The White Swan in Calderdale

We always visit the White Swan whenever we come to Hebden Bridge, we've been coming here for years. Lovely traditional pub, dog friendly, reasonably priced, good food and lively atmosphere. Lots of vegetarian options as well. I would highly recommend the White Swan to anyone visiting this beautiful town.

Longest serving licensee in Hebden.... always call in here when we're around

What a dump. Unfortunately on a busy Saturday afternoon we ended up in this smelly dirty pub Other cafes were full and so it was a bit of a rush to get something to eat. On walking in we should have turned right round and walked back out. We waited over one hour for toasties and sandwiches. The staff served locals ignoring us at the bar. The food when it finally arrived wasn’t nice and overall it was a very unpleasant experience. Avoid avoid avoid at all cost 🤮

The place smells as soon as you walk in . No rush for them to serve you and you will be forgotten about if the regulars come in. Over an hour to be served a toastie. Terrible customer service overall. I can’t believe out of all the lovely cafes bars and restaurants in Hebden Bridge we chose this one. Never again

Of all the places to eat in lovely Hebden Bridge this is by far the worst. Poor to average food, poor service and waiting time extreme. Nearly an hour for a jacket potato. The whole place is smelly and neglected.

Real old style pub. Very friendly. Food and Drink resenable prices

We wanted food & we thought it looked ok from outside oh boy was we wrong. We walked in looked at each other & walked out it absolutely stinks inside.

I was pleasantly surprised by the high quality of the food. The beer was also good 👍

Traditional pub, great atmosphere and a sun trap beer garden at the rear

Dirty. No carpet. Dead plants. Local drunk man arguing with passers by and begging for people’s left over chips.

Nice cozy pub with a good range of drinks

I’ve been to the pub for drinks a few times and the bar service has always generally been slow but acceptable. However on my last visit the landlady decided to keep us waiting while seemingly not doing very much and then ignored us when someone else came to the bar after us. A good landlady knows who came to the (relatively small) bar in what order snd acknowledges that you’re waiting, never happens here. Once we were overlooked we walked out and had our beers at the Shoulder of Mutton and definitely won’t be going back to the Swan, ever.

Came upon this traditional riverside pub while on a first-time visit to Hebden Bridge, and stopped here for lunch. It's located opposite the historic Old Packhorse Bridge. Homely and olde-worlde inside, with wooden beams, tiled fireplace, lots of pictures on the walls, and a collection of beer jugs and copper utensils suspended from the ceiling. There's a beer garden round the back. It was obviously very much a community pub, a lot of locals were here, busy but friendly atmosphere, and a welcoming landlady who made me feel right at home. Good choice of cask ales, beers and lagers (had half a pint of Carlsberg). The lunch menu, displayed on a board at one end of the bar, was not extensive but had a nice selection of sandwiches, toasties, jacket potatoes and homemade cooked meals. Ordered the scampi with chips, peas and salad. Service was a bit slow, but the meal itself was well prepared and piping hot. The salad was crisp and fresh. Generous helping of chips, and they were freshly cooked and really good! At just over £10 for the meal and drink, it was also good value for money. Would come here again.

Poor food , horrible bar person, no salt atmosphere in the pub was great, I would not go back, they can't cook a burger

Bought two pints to drink in the sun. Firstly, my friends had lipstick on the pint glass. I complained and got a fresh pint. Then I realised something floating in my pint and fished it out and it was a live maggot!! Totally revolting. Dirty place.

Fantastic food quick service and great prices.. Highly recommend this place

Great pub just not enough staff

Terrible terrible food.. ordered lasagne which I had to send back as it looked like vomit price£8.90.. ordered jacket potato which was cold, ordered gammon & egg , the gammon was over salted plus the egg was well over cooked and sliding off the tiny plate it came on (9.80) never again will we eat her. On the plus side the waitress was apologetic and the bartender had a smile..

It was below average, service was extremely slow and how the landlady spoke to the female staff was horrendous and to do it in frount of the customers was so wrong of her. Food came and asked for ketchup, salt and vinegar to then be told there was none left. This wasn’t acceptable i understand it was bank holiday but this is under prepared. Overall experience wasn’t great at all would not recommend.

