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The Spon Gate (Lloyds No. 1), Coventry

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Unit 2M. The Sky Dome, Croft Road
Coventry
CV1 3AZ

Phone: 02476627300

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J D Wetherspoon

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Coventry Central

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Strongers . left this review about The Spon Gate (Lloyds No. 1)

The Spon Gate is an open plan Lloyds No. 1 with a mirror backed bar counter up the left that faces a row of high tables before a sea of standard tables up the right. At the rear is some raised seating and there was some very low, hardly audible, background music playing during a recent late Monday afternoon visit. The two banks of five hand pumps were drawing the usual three suspects alongside Brain’s SA Gold, Adnam’s Ghost Ship, Burton Bridge’s Bitter, Wolf Brewery’s Coyote and a couple of ciders, Snails Bank’s Raspberry Ripple and Moonshine.

On 5^th October 2024 - rating: 5
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Spon Gate (Lloyds No. 1)

The Spon Gate was the one Coventry branch of Wetherspoon's that I hadn't previously visited. Set in a retail park/entertainment complex, it is undoubtedly popular with shoppers during the day and with revellers later in the evening.

The interior is one large open space with a more modern feel than most 'spoon's. The usual Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best & Sharp's Doom Bar were on. 3 guest beers were Purity Mad Goose, Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger & Burton Bridge Sovereign Gold. Unlike the other 2 city centre brances, this one did have a choice of real ciders, with both Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon & Thatcher's Cheddar Valley.

Bar staff confused our order of Jack Daniels and lemonade with some kind of lager with lemonade. But that may have been just as much down to our increasingly drunken state causing misunderstanding than any incompetence!

Better than I had anticipated.

On 4^th July 2022 - rating: 6
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Spon Gate (Lloyds No. 1)

Decent enough Spoons. At least 4 guests on including Old Dairy Copper Top, Sadler's Boris Citrov and Milestone Hammerhead Stout. We had a breakfast in here and it was pretty decent. I would call again.

On 23^rd June 2019 - no rating submitted
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