Academy Espresso Bars

🧊 Summer weather calls for iced drinks 🧊

We've got a great range of iced drinks available for the summer at Academy Barry! Choose from:
🍋🍑 Lemon or Peach iced tea
🍦 Creme brûlée frappe
🍓 Refreshing pink lemonade
🧋Creamy iced white mocha
🍃 Vanilla iced matcha

We've also got a range of iced coffees available, ask a staff member for more details 👏🏼

Summer holidays are here, and we’ve got the perfect summer holiday treat for your little ones 💕🌈☀️

Grab our kids pancake and milkshake deal any day of the week! Choose from:
🍌 Banana and Nutella pancakes
🫐 Maple and blueberry pancakes
🍦 Biscoff and ice cream pancakes

There’s also a choice of strawberry, chocolate or vanilla milkshake 👌🏼 pick your favourite combo and enjoy 🥳

Available until the end of the school summer holidays.

We're hoping this LUSH weather is sticking around ☀️

Come and enjoy it with us this weekend! There's plenty of reasons you should (a bloody cracking quiz and some amazing street food to name a couple!)

We've also got great drinks deals on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 5pm at Academy Barry. Grab 2 for £12 on cocktails, and when you buy 2 large glasses of the same wine, you can get the rest of the bottle free! Rosé in the sun anyone? 😉

🌈 School's nearly out for the summer! 🌈

Bring your little ones down to kick start the holidays here with us at Academy Barry at our summer party on Sunday 21st July.

We'll have an hour and a half of disco fun with live DJ, games and a kids buffet. While the kids are having a blast, order yourself a drink and sit back and relax! Tickets are £10 per child and include entertainment and food 👏🏼

Celebrate the start of the summer holidays the right way! 🥳☀️

Book your tickets now via https://www.designmynight.com/uk/bars/wales/297-rooftop-bar/schools-out-kids-summer-party?t=tickets

Cheers to mid week cocktails 🥳

Get 2 for £12 cocktails from 5pm every Wednesday and Thursday at Academy Barry! Try one of our new cheese or meat sharing boards too 👌🏼

This Thursday we have our open mic night from 7pm too. Enjoy your cocktails with some great music from some incredible local acts. Or you could try it yourself! Everyone is welcome, just come down and sign yourself up 👏🏼

July at Academy Barry 🥳

Don't miss out on our updated Academy Eats evening menu! Delicious sharing meat and cheese boards are now available every Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 5pm. Perfect with a bottle of wine 👌🏼

If you'd like to book on to our kids summer party, please buy your tickets via - https://www.designmynight.com/uk/bars/wales/297-rooftop-bar/schools-out-kids-summer-party?t=tickets

Let's keep our fingers crossed we will see the sun soon! ☀️

We love to make coffee for the towns that love to drink it ☕️

Our speciality coffee comes from our friends at Clifton. We have worked closely with Clifton Coffee Roasters to offer a bespoke, delicious and rich house coffee from Brazil. Our team are always happy to share the stories of where our beans come from and the journey behind them.

Our APAS espresso blend has rich chocolate, hazelnut and raisin tasting notes, making a perfect cup every time 👌🏼

The new sharing boards evening menu starts tonight at Academy Barry 🍷✨

Looking to relax with a couple of glasses of wine and a delicious meat and cheese board? Meet up with mates or plan a date night with us 💕

Served every Wednesday and Thursday evening from 5pm. Why not sit outside and enjoy the sunset and a sharing board? 🌅

School's nearly out for the summer! Bring your little ones down to kick start the holidays here with us at Academy Barry at our summer party on Sunday 21st July.

We'll have an hour and a half of disco fun with live DJ, games and a kids buffet. While the kids are having a blast, order yourself a drink and sit back and relax! Tickets are £10 per child and include entertainment and food 👏🏼

Celebrate the start of the summer holidays the right way!

Book your tickets now via https://www.designmynight.com/uk/bars/wales/297-rooftop-bar/schools-out-kids-summer-party?t=tickets

On Saturday 22nd June we have the incredible Upbeat Acoustic Duo back at Academy Barry!

This time, you’ll be able to request *almost* anything from their over 800 song repertoire! They might even play your favourite song 🥹

They start at 8.30pm, so there’s enough time for you to come down and grab a drink and a bite to eat beforehand 👏🏼 You’ll need fuel for all that dancing! 🕺🏻

Date night never looked so good ✨

We’ve given our evening menu a delicious update. Our new sharing boards will be available at Academy Barry from next week, every Wednesday and Thursday from 5pm*. Choose between a cheese board, or a meat and cheese board, both served with bread, crackers, olives and chutney, and settle in for a picky tea with someone special. (We aren’t here to judge if you’re not sharing though…)

Perfect for those slow lazy evenings with a bottle of wine and long chats 🍷

*Also Friday and Saturday when there is no street food.

