NQ64 Arcade Bar - Cardiff

You know that feeling when you walk into a bar and immediately want to stay for hours? That's NQ64. Tucked into St Mary Street's bustling stretch, it's stuffed with proper vintage arcade cabinets—the kind that still smell faintly of 1980s carpet and ambition. Order a drink, grab your mates, and lose an afternoon to Pac-Man, Street Fighter, and whatever else is calling from the corners. The crowd's genuinely mixed: students, office workers on a Wednesday wind-down, groups hitting the town. It's got that rare quality of being both chill enough for a quiet beer and lively enough that you won't feel awkward showing up solo.