The Old Windmill in Coventry

The oldest public house in Coventry dating back to the 15th century with a great atmosphere. They have an excellent selection of real ales.

Lovely friendly staff (especially Lily who served our drinks). Such a warm welcoming atmosphere with the open fire and nooks and crannies. Great real ales, perfect lagers and a shared ploughman’s platter to die for. Loved it. Such a great pub.

Amazing real ale pub of the highest standard wonderfully maintained. Quirky and reliable. A must visit.

A gorgeous historical pub that alwas has good beers on

Love it. Super dog friendly, great beer, amazing playlist and really historical.

Very good timber-framed pub about fifteen minutes walk from Coventry railway station. Seven cask beers on handpump when I visited including a porter. A few tables outside at the front.

Great beers. If you visit the pork pie platter and cheese platter's are well worth an order

Proper pub with lots of charm. 10 minutes from the city centre flat walk. Plenty of choice of drinks, including real Ales which are changed on a regular basis. Great atmosphere, friendly staff.

Old Peculiar is served very well and goes great with the Ploughman’s as shown. Weekend live music from great local bands with music in keeping with the pub. Well worth a visit. Parking in the Skydome car park and walk through the Skydome.

A little gem of a place, nice to sit outside x

Not a great experience today,beer choice ok but not great today, it's the service which wasn't great, a poor and unwelcoming interaction and they didn't reciprocate thanks for my purchase

Nice friendly old pub with plenty to read of the pub. Got great character and would visit again.

Definitively the best pub in Coventry, hence why it's been around for so long. The age, aesthetic and solid selection of pints leads to just the best casual experience. The ploughman's and pork pies are flippin good

Beautiful historic pub, with a great cask beer selection.

A wonderful pub, upon entering you're met with low ceilings, wood panelled walls, cosy little snugs, open fires and the beautiful smell of ale! The staff are amazing too! Quite possibly the best pub in the Midlands...

Excellent cheeseboard, great selection of ales and wine. We will be back again!

Great pub with loads of character and quality drinks. Often has beer festivals.

Super place, old pub with a great atmosphere.

Excellent selection of ales and ciders. Always a good atmosphere.

Ordered two Stella's and one neck oil the round came to to £18.20 very expensive infact to expensive.

Great pub for real ales. They do cold food i.e a cheese board Recommended

Great pub, pint of Mild I had in there was one of the best, Think it is the oldest pub in Coventry, this pub should be a national treasure. 🍺Loved it.

I enjoyed going through the hatch.

Best pub in Coventry. Was within a gnats whisker of getting the Great British Pub of the Year award a year and a half ago. Great selection of real ales, always well kept. Cosy little nooks to sit in. It's also the oldest pub in Coventry - something they don't advertise, although they do advertise their other pub as the second oldest pub in Coventry. Maybe they didn't want to show off, but it's worth a visit just for the building and real pub atmosphere. I don't live in Coventry now but I've been coming to this place for years. It never disappoints. One of my all time favourite pubs.

The food was top notch, we had cheese boards. It was all good, the Snowdon ‘Black Bomber’ Cheddar and White Fox (White Leicester) were my favourites. The service was also top notch, friendly and prompt, the tea and coffee were really good. The building itself really is perfect, clean and so well preserved as a piece of Coventry heritage, it was lovely to see all the separate rooms / sections which made our meal a little more intimate and the music was just right, mixture of well known songs suitable for relaxing, chatting and eating lunch. Wood panelling and quarry tiles floors were so pretty. We had travelled from Essex and popped to Coventry on the way back from Wales, this place was such a good find!

Hadn't been here for years but it was just as I remembered it.Lovely old fashioned pub!

Absolutely beautiful pub , fantastic staff can't do enough for you,food is absolutely amazing and presentation is excellent have been here many times as it's the best pint you can get anywhere.the landlady is amazing and the knowledge they all have about the local history on the pub is outstanding ☺️

Very cute old pub...it is a maze of wooden corridors and rooms with tables to discover. But host or whoever worked in there didn't do much to make the experience unique... It was a bit dull, maybe because it was the wrong moment of the day?

The atmosphere of the building is wonderful, it has lots of cosy rooms and the fireplaces are amazing in the cold weather! The service has always been friendly when I've been there and has always been very clean. It's great when they have live music and they also have other events during the day and throughout the month with their special ales and ciders. It has a varied age range of clients too, which I think shows it's a good place to be. Although they don't serve full meals as such, the cheese boards are to die for and a nice batch is always available 😊😊

Lovely quaint little pub, perfect for a catch up with friends

A proper pub in the city centre, but has the feel of a traditional country local with a great selection of ales/ciders and very tasty pub grub. We need more pubs like these!!!

It's been 30 years since I had a drink in Coventry. And when I found this amazing old pub I was left wondering why. 100s of years old, friendly staff and locals, good selection of well kept ale at sensible prices, interesting background music..what more could you ask for? Wood panelled small cosy drinking spaces, open fire places and a menu of pork pies and cheese boards.. They do that as well. We will be back.

