The Spon Gate (Lloyds No. 1), Coventry

I found this to be a very well kept and a well run Spoons. The service was excellent, the manager was chatty and helpful directing us to our next pub. This large one room pub was very stylish in deco and the clientele were quite upmarket. I went for the Backyard Brewery Fiesta, which was good. We visited here after the Windmill and to find this Spoons, you take a left out of the Windmill, you then come to a passage way on your left. This Spoons is thorough the passageway and just past the cinema.

Unremarkable 'spoons comprising one big bar with a raised area at the back. Ten handpumps, offering the ususal suspects plus a number of festival ales (although the first two of these went off during the pull before I got a reasonable pint of Otter Bright - very good value at £2.10). (NB - Review dates from October 2011.)

A large Wetherspoon's in an entertainment complex.A good range of real ales but not much more going for it.