The Swan Inn

Lovely place with very attentive staff, Room was cosy and very warm with adjustable heating. Breakfast was really good with a great selection to choose from. Lots of interesting hidden history if you look around aswell. Would definitely stay again

We stayed at Swan Inn for 2 nights, and couldn't have asked for a better setting to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The room was beautiful and comfortable, the meals (2 breakfasts and 2 dinners) exceptional, and the staff delightful. I think the secret is the perfect balance between generous hospitality and professionalism: everything runs like clockwork and yet you receive such personal attention. We would love to come back.

We were looking for somewhere to eat and stumbled onto a recommendation for the Swan Inn. It was the best meal we have ever had! If you’re anywhere near here you need to go for a meal. It was absolutely delicious! Highly highly recommended.

Great menu, fabulous food and relaxing atmosphere. Our first visit was a complete success. It’s got a lovely menu- some classics such as fish and chips or a burger, and some unique dishes such as the chicken supreme I enjoyed - stuffed with breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and sage served with hassle-bank potatoes and a red wine jus. The team that were on duty were genuinely friendly and professional. Real flowers and candles on each table, a roaring log fire and a relaxing vibe made for a very enjoyable night.

This beautiful Cotswold pub just outside Burford in the village of Swinbrook was a fantastic find. The starting point was a reference in a book to the pubs previous ownership by one of the Mitford sisters. As you enter the building, the Mitfords, in all their one time splendour are all about you. The pub itself is exquisitely a Cotswolds pub. Golden stone and old oak are all about. The beer was excellent both in choice and in condition. There is an extensive garden at the back with outside bar areas for times when the pub is full. When we arrived it was quiet and inhabited by a dozen very funny chickens who chose to sit on the tables. Although no food was taken the menu looked eclectic and interesting. Something for another time. There are also a number of tables out the front of the building across the road which had virtually no traffic. The village of Swinbrook is very worth a walk and the churchyard is home to the graves of most of the six Mitford sisters and their parents. Fascinating historical insight to English society at the end of the 19th and up to midway through the 20th century.

Lovely one night stay, we had Windrush, located in the cottage across the road, very comfortable with a bath/shower. Very good breakfast using quality products. The staff very friendly, quick & efficient. The Swan has a lovely atmosphere & old charm decor.

On a whim we drove to Burford to have a drink in “The Farmers Dog” On arrival it was obvious that the rest of the world had the same idea so we travelled on a little and came across the “Swan Inn” at Swinbrook, what a result! Instead of battling through hoards of people only to end up in a tent we were in the most beautiful little pub/ hotel and decided on a spot of lunch. Wonderful food, lovely pint of bitter, great service and reasonably fast, it was a tad expensive but not unexpected. Highly recommend this delightful establishment

We loved the Swan Inn. The accommodation was lovely and the food was delicious. The staff on reception, dining room at dinner and breakfast were lovely and nothing was too much trouble. We will definitely visit again.

The first time, maybe 3 years ago? was with the boyfriend's (now husband) school friend, during the week, for a pint. I thought we were going just down the lane but it felt like through a valley, into the woods, across a dale, on a dark, dark (also one way) road. I fell in love with the building, old of course, but with new additions. Sat next to the warm fireplace and had a pleasant conversation but also listened in on others. Love the old men who brought their dogs and kept their hats on. The next time it was just us and the food! Oh, the dreamy, local, gourmet, yet hearty food. I ask the husband very nicely to make sure it is on our list of places to visit and we go every time. The menu is seasonal but you'll always find a nice pasta dish, a wonderful fish dish and some hearty meat plate. I'm very close to saying it's my favorite place to eat in all of England. It is pricey--even without alcohol, it's usually over 20 pounds per person and the service can sometimes be slow (always busy). But I love that I can always order something that I know I can't make or get anywhere else and I love that it's out of the way. My secret place that's not so secret.

We had a nice short stay at the Swan when exploring the Cotswolds. It is a lovely, charming old stone inn by the River Windrush in the village of Swinbrook. Our room was very nice and comfortable, in the old converted stables. Overall, the food was great, the only two disappointments being no fried bread at breakfast, which we were told they had some time ago stopped serving, a small but definite negative, and the burger was just ok, a bit dry and bland. They had excellent cask ales, including a local one. Service was very good but mixed, one person very friendly and helpful, another being a bit cold and curt. It retains some nice old character but has lost some as well. The conservatory-like addition in the back, though nice, does somewhat clash with the old parts and our room was comfortable but a bit bland. Apparently, it is linked to the local and very colourful and controversial Mitford family, who lived in the area. The parents and some of the several sisters were ardent fascists and Nazi sympathisers in WWII, others had different views. Apparently, one owned the place. This is very nice and I would both stay and eat here again based on our experience, but it was not as good as other places we experienced. If it had been just a ltitle better on the points mentioned, I'd probably give it a 5, but as it was, it's closer to a 4.

