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Recently stayed here was very impressed with the room, unfortunately it was a quick visit so I didn’t get to eat at the venue but I would definitely stay here again if I was in the area. The room was very homely and the staff was very friendly.

Used to go here a lot and there were two lovely girls waiting thr tables, one cook and the senior man overseeing it all. Today we visited and no adult apart from the cook. Three young waiting staff who were clueless. Two breakfasts and two hot drinks. One drink came, they forgot the other one and dive minutes later they finally realised. Breakfasts arrived but no toast, another five minute wait and was plonked down unceremoniously without a word. Finally someone should tell the young boy in there to get his mum to put new elastic or a belt on because he kept his joggers half way down his backside and they kept slipping off, constantly adjusting them slightly up so his pants were in show. Not appropriate for serving in a cafe. Overall service was downhill but food still good.

The place was a little run down but the food on the buffet looked nice.

Best Kebab House in Braintree! Lovely fish & chips too! Staff are very nice and polite.

I was kept informed about the delay. The food was hot and delicious when it arrived.

under new management from October 2024 so ignore previous reviews it's a great village location we didn't eat here so can't comment good atmosphere

The swan wonderful place where i married my wife on the 15th of june 2024. One week before the extreamly sad unfair end to a one of braintrees local pubs another sadly lost to rediculous fancy carabian dining we. One of the best friendly enviorments wonderful service respect due to amazing management by landlord ken amazing man with exellent management. Looking forward to see where he goes so will all of his customers will follow. Wonderful memorys. Sad loss butiful memorys. Love adam and wonderful wife serena. We will miss you swan. Loved alway.

Great Food Just one illegal thing to mention to the owner Item on menu and receipt Donuts £1.50 It's plural meaning two or more donuts you are purchasing. I asked the waitress how many donuts do you get and to my shock she said one. I said that's not right as it doesn't state one donut implying a customer is buying one. It says Donuts. Out of curiosity I thought maybe the menus wrong, I purchased item anyway and even on the receipt it says Donuts £1.50 even though you only get one donut. Please for the manager, under both Trading Standards and The Trades Description Act, the item in question must be listed correctly as: One Donut £1.50. Then you're all legal and not misleading customers. Other than that the staff were nice polite and surprisingly the Vegetarian Burger is the best vegetarian burger I've ever tasted so hats off to the chef 😀

Basic pub food. Only keg lagers/beers. Coffee abysmal. Not enough staff so expect long waits to get served. A nice location with a view down the rowing lake. A seal or two sometimes in residence in the lake or adjacent river basin.

Friendly service and a good selection on the menu. The sausage and mash was delicious. Huge meaty sausages, served with fresh vegetables. My husband particularly liked the gravy. The roast beef was a huge plate of food. Tasty fresh vegetables and plenty of roasties, the meat was just pink but very tender.

Visited the Crooked billet in Leigh on Sea, Essex for Sunday lunch. Very disappointed especially at £20pp. The beef (2 slices) was dry and rubbery. The potatoes and Yorkshire puddings were obviously purchased frozen. The veg was hard, barely cooked. The only perfectly cooked item was the broccoli. Did complain to the server who apologised and offered a free dessert.

Place was dirty tables were not clean staff were rude! They could not be arsed people were asking for tables to be cleaned!

Exceptionally lovely staff and a welcome break from the rather testing city that is Peterborough

Came for brunch with friends. Food was tasty and the srrvice was excellent

Great food, good prices. Will be back.