Cefn Mably New Penarth

11/06/2026

This Sunday we have Simon Buck and Shirani James as Buck Shizz back from 2pm for their Regular Sunday Shenanigans, you can also have a Sunday Roadt with the performance or before / after if you book via WhatsApp on 07487 755161 (Chicken, Beef or Pork)!

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11/06/2026

Another great Cefn Llwyfan with Francesca Dimech at the Cef! The next Cefn Llwyfan Open Mic Night returns on Thursday 25th of June from 7pm!



Next week (18th is the return of Mark & Louise and their Open Mic Night!

11/06/2026

Today at the Cef!

Open Mic with Francesca Dimech and her Open Mic Night for Singers, Musicians, Comedians and Poets as well as the World Cup Opening Ceremony from 6pm and first game of Mexico v South Africa from 8pm!

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09/06/2026

Live World Cup Football at the Cef!

On Thursday you can watch the World Cup Opening Ceremony and the first match from this years Football World Cup 2026 featuring one of the host nations Mexico against South Africa!

On Friday you can watch Canada v Bosnia & Herzegovina!

On Saturday you can watch Qatar v Switzerland and Brazil v Morocco!

On Sunday you can watch Germany v Curacao & Netherlands v Japan!

All day every day throughout the World Cup there are World Cup offers!

Prebooking and table reservations can be made via WhatsApp on 07487 755161!

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09/06/2026

Fresh Home Made Pizza at the Cef!

Pop in and order or message us via WhatsApp on 07487 755161!

Available to eat in our event room, sports bar, outdoor seating area in the Sun on our Sun terrace, in the shade in one of our booths or for Collection!

Margaritas for just £8, Pepperoni / Hawaiian for just £10 or Meat Feast for just £12!

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09/06/2026

Today at the Cef!

The usual Free Softplay for kids up to 5 with food or drink purchasing adults, plus tea & coffee all day in our event room, as well as Happy Hour Drinks from 3-5pm in our bar or beer garden (just £3.50 a pint, single short & mixer or medium wine), plus sport on TV (Tennis from Queens and whatever else i can find), plus the usual free darts, free pool (including challenge the landlord for a drink), plus Fresh Home Made Pizza!

“Great Food, Cold Drinks & Good Times”

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08/06/2026

Part 3.

🍺 PUBS ARE SO EXPENSIVE: PART 3 🍫

Ok, let’s look at this again in the only way that EVERYONE understands the economy…

⏳ Minimum wage in 2005 was £5.05 and a Freddo was 10p.
🤩 One hour of work got you 50 Freddos!

Now fast forward to June 2026…

⏳ Minimum wage is £12.71 and a Freddo is 35p.
😢 One hour of work will now only get you 36 of them!

That's a 152% rise in pay but a 250% rise in the cost of delicious frog shaped chocolate bars! 📈

If wages had kept pace with the price of Freddos, the minimum wage would now be £17.68 an hour! 💸

By comparison:

⏳ Minimum wage in 2005 would get you two pints of beer per hour
⏳ Now, in June 2026, it will get you about 2.5 pints!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: pubs are not expensive. 📣

The cost of living is horrific. The external pressures on all of our finances right now are soul-destroying. We get it. Everyone is fu***ng skint. Everyone is struggling! 😰

But stop blaming pubs.

We are not being “greedy”.

Most landlords are earning less than ever - personally I earn less than £6ph for the hours I work, and I know a lot of publicans earning even less! 😔

We are effectively subsidising you being able to have a pint!

Because if I charged what I needed to, to earn a decent wage myself, I’d be selling beer at £12 a pint right now! 💸😢

TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS BELOW!👇👇👇
Because I’m, somehow, still getting the “but, they ARE expensive because…” comments! 🙄

08/06/2026

Today at the Cef & This week at the Cef including World Cup Offers!

Today at the Cef - Happy Hour, Free Softplay, Darts & Pool, Outdoor Seating, Homemade Pizza & Live Sport!