Proper locals pub ,great atmosphere made us welcome

We waited nearly 10 minutes staring at the barmaid who didn’t give us eye contact once. So did the bloke next to me. They were too busy arguing with and serving the locals. Choice of beers average. Didn’t have the cider or pimms my friends wanted anyway. We both left and we went round the corner to the Famous Albert where we spent the entire (happy) afternoon

EXTREMELY RUDE BAR LADY! made me feel so worthless the way she spoke to me - awful customer service however the lady with the dark hair was lovely. Also need to sort out their card machine

Staff very friendly. Food good for the price. Also have a gluten free menu. Good atmosphere. Very clean and welcoming. Definitely worth a visit. We will definitely be going back for a second visit.

This is a good pub for a quick meal and drink on a day out. Note the menu is not extensive but is good and supplied hot, they do allow pets in, staff friendly and helpful also professional. Well worth a visit.

Such a rare find nowadays! A traditional pub with a warm atmosphere. Full of characters and conversation. Had a wonderful chat with the bartender, who pulled me some perfect cask pints of Theakston's Summit. I didn't eat here - just had a few pints - but I'll definitely be back.

The landlady Liz has kept this pub running for 43 years, she is the definition of a warrior goddess as is Carol the bar lady who is salt of the earth xx Much love to these two wonderful women. Best pub in the world for love and loyalty..... let alone STRENGTH xxx

Coke wasnt nice and the pint didn't taste nice either.

This pub is absolutely brilliant there is a cozy homely atmosphere the staff are wonderful and the lady who owns it Liz is a legend!.. there are not many community pubs like this!.. what a gem!.. keep up the good work and loving atmosphere

Proper pub with very reasonably priced food and drink served with a smile and a joke by a lady who is also the chef. The place is a little tired and untidy, and could do with a simple makeover, but would that take away it's charm ?

Service and food were both excellent. Good pub.

This was probably the worst experience pub wise during our short stay in Hebden Bridge. It’s a tired old pub which may have appear charming to some but in a word a little below par to be polite. The chap behind the bar was a bit of know all no nothing and a bit weird as he bust into song at random intervals? My bottled beer was hardly chilled which is never pleasant and even the pork scratchings couldn’t tempt me to stay beyond 30 mins. All the while what seemed like a youth club meeting in the rear of the pub, who I’m guessing just about covered their staff costs for the night? The landlady Liz I think she was called was a nice lady but sadly this place needs more than Wednesday night fish and chip special in my opinion.

Beer garden ok but not a nice pub. Staff don't know how to pour a pint and super slow service. Toilets are disgusting

Lovely nice pub, great friendly staff. Excellent food and fairly priced for such a lovely area. Will return highly recommended

I love this place the people are so friendly I have never gone to a place were I felt so at home with every one Elizabeth you do a great job love and I would love to say a thank you to James that plays guitar for letting us sing long with him I loved every minit of that he as a great talent a big thank you to all you guys in that pub for macking owere to days away so special love and light yatahey bright star this is one place I can't wate to visit again xxxx

We went to watch football with our children! We watched as Liz happily served one 19 y at old lad and ho openly buying drinks for 5 or under age lads who ended up attacking and beating up and old man Liz openly watched drug taking and buying, laughed when I was caught in with my kids facing drunk under age lads fighting in lumps She was asleep at one point on the bar, actively encouraging them to do what they wanted Awful place , awful

Called in for lunch as pub seemed busy. Service was good and both young lads that waited on tables were lovely poliet and courteous. Food arrived without butter (jacket potatoes) so were a bit dry and the tuna and cheese were on the side of potato rather than on top. The only downfall to this pup is the ladies toilet which is mouldly as anything. This needs urgent attention its a health issue as mould releases spores into the air. Whilst I was sat in a cubicle I got hit on the head by a full flying toilet roll! Who on earth throws a full toilet roll at people in cubicles? Apart from that a nice atmospheric old fashioned pub. Toilets n toilet roll let down the review.c

Waited 90mins for food.due to staff shortage. Not the best. Staff very friendly. Toilets need a big overall.

