Black Swan Leyburn in Richmondshire

Great ales...disappointing Sunday lunch experience We booked in advance, large group of us.We were in early,ordered food but waited an absolute age,whilst other tables were getting served. Our sunday dinners arrived on long rectangle plates,looking totally different to photos on here and other diners.Informed it was beef/turkey dinner only and not full menu, however whilst eating ours it seemed full menu was available due to meals coming out of kitchen. Not the best experience for lunch,but the ales are always nice here. Just a shame re meal and menu.

Nice pub, nice pint of Timothy Taylor

Went in for breakfast, greeting was a bit low but the breakfast was lovely.

Lovely meal in this quaint pub with pleasant and friendly staff would recommend

Great relaxed cosy atmosphere and the food is excellent! Staff are lovely, friendly and accomodating. I would thoroughly recommend 👌

Parking is limited on Thursday night due a market in front of the hotel however normally £2 donation box. The staff were very friendly, pub friendly plus the food was good. Our stay was very pleasant and it is a great location.

Lovely location in the heart of the town. Fabulous welcome from the staff. We had the Sunday roast 😋 - one turkey, one ham and one beef. Very tasty and super generous portions. Thoroughly recommend!

Visited Saturday evening for a meal with friends and our two dogs. We were welcomed in and seated quickly. The staff were very friendly and chatty and the service was great. We all had something different to eat, all our meals were lovely, dessert was delicious and the bar kept the drinks flowing. The landlord even gave us a lift home as we couldn’t get a taxi and were a little tipsy! Great night was had by all.

Friendly village pub. Good selection of beers, and good pub food.

Great location and comparatively cheap compared with other accommodation in the area. Service was prompt with a smile. However if you are a light sleeper it's not great as you can hear everything from down stairs, rooms adjacent and outside so bring earplugs!

Enjoyed a few pints out in the glorious sunshine. Staff were super friendly and the outdoor seating perfect for relaxing. Would definitely return when in Leyburn.

Awful accomodation,damp,smelly shower, unclean mugs, very uncomfortable bed. Not a pleasant aroma in the bar area. Unfriendly greeting. Don't waste your money.

Booked on line for a Friday evening meal, very easy to do. On arrival the staff and locals were so friendly and very accommodating, the menu had plenty of choice and at a good price. They love dogs too. I couldn’t ask for a better evening.

Oh dear! We were allocated Room 5 on the 3rd floor. When my daughter booked for one night with Booking.com she thought she'd booked a twin room, but what we got was a double bed with a very uncomfortable mattress. However, that was only minor compared to the rest of the room. Yes, it really is as bad as the other reviews for this room. Damp walls and ceilings, bathroom door which only pushes shut (no latch or lock; literally just pushes to), wobbly toilet seat (raise yourself very gently when you need to get off to reach the toilet paper), there's a notice on the wall behind the toilet not to flush certain items down the toilet but where's the bin to put these items in?; not in the bathroom as you'd expect but in the sleeping(?) area next to the kettle and tea making facilities - so hygienic! (btw the tea/coffee/biscuits weren't bad). But all of the above paled into insignificance compared to the nausea inducing stench which erupted every time the loo was flushed! And on flushing the loo, water bubbled up through the shower drain. It looked like clean water but we weren't going to risk it so went showerless, hence why I can't comment on the water temperature. I must say that the continental breakfast wasn't as bad as one of the reviews. Yes, the pastries were cellophane wrapped but the cereals (or certainly the corn flakes) were edible, make your own toast as you do in any hotel these days, nice selection of fresh fruit, ham, cheese slices and turkey(?) roll were covered in cling film (if they become uncovered it's really the fault of other breakfasters, not the staff). Having said all that we may have drawn the short straw as one other couple we met at breakfast were allocated a room on the floor below us and they said their room was lovely and the bed really comfortable! Would we stay here again? What do you think?

