Swan, Wantageback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Visited on a Saturday afternoon, pretty quiet, but I think that the Grand National was on the telly in the back. Decent pint of Best Mates Vicars daughter served pleasantly in good condition. The Juke Box was a bit loud with only a couple of others in the bar but I enjoyed the pub in a rugged sort of way. I'd go back when I'm next in Wantage.
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Duke Box is spelt with a "J". Indeed the Lochness Monster has left a vacant milk churn.
Occasionally has some interesting real ale.
Cocktails are their speciality.
Don't get too giddy in the Swan or you may have to deal with the rather large Landlord.
Well run pub, give it a try.
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Loch ness monster done a runner now but a lovely beer garden and staff are so helpful shame about all the heavy metal shite on the duke box
anonymous - 29 Jul 2007 11:25 |
I take it that Lucifer_Chaple owns the Swan.
anonymous - 18 Jul 2007 18:15 |
Best pub around by miles. Happy hour is 4-7 and this means £2 for any 1 shot + coke / lemonade or £2 for and pint of beer, lager or stout. £3 for any coctail.
Juke Box has some great tracks including Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Guns and Roses, Kid Rock, Anthrax, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Motorhead, Clash and much more. The 'Happy Hour' crew are great. Stewie, Steve, Les, Myself, King Alfred (Ian) and the rest of the bunch are to be expected to be spotted at 4:00PM for opening.
...4:00PM can be a long time to wait mind, I'd rather the pun opened before, but hey, they're doing well as they are. The back bar can get full of 'casual' customers, and I expect the upstairs will be full of the 'Blakes' lot. The front bar is the 'rock n roll' side of the bar. At weekends it can get packed, but knowing everyone in Wantage helps. Sometimes people can dress the Swan up, but at heart it always has been and always will be a rocker bar. Crisps are free too!!!
...Can't wait till they start serving grub. If you're visiting Wantage CHECK OUT THE SWAN! Where you like some crazy coctail or a spirt or lager, stout or ale, this pub will cater for your needs.
-RAD-
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Great pub now been refurbished happy hour 4-till 7 When you can often see the loch ness monster sat on his milk churn. Also it has a leopard skin pool table
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Has re-opened. Reasonable effort so far. Bogs still need attention. Good happy hour deals (4 - 7).
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Currently closed, doesnt look like its about to re-open
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No longer any music of any sort toilets are a health hazard to sat the least beer a bit pricey and has'nt a late licsense
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Its spit and sawdust and doesnt pretend to be anything else. The drink is cheap, the entertainment is rock and roll and the atmosphere is fun. A great place for anyone who was born before 1970.
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