The Swan, Great Easton - pub details
Address: The Endway, Great Easton, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 2HG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 29866) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Elsenham (5.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
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> Current user rating: 6.8/10 (rated by 5 users)
other pubs nearby:
Three Horseshoes, Dunmow (0.9 miles)
user reviews of the Swan, Great Easton
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| On the corner of the turning from the main road to the village is a Rolls Royce showroom that looks like it may have been a large pub at one time - the lane wends it's way down through the village to the Star on the right. Quite a small pub with a public bar to the left and lounge to the right as you go in. Very quiet on this Saturday afternoon though staff seemed pleasant enough. Two ales on - Adnam's Explorer and Mighty Oak Bar King, which were both pale Summer beers. Tried the Bar King which went down pleasant enough. anonymous - 18 Apr 2010 14:30 |
| Went for their a la carte lunch in their restaurant as a bit of a treat and after seeing their quite impressive web site and the emphasis on local ingredients. Frankly disappointing overall. All looking a bit tired in August 2009. The entrance to the bar from the car park is seedy. The restaurant carpet is dirty. Men's loo is formed from a partitioned off part of a corridor, has paper ripped off the walls, very poor lighting, no outside window and only a cloth towel on which to dry your hands. Their web site prices are not today's (eg the Wild Mushrooms and Roasted Cashew Nut Stroganoff is now �8.50 and not �8.00). Some things on the printed menu do not properly describe what they will supply (their pate for example though a different pate was available). We declined that and started with the soup of the day (pea and mint) which was lovely and served very hot. It came with excellent warm bread and with butter in a pot rather than a packet. That was nice. I then had the Mushroom Stroganoff. This dish came with a wonderful sauce but the mushroom heads, even those that were sliced, were like leather. Maybe they had been grossly overcooked but I have never had such before - and do not want to again! Couldn't even spear some with a fork and these, and some others that could be speared, just could not be chewed. Only managed to eat half. Rather too little rice and rather too much salad, served with this dish for my liking. My wife had the sausages (3) and apple mash (lots) with gravy. That was nice though more expensive than the Stroganoff for all that. They serve Guinness and two ales, Adnams and a light coloured guest wheat beer which I tried and found interesting, pleasant and well served. They had a range of lagers including Peroni on tap. The above plus food plus a pint of the wheat beer and a half of the Peroni's came to �30.25. A bit expensive for the experience we had. Would we go back? No, I don't think so. Realalediner - 28 Aug 2009 17:04 |
| Paid a visit on saturday night. Food was excellent as was the two real ales on - Woodfordes Wherry and Adnams bitter. Have a changing guest beer with a Magpie (Nottingham) beer next up. Very nice freindly place. Alfnoax - 18 May 2008 11:55 |
| Called in while on route to the excellent Three Horseshoes at nearby Duton Hill. Unable to try the food, as the kitchen was only catering for a private party, but the Adnams was fine. The Horseshoes had a greater and more interesting range of guest ales. Ginger_Beard - 10 Sep 2007 13:51 |
| Situated in a charming village about equidistance between Gt Dunmow and Thaxted, a warm welcome awaits. Two ales are available, usually Adnams Bitter and a guest; Wychwood Wychcraft when I visited. All the food is home prepared and cooked from local ingredients. Try the Sausage and Mash...yum! ahscum - 23 Jul 2006 12:44 |