A nice little place, staff were friendly, helpful and excellent pub food, we had all our meals here tasty, steak was cooked perfect. Plenty of choice from menu, the garden is beautiful with flowers and hanging baskets. A great live band on the Saturday night supercharged. Great atmosphere. Thanks guys Liza & Ed x

Excellent Sunday Roast and desert had at the Black Swan. Portion size was very good with plenty of meat, I had the beef and my friend had the chicken. Yorkshire puddings were perfectly done as was the roasties. Would definitely recommend

Beautiful hotel. Room was spacious and the bathroom was a plus. Bed comfortable great view's. Breakfast was amazing. Land lady so accommodating. X

All you ask for when staying at a B&B is a warm welcome, comfortable bed, cleanliness and a decent breakfast, sadly for us The Black Swan offered us none of these. Initial impression; not the warmest of welcomes. Carpet and walls on stairs very grubby. Room 5 was a reasonable size. Did have a very large damp area on far wall and damp patches on ceiling (turned a blind eye to this given the age of the building etc). Bedding and towels were very clean. The bed was very uncomfortable, felt like I was laying on a plank of wood, mattress very springy. The bathroom has a macerator, very noisy and lets off a bit of an odour. No shelves to put your toiletries and no hooks or rails for towels. Dirty grouting. Unless you are a size 0 supermodel there is a chance you will get wedged between the walls whilst on the toilet! It’s a strange set up. There is no toilet roll holder either so once you have finished doing your business you then need to stand up and turn around to reach the loo roll, not the most hygienic set up. There is no extractor fan (no window) didn’t end up being a problem as there was no hot water either!! Went down for evening meal, having been told they serve until 9pm. Got a drink whilst perusing the menu only for the landlady to come over and tell us food service had finished (8.20pm), had we been told this on check in we could of come down earlier or made alternative arrangements. The menu does say food until 9pm. Breakfast was served at 8.30, had to shower in ice cold water as not hot, not even luke warm. Went downstairs, no one to welcome us. We were unsure of the arrangements for breakfast but turns out it’s only continental (I.e some plastic wrapped pastries, a toaster, some ham left exposed to flies, fruit that had seen better days etc). It did not state this anywhere on booking. Landlady eventually appeared and we told her about the cold water situation, she was most unbothered by this(another family on a different table also spoke up about the lack of hot water). At this point we had decided to go else where and get a proper breakfast as we didn’t really feel welcome here. Did not like the atmosphere. We really were prepared to over look a lot of the minor issues but combined they are things that really affected the enjoyment of our stay. Maybe the other rooms are nicer than room 5 and we could have just been unlucky but based on this room and the lack of indifference from the manager we would not recommend it.

Great food, great service, highly recommended

I came here with my family, the barman was extremely polite and helpful. The food we ordered was worth waiting for! Everyone at the table thought their dinner was delicious. Thank you, would definitely come again.

Can only comment on the attitude of the staff. When we first walked in a member of staff walked straight away after serving food to a table and completely ignored us. Then we proceeded to the bar to enquire about a table for two, they said it's all reserved inside, which we would understand until we saw a table was reserved from 12.45 when the time was already 14.10. Just overall felt very unwelcoming, perhaps not racist as my partner felt the same too so just unfriendliness I guess.

Call here with some friends we had 1 pint of landlord and some wine then some food the steak pie and chips was delicious one of the best will call again went in Leyburn also the staff were very helpful

Not sure if management has changed this year? The pub is fairly tired ( dirty, food stained menus, grimy carpet and a gaping hole in the ceiling next to our table. Not dissing Wetherspoons grub but the food was no different but more expensive. We wouldn't go back and were disappointed.

Really enjoyed it in here. The staff were lovely and friendly. Food was great. My wife said the hunters chicken was the best she has tasted. I had the beef sandwich and it was brilliant. Thick slices of tender beef. Lovely chips too. Landlord on tap too which was great!

