros:

Room was very clean. Staff were welcoming and helpful. The breakfast was really good. Freshly cooked and done to perfection. Ahashan The night porter was very friendly and my daughter and I were out in the bay until very late. He came and chatted to us to ask if we were enjoying our stay and engaged in a pleasant manner. I would return. We had a double room. Plenty of tea and coffee available for our room too.

2025-10-18 via Tripadvisor
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julesa626 NONE
10
Very satisfying
Pros:

Very clean, room was an excellent size for a wheelchair user. I just wish on the website there was an option for twin beds rather than a double. I think you have to ring to request twin beds. However we enjoyed our overnight stay and the food was excellent.

2025-10-17 via Tripadvisor
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Angel_kl2017 Business Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan
8
Strategic Location
Pros:

While the hotel is a little old, its close to a lot of iconic sites in Cardiff,like restaurants,the beach etc for fun and m

2025-10-16 via Tripadvisor
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Companion390944 Friends getaway
6
A 2 Night Average stay
Pros:

My friend and I stayed for 2 nights. It was basic but ok, until we found a toe nail and pieces of tissue on the carpet and a glue like substance on one of the towels. On a positive note comfortable beds, although didn’t try the breakfast, put us off !

2025-10-13 via Tripadvisor
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Explore43086692998 NONE
6
Not really worth it
Pros:

Good location. Room was small but nice. Carpet hadn't been hoovered for a while. Windows cannot be opened! Air-conditioning worked for a little but then switched to a higher temperature and would not go down. Think someone at reception done this, husband went to ask for a fan (none on site!) where the guy told him he would control the bedroom air con and would do it. Since then it was stuck on 24c. Was uncomfortable to sleep due to the room temp and pillows were like bricks.

2025-10-12 via Tripadvisor