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Telford
Ironbridge
The Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse
The Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse Reviews

The Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse

British, BBQ, European, International

Dishes priced around£11

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Reviews of The Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse (271)

Read what people think about The Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse. All restaurant reviews are written by verified Quandoo diners. Learn more about The Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse before you go by getting tips and ratings from other restaurant-goers. With real-life reviews, you can see what other diners loved about The Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse and book a table with confidence!

5.0/6

271 reviews

5.0/6

271 reviews

Food:Outstanding
Atmosphere:Pleasant
Service:Great
Value for money:Great value
Waiting time:Very Good
Noise levels:Pleasant
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"Very good"
5/6
Linda R.5 years ago · 1 review

Fab meal and great service! Thank you for a lovely evening in great surroundings. Will eat there again and would recommend. Happy new year to you.

"Excellent"
6/6
Michelle S.5 years ago · 1 review

Enjoyed a lovely meal on Christmas Eve . Staff were very friendly and helpful. Food was gorgeous will definitely recommend to family and friends . See you soon

"Excellent"
6/6
Cheryl H.5 years ago · 1 review

Lovely busy bar, great service, the food is really great, our party of 3 really enjoyed starters, main and pud, price was really very reasonable.

"Excellent"
6/6
Paul W.5 years ago · 1 review

Great staff Fantastic tasty food generous portions .. would have liked fatter chips Would go again and again and again . See you soon highly recommended..

"Very good"
5/6
Matthew H.5 years ago · 1 review

The food is fantastic! Tasty, hearty and plenty to the portion size! The Swan is a funky and querky bar and restaurant and highly reccommend!

"Excellent"
6/6
Philip B.5 years ago · 1 review

Really good food, nice atmosphere in the pub. Very efficient service. Meals represent excellent value for money. Would be helpful if the free meal offer on reward stamps was clearer. Tried to claim mine but small print lists specific meals you had to have. This is the only slight negative of a splendid evening. Will be back!

"Excellent"
6/6
Sharon B.5 years ago · 1 review

Lovely atmosphere,great food with lots of choice and very well priced, great selection of beverages and very friendly and helpful staff would definitely recommend you won’t be disappointed .

"Not good "
2/6
Alicia C.5 years ago · 1 review

Not very clean, wasn’t happy with choice of food on afternoon tea menu or the standard it was made. Found a hair in my food and I wasn’t offered anything extra for an apology

"Very good"
5/6
Kym s.5 years ago · 1 review

Food is fantastic, portions are huge and super tasty. Had the messy fries and half rack of ribs which was so filling that couldn’t even manage dessert.

"Excellent"
6/6
Adam E.5 years ago · 1 review

Awesome food. Lovely building. Friendly attentive staff. Also one of the nicest house beers I have had in a long time. Worth a trip out.

"Excellent"
6/6
Claire C.5 years ago · 3 reviews

Great welcome, efficient friendly service, reasonable prices, great platter for two with authentic smoked meats, pulled pork, pork ribs, brisket corn dog and in the cob, chilli beans, smoked chicken. Two of our favourites was in the small plates selection...try the macaroni balls and the burnt ends (it’s the tasty bit of the brisket and is to die for) the sauces aren’t too sweet, really balanced and all meat is tender. There isn’t much of a wine list, three bottles to choose from but ours was a nice quaffer. The fries are hot and nicely seasoned, we will try loaded dirty fries next time because there will be a next time. It was great fun!

"Very good"
5/6
Julie H.5 years ago · 1 review

Great atmosphere at the Swan. With rustic decor the staff were so friendly and helpful. Great food we had pork belly with mash, very good and the brisket which is slow cooked-which was quite spicy a good hit of chilli which wasn’t mentioned on the menu. So had to do a food swap as one of us does not like spicy food. So worth a mention on the menu. Also we would like to see a wine list rather than the waitress telling us which wines they have, as we like to know a wines origin as well as grape variety to make a choice. But a great evening we will visit again.

"Average"
3/6
Lisa W.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Food was good however, the top dining are was very dark with poor lighting. We had to use candles which was ok when good came but had to use our torches to read menu.

