The Swan Inn in Mid Suffolk

A perfect pub garden for children to play in the summer, warm log fires and dog friendly for the winters and sat in a magically beautiful hamlet of Hoxne. I’ve been going to this pub for 30 years and whilst there are better gastro pubs in the area, a better pub building, staff or location are hard to find.

Excellent Sunday roast Friendly staff

Visted friends nearby who used to live in Hoxne. On way home we thought we’d stop by for lunch. We hadn’t booked ( seems you need to by the numbers of people who turned up!) but the staff were ultra accommodating and service was great. Roast beef was excellent with a wide range of veg. If only we lived closer! This is a local pub I have visted a few times before over the years and was made to feel very welcome. Thank you.

We arrived in the afternoon just after the kitchen had closed, but they opened it up for us, and the chicken curry was very good

Excellent pub lovely atmosphere sat inside or even sitting outside is just as nice. Fab service and the staff are lovely

Visited for lunch yesterday. Wonderful old pub with beautiful gardens in a great Suffolk village. Service was slow but they were short staffed and so nice that it was fine. Food great. Excellent steak. Deserts were ok but we were at the end of service. Love this pub and will return. Recommend

Great place Excellent, food great service, great Atmosphere. In a very beautiful village.

It had been some time since we returned to the area and thought we’d call in so it was nice to see the pub still as we remembered it but it’s had a lick of paint recently. The building is full of character with its timber frame still visible in the pub’s various rooms. The evening bar staff were very friendly and the beer was excellent. They had been wiped out of much on the menu following Mothering Sunday so the the fish of the day was scampi but served well and tasty. Our last visit they served good coffee with few pieces delicious of homemade fudge but that seems to have long gone sadly. Overall a recommended place to have a pint and a meal.

Booked whilst on a weekend away in hope of a little treat. Website looked amazing, pictures of food look excellent too. Safe to say, disappointed is an understatement. The starter of hummus, pitta & olives was poor, olives not fresh & pitta straight from a packet. After an already disappointing start, the burgers then arrived. The quality of the beef was appalling, each bite full of gristle, not appetising at all! When feedback was given to the waitress, no apology was received, plates were simply taken away. The overall feel of the pub was very clicky, if you are not a local... you do not feel welcome at all. I would not recommend travelling to experience the food or atmosphere.

Lovely food as usual, burgers are amazing. Great atmosphere from Mick and Lisa. Always a fire on and often decent entertainment.

A lovely evening meal and generous portion size for 2 adults and a child 17th February. Very welcoming staff and friendly locals. A wonderful open fire.

Just went in for a valentines meal. Lovely pub with a nice relaxed atmosphere and dog friendly! delicious food and very welcoming and attentive staff. Complements to the chef, the Brie starter was lovely and my ribeye steak was cooked and seasoned to perfection.

Good service but 3 meals on the menu I wanted where unavailable, choice number 4 (Sausages n mash) was lovely

Lovely food and beautiful Tudor interior!

Family Birthday Sunday lunch. The Swan was busy yet service was still fantastic, food lovely and really mad to feel relaxed and welcome. Keep up the good work team! We will defo be back

I love this pub. Proper pub. Always warmer than my house too, which is handy as I live next door. Staff are super friendly, beer is lovely and my only complaint is that its so good I spend too much time there and not enough time at home....

The pub was freezing cold everybody wearing coats and scarfs £3 extra for hard cauliflower cheese with barely any sauce roasties we're amazing though

Excellent meal at the swan as always. Lovely welcoming staff and great atmosphere. Definitely recommended the moules-frites and rack of ribs.

Delicious food and nice ale! We had three vegans and a meat eater in our party and were all extremely satisfied! Everything was cooked to perfection, and the sausages were incredibly meat-like and deliciously seasoned! Really well worth a visit!

It is not the first time I have been to Hoxne Swan. Each time I have walked away incredibly impressed and satisfied with the level of service, friendliness and liveliness of the pub. They have recently released a new burger menu which I have just tried and it blew my mind. I would highly recommend Hoxne Swan for anyone who is wanting a delicious meal, friendly atmosphere and great service.

We held a wake for my father in law here. The catering was very basic and we could’ve done better ourselves. There were 40 people that we’d paid to feed with a buffet and finger food and there was barely enough food for half of them. It looked really bad and was a slap in the face when the proprietor had assured us that she’d understood what was needed as she’d lost her parent. It was embarrassing to see and be part of. Tea and coffee was also pre paid for 40, but never came out! I asked for coffee and one cup full was brought to us. Then a few more family members cottoned on to ask. We’d thought that tea and coffee would be set out on the tables for people to help themselves. Very disappointing and not at all fitting for a fantastic man who is greatly missed.