The pub is grubby, snail trails and dog hair on unhoovered carpets, holes in walls, cobwebs everywhere, finger marks on walls and mirrors, sticky tables, vinegar bottles with months old sediment etc The interior is cluttered and dark and dingy Food was distinctly average Should’ve gone to the chippy across the road Bar staff were friendly and helpful though Decided to eat here due to the 4.5 star review God knows who’s giving it that kind of praise We should’ve questioned our choice when we saw that the Golden Lion further down the road was full and this wasn’t.

Only popped in for a quick bite to eat, the burgers were really good, lovely friendly atmosphere, will return soon.

Great room overlooking the square. Fantastic and welcoming host.

Visited on a trip to the Yorkshire Dales ... What's not to like ... Love it.

Always are go to pub in Leyburn, welcoming staff, great beer and very dog friendly. Food looks good.

Lovely Sunday roast . Choice of three meats . Dog friendly and people friendly. Would definitely go again .

Excellent lunch with friends. Pleasant service and good hearty food. Good location in centre of Leyburn.

Really enjoyed our stay. Really lovely room comfortable bed clean. Staff really lovely. Food good. And even a band on. Really good time had .

Lovely lunchtime meal. Great service as a visitor was made to feel very welcome.

The brothers and I called in here on Saturday and enjoyed a really good meal and a drink, the cheese burger was the best I have ever tasted. Leyburn today was unusually quiet but it can get busy as its the gateway to the moors, Reeth, Kirby Stevens and more.

Just an evening meal. Very nice reasonable prices and service with a smile. Quick service also. Would go again if in the area.

We have been a few times the food was absolutely gorgeous Just like the pictures but unfortunately we have been today and I don’t know what has happened, it was completely different and such a letdown we will not be going again. I know Bad reviews are not good for any business but in this case I feel I have put one on to let others know.

Visited for food, have been before several times and the food was absolutely lovely. Just like in many of the photos here. Was One of the best Sunday lunches how has it got so awful?! On a recent visit we were massively disappointed by the poor food standard. Food was burnt. Fish tiny and batter was overcooked, served with cheap freezer skinny chips - don’t be taken in by the lovely chunky chips in photos. It used to be like that but not now. veggie sausages were burnt. Burger burnt including the bun. How do you burn a bun?! Bad quality and such a massive letdown. Sadly we won’t be going back. I wanted to send food back and get money back but husband didn’t want a fuss. Please bring back the standard it used to be!!!

Nice place, but took a family in and as we were ordering 5 meals they refused to serve us food, although the kitchen was operational, we were told our party was too large. Not expected

New yrs day obviously understaffed and felt for the ladies behind the bar. Never known so many people in a pub asking for coffee's and teas which was obviously time consuming. Much of the menu wasn't available -bar lady said they had run out of a lot of food. Had 2 scampi and chips-small portions 1 fish and chips said to be good, and one wensleydale cheese and pickle baguette with a few chips and warm coleslaw which i didn't risk eating (also no pickle on the baguette) So basically a cheese baguette and a few chips for £13.00. Overall not good value. Pub had character but needs a refurb and the journey to the gents is a bit of an epic -not great for the elderly! Sorry but not a great experience

Visited this pub on New Years Eve with a group of friends. We arrived without a booking and some of the group had dietary requirements but the staff went above and beyond to accommodate us. They were super friendly and helpful throughout. The food was delicious too! Fab pub. Would absolutely recommend!

We came in on New Year’s Eve without a booking and the staff were so incredibly accomodating, and even helped those of us with dietary requirements by serving us off menu. We were totally blown away by their kindness and generosity - cannot recommend this lovely pub & the team enough. (And the veggie burgers were delish!)

We came in on New Year’s Eve without a booking and the staff were so incredibly accomodating, and even helped those of us with dietary requirements by serving us off menu. We were totally blown away by their kindness and generosity - cannot recommend this lovely pub & the team enough.

