La Marina Restaurant

You're walking down to the marina on a crisp afternoon, the water glinting between the Victorian townhouses, and La Marina appears like it's been there forever—because it basically has. This is where Cardiff comes when it wants actual seafood rather than the usual suspects, sat right on the working marina with boats bobbing past your table. The menu shifts with what's landed that morning, so you're eating what's fresh rather than what's on trend. It's the kind of place where locals come back because the cooking respects the ingredients and the view doesn't hurt either.