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The Old Windmill, Coventry
Coventry
CV1 3BA
Served areas
The Old Windmill
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Strongers . left this review about The Old Windmill
The Old Windmill has a central corridor made of flagstones to the centre of the pub, midway along the serving counter that runs up the left, before turning into stone and running to the rear. A small carpeted seating area with a coal fireplace, wood panels and access to the bar via a hatch is found in the front left corner. I imagine this is prime seating at busy times. To the right of the entrance are couple of small seating areas across the front windows, the furthest right also housing an inglenook with fireplace. A carpeted seating area with a piano runs up the right opposite the serving counter. At the end of the counter on the left rear panelled wall are lots of old pumps clips and opposite is a small seating area with a round brick fireplace or oven of some kind. During a recent Monday afternoon visit five of the six hand pumps were in use drawing Bass, TT Landlord, Old Peculiar, North Cotswold Brewery’s Moreton Mild and Summer Solstice as well as Church End Brewery’s Stout Coffin. Premium keg was also available alongside Beavertown’s Neck Oil and the food stretched to rolls from the bar top. I thought this place was interesting and worth a look.
On 5th October 2024
- rating: 7
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Will Larter left this review about The Old Windmill
One of two pubs on Camra's list of heritage pub interiors that I visited, this one being of "special regional interest", while the Town Wall Tavern is merely of "some" regional interest in my book published five years ago, though I see now this has changed to "regional importance" and "some regional importance" on the website. Whatever. I found the Town Wall a more interesting pub, and I got the impression that this one had undergone more changes, with areas not part of the original pub brought into use in modern times: "...(an) area further back is a former yard now covered with a glass roof (and a) former outbuilding, containing the remains of an old brewery, has been incorporated into the pub". Although my visit was only brief and my perusal necessarily superficial, I nevertheless found this less of a pleasing experience as a pub, but maybe I just got lucky with the friendly staff and customers at the Town Wall, whereas the customers here seemed less inclined to talk and the staff likewise. Perhaps this is more to do with the layout of the pub, with numerous small rooms, and the bar which is small and doesn't facilitate standing and chatting. There were seven beers and a number of ciders, and my Kama Rama IPA from local Byatts was not among my favourite beers of the day, though in good enough condition.
Date of visit: 12th May 2022
On 9th July 2022
- rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Old Windmill
Another fabulous old Coventry pub that oozes character. The entrance corridor passes a room either side at the front, before you find the bar itself on the left-hand side. There are further seating areas to the right-hand side and beyond the bar.
Real ales on were Timothy Taylor Landlord, St Austell Tribute, Morland Old Speckled Hen, Blue Monkey BG Sips, Frothblowers Cloudburst Porter & Bedlam Phoenix. Ciders are listed on a blackboard opposite the bar, which is quite difficult to read, given all of the crossing out. As far as I could tell, the full list was Weston's Old Rosie & Rosie's Pig, Thatcher's Traditional, Lilley's Somerset Scrumpy (it did not specify which one), Rhubarb Cider, Mango Cider, Whisky Cask Cider, Collider, Ginger Bread Cider, Bee Sting Perry & Gladiator, Healey's Flattler & Peach Cider, Snail's Bank Mango Cider & Banoffee Pie, Dudda's Tun Salted Caramel Cider & Cotswold Cider Company No Brainer.
There were a couple of ciders I hadn't previously had on the list. But I panicked and ordered a Flattler. Time was ticking on, with 3 more pubs to visit. So, sadly I didn't get to have a second (or a third)! Still one of the best pubs in Coventry.
On 4th July 2022
- rating: 8
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- Accommodation : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No - Discount withdrawn - last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Darts : Yes last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes - Weekdays only - last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 27 March 2019 by ROB Camra
