Swan, Hammersmithback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Impressive Nicholsons pub in a very convenient location in between both Hammersmith tube stations. The interior is every much as impressive as the exterior and the ale range is just as good. Jennings Cumberland Ale, Thornbridge Jaipur, Roosters True Grit, Top of the Hops Golden Ale, Adnams Bitter, Summer Wine Barista Espresso Stout, Sharps Doom Bar, Hook Norton Hooky Bitter, St Austell Tribute & Fullers London Pride were all on during my early Saturday afternoon visit. Sadly, the only drinkable cider on offer is Aspalls. Service was friendly. Definitely one to recommend in Hammersmith.
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Not a bad pub, excellent selection of ales, food was pretty good. Bar staff could be a bit more enthusiastic.
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ok pub only had half,a pub i used to use 20+ years when i saw a few groups at hammersmith odean
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A large Victorian pub opposite Hammersmith underground / bus station. It is very impressive on the outside and equally impressive on the inside with high ceilings, copious amounts of polished wood, etc. Remanants of (original?) partitions divide the space into various seating areas and there is a fine upstairs bar / dining area reached by a superb winding staircase. Most impressive, from my perspective, are the ten handpumps dispensing a range of standard Nicholson's regulars - Pride, Timothy Taylor's Landlord, Adnam's Broadside, Sharp's Doom Bar, etc. as well as guests. With this pub on the corner, why on earth would you go to the dingy William Morris 'spoons just along the road?
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I love this pub, great choice of ales and ciders, and the staff are frendly, and good food too. My only gripe is that they don't have a disabled toilet downstairs for people who need one, but on the whole a nice pub.
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Fantastic pub forthe area, and one of the more packed pubs to back up that fact...
As previously said, the interior is lush and quite cavernous. The service is friendly and pretty prompt, and the range of ales is very good
Theres food upstairs if that takes your fancy, though maybe a wait involved
A favourite stop off when going to see acts at the Hammersmith Apollo
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Good pub with a lovely exterior that makes you want to go in and an interior that makes you glad you did! Called in between tube stops for a change and was impressed. Good bitter and food.
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Excellent choice of reasonably priced real ales... and deservedly packed!
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Good choice of beers, Attentive staff. But the music is TOO LOUD!
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Welcome back the Swan! Thank you Nicholsons for turning this back into a real pub again. GOOD BEER SELECTION, good service.Ba ckgr music can get too loud though
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Went in there last night for the first time - looks initially to be an decent choice but the quality was woeful.
First pint was Aussie IPA (Morrisey & Fox) was poorly conditioned and extremely bland. Second pint was Midnight Bell from Leeds - decent condition but slightly vinegary - not quite enough to send back.
Third and final pint was Landlord which was just like drinking water. Not off but just didn't taste as it should - what are they doing to their beers?
We gave up and went next door to the Spoons where we got an excellent pint of Westerham Target - two pints for less than £4 so you've saving money too.
In their blurb Nicholsons say "You'd be hard pushed to find a finer real ale pub in Hammersmith London, or even in West Kensington, Barons Court and Fulham. In fact, we believe The Swan is unrivalled in its choice of quality cask-conditioned beers". If all their beers are like this then let's hope they're unrivalled...
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If you want away from a pint of Youngs or Fullers and don't want to go in a Wetherspoon, you could do far worse than here. It's typical Nicholson's with good beer, decent grub and a well presnted interior despite a horrendously steep hike up to the toilets. Well worth a try.
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Visited the Swan on numerous occasions now and just dont get what Nicholson's are trying to achieve here.
The decor now beautiful and a mass improvment on the old Edwards look posts a suggestion that this pub is far better than it is. Dont be fooled by what you see as the service, atmosphere,beer and food dont reiterate the same standards.
far better on offer from a host of its neighbors in king street
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Prominently situated at the junction of King Street and Hammersmith Broadway opposite Hammersmith Tube Station, The Swan is an imposing Victorian pub that has, pleasingly, now come into the Nicholsons stable.
Previously a typical town centre "Edwards" pub appealing to the less discerning and more youthful pubgoers, it has now reverted to its original name of The Swan. Do take the time to look high up on the outside of the building and note the splendid swan depiction on the decorative brickwork. Note also the date shown in the plasterwork - 1901.
Inside the pub, the usual Nicholsons framed information print tells us that an earlier pub - a coaching inn known as The Old Swan , functioning as the first stop for horse drawn coaches from the City of London in the 18th Century - had to be demolished when the railway arrived, and that this pub, close by, is its direct replacement.
In true Nicholsons style, their restoration has brought out the best of the pub's Victorian heritage - high ceilings, several solid looking arches, impressive pillars, chandeliers and some frosted stained glass mini-windows up above the main tall plain glass windows. There's polished wood in abundance, which enhances the traditional feel of the interior, although I suspect that much of it is not original. There's a number of different seating areas, including an attractive carpeted room around the back of the main bar area. Upstairs is a "Bar and Dining Room" , although the downstairs bar is obviously used for dining and condiments were on most of the tables.
On the real ale front, there's 10 handpumps downstairs, of which 9 were in use on my recent Sunday lunchtime visit. Beers on were Wadworths 6X, Brakspears Bitter, London Pride, 2 Timmy Taylors beers ( Landlord and Best ), Adnams Broadside, Sharps Doom Bar, Cropton Dutch Wink and Castle Rock Harvest Pale Ale. The Brakspears was not particularly good, but the Castle Rock HPA was in excellent form. Both beers were priced at £ 3.10p.
There's a certain similarity here with The Falcon at Clapham Junction - both externally impressive Victorian pubs occupying prime street corner positions at busy road junctions, yet, until "rescued" by Nicholsons, neither being particularly good pubs at all, if the truth were known.
The Swan is a very welcome addition to the West London pub scene
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Previously the anonymous Edward's, this pub has now reverted to being the Swan with a tasteful refurbishment of the interesting by M&B's Nicholson's chain. Ten handpumps in the main bar, plus another three in the slightly more relaxed upstairs bar which features intermittent table service and annoying tea-lights on the tables. Real ale usually served in traditional 'jug' glasses. Some intersting choices as well as the usual Landlord, Black Sheep, etc. However, as is so often the case with Nicholson's, the beer is not always in the finest condition (which is odd as the turnover must be fast enough in a busy place like this).
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