The Almanack

This is a fairly big place in the centre of town, so is pretty convenient for larger groups and casual dinners with friends and family. The restaurant is nicely decorated, and the staff are friendly. The menu sounds lovely, but often the food does not quite live up to the description, with expensive or luxurious sounding ingredients not seeming to make it into the meal. On one occasion, «patatas bravas» turned out to be roast potatoes with a tomato sauce. Not quite the same thing!

The best smell of urine in town! Poor quality pub grub at gastro prices, ambience not improved by the smell from the men’s as you eat. Horrid!

This is one of those rare places that I would actually want to locate for.
From the outside, it is a brick and glass building that somehow manages to look as welcoming as many traditional buildings.
When you enter through the large double door entrance, you are greeted by a wide open space, with the extensive bar featuring in the middle. At the front, the bar area, there are a wide range of seats and tables, and all of this area is dog friendly (happy dance!). At the back (though I didn’t explore) there is a dining area so dog lover or not, you can go and enjoy the ambiance, and a great meal.
The menu is certainly interesting, though a bit of the pricey side. That said, from the food that I had, I’d say that it is worth the slightly higher prices, as it is a real delight.
The décor is fresh and modern, bright and welcoming, with a retro feel to it. In the bar areas, framed album covers line the walls, and look out for the resident pig! There’s a book shelf, cosy leather sofas, and an eclectic mix of tables.
Now, when a pub boasts that it’s dog friendly, I want proof of that as I find that allowing dogs in isn’t always the same thing! The Almanac provide fresh water outside for dogs (the girl made sure it was full before letting us go out in the rain!) and all the staff (it seemed!) wanted to come over and say hello throughout our visit.
The service was friendly, and the food delicious, well presented and moorish. I didn’t try dessert, but plan to next time I visit, or when I visit their sister pub in Warwick!
One particular little quirk that I liked that was the coffee. First of all, it was a delicious cup of strong coffee. Secondly, they served it with an old Golden Syrup tin filled with sugar cubes (makes such a refreshing change from paper sachets!) and finally, I had a little container of smarties with it. It was a lovely touch.
So, yes, I’m a fan. There’s good dog walking at Abbey Fields park (and free parking) and from the car park, its perhaps 10 – 15 minutes walk through the park to the pub, so perfect in every way!
I shall most definitely be going again.

Popped in with a colleague for an early lunch on myway to a meeting in Coventry
Lots of parking narby. Easy-​going, friendly atmosphere. Tasy looking breakfast menu still being served at 11:45, but we opted for a cheee platter and a cold cuts platter. Well presented qualty produce ham, potted chicken, slami and a gorgeous hot tomato, red pepper and chorizo dish (the tenderest chorizo I have tasted melt in the mouth). The cheese platter had a good array of cheeses complimented with chutney, appe and celery.
Washed down with a pint of Ubu or Doom Bar a worthy lunch time treat!
BTW looks to be a favourite Mumsy morning meeting place lots of Mums and kids in evidence when we arived at 11:30 :-)

We didn’t eat here, didn’t get past the astronomical drinks round. Two large white wines, a pint of Peroni and a bottle of Peroni…£19.45. They’re having a laugh, so we left. Went to Ego just down the road. Fantastic food, amazing staff and reasonable price

nicely decorated, excellent sunday roast, really helpful staff. Highly recommended.

Fantastic atmosphere and really child-​friendly. They’ve just introduced a kids’ menu (my son loved the tomato pasta) and have free apples at the bar to encourage healthy snacking for the kids. The staff are very friendly and keen to help with any problems/​requests. It’s easily the most relaxing place in Kenilworth!

Almanack is great. It has a nice atmosphere being both a decent bar and a decent restaurant. The food is always nice and interesting enough to make it a worthwhile experience. If you are staying in the area but are not a local resident, it is a really good place for a comfort feel with decent food and lively atmosphere that is smarter than a pub. You can eat better in few other places in Kenilworth (Harrington, the Cross etc), but the Almanack is probably the best for an easy evening out.

Almanack is the hip, elegant but very down-​to-​earth spot you want to have a night-​out in Kenilworth for dinner, coffee or just beer. You feel comfortable with wearing jeans/​casual shirt or being dressed up. The restaurant has very nice bar, open-​designed space but cozy atmosphere with nice out-​door tables. The best part of this restaurant is that I don’t have to dress up but still feel like I’m in very upscale nice restaurant and being with down-​to-​earth crowds. Very friendly staff, generous portion for all the dishes. Daily specials for meat, fish dishes. I had fried cod and it was good. My friend had pork with mashed potato. Nothing extraordinary but good food. Don’t miss their capuccino or dessert. The soufflé was great to end your meal. I am visiting this small town and I didn’t expect to find such a nice restaurant/​pub.

I have to agree. I went last week with my wife for a meal on grill night. The Steaks are just unbelievable. Had a T-​bone Steak which comes on a wooden board for 2 to share. Onion Rings, Chips, Tomato, Peppercorn Sauce etc. I think it was something like 25oz! The Staff were great, very knowledgable about the meats available. A really good fun night. A member of staff told me that they were getting cowboy hats & a 6ft John Wayne to Theme the evening! Thats has to be worth a visit!

oooh I couldn’t disagree with you more. My family love the almanack. I think it’s just what Kenilworth has been looking for. It is a relaxed and friendly place. I love how light and airy it is and the fact that I can go in for a coffee with my little boy, meet my husband for dinner or just meet friends for drinks. It caters for all sorts of people.
Last time I had Chicken Ballontine which was nothing short of divine. My husband had a great steak (think it was a bavette??) which he said was cooked to perfection.
We shared a bottle of Malbec which was yummy and not too expensive
The service was really good, friendly without being too intrusive.
It was reasonably priced (I find some of the restaurants in kenilowrth very overpriced) and the quality was excellent
I would recommend it to anyone

Really Disappointing I’m Afraid.
We’d been trying to get a table here for a few weeks and they’ve been booked up every time we tried (they’ve only been open since last Autumn), however, when we went on a Monday night the place was largely deserted. The menu looks quite varied and the food is — as far as possible — locally sourced, but Charcuterie board we had as a starter was (apart from the Chorizo), bland and unimaginative.
The Fishcakes (plural) on their menu turned out to be a tennis ball sized single monster Fishcake that was impossible to finish, and rather uncooked in the middle.
I asked for French Mustard with my (overdone)steak and it was SEARINGLY hot and rather more yellow than I thought ‘French’ mustard should be.
The desert that was described as ‘Cold Chocolate Fondant’, was a brownie.
I may have made poor choices on the menu, but I won’t be going back for a second visit to find out. There are far better options in Kenilworth.
The service was OK, but I think the Almanack doesn’t know whether it wants to be a bar that serves food (the Space is dominated by a massive bar), or a brasserie.
Dinner for 2 — 3 courses with wine £65.00