Cardiff Marriott Hotel
A minute from the Customhouse Street crossing
About this hotel
Cardiff Marriott sits right where the city centre loop bends towards the stadium, a single minute from the Customhouse Street crossing that feeds directly into the St Mary Street pub strip most fans walk through on the way to the ground. Las Iguanas and the rest of the food strip sit three minutes away, useful for a pre-match meal that does not mean leaving the immediate neighbourhood. The fitness centre and kid-friendly rooms make it a workable choice for a family weekend as much as a fan trip, and the restaurant on site gives you a fallback if the streets outside are too packed to bother queuing. The 8.6 out of 10 location score from nearly two and a half thousand reviews reflects a hotel that puts you inside the loudest, most walkable stretch of the pre-match route.
- Near Customhouse Street
- Fitness centre
- Kid-friendly
Our take
This suits fans and families who want to be inside the pre-match crowd rather than watching it from a distance, with a fitness centre and restaurant as a fallback when the streets outside get too full. Anyone wanting a quieter night should look towards the Cathedral Road side instead. The 4.2 rating and near-perfect 4.9 location score back up a hotel built around convenience over calm.
- Book a room away from Customhouse Street if you want quiet, the crossing gets loud from mid-morning on a Saturday kickoff.
- Eat at Las Iguanas before noon on a lunchtime fixture, tables fill fast once the pre-match crowd arrives.
- Use the fitness centre the morning after a late finish rather than fighting the crowd for breakfast.
Why we love it
- A minute from the Customhouse Street crossing
- Three minutes from the St Mary Street food strip
- Fitness centre and kid-friendly rooms
- Right on the pre-match walking route
Why guests love itWe stayed here for a Wales match with the kids and the fitness centre gave us something to do the morning of an early kickoff before the streets filled up. The walk to Las Iguanas for dinner the night before took exactly three minutes, and being right on the Customhouse Street crossing meant we never had to fight through side streets to join the crowd heading down to the ground.