Swan Inn in Stafford

If you like real ale 🍺 and cracking music 🎶 This is the best place in Stone 👍 Open until 1am Friday and Saturday 🕐 No darts, No jukebox, No pool table. Sandwiches 🥪 and Baps served behind the bar 🤤😋 Nice warm atmosphere 👌 Two log fires 🔥 🔥 Sheltered heated beer garden 😊 One of the best pubs in Stone 😉 Enjoy ☺️🤙

Great staff and wonderful selection of beers with 2 open fires what more can one ask for

Nice atmosphere, very dog friendly. Sat outside ideal for the dogs.

Great night good selection of ales always got a great choice of proper ales Just watched the dirty bangers what a band

Good little boozer with some good ales on can get a bit busy in the evening if they have a band on

Excellent Place Good Coice Of Real Ales. Superb Company. Can't Fault ✔✔

Great range of beers for every taste.... really friendly staff and punters... quality tunes....what more do you need?! Looking forward to next time.... cheers guy's...x

Walked in, was 2nd in the queue, but when I got to 1st, the red head girl behind the bar decided to serve 2 others (locals) ahead of me, and eyeballed me in the process, she knew what she was doing. I walked out and went to the Red Lion. Poor service should not be tolerated, especially in an ultra competitive pub trade

Great traditional pub with a good selection of beers. Well worth a visit.

Nice beers and a nice atmosphere too

Nice pub, nice beer garden good ales

Never had any food, but the place is clean and staff friendly. Went here for the real ale and it was spot on

There's no better pub anywhere.

Massive disappointment. Had read the great reviews so was expecting great things. Couldn’t have been worse. We visited on a Tuesday so perhaps we were just served the weekend leftovers, but the two real ales were rubbish- tired, old and flat in seconds. Service ( for us)was appalling too. Barman ignored us and served a regular who arrived at bar after us. I know the score, you have to look after regulars, but at least acknowledge the person who has been waiting. Looks a decent pub with loads on offer but if you serve crap beer with appalling manners, my money ain’t coming your way. We spent 3 nights in Stone and every other place we visited served good beer with a smile and a chat.

Nice pub shame bar staff weren't smily though and then we were rufly asked to move for the band no issue with that but complete or thank you so 6 people they lost

Great pub Great service And great staff

Best pub in Stone by far. Great atmosphere, no track suit idiots and good live music.

Once again I hit the Swan. Be doing exactly the same for about 50 years (works training college was up the road at Yarnfield) but I now do it on the canal. (For 38 years this way). Can't understand why boat won't start for 4 days or so, so have to replenish the boats thirst in the Swan. As US General McCarthy said when he got kicked out of the Philipines "I WILL RETURN".

Proper pub. Called through curiosity, husband thought a pub was in this street and he was right. Quiz night going on when we were there, clearly a community. Loved the chairs in the bar!

If you want ale Go HERE! Great choice

Proper local pub with a great selection of ales

We had a great evening. Live music was good as was the beer.

Good range of beers. Now with Guinness 0%. Good music.

An absolutely fantastic pub! Myself and a few friends were having an afternoon in Stone trying different watering holes and this was my favourite. A brilliant selection of beers that they would let you try first, great staff. I also had a real cider which was v potent but very moreish. The customers were all my type of people (I am of a certain age and ex rocker and biker) and if I lived locally this would be my pub of choice.

Lovely old pub with open fire, great atmosphere and good service.

Good sociable atmosphere, pleasant staff, good live music.. Really enjoyed it..

Been going to this pub for a few years travel from Stoke-on-Trent for a lovely pint and friendly people very clean and a lovely be a garden.

Bar staff were great. Amazing gig.

Hood old fashioned pub which thankfully survived covid... Didn't try the food so unable yo comment but plenty of different beers.

Just moved into the area and this was our first visit. Lovely atmosphere, traditional pub with open fires.Friendly staff and customers and excellent selection of craft beers and high quality wine options. Advertising lots of music /quizz nights.Looking forward to revisiting.

Usually busy with a great atmosphere, one of the best beer selections in Stone. A real fire keeps the pub warm and comfortable in winter.

A couple of nice pints of stout

One of the best Real Ale pubs in Staffordshire.

Very busy always a good atmosphere at the Swan Great staff and great beer.

Another good night in the swan great band brilliant atmosphere wonderful staff and a lovely pint of dark rabbit

Stone has many pubs this is right up there with one of the best. Service excellent and range of beverages is second to none. Would highly recommend

Went here on Thursday night, excellent choice of beers, along with live music, brilliant night, well worth a visit 😀

Absolutely fantastic cosy pub with varied beers that change every week and super friendly staff, love this place.

This traditional pub is 'must visit' establishment for cask ale drinkers. A true free house with a large, permanent beer festival choice! Pub loyalty card scheme for cask ales. Buy 10 to qualify for a free pint! Wood burning fires in the winter months!

A lovely pub, did exactly what the board outside said. Roaring fires, Dog friendly and boasting a wide selection of beers, ales and wines. Lovely pub and highly recommended.

Fantastic selection on cask and friendly staff with lovely seating. Top shelf.

Lovely real ale pub great staff and a relaxed atmosphere.

Fabulous beer and a great welcome on a busy Wednesday night. 2.excellent musicians for an open mic night

Very enjoyable and well presented place to visit, lovely and Hospitable weather was brilliant.

Didn't have food, went for a drink, and watched an awesome live ska band, great atmosphere, a really good night

Abit expensive for me, definitely an interesting pub

My first visit to here well impressed. The food is excellent service spot on and prices very reasonable indeed a proper canalside pub and the staff really care John Broome

Love this pub. Good ale a wide selection and fab staff.

