The Swan in Warrington

Very pleasant family lunch. Very well looked after by Tina. Hope to be back soon.

Stayed at the swan with work, was served by Tina for my breakfast,. Tina was very friendly and helpful and she made a lovely start to my day. Thx Tina

Nice place. Interior may be in need of renovation in the coming years, but not too bad. Food was decent. Service was also decent, but room for improvement. Staff were very pleasant but while some staff seemed rushed off their feet, others sauntered aimlessly, although this could mean that they were simply in training. After initially posting, I received a nice reply from Stephanie (GM) and so will definitely come again. It seems to me to be a business that is trying hard to improve.

Friendly and great service by Ollie

Great Sunday lunch. We didn’t book but were seated anyway. We asked Ollie for extra gravy and he was back with a steaming jug of extra gravy in a heartbeat. Great service, great food. Thanks Ollie and Swan

Nice Sunday meal and good service from Ollie

We had a great roast dinner - Tina and her team were exceptional!

I've not been in the Swan for a very long time but I have to say it was absolutely lovely!!! Ellis who waited on our table could not do enough and made recommendations. I believe when exceptional service is provided praise should be given.We will certainly be returning. Thanks again.

Another amazing visit to The Swan such a lovely atmosphere with delicious food big mention to Tina who managed to fit us in desperate being busy, true customer service. Ps, Pork, Apple Terrine is to die for

We visit the swan quite regularly and cannot fault the service and food received every time, a special mention to Tina who always makes us feel welcome and that nothing is too much trouble. Brilliant customer service & atmosphere which keeps us coming back 😊 A recommendation greatly deserved x

Ebony is great everytime I visit the Swan. Outstanding service and never fails to impress!!

Wonderful place to eat, food is always great, Tina is fantastic, very attentive.

Not alot of choice Bar top full of dirty glasses very vert slow to get service

Lovely meal, and great service!! Thanks Mia for the recommendations and excellent service!

Fantastic food with amazing flavours was very impressed.

Visited with the wife for lunch. It was very nice. Can't recommend the cod & chips and steak and ale pie enough. Massive portions. Tina was our waitress. She's very knowledgeable, smiley and made our experience just amazing. We definitely will return. Thank you.

Lovely roast, waiter Olly was friendly and professional

Great place and we always feel welcome. Ebony is an absolute star and deserved a pay rise!

Was having a terrible week to be honest, than Ebony came a long and sung the best version of ‘I want to break free’ by Queen I’ve ever heard! Pint was excellent the atmosphere and vibe was great too, the day,week and months are saved! Will return again!

Amazing pub, EBONY really looked after us and made the evening extra special.

I’ve visited The Swan multiple times, and every time, Ebony has been an absolute star. She’s friendly, attentive, and always serves with a smile. Whether she’s behind the bar or waiting tables, she goes above and beyond to make sure customers are happy. Her warm and welcoming attitude makes the experience even better. It’s clear she takes pride in her work, and it shows in the great service she provides. She needs a pay rise! If you’re heading to The Swan, you’ll be in great hands with Ebony! Highly recommend.

We celebrated my Dad's birthday on 13th March 2025. The food was excellent and the staff couldn't be more helpful and friendly. We would like to pass our particular thanks to Patrick who served us all evening. He was attentive, helpful and professional. Can't wait for our next visit.

Ebony was amazing and as always brings the fabulous to the swan 10/10

Great service from Tina. Who put up with our whit and sarcasm . Food fantastic and well served

Tina was a fabulous member of the team who was very professional friendly and made our time at the Swan a great experience .Thank you

We would've had a great time, but we were served cold uncooked food, it was a disaster, and the chicken strips were shoelaces.....We complained The staff were brilliant 👏 didn't pay for it so not a bad pub at all. Just didn't get to try the food 😒

Superbe and vast pub with lots of history? Nice food served by friendly staff in friendly atmosphere at reasonable prices. But best to book in advance as it gets busy

New manager and food as good as always

Delicious food, service great and staff friendly

Been in multiple times over the last couple of Sundays for a roast always great food and great service. The pub is stunning and always clean. Usually served by Oli

I visited the swan Sunday after noon as was served by Oliver who was a polite man who just made the meal more enjoyable will be returning, and recommend to be served by him, amazing service!! 😁

Meal at Swan on Sunday was lovely. Food was great made all the more special by a really nice lad serving us called Oliver. Great attitude, polite abd really helpful.

