The Cottage Inn, Kenilworth

Very pleasant traditional community pub catering for the more mature market. A time traveller from thirty years ago would find everything but the prices reassuringly familiar, from the competently prepared home cooked pub grub menu to the range of beers on offer. Indeed I had a far more satisfying meal here than at one of M&B's fake gastropubs up the road a couple of days earlier. It's a Well's tied house, so IPA and Bombardier, the nearest you'll get to a guest is Young's Special but all in good form and cheerfully dispensed. If I lived here I'd be pleased it was on my doorstep. It's well worth including on any visit to the towm.

A Charles Wells house, now located in a suburban area but looking like a wayside inn (which I guess it once was). Comfortable 'L'-shaped bar and dining area. Offers B&B accommodation. Small beer garden behind car park to rear. Four of the five handpumps were operational, dispensing Eagle IPA, Bombardier (£3.00), Directors and Lees Governor as a guest. Overall, worth a visit if in the area.