More or any vegan main meal options would be nice. The veggie burger was lovely

Looks a bit rundown, needs a bit of love and care been put into it. Looks like it has been left to fall apart around the staff.

A nice traditional pub in the centre of Hebden Bridge. Good food and atmosphere but can take a while for food when busy.

After paying for three hours for a lovely mooch round Hebden and deciding where to have lunch instead of going to the Greek place which looked lovely we decided to go here as I had visited years ago so good memories. What a bad decision I had made! My "pint of coke" was as flat as a pancake buy thought no! Maybe the food would make up for it! After waiting 40 mins lunch arrived!! My burger was RAW inside.....immediately told the bar staff who offered NO apology only "ok" took my plate and and when it returned it was marginally better but I was so hungry I ate around the sides and left the rest...the toilets well....disgusting does not do it justice!! Such a shame as with a refurbished this place could do very well!!!

Friendly place serving well kept real ale

The only positive thing I can say is there was plenty of space outside to sit with our dogs on a very busy sunny Sunday. It is dingy and depressing- everything worn and neglected. Felt so sad about the swan and the waste of it's opportunities that I was going to offer to sort it myself. A day's cleaning and fixing would improve the place 100% but it's reputation would be a harder job. Although, offering other choices than a single screw top red wine - unpleasant- and serving in a clean glass would be a start.

Walked in on a quiet day with my wife and two little dogs. Ordered what was described as a cold IPA beer which was far from cold and tasted rank. Wife ordered half of cider which was well less than half measure and not very pleasant. There was so much clutter everywhere with easter eggs and christmas decorations behind the bar and tacky hand written signs slapped here and there advertising fish n chips. Staff were quite rude scruffy looking stood gossiping instead of cleaning up the dirty dump. The back room was unavailable due to being piled with old junk and as for the toilets! Black mould, not just a bit but lots! in both mens and ladies! Shocking! This place needs shutting down and should not be serving food whatsoever!!

Popped in for a drink before Soup Dragons. Old Mout cherries and berries on draft - yum. Proper local pub. Does food - really extensive menu, including a gluten free one!! Didn't get chance to sample it though. Nice, friendly atmosphere.

Chef shows a lot of passion for her craft. I Ordered a chicken burger and she surprised me with a beef burger. I appreciate the chef's recommendation and was taken back to my childhood as she served me with what tasted a like classic "fair ground burger". I must also admire the front of house system. No messing about with printed menus or table numbers - just a women walking around the beer garden shouting "WHO'S HAVING FOOD!?" The chef then started to throw a pile of broken chairs into the bush near my table, you have to respect her attention to detail. 30 minutes later the food arrived and my gosh did it not disappoint. judging by the condition of the pub garden and the toilets I knew that this food was going to be hygienic and appealing. The chef came to the table and asked who's is this, waving a plate of fish and chips around to which my I said "that's my partners". And then she responded attentively with "WHO'S IS IT THEN." My partner said "fish and chips is me thanks so much!" And the chef screamed "NOOO IT's HOT" despite him not even reaching for it. Once again she must be a psychic! After she left me and my partner touched the plates and they were at most Luke warm. I truly admire that she is looking out for customers with sensitive skin. I would recommend coming here and eating to anyone and please do not miss out on using the toilets as they are squeaking clean. Thanks so much the white swan for the classic pub experience. All the negative reviews are liars. best pub in the world

Great pub in the heart of Hebden Bridge. Usually about 4 Real Ales on. Good pub grub too. Friendly staff. Lovely large beer garden at the back.

Old fashioned traditional pub, great beer selection though 😋

Easily best pub In Hebden - lovely pub dog, lovely landlady - proper pub! Also, great juke box…!

We went last year slipped on dog mess in the back garden food disgusting reported and yet still hearing the same thing disgusting

Nice traditional pub setting with very affordable prices. A lot of black mould in the bathroom where baby change facilities are. There was a mix up with our order which meant our food went to another customer - resulting in over an hour wait. During the incident staff didn't acknowledge a mistake and played it off as long serving times which just made our experience worse as we watched a table tuck into a meal 5 minutes after being seated, whilst our children were playing up due to hunger... Of course these things happen but a simple apology when they realised what they'd done was all it would've taken.