June isn’t quite June-ing, is it? 🙃

We’ve always got fresh baked pastries and the best coffees around at Academy Barry 👌🏼 so grab a mate and have an afternoon treat, it’s sure to bring a bit of sunshine to your day 🌞

We’ll have the Aperol ready for when the sun finally comes out 😜🍊

Dreamy cheese pulls 🧀✨

We love our nachos 👌🏼

We're so proud to announce we are holding one of Barry's official afterparties for Barry Pride ! 🏳️‍🌈🥳

Join us on Saturday 15th June at Academy Barry to continue the Pride party and celebrate love, inclusivity and diversity 🌈✨

We'll have a DJ on from 7pm, and a special Pride cocktail available with £1 from every cocktail sold going to Barry Pride 👏🏼

We hope everyone has an incredible Pride month 🥳

🌈🌞 June at Academy Barry 🌞🌈

The sun is starting to come out, the weather is getting warmer and we are looking forward to a cracking June full of events at Academy Barry! 👏🏼

We've got live music, the Glastonbury Fringe is coming to Academy with live music and an open mic night; our usual street food, quiz and open mic nights, and party nights this month!

June is Pride month, and we have partnered with Barry Pride to bring you one of Barry's official Pride afterparties on Saturday 15th June! Come down from 7pm to keep the celebrations going with a live DJ playing all the best Pride hits till late 🥳🏳️‍🌈

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Delicious food and great speciality coffee from 9am, 7 days a week at Academy Barry👌🏼🥑

🍻 Fathers Day at Academy Barry 🍻

Come down this Father's Day, Sunday 16th June, and from 12pm - 6pm get any pint for £5 👏🏼 Perfect with one of our lunch dishes 😋

Whether he's a beer or a cider guy, treat dad to a pint of his favourite 😎🍺

Bank Holiday weekend is upon us! 🍻

Rain or shine (shine!!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼) we'll have a usual fab line up for your long weekend. We've got the quiz tonight - so come down and get involved in a bit of good fun on a Thursday evening!

Then, throughout the weekend there's great street food and, ending the weekend is live music from Jack Chandrinos 🎸🎶

We're open until 11pm Sunday night, so come down and enjoy a (hopefully sunny) Bank Holiday weekend with us!

This Bank Holiday Sunday at Academy Barry we have the amazing Jack Chandrinos back for another evening of great live music 🎶

He's starting at 8pm, but from 5pm we have serving up their tasty ribs. So come down early, grab some food and drinks and get ready for the music!

We've got a selection of new cakes at Academy Barry!

Our personal fave is this carrot cake 🥕 It's super tasty! Bonus is it's gluten free 👏🏼

There's plenty more newbies to try too, like our slices of chocolate fudge cake. We can warm it up for you too (its the best way to enjoy it in our eyes...) 🤤

Waiting for the mid week brunch-ers 🥑

You loved it last year, so we're bringing 90s night back to Barry baby! 🎶✨

We'll have a live DJ playing the best the 90s had to offer, from cheesy pop to classic R&B, and everything in between!

No need to book, just turn up and have a good time 😎

We’ve got an event that’s sure to impress you VERY much. 🤠

On Sunday 19th May, giddy up for an afternoon with bottomless Prosecco, delicious food and party with an incredible Shania Twain tribute on the 297 rooftop!

Tickets are £45 per person and include 90 minutes of bottomless Prosecco plus a delicious afternoon tea from 1pm. From 3pm a Shania Twain tribute is gonna getcha (dancing) good to all of her biggest hits….

Let’s go girls! Make sure you book your space now via the link in our bio 👏🏼

Just what we need on a Sunday morning 🤤

Aperol anyone? 😜

It's FINALLY the weather for iced drinks 🌞

⭐ OUR FULL BANK HOL LINE UP ⭐

Boy, have we got a great Bank Holiday lined up for you at Academy Barry👌🏼

Along with our usual great street food, we've got live music from two great acts over the weekend! On the Saturday night we'll have bringing the energy you expect (performing on tables IS a possibility...). Then for Sunday we've got giving us the perfect vibes for a Bank Holiday 👏🏼 We'll be open till 11pm on the Sunday, and make sure you take advantage of our drinks offers! (available Bank Holiday Sunday only, 4pm-7pm).

Live music, street food and even DRINKS OFFERS! 🍻 Cheers to a great Bank Holiday weekend! Lets keep our fingers crossed that the sun puts it's hat on ☀️😎

✨🎤 EUROVISION LIVE FINAL ON THE BIG SCREEN 🎤✨

It's that time of year again! Come and join us next Saturday 11th May for the Eurovision Live Final at Academy Barry! We'll be showing the whole thing on our big screen, so come and support your favourite country! Dressing up in that countries colours is optional, but very encouraged! 🥳

The show begins at 8pm. We've got street food from Ribs and Fibs from 5pm, so pop down and grab your table, some drinks and lush food before the show kicks off!

Who do you think this year's winner will be? (Obviously we are backing Olly...🇬🇧)

We are totally in love with our new special (and can’t stop drooling at the thought of it 🤤)

Come and try our 🥑 avo smash with hot honey halloumi 🍯, starting tomorrow at Academy Barry 😍 It just the right amount of sweet and spicy...

We promise it tastes just as good as it looks 😋

Starting May off strong with a big Bank Holiday weekend at Academy Barry! Expect amazing performers, great street food and good vibes all weekend 🎶🥳

The fun doesn't stop there! We've got our usual great quiz, open mic nights and more street food throughout the month.

We've got our fingers crossed that the sun will start shining, and we can enjoy some food and drinks in warmer weather very soon!