Gammon Coach House

We love Gammon Coach House. The owners and servers are always wonderful, and they are so good about being flexible with making drinks and letting you try things. They have lots of interesting beers on tap and great mixed drinks as well. We usually just go there for drinks on the weekend but this past weekend we went on a Saturday afternoon and got ribs. They were delicious! And as always, the service was wonderful.

The place doesn't look like much from the outside but I promise you'll be happy and pleasantly surprised if you try it out! We've become somewhat regulars ourselves. :)

What the Gammon Coach House lacks in size, it more than makes up for in food, beer, and service.  My husband stumbled onto this place (thanks, Yelp), in an attempt to find a decent Friday fish fry (thank you, Lent).  He decided that we should give it a try solely based on 1.) finding it decently reviewed on Yelp and 2.) the photos of the food on their website.  I can't stress how small this place is, but then again, when you're called "coach house," I guess you can't expect much bigger than a shoebox.  The atmosphere is quite charming, very pub-like.  There are a few tables in the front & a small separate dining area in the back as well as a bar with a handful of barstools.  The beer menu is extensive, filled with interesting sounding craft beers, and the food menu is simple and straightforward.  I appreciate that.  The fish fry was excellent, and what's more, I was able to order tater tots instead of fries (oooooh yes).  For $11, I got 3 fat pieces of battered cod, and mound of tater tots, and a heap of pretty tasty cole slaw.  I'm not a huge fan of slaw, especially when it's mayo-based, but this stuff was fresh and pretty tasty.  The service was a bit slow, but it was a Friday night, and there were only 2 servers.  I had to ask twice for a glass of water, but only once for a refill on the hot water for my Numi organic tea (yum).  Overall, my dining companion and I were quite satisfied with our experience at Gammon Coach House, so much so that we are already deciding when we'll come here again.

This is most certainly a great little gem, tucked away in downtown Batavia.

What a cool place!  It's kind of hard to find... tucked behind an old Victorian home in downtown Batavia.  You'll definitely want to keep your favorite map app open if you haven't been here.  The place itself is small.  There's a small bar area with seating for about 20 people, then another room in back with room for another 30.  The place is super quaint and has really good, positive energy.  

The main attraction here is the beer.  They have 12 highly unusual taps running, stuff I have not seen since the Wheaton Ale Fest.  All super wonderful brews, and they serve small, medium, and large (a full pint) sizes of beer.  This is a cool option if you want to taste everything they are featuring.  They also had a really impressive list of bottled beer, stuff you don't see every day. The bartenders and waitstaff are super cool and love to talk about the choices.

Foodwise, the menu is pretty limited but what they have looked great.  I ended up having a hankering for grilled cheese.  I did mine with cheddar, tomato, and bacon.  Sure, it's a cholesterol bomb, but every once in a while it's fun to splurge.  After we ordered my GF was shocked I hadn't checked Yelp reviews yet.  Of course, when she dares me I'm going to have to check.  Sure enough, some other Yelpers tipped that we should have gotten the sweet potato tots instead of the regular ones.  Next time, although for what it's worth the regular ones were awesome.

Overall, a super cool place.  I will definitely be coming back here for beer in the future.