Gonzo — Restaurant in Coventry

Great selection of international and UK craft beer & ciders. The front shop is stacked with beers categorised mainly by country of origin and brewery. There are half a dozen fridges stocked by style which makes it easier to find a cold beer of a certain type. The Gonzo team (who also run Draper's bar and Inspire in Coventry) are very knowledgeable and proper beer connoisseurs. They specialise in Belgian beers, particularly geuse and lambics. At the rear of the shop there is a craft beer tap and lambic bar. They about have 16 different beers, usually 8 lambics/porters and 8 ales/IPAs. Which are available to drink in the bar itself in quantities from 1/3 to 1 pint measures. They also offer 32oz "Growlers" to take away. The choice of beers changes on a daily basis and there is always something different and interesting to try, along with many usual favorites. The bar doesn't offer food itself, but they have an arrangement with "Street", the Asian Food restaurant across the road who will deliver takeaways and snacks directly to Gonzo customers in the bar. Once or twice a month they offer beer tasting or "meet the brewer" evenings which are always popular and you get the chance to try some really unusual or rare beers. They take cash and/or contactless cards which makes paying for your beers...

Really sad to be leaving this review as I had previously had a wonderful experience of Gonzo's food menu and drinks.

I took a friend here today (Sunday) as I was excited to show them the food they had on offer. When we got there, it was clear that there was only one person managing the entire shop, bar, food ordering and food making by themselves. I asked if they were serving food/tapas on that day and he told me that it was just the sandwiches on offer, with some of those also not available because they didn't have the ingredients. We sat down and proceeded to wait for nearly half an hour as he made the orders of coffees and sandwiches for other tables. We left without having been served.

This isn't to call him out in any way because he was clearly completely overstretched trying to manage everything. However, I would not come back here on a Sunday with current staffing, as they just were not able to manage having 4-5 tables of people ordering drinks and food. Would still recommend trying them on Saturday as I had previously had a...

Great shop with every style of beer, that I have visited on and off for several years. It has a range of pricing that you'd expect from craft beer starting around £3.50 a can to £10 an beyond. Beer is organised clearly into styles and breweries (pleased that they stock Black Iris, one of my favorites). Fridges are cold so the cans are perfect temperature to drink straight away.

The taproom is probably the best place for beer in Earlsdon but far from the best in Coventry and Warwickshire. Very expensive and underwhelming beer in my experience. Quite pretentious vibes, doesn't feel anything like a pub, also very limited soft drinks (other than AF beer) so not great if with people that aren't drinking alcoholic drinks. I'll continue to use the shop for sure but won't be revisiting the taproom in favour of more traditional micropubs with fairer priced beer which is still good and still from...