Amazing service from Jake R and great food. Will definitely return

Visited the Swan with my sister for the first time today and it was absolutely amazing. The food was delicious (I had lasagne and my sister had the steak and ale pie followed by cheesecakes for dessert). The staff were so friendly and welcoming and couldn’t do enough for us (it did get quite full towards the end of our visit which meant we waited a little while for desserts but this was to be expected). The vibe of the pub is like a country cosy cottage and there is plenty of outdoor space for drinks in the summer. I will definitely be visiting a lot more in future, a hidden gem! 🙌🏻

A lovely end to our family day out, followed by an unreal turkey dinner which was 10/10. However the service was appalling, non existent of child friendliness from 1 waiter from the get go. We arrived and our table weren’t ready, which we went to the bar as directed and got drinks but with a 3 & 4 year wanting to sit at a table with their teddies, dolls etc waiters didn’t like it. We finally got seated, ordered and again 2 kids being kids mooching around, speaking to other couples in the restaurant doing no harm we was told if they could stay seated which we listened, we was placed in a square booth with with approx 6 tables and again we ate the girls both got up, we told them to stay near and this 1 waiter was sniffing around for problems, the girls got on a empty table after they had ate and was playing and again we was told ‘can you keep them seated as I’ve got to reset the table as they’ve sat on it’ I also wouldn’t feed my dog the chicken strips they were served with, but moral of the story and a little advice - don’t serve a children’s menu if you can’t tolerate kids being kids, kids in worlds of there own doing zero apart from speaking to the public.

Lovely place, delicious food all cooked with skill and excellent ingredients. And really friendly staff. Olly served us last time and looked after us a real treat.

Didn't dine in . Stopped for a pint afternoon a hike and was made to feel very welcome

Fish and chips tonight at the Swan, we have to say 10/10 so good, thanks Dan, top chef as usual Served by Ebony, always a star, great service and always lovely thanks for looking after us What a team 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

The staff were friendly and helpful, especially Dalton, who served us. The atmosphere is relaxed. Most of the meals were nice. Unfortunately, the lasagne was dry and mostly pasta sheets. Overall, it was a good experience.

Excellent as always x lovely food. Served by Olly as usual..excellent service and friendly as always polite and friendly

Oli top bloke,couldn't have been served better.

Great meal. Service was fab by Ollie. Would recommend and come again! Nice and clean environment and fast service. Thank you!☺️

Lovely food and great service from Olly and the team. The best Sunday roast in Warrington. Would recommend to anyone!!!

Fantastic service, Ellis was rushed off his feet but was still really attentive. Food came in a great time frame and was delicious..

We come from hull 2nd time staying in the premier inn next door, which is perfect very comfortable stay. Second time visiting the swan. The food is gorgeous lovely old style feel to this place, very cosy,warm feel about it, staff very friendly, especially Ellis we thought the butter would be in a separate pot but it came on the bread as my hubby can’t eat butter but it was no problem for Ellis he just changed it no problem nothing was too much trouble definitely will be returning 😍😍👍👍

took 30mins to give us menus super slow service

Hi I visited yesterday evening with my wife, father in law and young son. The food for all of us was excellent and the meal was made all the better by the outstanding service and attention by Amy, who is a credit to the oub

We called on spec for a late lunch. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. The ambience was lovely; comfortable, warm, nice vibe. The menu was excellent. Lots to choose from. We ate off the lunch menu, which was great value and topped it off with a mini dessert and coffee. Highly recommend.

