The Inn on Coventry
Cleveland, OH 44106-2883
Phone: (216) 371-1811
- Price:
- $
- Best of Citysearch:
- Breakfast 2007, Breakfast 2006, Brunch 2006
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 7am-9pm, Sat 8:30am-9:30pm, Sun 9am-3pm
Editorial Review for The Inn on Coventry – by John Hyduk
The Scene
This place sometimes gets passed by: Maybe it's the unassuming wooden tables and rustic feel, smack in the middle the quirky Coventry quarter-mile. The small cozy dining room has big picture windows, perfect for observing the funky hubbub of the neighborhood with its mix of students, suburbanites and tattooed and pierced punks.
The Food
The tomato-based pastas, egg platters, burgers and other classic American entrees are solid. The house-recipe Bloody Mary is one of the best in town. On the weekends the breakfast and brunch selections are more elaborate and the crowds pile in throughout the morning and afternoon hours to feast on plates of scrambled eggs peppered with hunks of avocado and stacks of fluffy pancakes. Wash it down with a dark cup of the Inn's coffee.
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User Reviews for The Inn on Coventry
12/22/2007 Posted by fooodee
For a Saturday or Sunday morning, the breakfast/brunch experience isn't great. The place has no parking. You stand outside or in the cold for 45 minutes (my average), wait about the same amount of time for the waitstaff to fill your orders as other people bump into your chair and step on your coat with its close quarters. The table and chair sometimes wobble, cleanliness is only fair, no caring waitress as they run around taking care of the busy place. Unlike other restaurants that I've reviewed, the Inn does have a few delicious dishes like Lemon Ricotta pancakes and Eggs benedict/mando. Unfortunately you really have to concentrate on the food cause that's all there is. Just when you think you're done with the meal and ready to head out, you have to wait another 20 minutes to pay your bill unless you have exact change and the checkout person allows you to cut the line, as she slowly work her dial-up credit card machine from the 1980's. If your time isn't worth money, you've found the right place. As a place that is long established in a college area with low prices, as well as one of the very few breakfast place around, the Inn has a strong foothold with young customers who had no choice, and now continues their patronage. Unfortunately due to that, they have became greedy and complacent as they herd customers around and does not update the place with changing times/demand. I think a Sunday breakfast at home or at any other breakfast place (like Pancake house and others) would prove to be a nicer and more relaxing experience than treated like cattles being very slowly herded around and packed in cramped quarters for feeding. But maybe some people are used to being treated that way.
Pros: A couple of decent dishes, but I can make that at home
Cons: Extremely crowded, noisy, long wait.
10/01/2006 Posted by kristenarettig
Bummer! We tried the The Inn based on a strong and glowing recommendation - the quality of food was poor, I would not recommend - sorry!
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