Kardomah Cafés

Kardomah Cafés were a chain of coffee shops in England, Wales, and a few in Paris, popular from the early 1900s until the 1960s, but now almost defunct.

[1] The company that created the Kardomah brand began in Pudsey Street,[2] Liverpool in 1844 as the Vey Brothers teadealers and grocers.

The original Swansea branch was at 232 High St, and known as 'The Kardomah Exhibition Cafe & Tea Rooms', moving to the Castle Street in 1908.

The cafe was bombed during WW2 (the Blitz of 19 to 21 February 1941) and was later replaced by the present Kardomah Coffee Shop Restaurant in Portland Street [9] which was opened in 1957.

It retains its original interior virtually untouched, including Formica tables with a design of coffee beans, sputnik style coat racks, mosaic tiled columns and dark wood panelling.