The Town Wall Tavern, Coventry - pub details
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Address: Bond Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 4AH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 3392)
Coventry (0.6 miles), Canley (1.7 miles), Tile Hill (4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV
- Real ale
Pub suggested by Lee on 9 Jul 2003
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> Current user rating: 7.3/10 (rated by 14 users)
> Local guide: West Midlands pub guide
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Gatehouse Tavern, Coventry (0.0 miles), Eden, Coventry (0.1 miles), Tin Angel, Coventry (0.1 miles), Town Crier, Coventry (0.1 miles), Old Windmill, Coventry (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Town Wall Tavern, Coventry
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| Timely visit on 28th October - the night it snowed. Wonderful atmosphere afforded by regulars of all agegroups; very pleasant drink enjoyed while standing at the bar. Deuchars IPA was on its best form, guest ale "Lady Godiva" was "good not great". Could not leave without a sip of Brew XI - the first beer I ever drank in that pub when visiting in the mid-1990's. Of course it's not what it is but I would have regretted not having a half-pint. Same guy behind the bar as my previous session a year or so back - keep it up this is a great pub in many respects. lad_newton - 2 Nov 2008 21:31 |
| great pub altough the foods not what it used to be bobbones - 3 Sep 2008 17:42 |
| Not overly impressed with the broadside or the spitfire last time i was here. Turn the jukebox off or turn it up so that you can hear it. Why the intterogation style lighting? spookyhead - 16 May 2008 21:52 |
| This is one I love to visit while in town for the beer festival, and never disappoints. It has character and is a friendly place to visit too. gillhalfpint - 28 Apr 2008 23:28 |
| Town Wall Tavern Mutton and rabbit are rarities on country pub menus in the 21st century. All the more remarkable, therefore, that they should reappear in the middle of Coventry. Mutton cobbler and even spicy Moroccan mutton are regulars on the specials board at The Town Wall Tavern. A "cobbler", since you ask, is a scone-like topping with the density of suet pudding. "It takes the flavour of the meat and the accompanying capers so well," says Lesley Jackson, a local hotelier whose recent venture into the pub trade coincided with the reopening of the nearby Belgrade Theatre after extensive renovations. Among the pre-show and lunchtime offerings is rabbit crumble (£5.95), with a deliciously cloying crust liberally dusted with Parmesan. Gamey meat is cooked with slivers of carrot and prune and a dash of Deuchars bitter. That ubiquitous Scottish brew is one of six hand-pulled beers with the cask marque stamp of consistency. Adnams Best and Broadside are also regulars, along with Bass, the long-standing stalwart. An original Bass mirror shimmers in the heat from an open fire in the public bar. Another welcome blaze warms a lounge filled with alcoves. One of them harbours a piano that bursts into life occasionally when actors or musicians want to carry on performing long after the curtain has come down at the theatre next door. The Town Wall has traditionally been a haven for thespians, journalists and rugby lovers. Not that too many Coventry prop forwards, past or present, could fit into one of the country's most intimate snugs. The "Donkey Box" measures 7ft 8in by 5ft 5in: standing room only, apart from two high stools. One carries a brass plaque to mark the last perching place of the late editor of The Coventry Citizen, a popular figure with a prodigious capacity for Bass and a squawking laugh that threatened to shatter glass. The pub he loved remains a Victorian gem, currently hemmed in by building work for a new "plaza" of restaurants, cafés and bars. Mutton and rabbit are unlikely to feature in any of them. The Town Wall Tavern, Bond Street, Coventry (02476 220963) RnBrian - 30 Jan 2008 15:36 |
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