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    The seasonal menu at this cocktail bar inside Cardiff's Duke Street Arcade is organized by decade, so you can sip something from the era of your choosing while pretending your taste was always this refined. Tucked just off the castle, Lowkey keeps the music low enough for conversation and runs on table service, which sets the tone. It landed on the Top 50 Cocktail Bars list for 2026, and the classics are there if the concept doesn't grab you.

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    • Vice city

      “Split into decade time periods, this offer has included the 80s features Vice City, the 90s you can sip on a Wannabe, try an Eden Project from the 00s, a Pillowtalk in the 10s or a BRAT from the 20s.”

      Top 50 Cocktail Bars, 2026
    • Wannabe

      “Split into decade time periods, this offer has included the 80s features Vice City, the 90s you can sip on a Wannabe, try an Eden Project from the 00s, a Pillowtalk in the 10s or a BRAT from the 20s.”

      Top 50 Cocktail Bars, 2026
    • Eden project

      “Split into decade time periods, this offer has included the 80s features Vice City, the 90s you can sip on a Wannabe, try an Eden Project from the 00s, a Pillowtalk in the 10s or a BRAT from the 20s.”

      Top 50 Cocktail Bars, 2026
    • Pillowtalk

      “Split into decade time periods, this offer has included the 80s features Vice City, the 90s you can sip on a Wannabe, try an Eden Project from the 00s, a Pillowtalk in the 10s or a BRAT from the 20s.”

      Top 50 Cocktail Bars, 2026

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