The Swan, Great Chart - pub details
Address: The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AN [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 33382) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Ashford International (1.9 miles), Pluckley (4.1 miles), Charing (5.2 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.1/10 (rated by 9 users)
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user reviews of the Swan, Great Chart
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| Popped in to this pub to see if it might be a good place to go out for a meal without the kids. Very quickly decided against this idea as the pub can only be described as neglected and 'spit and sawdust'! Friendly service but they had no cold white wine - only rose on offer and the coke was very watery due to a glass literally full of ice. The decor is very 'rough', out of three women's toilets only one flushed which created an unpleasant environment in which to take children to the toilet on a busy afternoon! The plantpots in the garden were growing weeds and dead plants, and my favourite seemed to be growing the up-ended contents of a former hanging basket. It reminded me of the places visited by "The Hotel Inspector", very much in need of a tidy up. ordinaryfamily - 2 May 2011 17:28 |
| It’s eighteen months since I last reviewed this pub here, but I have been passing the pub from time to time. And in that time nothing about the place has changed my opinion of it. It may well be the most wonderful pub in the world. It may well serve the world’s finest food, accompanied by the world’s finest ales in the company of the world’s finest people. But I will never know. Take yesterday’s visit for example. Despite freezing temperatures and snow on the ground, at 1.30pm the beer garden had a dozen assorted thugs and thug-ettes standing around in it. They were all obviously drunk on lager and were shouting abuse at passers-by. In the past they’ve been content to be screeching at each other. Now they’ve turned on the general public. So there I was, faced with two pubs within ten yards of each other. One has a garden filled with yobs screaming abuse at the world, one does not. I suppose this pub fills a useful niche for those who like to shout whilst necking lager by the gallon. MankyBadger - 5 Dec 2010 10:45 |
| At the risk of getting into a petty "oh yes it is - oh no it isn't" squabble.... A group of us cycled into Great Chart on Sunday afternoon. Now I don't doubt that the people in the beer garden are decent folk. I expect every one of them is a stirling chap, someone with whom I would quite happily share a pint or two, were I to meet them socially. However they looked and acted scary. Sorry - they did. And when you are faced with half a dozen on one table in the garden, and another half a dozen on another, all screaming abuse at each other, you don't stop. You just keep going ten yards down the road to a place which doesn't look anywhere near as scary. I don't deny for one minute that the pub down the road might very well be filled with axe-murderers, but the pub down the road looks safe to enter. And that's what I for one look for in a pub. Sorry. MankyBadger - 6 May 2009 18:30 |
| This site is all about opinions of course and it's good to hear the other side of the argument. Having said that, I stand by my previous comments that I wouldn't expose my daughter to a bar full of blokes shouting "f"s and "c"s at one another which is how I found the pub on my own, admittedly brief, visit . If you have a different set of values, that's fine of course and I would agree that the fund raising, which I'm sure is true, is highly commendable. Having said that, I can't help noticing that the 3 users who have commended this pub so highly in the last week are all first (and only) time reviewers who have exactly the same style of writing and almost identical arguments about the pub's strengths . I will draw my own conclusions from that. Nothing to do with not wanting to mix with a variety of people (I pride myself in being able to share a beer with anyone)....but I still won't rush back if I have my family in tow. Cover_Point - 6 May 2009 16:48 |
| I had the pleasure of attending this pub on their latest charity event on saturday the 2nd of may ! Going by previous reviews i braced myself only to be completely and utterly blown away the so called 'chavs' and 'very rough people' were welcoming and none other than extremely friendly .... the pub was very busy and yet not a hint of trouble to even make you feel the slightest bit on edge my children were even made to feel at ease ! not only that but these so called 'chavs' and 'very rough people ' helped the landlord and landlady of the pub raise a staggering £1,240 for demelza house . I do hope that this is a lesson to those of you that judge these people on a 5 minute basis rather than take the timeto get to know them, and after getting to know them on saturday and be welcomed the way my family and i were i would gladly take the labels 'chavs' and 'very rough people' if that means a lovely and amazingly generous group of people such as these were ... i shall be returning and think that if yo are looking for a friendly family pub you should definately give this one a try . meg83 - 5 May 2009 23:39 |
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