Cosy pub, good for meeting up with friends.

Place to small for a band...by 22 hrs everyone is already drank but not me...headeache big time.

The great atmosphere of an old style genuine public house

Great pub, the beer is a really nice space to sit I'm and chat.

Great beers, great atmosphere and great music, what else do you need at weekends

A great pub with good selection of real ales,friendly staff always on hand to advise choice of beers.

Very lively, great live music, dancing like a loony, a good choice of Ales. Good beer garden.

Extremely rude barman. 100% rude Such a shame a good pub has a member of staff like this

A proper pub. Great choice of drinks. No kids. A dying breed.

Good atmosphere live music great selection of beers we all had a good time

Always an excellent pint there staff always friendly and helpful

Great beer choice. Great atmosphere

Great pub, played here with our band Rapture, great night..

Not the nice pub I once remembered it to be. Big selection of unheard of beers. Had one pint, and that was enough.

Nice local boozer with good choice of ales

Busy town centre pub within easy walking distance of Stone town centre. Live music gives the venue a lively atmosphere at weekends. Beer has a good choice and is good quality.

Not very good you need to be local to get a drinks card

Excellent beer. Nice atmosphere. Tuesday is quiz night (About 21:00 start)

Excellent bar staff, choice of drinks and Well chosen bands

Lovely pub inside and out, friendly people and a good choice of drinks,will be back

Lovely atmosphere popped in for a drink

Regulars pub and a real ale pub

The best pub in stone brilliant staff last night thank you 😊

Nice pub with a good atmosphere, had a good selection of real ales and beers.

Brilliant Pub. Great range of beers, ales. Atmosphere is amazing and very busy Saturday nights with live entertainment. Definately one of the best pubs in the town

Propper real pub, warm and friendly welcome.

great selection of beers and good atmosphere,dog friendly cosy pub.

First visit to this Pub, it was really busy, but very friendly. A great selection of beers and, there was a great band on. Had a fantastic night and will most definitely visit again.

Excellent pub fantastic bands regularly play there

Only walked in to see if it was a decent pub for a pint with my misses and was hounded by a woman telling me abruptly that a can’t park on the car park overnight. Obviously not a good experience so I left to find a friendly pub elsewhere.

Dog friendly, good value and atmospheric.

Great pub Good selection of real ales Bar staff very friendly and helpful Fantastic dog friendly pub

Great atmosphere and a huge choice of real ales etc staff are friendly and knowledgeable about the beers and the regulars there are friendly and welcoming

Great range of changing beers. Friendly atmosphere and staff. A joy!

Great real ale pub, it has had a fantastic range of beers all the years I've drank in there. Very friendly staff and customers. Bands on at least twice a week.

Lovely pub. Dog friendly but with a dog free area. Large outdoor area. Great bar staff who remember your order from the previous visit

Pubs OK needs a re-vamp looking a bit grubby inside service very good range of beers excellent

Great pub for the locals, and boaters.

Great if you can get people to move away from bar!!!!

If I loved local, this would be my local!

Great service and selection of beers available. Nice atmosphere to boot. The service surpasses anywhere else in town from my experience, best selection of beers in town. Will always highly recommend this place to anyone appreciating a good beer, great night. They also have fantastic bands on for live music too! 👌

Good pub but it's gone a bit expensive.

Always friendly lots of drinks to choose from. Love this pub What more can I say 🤔 fab x

Great beer and live music venue. Long live The Swan

Flat drinks and warm bottle of beer. Replace one flat drink for another. Gave up and just left the drinks in the end.

The best pub in town with a great selection of drinks available. The staff are brilliant. Live music, and a lovely beer garden with shelter and heat lamps to be enjoyed whatever the weather.

I visited The Swan Inn , Stone for the first time on Friday 10 June 2022 after seeing the well deserved entry for the Swan Inn in the Camra Good Beer Guide. The Swan is a large terraced brick built pub ( Victorian or older ? ) on the one way roadside of Stafford Street. The Swan Inn does not have any parking but I managed to park easily in the nearby Crown Street car park about 100 metres walk away . It is a flat car park and level walk to the walk but it does involve crossing 2 busy roads with the aid of pelican crossings ( they can take ages to change !) The Swan front doorway leads into the large bar area with large seating space to both sides of the main bar. The passage to the left handside of the bar leads into a small but well organised garden seating area with bar linked to the inside bar . The bar looks wonderful for the real ale drinker with at least 10 or more real ale handpulls. They seem to have a good variety of brews and I drank a half of the guest dark ale - Ossett Voodoo Chocolate Orange Stout (£1.85 for a half ) . The staff and other customers were friendly and the Swan feels like a relaxing, hospitable place - certainly on sunny Friday early evening . One slight problem is the poor ( non existent WiFi) so I could not post my photos earlier . It is sometimes better not to have this so that you can enjoy the beer and the social atmosphere. I would recommend The Swan if you are in the area and want to enjoy a relaxed drink of real ale . Congratulations on again winning the local Camra branch Pub of Year this time for 2022 .

Brilliant beers, ciders and wines. Fun staff, a great place to be and friendly customers too.

Excellent real ale pub with fantastic staff, a great experience all round.

Like putting on an old pair of shoes :- absolutely marvellous and camra winner yet again .....must be doing it right.....get down and try it

A good night watching dirty bangers

Great pub with a good selection of real ales and live music on most nights of the week.