I took my brother ( who has Dementia and Alzheimer’s) there today to see the Hairy Folkers… they welcomed us with open arms and sincerely made my brother’s day… I thoroughly enjoyed it too! They allowed him to sing and I honestly was so humbled by their kindness… Thank you so very much. Jan X

Well kept beer, both regulars and guest ales, a warm welcome to one of the oldest and cosiest pubs in Coventry. Will absolutely be visiting again. Also, the pork pies are outstanding.

Great old fashioned pub lots of character live entertainment on Fridays

Friendly historic pub, always worth a visit.

Amazing building so warm in the winter with the open fires Have been in this pub so many times Lovely batches cheese boards lovely atmosphere quality drinks

Great pub with great beer! Dog friendly too

Fantastic little beer festival in an old old pub. Definitely worth a visit. Almost certainly a nice pub when there’s no beer festival on too! Only cold food as far as I could see.

Lovely traditional inn at the heart of historic Spon street, excellent selection of beers with a nice atmosphere. Perfect for a pint after an ice hockey match at the arena.

A fantastic old style pub in an old building. Pub has a few smaller rooms where you can sit and have a proper cask beer. They quite often do a mini beer festival and it's a top choice for real ale drinkers. When it's winter the fires are on and you get a nice warm cosy pub feel. Plenty of choice for beers in here and they are all kept well. The pub has won quite a few awards which says it all. Well worth a visit for a good drink, the pork pies for a snack are also excellent.

Lovely comfortable cosy ye olde pub. Brilliant well look after ale. Craft beer and some standard. Pleasant friendly welcoming staff

Lovely place nice atmosphere bit expensive

A proper English pub, a few standard beers plus a few changing real ales. Still an excellent pub, best pint tonight for me, the Old Peculiar, but on another visit, I drank a few Oakhams Citra and Guerrilla Blue Monkey. The Windmill always has a dark beer or two on.

Couldn't rate this gem any higher. Definitely go and try their homemade pork pies & gorgeous cheeseboards. Very helpful staff ready to give advice from beers to cheese.

Didn't eat but atmosphere was brilliant

My wife and I just came over from Germany and went straight for lunch and ale.A fantastic ploughmans lunch.Will be back again soon. Many Thanks John and Christina Munich

Great pub, friendly staff, fine selection of ales and a very tasty ploughman's lunch (other food available). Recommended.

This pub could be anywhere in the UK and it would get great reviews. A real 'Olde Worlde' ale house. Two fireplaces, low ceilings, hops and beer pump name plates adorn as decoration. Quirky rooms with ebony coloured panelled walls and not a straight line in the place. Staff on the night were super nice and very attentive. If you're into your ale/ciders there is a great selection so the CAMRA peeps amongst you will be kept happy. I was informed that the cheese sharing boards which looked huge are a must try. Clearly some thought has gone into the fantastically sourced British/continental cheese selection. No plastic cheddar or bland supermarket Brie here! Usual snacks and freshly made rolls at the bar for those who want to just nibble. Book club nights, cheese nights and music Fri, Sat and Sun. Music is live on a Sun with blues, jazz, new talent coming to the fore. The guy behind the bar is by all accounts a pretty accomplished musician in his own right so definitely a music lovers destination. I'll be visiting again, more than once. If you're in Coventry, seek The Old Windmill out. It really is worth making the effort

One of my favourites in Coventry

As pub interiors go, this place cannot be beaten - multi-roomed, beams to duck under, real coal fires, panelled walls - a true classic. There’s such a lot going on here as well, the room I’m sat in is reserved for the 📖 club tonight. Dates back to 1451.

Great food, great staff, great atmosphere.

Great old Pub, not Spoiled by upgrading. 👍

Fantastic real ale pub in the centre of Coventry. Can't wait to go back.

I love this place. Great pint, lovely and cosy.

Always love this place. Great selection of alcohol and the food is amazing. The atmosphere is always warm and welcoming too.

Interesting old place with good beers.

Nice pub, didn't eat there this time but I have in the past and it is lovely. Friendly team, quick service, busy place, cracking atmosphere!

We came here and it was so nice we came back the second night we were staying in Coventry! Really friendly staff and my husband had one of the cheese platters which was amazing- nicely presented and a good size! Would recommend

Great pub with an English atmosphere, very nice service.

Cosy and welcoming pub with multiple small parlours. Open fires in a couple of the spaces. Good selection of beers and a fab cheese board. Dog friendly.

Beautiful old boozer. Had a great cheese board. Recommended

Lovely olde worlde place. Fire places with teal fires and hearths. Old dark wood beams and panelling and good ales. Also has rooms and snugs to have private conversations in. Thoroughly recommend it.

Great pub. Can get very busy at times but Great drinks selection.

This is a lovely pub in the city. Cosy on a winters day with real fires you can just switch off and forget you ae in a busy city. The Ploughman's lunch was awesome with a real ale!

Busy pub in the run up to Christmas but great real ale served.

Vintage COVENTRY boozer ,Great for real ales.D.F

The medieval atmosphere is just stunning. People must drink a pint there at least once.

