Parallel - Cardiff

Parallel, proudly sitting on High Street, Cardiff, mirrors the cooking techniques and farm to plate ethos of the Pasture brand, in a much more intimate, experimental offer. The 30-cover restaurant, coupled with a constantly evolving menu creates an exclusive, immersive dining experience, serving experimental dishes which have been been translated in the look and feel of the space.

Parallel is raw and industrial, an aesthetic which has become synonymous to the Pasture brand, but has been realised in a more playful, expressive manner, through flashes of colour painted on the existing brickwork, and the energetic terrazzo-effect tile bar apron strategically positioned to act as a means of wayfinding through the space.  

You are invited into Parallel up a ramp, protected by a copper and glass decorative dividing screen, with the Parallel branding embossed into the side, acting as a beautiful draft excluder, as well as creating a degree of privacy for customers dining at the front of this relatively intimate restaurant. You are directed to the bar/ counter, accompanied by 8 stools, acting as the best seats in the house, as you sit front row as the chef’s prepare spectacular dishes in front of you. To ensure the rest of the diner’s don’t miss out on the action, smoked mirrors line the perimeter of the interior space, reflecting the theatrical cooking around the entire restaurant, ensuring every diner feels part of the action.