Awesome Oliver served us with a smile from the start and faultless service - lovely sun roast with a pal ! Get yourselves booked in early, to avoid disappointment! X

Arrived here very quiet wasn't very buzy at all but asked if we had booked which we hadn't the girl spent time on the table booking system checking if we could be seated bearing in mind it's 4oclock and it's not at all buzy so we sat down she asked if we wanted a drink which we did ordered 2 drinks pint of beer/pint of cider which then sat at the end of the bar we waited and waited and still didn't bring them over after waiting 15mins or more they seated another couple just behind us were still waiting for our drinks she then asked if we were ready to order so I said I've been waiting 25minutes for my drink she said there coming in a minute which I replied they have been sat on the bar for 25mins she pulled a face and went and got them we ordered the lasagne presented nicely but it was so dry and not enjoyable at all apart from the sourdough bread that was main thing we ate for the price of £52 it's awful.

Amazing food. Beautiful place. Lovely staff. Such a wonderful experience. I highly recommend.

Popped into one of our favourite eating pubs and had the usual great service & food served by Dalton, always friendly & professional a credit to the company

We went to the Swan at Wiinick, because my daughter forgot to book anywhere closer to Newton le Willows for lunch. But this was a nice surprise. Good menu, pleasant atmosphere and very good service by friendly staff . We will definitely return on our next visit to the North West.

We were served by Ellis, and the service was brilliant. Food was lovely and I'd highly recommend.

Absolutely gutted with today’s visit (before I continue with my review I just want to say they did knock 1 of the meals off the bill after complaining). We’ve been before with friends and it was AMAZING, we had the burgers and the lamb shank cottage pie so thought the Sunday dinner would be amazing. Came today and wasn’t greeted for at least 5-10 mins and was stood by the cold doorway with our baby girl. Was taken to our seat and ordered our drinks. First Peroni came and was flat, got a replacement but unfortunately wasn’t much better. We order the 7 hour slow cooked beef rib, that came with ‘garlic and rosemary duck fat potatoes’ which sounded amazing.. until it came and the roasties were aunty Bessie’s at best and definitely hasn’t been cooked long enough, the insides where dry and not hot. The beef short rib was purely fat, my partners couldn’t even touch his. Cauliflower cheese had barely any cheese and the pigs in blankets weren’t nice either. Gutted as our first experience was great. Staff weren’t very friendly either, I appreciate Sundays are busy but not one person had a smile on their face serving or taking orders. Sadly won’t return again after todays but couldn’t knock it the first time.

Myself and 2 friends visited this pub on Friday the 31st of January 2025 on entering the pub looked very nice but there was an overwhelming smell of burning incense. We were directed to a table by a waiter who seemed very blazè. A young lady took our order and whilst waiting my throat started to feel so sore from the overpowering smell of incense one of my friends felt exactly the same and my other friend said her eyes were really stinging. The food arrived and was just ok. The gammon was really small with a chunk of pineapple and a snotty white egg.....yuk! The pie was nice but the portion size was small considering the price. When the waiter eventually came back I asked him what the strong incense smell was because it was hurting our throats and eyes so much. Without any acknowledgement or concern about how we felt he said they had an open fire and burned perfumed logs and that he didn't even notice it anymore as he walked away. We asked someone else for the bill but after waiting 25mins we got up and went to pay at the bar. No one asked us if everything was OK and I myself suffered a very sore throat for 3 days. I have a lot of allergies and think the pub should consider this before forcing people to breathe in overpowering fragrances. Because of this we would not return or recommend.

The place was beautifully decorated and festive. Thr staff were attentive. The festive menu was mediocre 😕 had the turkey for main and Christmas pudding for dessert, have to say it's the worst dessert ever!!

Lovely meal here again today. We came on new year's day and liked it so much we came for my birthday today. Great quality food, lovely staff.

Lovely place to enjoy a meal. It was local to me.

