Coral Bay Cafe

A visit down to Barry Island is incomplete without a visit to a chippy and a walk along the sea front. This seaside town has felt a new lease of life since the popularity of the fantastic comedy series ‘Gavin and Stacey’ was partly set here. And don’t they know it. Here, there and everywhere shops and businesses are cashing in with ‘Oh! Wha’s Occurin’?’ mugs, tea towels and various other items.
Amongst all of this sits the Coral Bay Café, somewhere that you wouldn’t think was even aware of all of this. It’s a Chinese/​British fusion place. That may seem odd to someone unfamiliar with Cardiff cuisine, but it’s reasonably normal. ‘Half ‘n’ half’ means you’d like your Chinese meal of choice with half rice and half chips.
Even though I began this review talking about chippies it seems I’m now talking about Chinese food, but that’s OK, I’ll recover this: The Chinese food here is really great, but I’d say where they excel is in their chips, they rival some of the other dedicated chippies in the area, and that’s saying something. I wish I could say I’ve sampled them all, but I’ve simply not had the time or the spare arteries to do it, but I’d say that Coral Bay Café offer some of the best in the area.