Fantastic pub! Came for lunch with friends and our children (and our dog!). Just brilliant. Lovely cosy atmosphere, good selection of beers, more than happy with kids / dogs. Friendly staff, food was great, good-sized portion for the price. Can’t fault it at all (the walk to the men’s toilets upstairs is a little bit of an adventure 😂). Would definitely come again. Top work guys!

Booked in for a family meal on New Year's Eve. Having sat down, ordered drinks, chosen our meals having watched everyone else's meals come out, we were then told that the chef was only going to do roast dinners as everything else on the menu had run out. They apologised but none of us wanted a roast dinner so had to find somewhere else to eat. Really poor. Can't actually believe that everything on the menu ran out at the same time. A rubbish way to run a business. Unhappy New Year!

Stopped by for two espressi today. Baffled for a second at our peculiar and very touristy request (we are indeed tourists!), the friendly staff immediately improvised two short and delicious coffees for us. They even apologized that "usually nobody asks for this". Many many thanks, we're absolutely stopping by next time we pass through - though maybe for pint ;-).

Had the best Christmas day lunch 10/10 👌

Charity shop Christmas Dinner did use prud.food was lovely and so nice and warm in pub.great atmosphere. Christmas all the way .thank ladys

Dog friendly pub and restaurant. Good menu and varied selection of beers. Prices overall were a bit higher than the other pubs in town eg £19 for house wine Steak and ale pie with shortcrust pastry was tasty.

I stayed here in between my work break & having a little relaxed few days after a back issue.. From the minute I arrived, all the staff were very welcoming & warm, Nothing was a problem, They were so thoughtful & helpful 👌🏼💯 The room was very cosy & clean & the location is great too 👍🏻 I had all my meals here & it was Quality, very tasty & good local produce, l was very pleased with the service !!! & MANY THANKS TO THE STAFF 😊🤗 FOR ASSISTING Me During my Stay, I would highly Recommend you stay. I

Saturday night stay, friendly welcome from behind the bar even though it was busy. Shown to our room by a pleasant young lady. Clean spacious room with tea/coffee/drinking chocolate, also biscuits and plenty of storage space. Lovely evening meal and breakfast. Only downside is the plumbing noisy and doesn't ebb away quickly. Would stay again though.

Fantastic pub ....landlady was great chatting to us about the dogs ...will return to try the food. Lovely place Leyburn and best pub in the village ..

Landlady rude, we had an issue which i reported to the staff, the land lady never acknowledged me at the bar waiting, she just carried on talking to another member of staff, i reported the issue to another member of staff who came behind the bar, my issue was then repeated to the land lady who basically didn't believe me ! She disagreed with what i was reporting, she never apologised, checked we were ok or even introduced herself at the start, the rest of the staff, 2 girls working behind the bar and serving breakfast along with a young guy were ok though.

Visited with the family for lunch, were made very welcome by staff, lovely cosy atmosphere among the diners/regulars. We ordered four different meals, everyone of our party couldn't fault the food, very reasonably priced too. Definitely on the list for a re-visit.

Brilliant night. Great food steak & ale pie & steak & kidney pudding and Beer Feel like one of family. Thanks Jo, Thomas & Shell. We will be back soon.

Very rude manager and verbally abusing we having been going Leyburn for 30 years won’t be going to the black swan

Stopped here for lunch, while exploring Leyburn & Leyburn Shawl. The food and beer was excellent. The Wensleydale and Pickle baguette is a recommendation!!

We visited as 2 couples, lovely village. Hotel was lovely, room’s spacious and very clean. We didn’t try the food as we were not in before they started serving again but friendly staff let us have our own little table buffet with pastries we had...

Warm and cosy. Waited over 50 mins for food from ordering. But was worth the wait. Great, could not be faulted.

£16 for this meal - steak pie, chips and vegetables AND a 45 minute wait ! When I complained to the chef , I was spoken to very rudely and quite aggressively and given a lecture on the "cost of living and price of vegetables...

