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"There are quite a lot of cats in the garden."
Can "quite a lot" be translated directly as assez beaucoup?
Il y a assez beaucoup de chats dans le jardin.
What about translating with pas mal?
Il y a pas mal de chats dans le jardin.
I'm not sure if with pas mal we should use de chats or des chats.
"Pas mal" captures quite correctly the meaning of "quite a lot", but it's slightly informal (just a little bit). And like beaucoup, it's followed by de, not des.
Assez beaucoup is not correct.
Il y a quand même beaucoup de chats dans le jardin
