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Old Windmill, Coventry

Spon Street
Coventry
CV1 3BA

Phone: 02476251717

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Coventry Central

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Quinno _ left this review about Old Windmill

Has had a scrub since my last visit and is a lot nicer for it; internally it remains pretty much as I remembered, a tight warren with a central corridor. Prices are expensive for Cov but I suppose that you are paying for the upkeep of the surrounds. Really good cask selection and good quality too – I went for Bass (NBSS 4) and Notts Mild (3.5). Cobs available for £3.50. Probably the best bet in the city centre for traditionalists, certainly whilst the unfortunate Town Wall Tavern veers in and out of operators at an alarming rate. 8.5

November 2011
Located on ‘Medieval Spon Street’ as the tourist literature and signage likes to call it, along with a number of other pubs and bars, this is a GBG-listed traditional pub with quite a bit of character and CAMRA Heritage listed. There are a number of small rooms off the central corridor which leads into the larger main bar area (check out the leaded windows in the ceiling), to the right rear of which is another small room though this was full of pub clutter. The large seat at the rear of the main bar is either ex of a Hansom cab or has been well-made to look like one and I was pleased to plonk myself down here with my beer. Ale-wise, it was a fairly safe selection given there were seven handpulls. I went for Theakstons OP first which was a bit flat (end of the barrel?) followed by TT Landlord which was a lot better. Prices here felt a little higher than the other Cov pubs I did that day. The staff and clientèle during my flying visit were quite a rock/alt crowd which probably accounted for the enjoyably eclectic music being played, though they didn’t strike me as being overly friendly. There was also a large real fire on the go, which made for a nice touch on a wet and gloomy evening. I was also quite taken with faux-Medieval seat covers found on the banquette seating by the fire. Oddly the toilets were exceptionally clean, bar some weird hairy black mould flourishing all over the pipe work. Unless this is a Goth’s science experiment, why not wipe it off, given that the rest of it was all done to a high standard? Weird. Whilst I found the ambience at the Town Wall Tavern better and the ale selection at the Whitefriars superior, this is still a worthy visit and isn’t a million lies away from the train station. Rated 8

On 16^th September 2026 - rating: 9
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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 5^th 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 9^th July 2022 - rating: 7
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