Vivo Latino

We were really impressed with both the quality of food and the portion sizes at Vivo Latino. Combine that with great service and you have a South American recipe for success. We’ll definitely be back!

All very good. Great choice. New waitress, so a little unsure but helpful.

Its far from town centre, the place is really small inside, the vibe is absolutely dead and it looks nothing like the pictures on Opentable, food is very pricey, did not taste good and portions are very small for the price. The food we ordered actually tasted distinctly like Indian curries. The music is not great and the seating is really awkward in 2 columns. It was uncomfortable to sit with the awkward vibe so dined and paid within 45 minutes and left. There is nothing to like about the dining experience here.

We had a great night with delicious food. Love the vibe there too, thanks!

Had a really great evening. Food was excellent and the restaurant has a nice relaxed atmosphere. Cocktails went down a treat . Will definitely book again

Lovely food and service. Thank you.

Good choice of dishes including vegetarian options. Nice atmosphere.

Everything about this place is brilliant. A warm welcome on arrival. All COVID rules in place. The food is unbelievable, one of the best meals out I have ever had would highly recommend. I had the Peruvian Goat curry which was cooked to perfection.
Thanks for a great meal and hopefully see you again.

Don’t go by the menus published online or on opentable .. prices and options on offer defer in restaurant

We found that the Spanish menu wasn’t available with its 3 course set option.. prices also a tad higher on the menu provided in restaurant.. the open table prices differ from prices on their own website .. the good part - generous portions and tasty food !!

Food is delicious and varied. Some unexpected treats in the menu, particularly the goat curry. Service was excellent too. Looking for way to our next visit already.

Food was very good, prices were not cheap but not expensive either, the place was lovely, tiny and not very noisy, thing that I always appreciate, the only problem was service, that was a little slow bot otherwise everything was great. I highly recomend it, would go there again

Really lovely mood, however we dined here on NYE and there appeared to be only 2 members of staff serving. This at times resulted in slow service. We felt very sorry the serving staff who appeared, at times, quite stressed.

I thought the brucheta could have been toasted more. Other than that a very enjoyable meal

Great food and atmosphere. The staff were also amazing and patient.

Food good but we waited 90 mins for our main course. They had too few staff and they did well but were run off their feet. We asked for a discount and they agreed 15% on food only. Shame as the food was delicious when it came but we’d Waited for so long our appetite was gone!!

Excellent as always. The quality of food never lets me down

Nice decor, friendly staff, amazing food and cocktails ! Thanks

Great service, exciting menu, great food. You couldn’t want for anything more. Will definitely make a return visit.

Lovely food, good staff, great cocktails, will definitely return

Fantastic place with a warm and upbeat atmosphere. Would never have stumbled across it as slightly outside of the very centre of the city but well worth the journey. On a very busy Saturday evening the service was at a slightly slower pace but was compensated for with very attentive staff. Food was excellent and would recommend to anyone living in or visiting Cardiff.

Food and service was fantastic. The atmosphere was also fab. Highly recommend Vivo Latino.

Loved the restaurant,great menu,great food,lovely staff,brilliant atmosphere,what a fine,its a gem of a place,will be back when we come to Cardiff again x

Good food and drinks, nice little Latino oasis within Cardiff.

Excellent decor. It was dark outside so it felt like we were back in Cuba. Music and decor together created a truly South American/Latino vibe.
Delicious cocktails, although a little pricey. No different form other places though. Food was fantastic and the staff were happy to discuss making changes to dishes to make them Vegan for our next visit. Nice vegetarian and vegan menu plus meat options for my husband and son. Will definitely go back.

Lovely night and great food - thanks particularly to Alex for looking after our group.

Great food, great ambience and attentive service. Loved it!

Great staff, very accommodating and friendly. Food was lovely 👍😀

Loved the food but the service was shocking. Not the fault of the waiters who were reasonably attentive however the wait for food was inexcusable. We saw several tables leave after the starter's due to the lengthy wait for mains and we were on the verge of leaving ourselves until the waiter explained that ours were nearly ready. I could understand if they were a chef down but if that was the case we should have been informed. As mentioned the food was lovely and I loved the venue. I would definitely give it another chance but would expect better service next time.

Had to wait 1.5 hrs for food, no apology. Really rude waitress. Portion sizes small, not good value for money at all.

Lovely venue & food

We were a group of 9 and everyone really enjoyed their food. Portions were good. Service was excellent and background music was good too and not too loud. I would go again.

Excellent Food!

We had Great food and service - well worth a visit.

Great service and food, plenty to choose from lovely cocktail, all well presented

Excellent food, excellent service, looking forward to my next visit

Very good tex mex style menu with very attentive staff. Restaurants were booked out in the centre of Cardiff due to an event but we found that Vivo Latino were taking bookings - well worth the extra walk. Brilliant find. Glad to have supported an independent restaurant too rather than a chain :)

Wowsers, great food. And very tasty. Would go again.

Great food, bar service a little slow but they were busy

What a find,this was one of the best meals we have had in a while ,service brilliant ,all staff great,food superb.

We booked here on the back of trip adviser rating, as we were attending a concert that evening. It was slightly out of town, but only a short walk away, but at 4pm it looked an odd place from outside amongst a row of shop and nothing really appealing about the area. How wrong we were when we entered, from the second we arrived the friendliness and ambience was superb, friendly attentive staff and a great menu with very tasty food.