The Swan at Whittington

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   Giles

   Toronto

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Have eaten here food over 25 years. Previous time was. A disappointment - but the Festive menu was excellent! Hopefully, with a specials menu in the new year, the quality and variety of food choice can be maintained.
   

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   Rachel

   Bath

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Beautiful cooked food and very good service Would definitely return
   

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   Dawn

   Worcestershire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food and service and great to have a table in the conservatory, where it was nice and quiet. We will definitely come again.
   

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   Suzanne

   Worcestershire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Friendly smiley staff, didn’t have to wait long for the food which was delicious Will definitely be back. It was very busy so we were seated in the bar but the ambiance was great and if anything I preferred it
   

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   Andy

   Gloucestershire

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Have used The Swan a couple of times before. Its a shame that its deserved success may lead to grumbles. The car park was packed at 13.00, I had the last space......against a hedge. The road has restricted parking and becomes a jungle close to when a local school closes for the day with parents picking up little Johnny and Mary in their SUV's. But I'm a repeat cust, albeit intermittent, so accept the parking issue. The Swan just can't provide more spaces. I was welcomed by a lovely assistant who told me where my table was and handed menu's. Unfortunately my table for 2 didn't exist so my guest and I split a table of 4 and sat down. We were quickly followed by another assistant who apologised that she hadn't prepared the Conservatory seating area properly. Hey-ho. We waited to order drinks.......and food. Not much happening there so I went to the bar where it became obvious you ordered at the bar. If only I'd been told from the outset. Food didn't take long. Generous, well presented and very well cooked.......why I came here in the first place. I went to the bar after my mains to order a dessert. A quarter of an hour later I asked again 'cos it was obvious I'd been forgotten. Fulsome apologies and the dessert was wiped from the bill. Generous again. Overall the price was fair, although I was asked to confirm a service charge of a few pounds. Well, I'd been excused the £8 dessert price so why not agree to the service charge. Thing is, apart from having meals brought to the table there was no other service provided to me and can only assume a day is coming when you simply buy a pint at the bar and the assistant asks you to pay, say 50p, for having been drawn that pint in the first place. Bit cynical of me but so is the pressure option of paying a tip when its already been added to the bill. The Swan offers great food and value for money but there's lots of little fluffy bits around the edges that results in me just being that intermittent customer.
   

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   Dawn

   Herefordshire

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great experience with busy ambience due to the season Food ordered and delivered fairly swiftly Well presented and great value
   

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   ALAN

   London

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food and service, extremely friendly staff, great atmosphere
   

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   Sarah

   Birmingham

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I met up with my friends for lunch, something we've been doing at The Swan for many years, that should tell you something.
   

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   donna

   Oxford

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   As a long time visitor to The Swan, we always enjoy our visits for food and drinks. However we ate in the front conservatory today which was noisy with a large group with children. I am not so sure about the new layout, it looks lovely but is impractical, I couldn't get past the group of people as their chairs were in the walkway and I couldn't escape noise. It didn't feel very private. Then halfway through the meal another family with 2 small children arrived to our right. Again no privacy to chat! There were also a lot of dogs barking in the bar, not the relaxing meal we were after. I appreciate it's always going to be busy on a Sunday afternoon but I will not want to eat in the front conservatory again!
   

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    Graham

    Bath

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 14, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    A great location to split the journey north. Not cheap but you get what you pay for, in this case great quality food.
    

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