The Black Swan in Bristol, City of - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

I recently visited The Black Swan and was shocked to find a pint of Coke priced at £4.50, more expensive than a pint of beer. This pricing is extremely disappointing and feels unjustified.

Great pub. Dev and the team are the best, the live music nights are awesome and the beer garden is top drawer.

Classic local pub, cheerful often noisy and blissfully 'un-themed'. It's where the locals go for a pint. Sunday roast is good and I am told that their brisket chilli is very spicy and goes down well. Plenty of space and pleasant table service. 30th March 2024 update: still up to scratch.

Nice pub, good beer and Better Cider. Dog friendly

Nice and cosy, with TVs for sport. Maybe a bit expensive for students

I've stopped at this pub a few times. There are various rooms, plenty of seating and a beautiful garden. The staff is always very welcoming and smiling, this attitude makes you feel a bit at home. Their way of relating to people is certainly their winning part. In this pub you have the opportunity to meet new people, chat with them, play board games, taste excellent quality beer. And if it happens that when you enter Black Swan you feel relaxed, entertained and happy, it won't just be the beer's fault, but the reason will be that you too will feel part of this big family.

Burgers and Chilli Nachos are fantastic. Would not reccomend the fish cake, pretty awful compared to the rest of the menu. Sunday lunches are very tasty, however.

Popped in for a drink. Lovely friendly staff, plenty of seating and screens for the sports.

Devon licensee very nice to talk to 5 stars.

Good selection of ales and ciders. Decent pub atmosphere. Ordering from the App at the table is a revelation. (It's the only good result of covid.) Reward points via the App are nice too. Edit- Wickwar ales has gotten rid of the App, collecting points, and being able to order from the table. Shame 😔

Great local pub, friendly attentive service, offering a good selection of draft beer/cider and wine. Along with generous delicious hot food. All reasonably priced.

Just had a wonderful lunch with the husband and dog. We even got the chance to sit out in their spacious, quiet beer garden. The staff were very friendly and more than welcoming to the dog. My fish and chips was well presented and really tasty. He had the chicken burger with added cheese and bacon, which looked very good, and as he polished it all off, it must have been very good. Both meals were reasonably priced, and the portions were plentiful. It's certainly going to be somewhere that we'll be returning in the near future.

Always have an amazing time at the black swan, staff are always so welcoming and their new menu 🤤, tried their new Korean fried chicken burger and it blew my mind, that chef is a true wizard in the kitchen 🤌🏼

Nice cosy pub, good selection on tap

Good local pub, Wickwar beers with a current guest beer of Prescott Hill Climb, light but very drinkable. Good atmosphere and some interesting nooks and crannies in the building.

Cracking pub. Was in there all the time in my youth. I am so pleased to see it going strong with great staff and clientele.

First visit for a while. Really impressed with the place

Cosy and friendly pub with great burgers (massive also!)

Warn welcome as always in the duck also an added bonus was that my 'lost' gloves gad been handed in and were behind the bar waiting for me. Thanks Devon..

Went there for a wake very clean tidy and friendly staff ,food was fresh and well presented

Great atmosphere friendly locals and staff good selection of beers wines and spirits

We loves the dirty duck look! My wife's grandfather's grandfather called it the Dirty Duck. Top local!!!

Very friendly staff dog friendly too

Good food, excellent service and friendly welcome

Very comfy and friendly. Excellent food and beer.

Great coffee and friendly staff.

What a great pub - loads of character and a good choice of well kept beer.

Great to pop in for a couple of pints with friends. Very helpful and friendly staff, rugby on the TV followed by football but also a selection of board games on the bar. Well worth a visit with a nice outdoor section too. Just the sort of pub you'd love as your local.

We are travelling Canadians. Stopped by for lunch. Got a very friendly welcome and some really good burgers. Thanks!

Sunday lunch at a great price and really good quality food and portion size. Not a huge menu but I think that means what they do offer is better for it. Pork shoulder or beef brisket, I had the beef which was cooked wonderfully, literally pulled apart easily. There's also a vege option plus sandwich options. Will be back.

Great pub. Good service from the staff. Had a great night

Had a good visit to the black swan today , lovely interior , great tasty food , friendly barlady , shame weather wasn't up.to.much as we missed the beer garden ,highly recommended

Nice pub with a good beer garden 🍻👍

Love this place. Thoroughly recommended.

Had a really nice burger and chips. Nice garden too.

Lovely fish & chips, pub has traditional feel with a few small rooms to eat in. Very relaxed atmosphere. Friendly staff and locals. I'm not normally one for the TV on while I eat but as visitors from Northamptonshire it was fun to watch Northampton Saints play rugby against the home team 😅 A bit of a hidden gem, this one.

Fab food and beer, bar staff are brilliant, sports on too 😀

We live just down the road, I’ve never bothered coming here as they only sell old man pump ale but now they sell Camden Pale Ale which is vaguely going in the right direction. (Please look into selling Arbor, New Bristol Brewery, Wiper & True, Left Handed Giant etc etc the modern IPA’s from these Bristol breweries is fantastic) First time trying the roast here, food was tasty and delicious and a great price. Plus now they have a half decent IPA for the younger crowd I’ll return in the future.

