La Pantera

Cardiff's first independent back street cantina dedicated to Mezcal, Tequila, and Mexican street food. Walk ins only �

03/09/2024

NEW SEPTEMBER MENU!!!🚨🚨🚨

PORK TACO:
char siu pulled pork, lemongrass & chili oil, beansprouts

CHICKEN TACO:
brown butter bbq chicken, creamy slaw, cowboy caviar

VEGAN TACO:
chipotle & adobo chickpeas, spring onion & coriander rice, citrus aioli

TRUFFLE TOTCHOS:
deep fried tater tots, truffle aioli, parmesan, chives (can be made vegan)

🍹 COCKTAILS 🍹

RANCH ROSÉ: tapatio blanco, lillet rose, blood orange, soda

CARLITO: tapatio blanco, green apple, pineapple

RHUBARBARA STREISAND: tapatio blanco, rhubarb liq, vanilla, foamer

SUNSET IN SUR: siete misterios mezcal, elderflower, grapefruit

Anything catching your eye so far? Open from 12-late Tues-Sat

27/08/2024

What’s that!? A tasting? At La Pantera!!? No way!!

We know, we know. It’s been way too long since we’ve had you guys all settled in our upstairs agave den and done a tasting. We are sorry for the delay.

To make up for the long wait we have so rudely put you through, we’ve organised a banger for you.

On Thursday the 12th of September at 7:30pm we’ll have the absolute boss that is taking us through the amazing Don Fulano range of tequilas. If you’ve been coming to wet your whistle with us for a while, you’ll probably have heard us preach about this wicked brand and their top tier juice. If not, then trust us, this isn’t one to miss.

As if 5 tremendous tequilas wasn’t enough, your ticket will also grant you 5 paired small plates from our chefs. You better believe these all bang hard.

Tickets are £25 each and are on sale now. To reserve your ticket, email us at [email protected] with your name and party size and we’ll get back to you to confirm and arrange payment. We’re only releasing 20 tickets so we’d advise booking sooner rather than later.

If you have any further questions then don’t hesitate to give us a message.

**due to the nature of the tasting, we will not be able to cater to any dietary requirements**

Big Love

Photos from La Pantera's post 15/08/2024

For what will most likely be our last summer pop up-up in Cardiff, we finally head on over to just in time for you to crash straight in from your working week, and stay there until Monday(depending on what are saying about lock-ins👀).

*disclaimer: we in no way imply that they have lock-ins*

This weekend
Friday from 5
Saturday & Sunday from 12


Expect the usual tasty treats as well as a couple of throwbacks and some new additions and potentially some bonus tequilas. Swipe for the menu below.

Open as usual in venue also ✌️

08/08/2024

Due to how popular these little beauties by were we’ve now had a load delivered to us for you to grab! We’ll be selling them for £1 for you to grab as a gift or a treat for yourselves.

Just ask any of the staff to take home one of your own lil panties postcards. Again, a massive shout out to the talented for making these for us 🎨

07/08/2024

NEW AUGUST MENU 📢📢

Here’s all the new tacos, sides and cocktails for you guys to try throughout this month! (pictures to follow👀)

🌮PORK TACO:
hot honey pulled pork, mozzarella, cherry tomatoes & basil

🌮CHICKEN TACO:
buffalo chicken, garlic aoili, french fries, pickled celery

🌮JACKFRUIT TACO (vg):
peri-peri jackfruit, lambs lettuce, pickled onions

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🍹 ‘ARD LEMONADE:
tapatio, homemade lemonade & cider

🍹TALL TOMMY:
reposado, lime, agave, soda

🍹MEZCAL TOREADOR:
siege misterios, apricot, lime

🍹NECK ME EN’:
tapatio, pineapple, nectarine

Anything catching your eye? Open Tues-Sat, 12 till late pals!

Photos from La Pantera's post 26/07/2024

Hello you bloody lot.

This weekend and next, aside from being open in venue as usual, you can also catch us at (Friday to Sunday), where we’ll going off-taco and serving up some banging quesadillas and birrias, along with some deliciously deep-fried sides.

Here’s some snaps from our last stint at tiger yard, courtesy of , you should see this guy direct a food shoot.

Keep an eye on the story for the menu and some photos from tiger yard this eve!

24/07/2024

Hia pals!

Happy Tequila Day to all you beautiful humans!

Come slam some beautiful agave goodness from our pals into your faces!

Whether you like Margs, Palomas, T+T’s or just pounding straight shots. We’ve got you covered today and every other day (excluding Sundays and Mondays).

Come and see why we don’t shut up about this banging spirit.

Big Tequila Love

Photos from La Pantera's post 04/07/2024

Look how amazing these Panties postcards are - courtesy of the very talented ! 🎨

We have a few left in the venue to give out, so if you fancy taking home one of these beaut postcards just let us know. Viva La Panties.