Just had my second meal at the Swann inn. What an amazing place to eat. It is way beyond a pub. The baked Camembert was the best I have ever had. The Jeremy Clarkson hawk stone lager was excellent and the red burgundy was reasonably priced and delicious. The service was amazing and the ambiance is beautiful. Very good mushroom soup and an amazing chicken Caeser salad. They just opened a pizza kitchen in their sprawling back yard. I will tell anyone passing through it is worth the diversion. All time best gastropub that I have visited what a great place.

The swan Inn is as beautiful as it is delicious. Me and my group loved it so much we decided it was necessary to leave a yelp review!! It looks like it was redone recently on the inside with a lot of yard space in the back and a couple of outside tables in the front. We had complicated orders and the very kind staff was able to execute a delicious meal with their sophisticated menu. The beer on tap was better than you can find in London I thought, it was called hoxton. A lot of well dressed locals as well as travelers passing through visiting. If visiting the Cotswold's for a weekend this is a must visit.

We stopped by the Swan Inn one night to have dinner on a recent trip through the Cotswolds. I've eaten here once before and they weren't fussy about reservations but that appears to have changed drastically. We arrived around 8 pm on a Thursday night and the Swan Inn was half full. We asked to have dinner and were told that it wouldn't be possible since we didn't have a reservation. The hostess said that she would doublecheck with the chef though. She came back and said that he "didn't want to cook for any more people that night". That was odd but ok. So, we went to the Bar to get a drink and stood around for 10-15 minutes waiting. The blonde bartender girl moved very slowly and seemed to be more interested in batting her eyes at the local men bellied up around the bar rather than actually serving customers. Finally, once we got a drink, we asked to order a couple of things from the chalkboard "Bar Menu" but were told again, we could not have any food! One wonders why one cannot have Bar Food if one is sitting IN THE BAR. It is also quizzical that if they'd run out of food or if their mercurial chef was on strike, why not ERASE the chalk board so as not to proclaim the existence of food when there was apparently none to be had. I say apparently because one of the tables was manned by inebriated local ladies having bottle after bottle of rose wine and intermittently ordering various snacks such as cheese plates, bread+butter and desserts while we were there. No one ever told them that there was "no food". We chiefly came to the Swan Inn because of its connection to the Mitford Sisters and to see all the Mitford memorabilia once more. Next time, we'll skip this place and go to the Maytime Inn in Asthall which is hopefully less snobbish and will allow us to have something to eat.

Sometimes your expectations are cruelly dashed, and so it was with the Swan Inn. Swinbrook is an archetypical Cotswold village (you could be forgiven for thinking you were on a film set) and the Swan Inn has pole position adjacent to the River Windrush. I was hoping for a traditional pub with excellent home-cooked food. Perfect and idyllic. Alas, the interior is stripped bare, with uniform, pale wood furniture, and a huge modern conservatory extension at the back. Someone has clearly invested a lot of money here, but the result is rather characterless. It could have been Pimlico, Fulham, Putney - anywhere but the Cotswolds. It's now more of a gastro-pub, with the London menu and prices to match. You'd be lucky to get away with £25 a head for lunch. I realise that a village of this size is not going to support a purely local pub these days, but it's a pity the result here is so bland, when it could be something really special. On the plus side: they serve real ale, and the staff seemed cheerful.

The Swan Inn is a restaurant that does beer in a picturesque quiet location next to a river. The interior is quite modern compared to the traditional look of the outside. The staff were friendly and the food was a good, but perhaps a little expensive for what it was. Good, but could do better.

Decided to book for Sunday lunch as down near Malmsbury for a party and having stayed in The Swan Inn's sister establishment The King's Head in Bleddington. Arrived in the secluded little village of Swinbrook, the Inn was lovely, very busy inside and in the beer garden however table was waiting. Staff very friendly and attentive, Sunday lunch a bit as I would expect in a pub, tasty but nothing special. Would like to see what evening meals are like? the Inn is owned by the last surviving Mitford sister, the dowager Duchess of Devonshire, lots of pictures around. Good service, lovely buildings, jury out on food but will come back. Wait for November as I'm staying at The King's Head for the weekend with friends