I asked for a quiet cosy/window table, we got put in the back quiet room not in window or corner but by a freezing air con blowing on us, I asked to be moved & we was given a choice of 2 tables neither what we’d asked for and ended up sitting in a family room!!! Waited a long time to be served and had to ask for the bill twice

On entry there was a strong smell of smoke with the open fire, there was an awful lot of flys about surprised in January, and when we told a waitress she seemed disinterested, The food was awful it was cold I have used Greene king before and never was the food so bad, we wasn't asked half way if the food was ok, we complained at the end and only 2 out of five had eaten there food, we was given a partial refund and an apology. The pub was not busy.

Went for breakfast for my birthday. Food was undercooked. Sat us right next to the fire with 2 toddlers wasn’t lit decided to light it half way through our meal. It was incredibly smokey all our clothes stank even my hair. Asked the staff why it happened who were very rude and appeared to just want to argue.

Absolutely awful experience staff were rude unhelpful the food was poor undercooked or burned! And the staff lit an open fire right next to a table with two toddlers without asking if we would prefer to move there was only one other group in the pub at that time and the smoke was in our hair and on our clothes- very bad experience

I visited the swan for some dinner with friends. First of all we got a drink of moretti, which we had to take bk and replace for a peroni exchange!!! Too which it tasted just the same and as bad as the moretti. Also heavily priced!!! We then ordered some food, which hours later went through me like a Porsche! I was stuck on my porcelain pony all night!! I WILL NEVER RETURN TO THIS SO CALLED PUB/restaurant!!!!

Had to get a mortgage for 3 pints. The beer is terrible. They had a very peculiar aftertaste.

Called in for a spot of lunch as we were passing, staff lovely, food lovely and plentiful and had a good window table view. So impressed we booked a table for 7 + toddler for Mother's Day. Would recommend highly, thank you 👌

Visitted on Sunday afternoon. The roast beef dinner was superb and the service was outstanding. Can't recommend enough.

Had to wait 20 mins for service and then what I asked for they ran out of so chose something else food came but was not hot it was luke warm and was missing some veg when asked about the veg she said it does not come with what we had but I looked at menu and it should of come with the meal not good

Really nice food plenty of it the trio roast was great great service from the staff especially Tina

Order drinks from bar which as unclean and sticky tried to pick up the food menu but it was stuck to the bar we then sat in an area with table service which was not met we went to bar to order and was told by a service woman she would take are order at table shortly, she then proceeded to spend 15 minutes clearing tables and sweeping up afterwards went to take out order, we politely declined. A manger then approached us and asked if we had been seated here, which we had not been, she then informed me that we would have to move shortly due to a booking, the table we sat at had no reservation signs on nor had the original server inform us of this, this felt targeted due to us not ordering any food, I would strongly advice against visiting this pub and will not be doing so in future.

15th January 2025. ‘Wandering Wednesday’ we have decided each month, we will go to two eateries that we have previously been too and discover two new places to eat……. So on that note! this week ‘Wandering Wednesday took Neil and I to the ‘Swan’ at Winwick….. not eaten here before. We both went straight to the entrées as I had a dental appointment, so didn’t have all afternoon to wander!…… Neil went for one of his favourites which was fish and chips, he chosen garden peas to accompany it and upgraded the meal to have added scampi, which included a round of bread and butter too. I had a starter sharing board, for my choice as a main meal, this included small dishes of: Cottage pie croquettes, honey and bbq chicken strips, honey and mustard chipolatas, crispy squid and garden patch humours with sourdough shards and bbq dipping sauce…..along with a side of fries. Two large cokes to wash it down. The gentleman that served us was very polite, professional and attentive, the food was with us in no time at all. The meal was ok! slightly disappointing…. like I said it was ok! Would we go back?? Don’t think so.

