St. David's Day 1st Mar- 7 Welsh ales available. CAMRA meeting on 2nd.

BRITISH PIE WEEK is 7th- 13th Mar during Leics. annual CAMRA festival.

Pizza competition- create and name a new dish for our specials board and receive prizes! Promo ends Sat 30th Apr, winner announced Wed 3rd May.

Easter weekend & St. George's Day Apr 23rd clash for a full on live music, beer & food Bank Holiday of fun. Sunday metal starts at 5pm until til 11pm.COMEDY FESTIVAL- NO tickets sold at pub. Get here early to eat as no food allowed in front bar due to acts and seating plan. Pizza available on Mon 7th & 14th due to demand (pm only) & 4 pizza deal on for festival only.

3 months of Sun rock/indie/metal confirmed for last Sundays of the month.

La Chouffe night rescheduled for Wed 23rd Feb- tasting night from 8pm..

The Criterion Crew will be here every day in Dec except to celebrate the birthday of Lord Jesus and suffer his hangover on Boxing Day too. So even if it is -10 degrees C, we have flu, colds, migraines, broken digits, bad backs, oven burns, etc we come to work to make your Xmas complete...

Pizza available for 27th rugby match- lunchtime only.
Lots of festive ales available into the new year. We close @4pm on Dec 31st and re-open for our invited regulars @6pm. Free buffet @9pm.
Beer tasting night Wed 12th- Nice Chouffe.
Charity gig Sunday 16th Jan for MIND.
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I have to say I visited this gaff with some trepidation, (well, a little)...only on account of the fact that when I lived in Leicester, the Swan and Rushes was a rough and ready pub lacking in any atmosphere and beer. It was frequented by an element of the 'unsavoury'. I'm sure there were one or two 'salt of the earth' types but it wasn't somewhere on the list of desirable pubs /venues to visit.

Now, however it's changed, good range of well kept ales, unpretentious and courteous bar staff and a friendly atmosphere. Also has a full size Bar Billiards table, when myself and my mate arrived on a Saturday afternoon just before the Tigers were due to play it was packed with Tigers fans, but quickly emptied one kick off loomed.

Good pub...It's safe to visit now the most boring man in the universe appears to have been barred again. Let's hope it's for good this time. Pizzas will soon be on the menu too.*** BEER FEST UPDATE ***

I've been advised that the Swan will be holding a Beer Festival coinciding with the Leicester Castle Park Festival (and Peterborough Beer Fest) which is due to commence on Thursday 26th August and running through to Sunday 29th.

The festival will feature a Hog Roast on Friday and Saturday (first time for a city centre pub in leicester???) and promises an assortment of new and unusual beers plus old favourites.

Couldn't find any info on this in the Leicester Drinker, but the Swan website has date / time info plus a festival beer list...

@ All_Hail_The_Ale

Not quite right on presumption of who I am... but oh well... It's still seems like a lovely boozer to me! I had a Sunday roast there two weeks ago, lovely grub, reasonable price and the Old Hooky tasted bloomin lovely!

Cheer up All_Hail_the_Ale!The guest Burton Bridge Damson Porter was turning, but the Everards Sleighbell was on good form.Interesting to note the most recent comment below...

Personally, I'm always a bit dubious when a pub re-opens after being very bad and suddenly a new BITE user appears with a name like 'Alefanatic' and posts a glowing review of the place on the day they sign up without posting comments on ANY other pubs whatsoever.

Presumably if they really were fanatical about the ale they'd have visited (and posted on) a few other hostelries, both within Leicester and beyond.

Sadly this is not the first time we've seen this damage limitation attempt on behalf of Everards houses - if you're going to do it at least have the decency to try and make the posting look authentic, don't insult the intellect of the people who use this site!

That said, I will be sure to pop in before the end of the week and check the state of play for myself ... I will not be holding my breath in expectation of any significant inmprovement though.

Very nice pub! Usual great range of Castle Rock beers plus guests. Unlike a lot of other Tynemill establishments they're also big on food here. I recommend the hot steak baguette with curly chips!Is this the best pub in Loughborough ? - probably, with The Padget a close run second. You can't fault the quality of the beer and the choice of ales plus the staff are excellent. Oh we all loved the Swan in the Rushes last weekend. 15 years ago it was a cold, locals only juicer. Although it has retained a locals feel it has also broadened it's welcome to all clientele and this has resulted in a very diverse range of patrons.

The range of ales and ciders is simply excellent, easily the best you will find in Loughborough. They were even serving CAMRA 2010 Supreme Champion Beer, Castle Rock's Harvest Pale, a cracking drop.

They also had some lovely barmaids and a decent jukebox churning out good sound.

Great atmosphere, definitely worth a visit on the weekend although couldn't vouch for the week.

Visited this pub on 18th August 2010..i would like to say that the balance of this pub is just right. The couple are very pleasant and the food was excellant.
I travel the country accessing run down and closed pubs...It is pleasing to see so much passion that are articulated by he current owners.
Give this pub all the support you can, it deserves to succeed.
Iwill give it 9/10Stayed at this pub for a couple of days, fantastic food, welcome and staff, couldn't do enough for us! Has new management for the last two years and they really made an impression, very friendly. Lucky enough to be there when they had a live jazz band on, who were very entertaining, lots of us up dancing, a good time had by all. Would recommend this pub to anyone, a home from home, nothing too much trouble!A lovely village pub, everything you would expect once you go away from the tourist areas.
Staff were very friendly and welcoming. Enough choice on the menu. Had a short wait but not too long as all dishes were prepared from fresh ingredients. Presentation was well thought through and taste was everything. Have to admit it was the best meal of all our holiday, so much so we stayed for dessert. Finding it hard to fault.

There is now a new landlord.

Served greeen King IPA, which I often don't rate, and is often boring, but the pint |I had was as good as I've tasted it. I couldn't try the Speckled Hen as I was driving!

Had meal in restaurant, and the steak pie is the best ever. I get fed up (pun intended!!), with "steak pie", being a morsel of meat in gravy, in a dish with a covering of puff pastry. This was a "proper" individual short crust pie, packed with meat. There is now a new landlord.

Served greeen King IPA, which I often don't rate, and is often boring, but the pint |I had was as good as I've tasted it. I couldn't try the Speckled Hen as I was driving!

Had meal in restaurant, and the steak pie is the best ever. I get fed up (pun intended!!), with "steak pie", being a morsel of meat in gravy, in a dish with a covering of puff pastry. This was a "proper" individual short crust pie, packed with meat. This Pub has improved beyond recognition since the present landlady took over last July. Beer and Food both excellant