Always a pleasure to stop here after work for a pint with all the staff from Max Events. The food here always looks lovely and smells great.

Excellent Sunday roast dinner and delicious Chocolate Brownie dessert. Really friendly and obliging staff. Dog friendly with indoor and outdoor seating options offered. Thank you for a lovely lunch.

We held my fathers wake here on 20th January.Staff were very helpful and the buffet food was lovely.Would definitely use this venue again.

Great atmosphere. Food was lovely nd staff were very pleasant

Best Sunday roast ive had in years recommended anyone to try

Lovely little pub. Nice atmosphere, good food.

Friendly bar staff. Nice atmosphere.

Good food reasonable prices and good selection of cider and beer. Plus good service.

Not been here for years. Now under new ownership. We sat outside and had 'nibbles'. A good home made sausage roll with pear chutney, and a big bowl of hummus. Will definitely be going there again.

This pub has not been visited for a few years. Well it will not be visited again .... Absolutely filthy in and outside areas. No wonder it is known as the dirty duck locally.

Food good, staff friendly and well set up for covid restrictions.

Excellent pub great atmosphere and staff

Great service, good food, love to of cover, some under heating. Love the dirty duck ❤️

Old old pub. Great food, real ale, outside areas friendly. Great atmosphere. I love this place

Food ordered was not cooked throughout,informed staff,no apology,or offer of replacement,table booked until later in the afternoon,but asked to move due to booking error,why the error applied to us rather than the next party,who knows? Contacted Wickwar ,getting fobbed off with “we will get back to you”routine,needless to say will not be going back😡

Nice people..Nice pub..what more do you need!!🍺🍺

This place has had a good covid-safe framework from the get-go. Good food, an app for ordering (friendly staff to help with it if you need support like me), timely service.

Fantastic pub with fantastic staff

Homely, friendly nice warming fire (it may be a log effect gas fire, but its still lovely) and they know the names of the locals.

Nice enough but.. halloumi burger had almost no halloumi, lunchtime staff were grumpy and stroppy.. poor attitude towards paying customers.. wouldn't bother going back.

Nice for a couple of pints after a game of badminton.

These guys are really making a massive effort to keep everyone safe during these strange times...Five Stats...much appreciated.

Friendly and efficient staff with nice outdoor seating, but inside was off limits to the public. Appetising website lunch menu, but no food was being served when I arrived for lunch.

Great staff and friendly service.

Great local pub, nice staff and one of the best rewards apps ever

Very dirty grotty back street boozer, uncared for enterprise inns site had no investment in tens off years, and doesn’t look like Wickwar are any keener to spend on it. Alcoholic manager now left so that is a positive for the business

It's a typically English pub. Very welcoming, with several types of beer, cider and wines by the glass. Meeting point in the late afternoon to drink a beer in good company.

Nice spot, good beers, sport and a heated area at the back.

A really nice pub. Friendly and warm.

Another favourite west Bristol hostelry. Well kept ales, friendly staff, recommended.

Good food and friendly service.

nice cozy garden. kitchen was closed on Sunday pm :/

Good sevice clean friendly staff, good old wet pub

Good local pub. We called in spur of the moment as the M5 was at a standstill and we wanted a break. Locals and staff were friendly. Food was good and our dog was also welcome. Really appreciated :-)

Friendly staff, nice lay out. Almost a country feel about it.

Great nieghbourhood local with craft beer.

Watched England vs Holland there in the Nations League but could not watch England vs Switzerland as it was outside and raining!

Nice pub with large outdoor space. Good service, nice beers and good pub food

Nice pub, friendly staff and a very nice Sunday beef roast.

Great friendly pub nice selection of beers

A nice, pleasant pub with good beer

Called on the wrong day sanding tables nice little boozer though staff nice to

Had a point and a ciabatta in the sunny beer garden on a lazy afternoon. Very relaxed.

Absolutely lovely roast lunch. Beautifully presented, very tasty and good choices including veggie. Definitely worth a visit.

Decent old fashioned boozer.....which now comes with huge wide-screen tv

Great local pub with fantastic staff, excellent beer and great food.

Nice pub w I th nice garden and friendly bar staff. The chefs good. . All round nice place to go.

A great lunch. Good food, good beer, good service

The Black Swan is a lovely, family friendly pub. Atmosphere is great and bar staff always friendly and will to help. The function room with big screen T.V. at the back is great for functions. Highly recommended.

A great old favourite. Cozy pub and welcoming people with good food and beers

Roast was nice but potato salad where average

Great local, good beers, what more could you want? Nice garden and good food.

Good food and good people nice atmosphere

Nice service but the place did not impress me

Great pub, both cosy in the front and roomy in the back with a huge patio/garden. Great selection of beers and the food is really good.

Had a good lunch there. Didn't try the beer.

New owners are lovely. Great place to eat and drink 🍻🍺🥂

Pleasant pub, good atmosphere and nice food

Good burgers, nice cute old man pub.

Fabulous food, very friendly staff.

I was there for a 'wake' after a funeral service at canford crematorium. It was perfect ... Within walking distance ... The staff were friendly and welcoming ... The place is cosy ... The food was good.

The pub & drinks were nice enough, but disappointed with the menu. Only 5 mains to choose from.