🖤

Photos from La Pantera's post 08/06/2024

🍌 Nana Your Buisness
— Tapatio, Midori, Banana Liquor

As you can tell, Amber is enjoying the ever so slightly warm British weather with one of our new June cocktails! Open 12-late tonight for you guys to come sling tacos and drink some delicious cocktails.

See ya there Pals!!

Photos from La Pantera's post 05/06/2024

Hiya Pals!! Here we are once again, with a brand spanking new food & drinks menu for the month of June. We’re introducing:

NEW TACOS:

Cajun Chicken - cajun chicken thigh, maque choux, crispy bacon

Pastrami Tostada - pastrami, salted cabbage, russian dressing, emmental cheese (served cold)

Mac & Cheeze (VG) - vegan mac + cheese, roasted sweet potato, jalapeño, sage breadcrumbs

NEW SIDES:

Chili Dog - 3 bean chili, fiery onions, cheese, garlic aioli

Chili / Vegan Tots - 3 bean chili with cheese or citrus aioli (VG)

Phwoar, plenty to choose from this month. Remember, we’re open 12 till late from Tues-Sat and here for all the major events throughout Cardiff this summer. Anyone fancy a Lagerita? 👀

Photos from La Pantera's post 26/05/2024

Just your friendly reminder that we are OPEN today for the bank holiday! 12-late, what a bloody treat ey. We’ve also thrown in a little surprise special dish for you guys to enjoy.

Spicy BBQ Pork Loin Tostada
— Scotch bonnet & red pepper chutney, grilled tomato- £7

Photos from La Pantera's post 24/05/2024

The clock has ticked round to bank holiday weekend. The week’s been hectic, plans are circumstantial at best, you’ve potentially pieced together enough to keep you busy but you’re not too sure. We know how it is.

Well, you’re in luck.

Bank holiday Sunday- not only are we open until late as per usual in venue, but we’ll also be making an appearance at for their Tacos & Tequila event, including a mariachi band, live luchador wrestling and-can you believe it- us.

It’s the penultimate week of this month’s menu in venue(loves a rhyme), and we’ll be doing a different menu(attached) at depot.

We know what you’re all thinking- yes, this is your chance to grab a double dose worth of tacos. Bonus points for hitting both venues throughout the day/evening. If anybody can figure out the best pub crawl route from Quay street to Depot bang it in the comments for all to follow.

We’ll be at depot from 5 until 10, and tickets for what is sure to be a bloody raucous evening are available here- https://see.tickets/tt24

17/05/2024

Chinese Chip Shop Curry 🍗
- chicken, half n half (chips and rice), spring onions, mango chutney

Now this little beauty is everything you could want put into a taco. Right?! We’re open from 12-late all weekend for you to come try out our new food & drinks menu!

Photos from La Pantera's post 24/04/2024

This is the last two weeks of this food menu! Come on down if you haven’t already to taste these greek/mexican infused tacos. They’re banging (also excuse the sh*tty pun taco names, you can blame W***y for these)

🐙 DR OCTOPUS:
grilled octopus, cannellini bean puree, smoked garlic butter & fennel + orange salad

🐑 I NEED A GYRO:
welsh spring lamb, tirokafteri & fried potato

🥙 HAKUNA KALAMATA:
roasted red peppers, chickpeas, kalamata olives, crispy jerusalem artichoke, balsamic glaze

09/04/2024

Here we go again!

What’s up pals! Coming at your faces with a new menu for the month of April!

As you can probably tell, we’re trying to channel sunny vibes by doing a Greek(ish) menu. Unauthentic as usual.

This is also the first time we’ve done word puns for the food options. You can thank/blame chef W***y for that.

Anyway, you guys know the drill. Come down, slam tacos and tan some margs. Or Palomas if you’re really in the know.

Big Love
Yamas

04/04/2024

This is the last week of our Asian/Mexican inspired menu! We’ll be changing all tacos, sides and cocktails next week to fit a newly inspired fusion menu.

Any guesses/hopes on which country we’ll be visiting next?👀

Open from 12-late all week pals!

Photos from La Pantera's post 15/03/2024

New cocktail menu alert! We’ve got 4 new fresh cocktails for you guys to try over the weekend and for the rest of the month.

T.C.K.F -
Thai Chili infused Tapatio, Fresh Kiwi, Lime

BRAMBATANGA -
Tapatio, Blackberry, Lemon, Cola

POMIDORI -
Tapatio, Midori, Apple, Lemonade

TOMMYS BIRTHDAY -
Arette Reposado, Vanilla, Cirtus

Anything catching your eye?👀

10/03/2024

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v 🇫🇷 — We’re open today for the Rugby! 12-late, make sure to come on down to get all your pre and post match fixtures for all things taco & tequila!