"Excellent"
6/6
Leanne S.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Really lovely place to eat, the food was great. Brilliant choice of options and we were served quickly. Will be returning again and highly recommend.

"Excellent"
6/6
Laraine D.5 years ago · 1 review

Excellent food great service well worth travelling to eat here will certainly be back to sample other dishes from menu visited pub with friends after recommendation not disappointed

"Excellent"
6/6
Rach F.5 years ago · 1 review

Lovely evening! Brilliant food & service, would definitely recommend. We will be returning to try some more of the menu! Great atmosphere with the live music too.

"Excellent"
6/6
Matthew g.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Great food, great service, and great value. We had a large group but there was no delay everything came out together and was really tasty.

"Excellent"
6/6
Kerry W.5 years ago · 1 review

Very nice meal. The service was quick and friendly. Ordered ribs and chicken. Very nice but not much meat on ribs. Will definitely visit again.

"Excellent"
6/6
Daniella G.5 years ago · 1 review

Friendly staff and amazing food. Really enjoyed our meal. Really good atmosphere too. Had so much food we didn’t have room for pudding. Definitely go back again

"Good"
4/6
Frazer G.6 years ago · 1 review

Pleasent service, nice setting. Food was good. Recommend not to have starters and mains as they were decent sized portions. Look forward to a return visit.

"Very good"
5/6
Olivia B.6 years ago · 1 review

Visited on a Saturday lunchtime. Good service and good selection of drinks for ale and gin drinkers. Food served on piping hot plates, tasty and well cooked. Pleasant surroundings inside and obviously beautiful surroundings outside as it is on the Riverside in Ironbridge. Only slight quibble was difficulty of baby change. Mat provided in ladies' toilet, but nowhere to put it except floor or on top of sink and taps.

"Excellent"
6/6
Simeon W.6 years ago · 3 reviews

Very good service and delicious food!!! I can personally recommend the Pitman Burger!! Had a gotcatch up with friends and we all had a very enjoyable evening.

"Not good "
2/6
Andrea B.6 years ago · 1 review

Party of 7. Food was average at best - fish and chips were ok but brisket was disappointing. Service was very slow. Wouldn’t rush back.

"Very good"
5/6
Samantha T.6 years ago · 11 reviews

Amazing tasty food, good portions, friendly staff , great old building

"Not good "
2/6
Elisabeth D.6 years ago · 1 review

Great food shocking service, won't be in a rush to go back. Staff seemed untrained and inexperienced. Didn't know which wine they had so told us to go to the bar and look ourselves!!

"Very good"
5/6
Jade P.6 years ago · 1 review

Overall we were impressed with our visit here, food was cooked and presented brilliantly and the service was great. Only thing I feel let it down was the price of the platter my husband had, it was rather overpriced for the size of the portions of meat on it. We would definitely return

"Very good"
5/6
David L.6 years ago · 1 review

Really good tasting food and reasonably priced. Very helpful staff and location by the river is really good. There were Americans in the restaurant and they enjoyed the food so it must be on the lines of real American ffod.

"Excellent"
6/6
Billy F.6 years ago · 2 reviews

Great atmosphere, the ladies serving were very lovely and friendly even though we were quite late for our reservation! Most of all the food was so tasty and well priced we will definitely be recommending to friends and family, as well as going back ourselves.

"Very good"
5/6
Peter G.6 years ago · 1 review

The staff were Very friendly, quick service at table. Food was really good quality. Good atmosphere but loses a point as the band, although quite good, were too loud for me. Overall very enjoyable evening and would definately go back

"Excellent"
6/6
Andrew W.6 years ago · 2 reviews

Excellent food, great service and good value for money- highly recommended. Booked for birthday meal and did not disappoint, will definitely be visiting again in the near future

"Very good"
5/6
Russ H.6 years ago · 1 review

It wasn't exactly a busy night for them so we were seated quickly. The service was just the right side of leaving us waiting too long, I don't like to be rushed to order or between courses so this was just perfect for me. I guess on a busier night things might not be like that. The food was really good, I'd recommend the Macaroni Cheese Balls to anyone, they were fantastic. Everything was hot and well presented. If I had one minor gripe then the ribs were a little overdone for my liking but I still ate them all. Staff were friendly and efficient and thankfully not constantly in your face asking if everything is OK (always find that one difficult to answer with a mouth full of dinner). We'll definitely be back...