Lovely pub, run by friendly people who make you feel at home. Well worth a visit.

Imagine you’re travelling home and stop at Hebden Bridge because you have fond memories of it. Then pay for 3 hours parking. Then find this old pub and waste an hour of your life/time waiting for a Sunday dinner you would scale at the most 2/10 for the boiled potatoes. That’s it. My partner says the pork was ok. The Yorkshire puddings were ? He thought it was like a school dinner. Plus mint sauce made with yoghurt or mayonnaise or something? Moudly toilets. Plus a barmaid who you keep hearing telling her regulars she is that hungover she wished she was dead. Plus when you follow someone? to the toilet you wished you were. 😄 Never again.

Overall it was okay, waitresses wasn’t a problem but when i had gone to the toilet i couldn’t belive what i had saw.

Walked into this pub and thought this is OK, sat down with a beer and ordered food. That's when it goes all wrong, I ordered a tuna mayo toastie and a sausage and tomato toastie. Half hour later I'm told they couldn't do a sausage and tomato toastie but could a sausage and tomato sandwich. Now I'm no chef but surely you make a sausage and tomato sandwich and put it in a toaster. Over an hour we waited for 2 sandwiches after asking several times where our food was. Glad we didn't have a meal as they were kids portions on a small plate. Toilets were a disgrace. First visit to Hebden Bridge from Wolverhampton and thoroughly enjoyed it but oh boy does this pub let the place down. Some people demanded their money back after waiting to long for food. One pub to steer clear of.

The service was great and the food was tasty was going to rate this 5 stars but the menu was hard to read and was on the wall it would be better if they invested in menus that you can take to your table and read.

One of our favorite places, cosy, always made to feel welcome, landlady and her staff are friendly, not had food here so can't comment on that but it does look nice when they bring food out to other customers, my partner says its his local when we visit my sister 🙂☺️

If your idea of a traditional pub is a grubby interior, disgusting toilets, long waits for mediocre food, then your in luck visit The White Swan. When we walked in our initial thoughts were to walk out, we soon wished we had!!!! Waited over an hour for our food. My partners lasagne looked like sludge and only 5 chips to accompany it. My haloumi burger was tiny, not really cooked and bun was hard as nails, I was more fortunate with the chips, I had 7!!!. Plenty of complaints from other customers whilst we were there. One lady sent her meal back, her husband had no choice but to eat his meal whilst she waited another 40 odd minutes. When her replacement meal came she sent that back too, she demanded a refund and stormed out. When we asked why such a delay for our food we were told "no idea how long it will be, it will come when it's ready" Charming! We will never visit this pub again as once bitten, twice shy

Decent pub grub. Staff are great.

A traditional pub, with food and an outdoor beer garden. Opposite the river and a bridge. No parking. Real ale. Could do with a refurbishment. Untidy, mouldy toilets. However great atmosphere

They let dogs in which is good. But all tables had empty glasses on. Tables also had crisp packets on them. Beer and gin were good.

Called in for a drink on Saturday afternoon, lovely friendly place and a good choice of beers

My favorite pub in Hebden. Good locally sourced Gammon at an excellent price.

Very tired and grubby. Very slow service. Waited over half an hour just for a sandwich.

mouldy bathrooms, food took over an hour to come. When we asked where our food was repeatedly we were told they don’t know, one of us found a hair in a burger and fly in salad and cheese on burger was mouldy, do not recommend.

Beautiful meal it was hot service great will definitely be back x

Nice, still traditional, place, amidst the hustle and bustle of the crowds, food good, service good, music can be a little at times which can impact on the peaceful atmosphere :)

Not how I remember it when I last visited, although that would be a good few years ago! Appeared tired and in need of a good tidy up. Part of the room at the back of the pub was piled up with bags and other discarded items. Didn't eat there. We just called in for a quick drink. The wine was warm and when I visited the toilet it was full of black mould. Would love to see this traditional pub back to its former glory. Ok, if you're popping in for a quick pitstop.