C’mon Wales!!!!

01/03/2024

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus Pawb!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌼🐉🍺🏉

We’re Open 12-late Fri/Sat — Iechyd Da!!!!

Photos from La Pantera's post 22/02/2024

It’s 22nd of Feb - you know what that means? It’s only bloody National Margarita day!

Wether you like something classic, spicy, sweet or smokey - we’ve got all bases covered. Open from 12-late today so make sure you get your asses down to panties and celebrate the best drink ever made.

Will you be joining us for one?
(P.S: The answer is yes, always yes)

Photos from La Pantera's post 03/02/2024

ITS GAME DAY BABY🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
~
Welcoming the six nations back to Cardiff with Wales V Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
We’ll be offering our usual menu alongside a match day takeaway menu so you can get all your tequila and taco fixes pre and post match. We’ll be open 12-late today to celebrate a win or loose. Come say hello!!

31/01/2024

⚠️ NEW FEBRUARY MENU ALERT ⚠️

We’re coming at you with a brand spanking new taco & sides menu for the month of Feb! alongside 4 new cocktails for you to try also. This will be running right up till the end of the month so there’s plenty of time for you guys to come on down and try every. single. thing.

Anything catching your eye so far?👀

PS: Happy six nations week 🏉

30/01/2024

Well, well, well - would you bloody look at that. We’ve only gone and got ourselves nominated!!

Huge congrats to everyone else nominated and a big thanks to for the nomination 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Diolch!

& Thank you lovely lot for always continuing to support us - whether that be from skulling our margs or enjoying our ever changing tacos. We appreciate ya 🖤

See you in London… 👀

18/01/2024

Phwoar - just look at these beauties!

Just under two weeks left of our current menu before we change it up again with a brand spanking new taco, sides and drinks menu for February! What’s been your favourite of this menu so far? We are all head over heels in love with the Huevos Rancheros here at Panties 🍳

‼️ As some of you may have seen, we’ve also changed our opening days. We’re now open 12-late from TUESDAY-SATURDAY! Bye bye Sundays 👋🏻
**ksundays

16/01/2024

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new liiiiiife for me.
And I’m feeling gooooood!

*cue sick instrumental*

That’s right pals, as of today we will be opening on Tuesdays! Come tan some margs and palomas and slam some tacos down your gullets to your hearts content.

Tuesdays are in and Sundays are out. Be there or be Ric Flair!

Big Love

03/01/2024

Here’s a little taster of our new January menu! All with brand spanking new tacos, sides and cocktails. This menu will be running for the entirety of the month of Jan so you guys have plenty of time to get to know this menu inside and out.

We’ll be posting pics of the tacos/cocktails throughout the week, so keep your eyes peeled! If you’re eager to give these beauties a try then you know where to find us, open 12-late all week.

31/12/2023

HAPPY NYE PALS!!!! 🥂🥂🥂

We are open 12–late today, so come on down and bring in the new year in style with some tequila & mezcal! You know what to do. We’re still running our Lucky Dip cocktails until we run dry tonight.

Here’s to 2024 & another year of chaos!!

28/12/2023

Now this is what we call the lucky dip of cocktails.

For the next few days until we reach the new year, we won’t be having our usual cocktail menu. Instead, we’re offering you a range of surprise tequila & mezcal cocktails that we’ve served up throughout the year at a discounted price of £7!! (This is alongside all our classics of course)

Just let us know what you’re fancying whether it be something sweet, spicy or extra boozy - we’ll try and cater to all your cocktail wants & needs!

Who doesn’t love a pic’n’mix right?? 🍬

As always open 12-late for the rest of the week 🌮

Photos from La Pantera's post 24/12/2023

Merry Christmas Eve from all of us at La Pantera!! 🍻🎄

It’s been yet another fun December for us & we just wanna say a big thank you to everyone that’s come in and supported us over the last few weeks. 💜

Panties will be closed for the next few days for us all to celebrate Christmas with friends and family, however - we’ll be back open on the 27th as usual with a new food and drinks menu for you all to get on board with.

Here’s to an amazing 2024 pals! 🖤

18/12/2023

Panties Christmas/NYE opening hours! 🎄🔝

We’ll also be opening up tomorrow, Tuesday 19th, to give you guys an extra day this week to continue loving our Christmas menu! What a bloody treat ey?

As always, no need to book as we are walk-ins only.

Merry Bloody Christmas!!!!!

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5 Quay Street
Cardiff
CF101DZ

Opening Hours

Wednesday 12pm - 12am
Thursday 12pm - 12am
Friday 12pm - 1am
Saturday 12pm - 1am
Sunday 12pm - 12am

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