Booked the swan a few weeks ago on the repatriation it had from previous Trip advisor’s How ever I felt a bit let down don’t know if it was because of the post Christmas. We arrived a little early so we had a drink at the bar pre meal the staff were friendly if a little distracted by other customers we were told we would be shown to our table shortly. At around 10 mins before our table was ready a family came in who had booked for a Party of 3 however they tuned out to be a family of 5 plus dogs. It turns out that they got our table and we were shown other tables that to be honest weren’t suitable either too noisy or too small. They tried to accommodate us and shown a table in the bar area it was ok but felt we were over looked by all in the bar. The food was ok bit let’s say cafe style definitely not Gasto pub maybe my expiation were a little high. I can understand they were busy post Christmas and all the staff were friendly and apologetic. I just hope this was a one off experience good luck for 2024

Went there for a work Christmas lunch. Sat in the "dinning room", which was a nice big room. There were about 22 people. The food was lovely and very reasonably priced at £27.50 for 3 courses.

A beautiful country pub where the staff are friendly and welcoming. a landlady who clearly understands the importance of great customer service and food that is as good as it gets. It's definitely worth a visit as I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Top marks.

Went to dinner with the wife and some good friends. I had pie of the day. You get the pastry made fresh and the filling actually fills the pie. Lovely rich thick gravy. Great staff, great food, great atmosphere. Great all round. Reasonable pricing. Can’t wait to go back. Superb.

Had dinner here with the wife and some good friends. They all had the gourmet burgers which were reported as superb. I had the pie which came with hand made pastry and a lovely rich thick gravy. Absolutely delicious. There was a lovely log burner and a great ambiance to the pub. Great food, great staff, great service and reasonable prices. Good stuff all round. Can’t wait to go back.

Lovely place, friendly professional staff, very average food

Our first visit and we will definitely be back - so cosy and warm with the fire lit and just as warm a welcome from the hostess, delicious food and great service. Wish this was my local!

Lovely old English pub, with a large beer garden and carpark, nestled at the bottom of the pretty village. Plenty of history in those big wooden beams and panelling. Split into 4 main areas, two have the bar running through them and three more focused on sit-down eating. Each with plenty of old character and atmosphere. Staff are friendly and menu/drinks are a good selection. Watch out for vegetables being served in separate dishes to your main if you are in a group - they are for two not one!

We enjoyed yet another marvellous Sunday lunch at the Swan, the beef was magnificent.

Very nice lunch with my parents last week, good food & service. Cozy by the wood burner! Recommended

Great food and great service. Lovely country pub, especially in the winter with the wood burners going. Had a week day lunch with my parents and it was terrific. Would highly recommend.

Stopped over on the way to kessingland randomly. Was a nice find such a nice atmosphere with an open fire. And good food. Had lots of locals in there but felt welcome all the same. Made our journey a lot nicer.

So local we don’t visit enough…25 steps doorstep to doorstep. Always made to feel welcome. Lisa, Mick (chef) and staff. Last two impromptu evening meals due to flooding and needing to be fed. No problem. Pies exceptional. Both meals spot-on.

We stayed in the lovely village of Hoxne for a couple of nights. Naturally we ended up in the local pub! The food was excellent, staff very friendly to us and our pair of Greyhounds! They had our favourite beer too - Timothy Taylor's Landlord. They even gave us some logs (foc) for our cottage wood-burner! Great Pub! Note: Who ever owns the Ploughmans Cottage - You really need to a supply more than a handful of logs for your high paying guests!

Heard the food was good but unfortunately our experience didn’t match this. Waited over an hour for food which we wouldn’t of minded if it had been cooked properly. My partners burger was over cooked on the outside and raw on the inside, chips were hard and under cooked. If you ask people to de shell and de head their own prawns then a finger bowl should of been provided instead of asking for one. However the chicken curry was tasty and chicken was cooked well. Don’t think we will be visiting again in a rush unfortunately. It’s a shame as it looked such a lovely place. The service was ok just delayed.