This week at the Cef - Happy Hour, Open mic, World Cup Football Live, World Cup Football Offers



World Cup Offers - Free Pizza Slices, Free Chips with Pizza’s, Discounted buckets of beer, shot offers and other daily offers! We also will be opening till 1am or 2am depending on games and interest in the late night games!



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07/06/2026

And the follow up! 🥸

📣 PUBS ARE SO EXPENSIVE: PART 2! 📣

Following on from part 1 post…

A number of people still queried “why pubs are so expensive”…

And a follower, Kyle Michael, has kindly allowed me to share his post below to explain things a little more!

So here goes…

🤔 What is so hard for some to understand?

🤷‍♂️ Pubs are NOT expensive, the perception of cost is being distorted by the lack of disposable income, not the price!

🏛️ Blame that on government, not the publican who has cut and cut and cut his profit to keep going!

⚖️ Let’s compare beer prices to wages!

Prices used below are the average in April each year, together with the minimum wage at the same time.

Year Pint Min wage %

1998 1.87 3.00 62.3
2000 1.99 3.60 55.2
2005 2.41 4.85 49.6
2010 2.94 5.93 49.6
2015 3.44 6.40 53.7
2020 3.72 8.72 42.6 **
2023 4.56 10.41 43.8
2024 4.77 11.44 41.6
2025 5.17 12.21 41.6

** pubs shut in April 2020 so used July figure, but VAT had been reduced so pint price was artificially lower.

📣 If pubs had stayed with the same % as in 1998, an average pint would now be £7.73!

🚨 YEP: SEVEN POUND SEVENTY THREE! 🚨

👌 Time to adjust your minds and expectations and keep things real, or you simply won't have any pubs left.

Sources:
ONS for Beer Prices https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/czms/mm23

Business Info for Min wage
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/national-minimum-wage-previous-rates

So what do you think? Are pubs being greedy? Or is it the government? Let me know below! 👇👇👇

07/06/2026

Interesting Read! 🥸

Right.
Apparently, pubs are “too expensive.” 😬🥵💰

I hear it every day. 🤯

Usually from someone clutching a £6 artisan coffee, scrolling TikTok on a £1,200 phone, while explaining how £6 for a pint is daylight robbery. 💎

But sure. The pub is the problem. 👌

Let me explain this slowly…

You’re not paying £6 for “beer”! 🍺

You’re paying for an experience, for a community, for…

💸 The heating being on before you arrive.
💸 The lights staying on after you leave.
💸 The loos being scrubbed (you’re welcome).
💸 The glasses being washed.
💸 The staff being paid.
💸 The licences. The insurance. The rates. The tax.
💸 The little bite the card machine takes every single time you tap.
💸 And the fact that when the cellar floods at 11pm on a Tuesday… it’s me in wellies.

You’re not just buying a drink. 🍷

You’re renting a space to exist in public without being moved on. To socialise. To make friends. To feel welcome. To belong. ❤️

Go and sit in the middle of ASDA for three hours debating VAR and see how long that lasts. Try getting banter from a self-checkout. 😅

Pubs aren’t competing with supermarket booze. 🛒

We’re competing with the idea that community should be free. 🏘️❤️

And here’s the bit I find fascinating…

The same people who mourn “the death of the British pub” are the ones who treat us like overpriced off-licences. 🍾

We don’t sell beer. 🍺

We sell:
👉 First dates that turned into marriages.
👉 Wakes where the real stories came out.
👉 “Ok, just one” that became the best night of the year.
👉 Somewhere to decompress when the world’s had enough of you and you’ve had enough of the world.

We sell a place to not be alone. 🫂

If you want cheap: stay on your sofa with a four-pack of lukewarm cans 🛋️🥵🍻

But PLEASE don’t confuse low cost with value! 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, I’ll be over here - overcharging for heating, chairs, and human interaction. 🔥🪑🤗

Tag a mate who needs to stop being a tight-arse and buy a round! You know the one. 😂👇