Bit weird this. We called in on spec, 5.30 Tuesday eve, pub mostly empty. Was told at the reception there were no tables available, as I said, pub half empty. We left, went outside and booked online for 6pm. Went back in saw the same member of staff and was shown to a table, so either the staff wasn't to go home early or the computer booking system is wrong. Probs won't bother going again, customers appear to be in the way.

This should be one of the most popular pubs in Warrington but it is let down by the service. No staff so couldn’t get food when nearly all the tables were free at 6.15pm in a Saturday night! Somebody in Green King needs to get a grip of the Swan at Winwick!

Think it was not value for money!! Father Christmas sat at a fire asking what they wanted for Christmas. Breakfast just ok and £54.00 for a cheap book. Very disappointed and won’t go next year!!!!

A great pub serving good food. Most of the staff are delightful.

Walked into a near empty pub, hadn't booked being a Monday and was told they couldn't accommodate a table of 3, looked online to book a table 15 mins later and it was confirmed, decided to cancel and go somewhere else, shocking

Never Again....Battered Fish batter dark brown over cooked...chicken dry overcooked....Puddings very nice....lime and soda tasteless....overpriced...chairs stained and shabby....overpriced. ..needs refurb and everywhere needs a good scrub...service slow

Lovely food and the best service from Ellis!! Will be going back

Brilliant atmosphere and amazing service from our waiter Ellis - so festive and Christmassy. Had a very nice pate which felt homemade

Good delicious and fabulous service Festive menu was delicious and very fresh and different Ellis our server was fabulous, very attentive and informative

Fabulous festive feel and great food. Family friendly great place to get together. Ellis was exceptional sorted a swap of table on a busy Christmas Eve when a couple more people joined us. Really great place and service.

Lovely friendly atmosphere and great food . The staff were very polite and helpful .Will definitely be returning in the near future !

I booked and asked Gordon a specific area on arrival I gave in my name and was lead to a completely different area of the pub a large family room ..not what I requested the pub was busy so we moved to a quieter area that was far better for us ...the food was nothing to write home about usual pub fodder just more expensive ..service was good by the waitress all in all not a fan won't be going back soon shame as I used to love the Swan as it was a home cooking pub ...now its a chain its lost that originality...

First visit. Lovely rustic style place very welcoming. Great staff and lovely food, would recommend

Perfect place for Sunday lunch or Evington meal with friends and family . Staff are fabulous , the portions are very big and the price very reasonable. Highly recommend

Had a lovely dining experience at the Swan, the food was amazing and brilliant service from Luke Ditchfield

Really enjoyed my family visit here especially with Luke D serving us well and catering our needs, right old funny kid he is, will be back just for him

We had first class table service from Ellis and the food was 5 star... we will be returning!

Ellis was so lovely and attentive while my nan and I came for lunch before my buttmizfah. The beef cheeks was delicious! Thank you again Ellis!

Useless staff, waiting 10 minutes at reception trying to get staff attention and was ignored. Would recommend going somewhere better if you're in the area.

Fabulous good food great atmosphere great price 😁😁

Amazing pub and atmosphere, lovely service from Amy! 💗

We were served tonight by Ebony. The service was brilliant. She went above and beyond to make us feel welcome. We will definatly be back.

great service, lovely atmosphere! we really enjoyed

We used Tesco vouchers for our Saturday teatime meal. Steak and ale pie and chips with a glass of red for the bottle blonde and smothered chicken for yours truly, washed down with an alcohol free beer. And a salted caramel sundae to finish, well it is my birthday year! Service was a bit slow, but it was busy, so you have to deal with it! Look at my other reviews to see where I've been!

One of my favourite pubs in the UK.

Hit and miss with the food. Staff are always on hand to try and sort it out but unfortunately it is always going to spoil the experience.

Food was excellent. Great menu choices for vegetarian. Wine was reasonably priced. On the whole great value. Good portion sizes.

Great food, but worth booking always busy.

Bad experience on Sunday however the way Dalton dealt with things has been exceptional and we will definitely be back. Thank you so much