How lovely to have such a wonderful local pub. Fires lit and staff welcoming and our Sunday roast was perfect including a good portions of veg which is often lacking at other places all perfectly cooked. We are always critical so not easily pleased but well done again team you've exceeded our expectations! 👏

Perfect Sunday Lunch today at the Swan! We had an amazing roast dinner and a delicious steak and ale pie - as well as treacle sponge for dessert, very friendly and efficient service as always from the staff too! A must visit! X

Lived locally for 14+ years and only just discovered this amazing place! Lovely friendly people, excellent meal -we had sirloin-best we’ve tasted! Very cozy setting-17th century inn. We’ll definitely be back! Thank you Lisa and husband Chef ! Rhod & Amanda

On Sunday we went back to the beautiful swan inn for their highly popular Sunday roast, when we walked in we could evidently see how busy it was. We were shown to our table and drinks were ordered, after we ordered our food, food came...

Sunday 1st October we had an excellent Sunday lunch at the Swan, (12.30) crunchy veg, crispy potatoes , pink beef ( as requested) extra gravy with all the trimmings including a bottle of red on table as requested. All staff attentive & smiley. Nothing was...

The food was lovely, but there was a long wait for our order to be taken and for the food to come out.

We arrived on time for our booking at 2pm. Our starters arrived around 3.20 and our main courses trickled in around 4pm. One child received their chicken nuggets at least 15 mins before anybody else’s meals. Being brought up to wait until everybody was served...

Lovely village pub, delicious homemade food and such friendly and welcoming staff and locals too. Highly recommend a visit

Cracking little (it’s actually huge inside) country pub. Stopped over as part of BritStop. Good quality real ale and the Sea Bass was spot on. Thank you Lisa for the great service. We’d love to come again.

Situated in a lovely village. It's appears to be very old. The staff were very helpful. My aunt is not a big eater and they made a smaller plate for her. The pies were proper pies with a top and bottom which my husband prefers and the pie of the day was chicken and was really good. I had the fish and chips and was impressed as it wasn't greasy and the chips were also tasty. Would recommend to friends and will also visit again.

Lovely friendly staff and locals. Very welcoming. Had the gourmet burger and it was delicious. Dog friendly as well.

Lovely village pub and restaurant. Preferable to book as gets busy. Good local menu choice, parking avaialble.

Went today with my wife and her auntie. Food was top notch. A proper pie and mash not a casserole with a lid and packet mash. The Fish and chips was also very good not at all greasy and fish was full bodied. Young lady serving was pleasant and helpful. Can’t remember the name but had a nice pint of ale. The Auntie who lives near by said she will use again. I would definitely recommend this pub which is also very old with character. Thanks to the chef.

Pleasant staff, unfortunately, the waitress went sick when we wanted our meal. Otherwise good.

Fabulous pub and amazing food would definitely recommend it . Staff are great too

We arrived the same time as a rally of vintage tractors , it was a lovely sight ,all the old boys on their tractors out for a pint . We only had drinks . The staff were very obliging and welcoming. A lovely way to end our walk around beautiful Hoxne , we will be back .

Got a last minute booking, great lady served us, food came quickly, all good

For a start the food served was NOTHING like the photos on the web site. Be warned this pub just serves bad pub grub. Pie and soggy chips! My “ buttery curry” was anything but! Felt that all the food would be Brake Bros which...

Beautiful pub in a pretty village serving pub food. We were a little apprehensive after reading mixed reviews and I think it's fair to say all the reviews both good and bad are right. There are weirdly more flies than average when the food arrives,...

An amazing lunch time "wake" post-funeral and for SO many mourners .

Lovely old pub,with lots of warmth and sterling service

Excellent country pub, very welcoming. The locals and Sarah and the staff were all friendly, the food was really tasty and good value. 2 of our dishes are not shown on the following menu.

Absolutely fantastic meal service was exceptional and the prices where as you’d expect 10out10 to all the staff good beer too going to definitely be back soon

Had the most amazing meet pie and mash whilst celebrating for my sisters birthday with the family. Thank you so much to the wonderful staff for making us feel so welcome especially our fury family members too 💕

The best vegetarian lasagne I have ever had 💕 Staff are absolutely amazing . As it was my 40th birthday the lovely landlady put up a Happy Birthday banner for me that really made my evening. Special. I will definitely be returning to this lovely...

For a Wednesday night it was the best night of our week! Great atmosphere with a pub quiz going on, glad we arrived early to get a seat. Staff were super friendly and food was freshly cooked and excellent! I would highly recommend. Thank you

We were there for a catch-up and evening meal with friends we don't see very often. However we weren't told when we booked that it was a 'Buskers Evening' (heavily amplified) and this would take place a few meters from where we were sitting. Needless...

Too dismal for words. Don’t be fooled by the “flavoursome” chips- they are burnt! Place was overrun with flies

Oh dear..whatever has happened? Last time we visited it was so nice and we recommended it to various friends . I wouldn’t be able to do that now. Waiting time in a fly ridden bar area was long …….. Our meals were not very pleasant,...