We did wonder at £14 for a beef sandwich but it defied that description - a full baguette with chips cole slaw and a huge amount of beef. Very good value indeed. And the beer is great as well.

Wow, great Sunday roast, very tasty and plenty of it. Extremely good value. Beer great as well, staff very friendly and loved dogs

Had a great experience at there other pub in skipton and was told by their princess to visit, food was just as good well done all of you at both sites . It’s very hard in todays climate you get great food but both locations...

Ordered 2 jacket potatoes cajun chicken sandwich and hot beef baguette and gravy. We waited nearly 50 minutes for these 4 simply dishes. Only to be totally disappointed by 3 out of the 4 dishes. Both jacket potatoes with cheese weren't served with any butter...

If you want a true North Yorkshire welcome then this is the place you need to be The food was out of this world and the home made steak and kidney pudding is literally the next level and is home made on the premises by...

Popped in for a drink one Sunday afternoon the Sunday dinners looked to be nice so ordered two they were lovely nice meat had beef and the vegetables were not over cooked,the price was right too we will be back

First night here. Seems seriously understaffed or undertrained. Told they couldn't take my order for a while as they were busy. Finally had to ask for my order to be taken. Less than half full. I would hate to see how they would cope with...

We visited the pub intending to eat, we were told that they weren’t serving food but the next people that walked in asked the same as us & a different member of staff told them that they could squeeze them in (they were a family...

Normally have always enjoyed this restaurant but been a little while since our last visit. Wow! What has happened? No meet and greet (only 2 visible staff until the chef came to stroke a puppy that had come into the venue / hope she washed...

My partner and I visited this pub for dinner this week. We both fancied steak and ale pie but were told it was unavailable along with chicken. My partner decided on chilli with garlic bread which she enjoyed although the chilli was hotter than expected....

Brought my family here for dinner. Food was fantastic. Definitely the best burger I've had in a long time and the staff were all friendly and helpful. There were 5 of us and we were all impressed. The live music afterwards was the icing on...

Went on Saturday evening with family to celebrate my husband’s birthday. Food was fantastic and the staff were friendly. Everyone had a delicious meal. The staff had kindly made my husband a homemade birthday cake including candles. Well worth a visit if you travel to...

Booked for Sunday lunch as a family of 4. Had to wait 10 minutes to be shown our table. Only chicken or beef available which was fine as we wanted a roast dinner anyway. From ordering to food being served took an unacceptable 50 minutes...

We live in Leyburn and used to visit the Black Swan regularly and enjoyed the food. Today we went with another family for food, and the rude bar staff turned us away, even though there was plenty of space available for us to sit. Another...

Excellent food. We went as a family of five on a Sunday evening and they were only serving roast dinners chicken or beef. The food was excellent and the service was great. Highly recommend.

Having selected the Black Swan for convenience, I was very worried by the poor recent reviews interspersed with a few good ones and many 'old' good food reviews. Turns out that it had recently been taken over and is moving from a gastro-pub to a...

Had dinner here on 2 evenings earlier this week. We both chose traditional steak & kidney pudding the first night. A whole packed pudding basin portion each with new spuds veg & extra gravy. Delicious but massive so I couldn't quite eat all the suet...

Booked table for 6pm on 8th July they seem to run out of dishes off the menu early in the evening for some reason only 2 portions of steak pie left which we managed to have some of my chips were not cooked they were...

Called at the black Swan Hotel for Sunday lunch the beef was to die for it just melt in the mouth .veg was hot and a delicious home made Yorkshire pudding.Cool glass of Larger to wash it down ,Thank you to the caring staff we...

What's happened to this place? For the last couple of years when coming to Leyburn we have visited the Black Swan for Sunday lunch and it has always been one of our favourites. This time it was simply awful. The beef looked like it had...

Called in the Black Swan at Leyburn on the way home to Barnsley we didn't think we would get any food but to our surprise we got a good table and ordered 2 meals off the specials board Baked Haddock and I had homemade Steak...

