17/04/2026
Brunch in Cardiff can start to feel a bit samey after a while. Not in a bad way, just in the sense that you begin to recognise the same sort of dishes and the same formula turning up again and again.☀️
Recently relocated from City Road to 112 Albany Road, this Moroccan and Lebanese restaurant feels like a fresh addition to Cardiff’s brunch scene, not just in location, but in spirit.
Brunch can so often be reduced to two extremes. On one side, it is all grease and excess, the kind of plate that leaves you full but not especially excited. On the other, it is all polished health food, beautifully presented but slightly airless, as though it has been designed more for a photograph than for actual enjoyment. Casablanca lands somewhere far more interesting.
The new space on Albany Road is stunning. It feels inviting and thoughtfully put together, with a Mediterranean ease that settles over you the moment you arrive. When we visited, the sun was shining and it happened to be the hottest day of the year so far. The front windows were open, and for a moment Cardiff itself seemed to soften at the edges. The whole place took on a kind of glow, and the atmosphere felt less like a restaurant in the city and more like a pocket of somewhere sunnier, somewhere slower, somewhere you would happily linger for hours.🙏
We’ve just dropped our full review over on the website if you want to read the full experience.👊
Have you been yet?
📍Casablanca, 112 Albany Road
🔗 Link in bio for the full article
*We were invited down to try the brunch, but everything is based on our honest experience*