Fabulous food & a friendly welcome, an authentic traditional pub. We visit every time we are in Suffolk as the best pub in the area .

Everyone was so lovely and welcoming , which definitely made the experience ten times better! The food was incredible , and much cheaper than you’d expect for the price. The steak, which is what I had, you could literally taste how fresh it was. The staff were super lovely, and it had such a sweet family atmosphere. I will definitely visit again when I’m in the area, I couldn’t recommend enough.

We had not been to the swan for a long time…I’m afraid our return was very disappointing. A party member ordered a chicken pie. The waitress put the food down in front of him saying, ‘it’s not a chicken pie, it’s a meat pie. Is...

Regular place to eat. Food always good

A gastro pub for the family. Large carpark, and lawn with a goal and various footballs. With tables and chairs. Inside it is a hotchpotch of different rooms. With very good staff who are more than happy to chat and get to know their customers. The food was very good and was exactly as described, my sizzler for example. Steak, onions and mushrooms on a skillet. Next time we go back I wonder if they will remember what a muddy waters is?

Excellent meal tonight .very warm and frendly staff.

Food very good and service was very friendly and helpful

Great night out. Elvis was a surprise.

Very nice place, can't remember much because I drank too much.

Friendly and welcoming staff, although busy, did everything to make our party of 7 plus dog feel at home. Good food and drink.

Absolutely fantastic food. Great choice of drinks. Great atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Very attentive staff, roast was lovely, felt so full after

Stopped into this 600 year old pub just for a drink. Very atmospheric and super setting in a quaint little countryside village. Friendly service and clean toilets. Will come back for lunch in the future.

Food was amazing staff were very friendly. Lovely little village,

Went for a mothers day meal. Food and service was amazing will be back again.

Friendly staff/owners & good food. Sunday roast was excellent. All this & if you sit in the back bar you can also take you dog(s). We found this pub by accident but will make a deliberate trip soon

Good food, cosy pub, classic feel to the place. Friendly staff, music was good as well.

Came here for an anniversary meal on Feb 14th. Beautiful building and wonderful food! Staff were friendly, caring and outright incredible. Will definitely return when I'm back in the area. Thank you for a lovely evening

A beautiful, proper pub with well kept beer.

great pub make sure you pay it a visit !!!

Wow what a place. The food is incredible. Such a good find. Our new place to eat.

Couldn't be arsed to cook for lunch today. I went for a meal at Hoxne Swan. I went to the back bar and waited and waited. After ten minutes I went into the main bar to ask for service. No one serving in there either. After minutes later I left. I was in there few days ago and asked for a Coffee to have with my Brandy. It was Noon and no Coffee. No one had switched the Coffee machine on in time for lunch. If the staff here can't take their jobs seriously, then one wonders why they are here in the first place. Lunch? I went to the Burger Van in the Billingford lay bye, up the hill. I saved about £25.00. I'll not bother with the Swan again.

Fancied going for a bank holiday dog walk and pub lunch, looked cozy in the pictures on line and knew the village had a great circular walk so off we went. Friendly on the phone and in person, lovely atmosphere and two wood burners glowing, amazing food and dog friendly. Just go and enjoy. Thank you.

A lovely traditional countryside pub. The perfect ending after a walk around the local area. The building itself is beautiful with a large garden for sitting outside in the summer. They have a great choice of wines, beers and ales.

Good for a wake friendly staff helpful and a very nice comfortable public house . Not been in the swan for over 25 years

Great Karaoke night with Karaoke Keef, great Aspalls. Fantastic atmosphere.

Super friendly pub, with fantastic service and excellent home made food options on the menu. Service beyond what I would expect for a local pub. Not forgetting the friendly locals willing to have a chat or give you advice on local amenities.

Great museum well laid out. Very helpful volunteers. Thank you

We went here a couple of times for drinks, and another to eat. It was friendly and welcoming. Great selection of drinks, and good menu. Food was lovely. Definitely recommend

Just went in for a coffee and had a lovely cappuccino.

Absolutely fantastic service!!!..thanks to Mick and Lisa for looking after us for our Wedding celebrations...they went above and beyond and the food was amazing..along with the constant service on a busy Friday!!

Stunning really old country Inn well preserved and well hidden - will start a roast menu in October...

Lovely country Inn unchanged thankfully for centuries

Posto caldo ed accogliente ed ottimo cibo.

The meat meze is top notch, filling and delicious with excellent quality components. Beers are always in top condition and not expensive