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Yugo Explore - Arofan House

2.0 star property

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Front of property
Reception
Reception
Free WiFi

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi
  • Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

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Vere Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 3DS
  • Place, Utilita Arena Cardiff
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, Cardiff Castle
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Place, Cardiff University
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Airport, Cardiff (CWL-Cardiff Intl.)
    ‪26 min drive‬

Room options

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Classic Studio

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Free WiFi

Classic Apartment

  • 5 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 10
  • 5 Double Beds

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Apartment

  • 6 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 12
  • 6 Double Beds

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About the neighborhood

Cardiff

With a stay at Yugo Explore - Arofan House in Cardiff (Roath), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Cardiff Castle and Principality Stadium. .This aparthotel is 1.9 mi (3 km) from Cardiff Bay and 10.4 mi (16.7 km) from Barry Island Beach.
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What's nearby

  • National Museum Cardiff - 11 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Utilita Arena Cardiff - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Cardiff Castle - 16 min walk - 0.9 miles
  • Bute Park - 16 min walk - 0.9 miles
  • Cardiff University - 17 min walk - 0.9 miles

Getting around

  • Cardiff Queen Street Station - 11 min walk
  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) - 39 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪City Pizza - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Ernest Willows (Wetherspoon) - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Hadramowt Restaurant - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Sparrow - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Mowlana - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Yugo Explore - Arofan House

Aparthotel in Cardiff, near Cardiff Castle
Yugo Explore - Arofan House offers 281 accommodations. This Cardiff aparthotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 50+ Mbps. Housekeeping is provided weekly.
Make yourself at home in one of the 281 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.
This aparthotel offers designated smoking areas.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and laundry facilities.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the apartment: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • No elevator
  • Designated smoking areas

Services and conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Weekly housekeeping

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • First aid kit
  • Outdoor lighting
  • Security system
  • Fire extinguisher

General

  • 281 units

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and outdoor lighting

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Yugo Arofan House
Yugo Explore Arofan House
Yugo Explore - Arofan House Cardiff
Yugo Explore - Arofan House Aparthotel
Yugo Explore - Arofan House Aparthotel Cardiff

Yugo Explore - Arofan House Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 56 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 56 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 56 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 56 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 56 reviews

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Zeeshan

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort

Good but

Weather is hot but fan is not available and you can’t hang your jacket you have a wardrobe but not hangers no hair dryer 🙁🙁
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Everything we needed for a comfy stay

Private, quiet, clean, and perfectly suited to our independent travel style. Staff was pleasant by and helpful. We had everything we needed for a comfy stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Tia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Superb Value Stay. A Walks Away from Cardiff Central. Pleasantly surprised. Would Stay Again. Very good value for the length of stay. Around the corner from the local shop/eateries and short walk away to central Cardiff/train station. Our studio room was on the ground floor at the front-so had some noise in the morning from the seagulls! but also the local sunday church singing which we enjoyed! The studio room had what we needed-bed was a bit too hard. Had to initially clean the room as they’d had a few managerial issues. There was also the laundry room, pool table/entertainment and outdoor space. Staff were helpful with any extras like a kettle/ cutlery/iron etc.
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Lynn

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Kitchenette has no cookware, Plates
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Tash

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good for a basic stay only down side was no kettle.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tayseer

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love it
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tayseer

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
👍
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

HO TAK

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 24 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kyle

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, room comfort
For student accommodation, the place is great, and it’s value is second to none. Likewise the staff were friendly and great to deal with. However, is a 20 minute walk to the city center, and isn’t in the greatest area. Giving it 5 stars as it’s better than expected and considering the price of hotels at the time due to the billy joel concert, a clean bed and ensuite for that price is incredible. However if staying in the future when hotel prives aren’t through the roof, would stay elsewhere in cardiff
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Fiona

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
This was a disappointing accommodation. Booked a self-catering studio room, which only to find no self-catering supplies were being provided. In discussion with on site staff, was told that due to the company opening more rooms for short stay this summer they were no longer providing self-catering supplies like plates, cutlery, cups, or pots/pans. This was not stated anywhere during the booking process, and would have changed our choice of accommodation if known. One positive was the on-site staff - they were kind and managed to find us a kettle and a few cups/plates etc, but beyond the staff being pleasant that is the only good thing about this spot. Further, the unit bathroom had a drainage issue in the shower that after reporting to front desk was not resolved. There was also no available rental fans for the suffocatingly hot rooms, and no AC in the rooms just the building hallways.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jinjing

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
excellent place, highly recomment
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Christine

Liked: Room comfort

As expected for student accommodation

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Joanna

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room on the third floor was unbearably hot and actually made me feel quite ill. Unpleasant smell of vinegar when you entered room. Hallways smelt musty. Do not recommend
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Ori

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Do not go, unless you're a student!!!

Room is not clean. Floor is so dirty that could not walk barefoot. Shower not functioning properly, hot water stacked. Bathroom not properly ventilated.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Yugo explore

Very good overall. Staff friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynsey

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff very polite and friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Steph

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property itself was nice, clean and great facilities. Would have loved my uni galls to be as nice as they were. We were in the ground floor and there was a noticeable smell of drains when we arrived. Area the property is in is very dirty. Litter everywhere! And just seemed grotty.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Amirtharaj

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 21 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Marcela

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property needed more cleaning
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

oluwatosin joel

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

NOELIA

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fridge leaking water Floor dirty Window super dirty Kind staff
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Barney

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This is student accommodation - so that needs to be taken into account. It was also cheap - which is great!! If you accept that it's a student hall - albeit new and tidy/ clean and basic, then it's great. I was down to watch the rugby and it was perfect for that. The area isn't terrible, but it is a student area, so a bit noisy on a Saturday night at 2:30am. Big downside is no parking on site. Having said that, you can park within a few minutes walk. And it's really convenient for the city centre, and an easy walk. Overall - great value for money, good towels, clean, free pool and a vending machine on site. My room had a fridge, micro/convection oven/ sink etc - as it's self catering student accommodation. Would I go again - yes.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Kathryn

Brilliant
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023