March 2024 by Clive Barham
Always enjoy.
March 2024 by Mary May-Miller
We didn?t stay here; this review is for the restaurant only!We came here for lunch on Mother?s Day, but the experience didn?t match up to what we were expecting. While the staff were absolutely lovely and extremely attentive, the food just wasn?t up to scratch.Lots of the food was lacking flavour, for example the ham hock starter was really tasteless (somehow the ham just didn?t taste like anything). The overall theme felt like they were focussing more on quantity rather than quality. For example the roast dinners were covered in a generic instant gravy, plain boiled vegetables, dry roast potatoes that had been sitting out too long, and a cauliflower cheese that didn?t taste at all cheesey. The chicken and ham pie was, again, massive, but with only a bit of pastry along the top instead of around the whole filling it felt lacking again. The flavour again was quite plain and didn?t deliver what we expected.Our mothers had the salmon and I wish I did too! It looked great and they seemed very happy with it. I also had a taste of the spicy chilli beef starter and that really was great, so I know big flavours can be done!However when paying £18 for a main, I?d really expect all of it to have a lot more care and attention paid to it and it be packed full of flavour.
March 2024 by JUNE WORLEY
We've visited The Swan several times in the past. The menu rarely seems to change with very little choice for those who have allergies. We have had the roast dinner in the past but as we've always found it to be tough and a little bland avoided it today. One of our party did choose the roast and really struggled to eat the meat as it was tough. The rest of the food was okay, but we felt we were on a bit of a conveyor belt, service was a little chaotic and the staff a bit unfriendly. It is Mothers' Day so I understand it was busy but when you are spending a lot of money on a meal you should expect to be given a little 1:1 treatment.
February 2024 by Sue Coates
Great individual pub/hotel in gorgeous location .Great breakfast, great price coffee and lovely bar/restaurant staff.??Nearby activities: Watercress line steam railway , excellent walks by watercress beds etc .
February 2024 by Deborah Clark
Can't comment on the bedrooms cos I wasn't staying but the general areas are really lovely. Service was great and I had a lovely goat's cheese and butternut squash
February 2024 by Scott Butler
Lovely hotel & pub, great food (especially the breakfasts!) and a brilliant location for touring Winchester and the surrounding areas.
January 2024 by Nathan Rice-Smith
We had a family get together here on a Sunday. Roast dinners were huge and very tasty. Not the cheapest but you do definitely get your monies worth.
December 2023 by Stewart Baynham
Super pub restaurant with decent food and great staffFood & drinks: Decent in quality and value
December 2023 by Reg Ashe (Kayak joe)
Very good service and excellent food, good choice of wine at reasonable price, best priced coffee in town.
December 2023 by AL N
Just returned from a weekend stay at the Swan Hotel . Had a lovely time, comfortable room and very welcoming and friendly staff.Enjoyed the breakfast, cooked fresh to order and a great way to start the day.Thank you.
November 2023 by Tim Woods
We visited last weekend and I was so happy with the service (very attentive), the rooms (0urs was massive with a walk in Shower and 2 TV's!) And the cost of a meal for six people including drinks was brilliant value (below £200). Thank you for a great stay.
November 2023 by james mclean
Great staff, great breakfast.Ruined by very poor beds and noisy rooms in the new part. No sleep due to noisy wood floor above and could hear people move in squeaky beds and snore.Beds all very uncomfortable and we had been in 3 different rooms. shame as staff are great.Rooms: Just need new beds and proper mattresses.It?s basic stuff and if premier inn can do then it should be easy here.
October 2023 by Chris Eager
We stayed here along with a large number of guests for our wedding. We also live in the town so use it frequently just for a drink. It's a great pub with a good outdoor seating area. The rooms are great for a reasonable price. The staff are always helpful and friendly. We also had lunch there the day after our wedding and they comfortably seated 50+ people with the food being some of the best we had in a long time. All important the food portion sizes are great especially the breakfasts.
October 2023 by Bruce Barrett
Just stayed here for 2 nights and thoroughly enjoyed it. The rooms are quite large and comfortable and have an enormous shower in the bathroom. The hotel is dog friendly and all the staff were friendly and accommodating. All the food we had was excellent and the menu catered for all tastes. We will return!
October 2023 by Oscar Ayling
Superb service. Leno treats guests like kings. Nothing is too much trouble. I can not recommend this pub highly enough. 5 stars!