"Good"
4/6
Oliver C.6 years ago · 1 review

The food not the best the ribs were dry and the chicken was tough your onion rings was too oily but the staff very good the ambience of the nights very very good but the overall effect of the food not the best

"Very good"
5/6
Jason M.6 years ago · 1 review

Had a very nice meal for our wedding anniversary.staff was delightful and the food was beautiful.would highly recommend. Like music in the background was nice touch.

"Excellent"
6/6
Nichola O.6 years ago · 1 review

Lovely food and staff very attentive. Booked table beforehand and were seated straight away. All requests regarding food and drink matched. No negatives to say, would certainly recommend.

"Good"
4/6
Lyndsay M.6 years ago · 1 review

Customer service was great and food was lovely with the exception of the ribs that were disappointing. There was hardly any meat on them and they were really tough after being smoked.

"Good"
4/6
Abbie L.6 years ago · 1 review

Food was lovely. Nice to have the choice of changing fries to upgrades etc. We asked for a bottle of prosecco and found it wasn’t chilled, so were offered to put it in the fridge for 10 mins then had a bucket with ice. Unfortunately this didn’t really chill the wine. I believe for the price of £24.95 a bottle we should have been offered the wine list to re choose or offered some small individual bottles instead which were chilled. We waited quite a while to order our food, about 25mins. The wait for the food was also quite long. We didn’t have starters so understand the wait was going to be slightly longer. But was still a long wait of about 30mins after ordering. We waited at the bar to be seated at 7.45pm and didn’t receive our food until 8.35/8.40. We had a pudding to share of chocolate brownie, which was gorgeous. But again we had a long wait for one pudding. When the bill come the sweet potato fries upgrade was marked at £1.50 despite the menu saying £1. This is also the first time we found the price the the prosecco. If it had been chilled and ready for us I would have had not questioned the price to my partner, but after having to wait for it and still receiving a warm bottle I thought that was a shame. I would suggest providing a wine or drinks list when tables sit down so they have a second choice in mind to ask for in the event of this happening to others. As if we would have had that we would have just chosen something else. But as we didn’t see any list we wouldn’t have known what other wines were available. When we received the bill we were told to go to the bar to pay. Despite many tables being addressed with the card machine. This is a shame as our bill was £74.95. For that cost I believe table service of the bill should be expected across the board. Not just to some tables. Saying this we weren’t really prepared to wait a long time for this service as we wanted to continue our evening. All in all the meal and atmosphere was lovely, but the long waits and warm prosecco put a dampener on the evening.

"Very good"
5/6
Anthony R.6 years ago · 1 review

Excellent food and service well worth the visit again and again and again!! Good selection and reasonable prices will not leave you wondering what to eat!! Nom nom nom

"Very good"
5/6
Erica D.6 years ago · 2 reviews

Friendly place, good location, efficient staff, plentiful portion size at a good price.

"Excellent"
6/6
Claire S.6 years ago · 1 review

Fantastic food, friendly staff, great service. We had a really enjoyable and entertaining evening. The local ukelele band were playing and were a brilliant suprise musical treat!

"Not good "
2/6
Debra B.6 years ago · 1 review

The food was just ok, nothing to rave about. The service was abysmal and completely ruined my mothers 75th birthday. Table not cleared, we were not asked if we wanted a drink or if everything was ok and completely left and ignored despite being the only ones in the place. Despite there being at least 3 members of staff working and no other diners, we had to go to the bar to ask for desert menus and to ask for table to be cleared. We could hear the staff laughing and fooling around taking selfies. The cutlery was filthy and in fact two of the spoons clearly had not been washed. The cleanliness of the pub was disgusting. Chunks of wood randomly left on the window sill, children's high chairs ingrained with food and dirt, cobwebs and flies, the bar area was also dirty and untidy and tables not cleaned properly with smears and crumbs all over them. I could go on and on. Would we visit again, no never! Would I recommend, certainly not.

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