Called here for lunch and a drink, I had a lovely glass of white zindafel and hubby had a pint of Semer Water both excellent. For our meals I had sausage and mash, 3 big, beautiful sausages with creamy mash and peas. Hubby had scampi...

Stayed B&B also ate in the hotel. The double room was comfortable and very clean. The bathroom was ok with a bath and shower. Plenty of hot water only minor issue was the hot water was hard to control and any minute change to the...

Had a couple of pints of Timothy landlord and the homemade steak pie. £5.30 for a pint of TT was expensive and the pie had lots of meat in it and nice size but had a burnt taste to it to me it looked like...

Can't understand the recent negative reviews! We had lovely meals and felt very welcome. We had fish and chips and the pulled pork burger and both were lovely. Give it a try because personally I was very happy sitting in the window listening to some...

We live in Leyburn and this was our favourite pub. In its last incarnation it had improved to where the food was gastropub quality, interesting menu, well presented and a cut above the other town pubs. Now, oh dear. Since it's been taken over recently...

We visited the Black Swan for a meal whilst on a walking holiday based on its ranking on Tripadvisor. This was a mistake and I had not read the last few reviews that indicated this was under new management, this was my first mistake. The...

We frequently visit leyburn and the pubs were limited to go to as they’ve all been run down BUT since the Black Swan refurb this was a gem with lovely food, amazing sharp friendly service and clean and welcoming pub. We visited Saturday. What a...

A nice, relaxed and pet friendly inn. We all ordered lunch, comprising 3 different burgers and 1 chicken dish, with accompanying chunky home cooked chips slaw and salad , while the chicken dish had rice and a peppercorn sauce. It was excellently cooked and delicious,...

The shortest shortcrust pastry I've ever had on a delicious beef pie with the best homemade chips - utterly divine! Great burger too

What a great find this place is. We stayed for 2 nights recieved a lovely warm welcome and was shown straight to our room which was lovely, bright airy and spotlessly clean. The bed was lovely and comfortable too. We ate in the bar both...

We had a very comfortable night's sleep in a charming and well-appointed room. The staff were friendly and welcoming, the bed was comfortable though a little high for me (I am quite short!). Supper in the bar was excllent. I had the most fantastic sausages,...

Ate here last August when it had a fantastic varied menu with friendly staff and great service... 9 months later.....what a change. Went to the bar for a drink on arrival. Asked for a glass of Sauvignon Blanc.....barman didn't know whether it was white or...

We had just arrived in Leyburn and called for a drink. The staff were all friendly, casual and welcoming. We checked out the reviews and decided to give the food a try, thee service was great from everybidy that served us and the food was...

Absolutely fantastic! Service, prices & food quality were 10/10 for good pub food. We had a bacon cheese burger, scampi & chips & a couple of rounds of drinks & were more than comfortable & made welcome. Also dog friendly. Will definitely be back!

Absolutely dreadful been taken over and now food and service absolutely terrible A great shame was a nice place to have Sunday lunch now would not go there again

Under new ownership, the food is absolutely brilliant and the pub and restaurant have a more friendly feel. Definitely recommend you visit when in Leyburn.

We always like to pop in here for a drink or 4 when in Leyburn, had food last night.... really enjoyed our meals. The service and staff are spot on, a nice, chilled atmosphere. Ales, as usual, are lovely. Cheers again.

Recently taken over. Excellent service, great beer, try the Slow down blonde. Double cheese burgers where top quality

Came here with friends at the weekend whilst away - what a great pub this is! The food was delicious - we had a range of meals between us (fish and chips, scampi, gammon and veggie lasagne) and they were all superb. Large portions, freshly...

The child bride, the two fur babies and I visited Leyburn today and opted for a pub lunch. It is dog friendly but the area was towards the back near the bar. It was a little chilly inside but I sneakily turned on the radiator....