Goodness me, what an awesome pub! Was there for an after-theatre party with a couple of dozen cast and crew from the Belgrade Theatre panto. Great beer selection (Old Peculiar was particularly good), and the staff were just lovely. Highly recommended.

Had a little Coventry pub crawl, just this and nearby Hops D'amour. I'm not local and haven't been in every Coventry pub, but it almost certainly is the nicest with lots of nooks and crannies. My purpose as a cider ticker was to seek out a few I hadn't tried before. Although they had about 20 cider on, 17 of them were Lilley's. This cidery specialise in 4% so-called "fruit cider", that is proper apple cider diluted with other fruit, which makes them weak and usually too sweet. No doubt they would go down a treat at a teenagers party, but not for proper cider drinkers. More variety please.

Cosy pub. I've had some nice, fun times there.

Lovely and cosy place. Large selection of drinks and friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Lovely little place. Stopped for a couple of beers after a curry down the road. Nice, friendly atmosphere. Will definitely recommend.

What a lovely day Staff was excellent 5 star's for Martin Food excellent We will be back Carol and Emma

Great fantastic pub,and woodwork in all rooms great.enjoyed visit,Brian,mick an john

This is such a good pub , probably the best in Coventry. The staff are lovely and there is a ‘feel good’ atmosphere throughout. Can’t visit as often as I would like though 😂

Enjoyed some delicious craft ales along with a great cheese board.

Cossey and quite, depending on the time you visit 👍

Nice pub with lots of history. Good chat with some Cov rugby fans pre game

Best pub, staff, beer and cheese boards in Coventry. And that is a scientific fact.

Nice and really quaint old English pub .... must be 500 years old.

Very nice Pub, with really good ambient. The food for being a pub, was excellent, so as the service.

One of my favourite pubs in all of Coventry. The oldest pub in the city, the pub is full of character with lots of little rooms, really cosy. There are always a good selection of beers, ales, ciders, and wines to choose from, all at a reasonable price. Food is simple with a limited menu of pies, cheese and meat boards, and ploughman's but all very good. Staff are lovely and always helpful and polite, highly recommend.

This is the BEST pub in the city centre. So welcoming and so pretty inside. There’s lots of rooms to sit. Lots of live music happening. Great tasting beer. If you’re visiting Coventry, this is the pub you need to visit. I think you’ll always be welcomed.

Lovely welcoming pub with a great selection of ales, beers, wines, gins and cheese! Lots of events on - live music/cheese nights/book club/beer festivals. We love popping in for a drink in front of one of the fireplaces now the weather has turned too. Really quirky place with a great atmosphere.

Only went in for a pint. Old peculiar on tap as usual. Great pint.

The windmill is a great pub. The beer quality and food is great. I would recommend the cheese board and pork pie. The staff are very friendly and provide quick service. A visit after the ice hockey on a Sunday night is worth a visit and occasionally they have live music. The courtyard space is also available for outdoor seating.

Cozy pub with a great authenitic historical style to it. Great selection of ciders and some good local beers too. Enjoy a drink and read up on this history of it. Well worth a visit.

Have been to this secret little gem 3 times now just for the cheese and meat board, they have a selection of different platters with a variety of cheeses that you get to choose from. It’s nice to try different cheeses each time, the staff are fantastic and they refill the crackers anytime if you are running low, on top of this it is also an excellent place just to have a nice drink and conversation.

Great beer selection. The staff are knowledgeable, the cheeseboards and pork pies are lovely

Buen pub en Coventry donde disfrutar de buena cerveza local. El ambiente inmejorable. Dicen que sirven la mejor cerveza de la ciudad. Sin duda un sitio muy recomendable volveremos!

We have now been twice for the cheese and meat board between 2, £20 for two or £10 each and each time it’s been amazing, they allow extra crackers and the board itself is amazing and the staff are great, the only reason I marked it down on atmosphere is I can’t believe there aren’t more people in there having it! Excellent is all I can say!

Situated in a very interesting street, it's a very interesting historical pub! Delightful little nooks to sit in. Visit on a Sunday afternoon and the folk club can be heard sharing its ditties from the front room which is a real delight. Food wise pork pie was great and good beers on tap, including Old Peculiar, so always going to get a 10 from me - ticks all the boxes of what a traditional English pub can be.

Nice querky pub but sorry on my visit could only smell bleach

Excellent old pub. A proper boozer. Good beer and service. The only negative I'd post, is the quality of the much lauded pork pies. We had the black pudding one, there was nothing wrong with it but nothing special either

Oh wow ! Absolutely stunned with what we have eaten ! Miracles worked to get everyone fed out of a small kitchen area, but presentation, friendliness and standard are stunning! Beats an afternoon tea at Coombe any day

The most beautiful old pub I have ever visited. Lots of cosy books and interesting features. Incredibly wide selection of ales and still ciders, and divine local pork pies. The landlady was also really wonderful, telling us lots about the history of Coventry, and of the pub. She and everyone who worked there was so knowledgeable and friendly and it really made our visit.

Excellent for proper beers and ales! Food looked great too!

Great beers, great food, friendly staff in a medieval atmosphere, what's not to like?

Lovely pub full of character. The food was lovely. Definitely worth a visit.