Nick d.
Yelp
Being a cider rather than a beer man I'd never ventured inside Zero Degrees before but I'm glad I made the effort to because this place is more than just about the beer, which although I don't drink them I'm assured are lovely.
The decor is somewhere between funky and industrial and the layout is fairly interesting. There are two upstairs areas on different levels, a nice large main seating area downstairs that encircles the bar and some of the brewery kit, and (I think) two roof terrace bits that I didn't see myself but I'm told are nice places to be in the summer. The atmosphere's nice too, staff are friendly and helpful without being pushy.
I was at Zero Degrees for food rather than beer and I'm happy to report that despite the focus on the bevvies the food doesn't suffer. Our dishes were well presented and arrived very promptly, and I have to say I was very impressed with the quality of it (I had the seafood linguini and highly recommend it). As other reviewers have said, the food in here could rival the standard Cardiff's many italian restaurants, and though the menu's not huge it's certainly got enough to tempt me back again.
Drinks wise, as I say I'm not a beer man so I was focussing on Zero Degrees' other offerings, and again I'm happy to report that these are not neglected. The Rosé wine we had with out food was very nice and the staff bar afterwards offered just brilliant customer service. It was fairly quiet at the bar at that point so they really took the time to chat to us, recommend some drinks and even let us smell some of their different gins and whiskies so we'd know we liked them. I went for a boring JD and coke but next time I'll try the Woodland Reserve I was recommended, and my friend, originally looking for a gin and tonic, had a really nice fruity summery gin drink recommended and made specially by the barman. Them taking the time to chat to us really made us feel at ease, and had I been looking at their speciality beers I'm sure they'd have been equally helpful in recommending something that we'd like.
All in all an excellent place to go if you're looking for somewhere that offers something a little bit special.