Visited friends in Swanage over the weekend. Great company and weather . Visited the Black Swan for Sunday lunch. Great food, only spoilt by having our roast meal drowned in gravy when we'd asked for our gravy to be separate. Otherwise, really great roast . 😋
We had an excellent dinner in the garden. Staff were attentive and friendly. The food was excellent, especially the "specials" on the boards. Great wine too.
Amazing haven with a lovely atmosphere and garden area. Food was brilliant and generous portions. Can not fault this place at all. Chef/owner welcoming and Informative. Any negative reviews I can only imagine are from rude ignorance folk who don't understand good food. If we could give 10 stars we w
Amazing food with great service! This old pub looks amazing inside. The toilets were a little cold as you had to go outside to get to them and there is no heat but it suits the rustic atmosphere. The chef would pop out every now and then to talk to people just to see how they were enjoying their me
Eaten here before. I loved the specials trying something different and I had the Jamaican spiced monkfish 10/10. Ended with the Make your Own Sundae. All excellent 👌 service and local ales to wash it down. Would come again
Visiting friends and booked table. Didn't realise live music. Food was great but was spoilt by way too much gravy!! We asked for it to be separate as we don't like our roast swimming in gravy but it didn't turn up that way. Otherwise all good 👍
Lovely little find, me and a mate came down in the evening after work to walk a bit of the Jurassic coast tomorrow and found this place to eat.
The staff were really friendly and the place was nice and cozy. It was also packed, which is always a good sign and we were glad we booked.
Their menu was
Excellent food! The chef seems French and the quality and stuff size of the portions is superb. The service was excellent, great atmosphere, drinks and prices are very recent value for money.
We will come back again.
All the dishes in the picture are starters and ~6£ + dessert.
The pub doesn't look like much from the outside but please give it a go if you are in Swanage.
Food, service and value were all excellent, we had various starters, main courses and puddings and all were delicious, they also have a specials board to supplement the main menu with some really good opt
Easily the best food in Swanage 👌
High quality locally sourced food with the specials menu changing constantly..
Wonderful service in a fantastic local pub. The only place in Swanage that hasn't hiked up their prices!
Highly recommended so book in advance 🙂
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