Proper beats on in the background. Good atmosphere, staff were lovely. Good old fashion boozer!

A truly stunning place to stay, got to say the food is fantastic but the staff are brilliant, the young man who checked us in was the model of customer service. Recommend staying.

Nice and cosy wonderful atmosphere

Absolutely disgusting pub, we went for a meal today and waited nearly an hour for the food and coffee. When the food arrived, jacket potato with tuna, the potato was bland and just had some plain tuna on the side! Another jacket potato with beans was far too salty! It came that late that I didn’t even get to eat my meal as I had to leave to go to an appointment, left 2 others eating their meal. The toilets were revolting full of black mould. The dust and dead flies were everywhere. I even watched the barmaid water down diet cokes!!!!! Never again will we be visiting this pub!

Filthy pub, shame as its right in the centre of Hebden. Food was average, all frozen food fried to order. Toilets are revolting, wish I hadn't taken my kids in there

Called here for lunch after walking to Hebden. Nice local pub, good food and friendly staff

Great value food and an excellent pint

Always visit the Swan when we're in Hebden Bridge. It has a proper pub feel and the beer is decent. Never had food so can't comment on that but they do some poppadoms with dip that are great haha.

Glad I didn't read the reviews before visiting. Firstly dog friendly. Welcomed with a huge smile and a hello. Drinks and food incredibly cheap. This is a proper traditional pub. It's not fine dining. It was warm. It was clean. We enjoyed our food - 1x chicken burger, 1x lamb burger and 1x cheese toastie. Can't complain - was perfect for the price - served quickly. I would return. We felt welcomed. Keep up the good work and keep traditional boozers alive.

Fantastic food. Great atmosphere 👌

Didn't try the food but it looked nice. Lovely pub

02/10/23: first beer Summit, was off, smelt and tasted like vinegar, but wasn't taken off sale. Second beer was ok. 12/08/22: our last stop on our Hebden Bridge Ale Trail. The White Swan had a few ales on tap, but nothing out of the ordinary. It does however have the longest serving licensee, celebrating 40 years in the pub trade in 2021. Probably one of the nicest places in Hebden Bridge to sit and enjoy a pint on the River Heb.

We have eaten here twice, both times haddock and chips for us but the grandchildren ate different meals. It was excellent. The batter was crisp and fish flakey. Charlie said it was the best chicken burger ever. The staff are really good and the atmosphere is good.

Good atmosphere with live music.

Great, friemdly pub and ale in perfect nick! Didn't have any food.

Don't expect fine dining but our food was freshly cooked and good value for money. The interior is dingy and dated. The beer garden at the rear looks abandoned. It's a locals community type pub.

Just popped in for a quick drink. Staff very friendly and a nice atmosphere.

Lovely spot for a bevvy in the sun beer garden was nice

Nice pub with decent selection of beers and prices

Best pint of Old Peculiar Ale I've tasted. Liquid heaven pleasantly served by a friendly barmaid. Unfortunately, when my son in law went back to the bar three new bar staff ignored him for other customers coming to the bar after him so we left feeling rather peeved.

Decent old fashioned pub in the city centre lovely decorated inside good beers 🍻 and Decent food 👌 😋

Excellent town centre pub. Great staff Delightful food .good selection of Ales and cider .very reasonable prices .we went for lunch both days we were in the area . Entertainment outside and said hello to Bear off Emmerdale. The sun was shining .brilliant

Great traditional restaurant oin a busy pub. Good Sunday lunch, value for money. Recommended

In need of a bit of TLC but the locals seem to like it

Proper pub with reasonable prices. Friendly staff.

Fantastic olde world pub. Hostess, Sandie was friendly and information. Great original features. Good choice of drinks. Didn't dine.Would highly recommend.

It was so nice and the food was nice

Excellent pub , really good value food and friendly service

I didn't enjoy my meal, cannot say why, just didn't taste right. P

Friendly Pub in a good location

Service very slow waired over 1 hour for food. Nice when it came

Great atmosphere friendly staff great service would recommend.