Swan Hotel

i stayed here when i was in england and it is a nice place the staff are brilliant.

excellent food, relatively affordable considering the quality of the food. We ordered a 3 course set lunch on a Sunday and each course is wonderfully presented. I would highly recommend it. Even our 6 year old asked us when could we go again. A+++++

The Swan is about the classiest place to eat or drink in Stafford town centre. So much attention has been paid to details - and several different zones to choose from.

The coffee bar is airy and efficient - prices moderate. Your drinks can be taken into the adjacent front bay window reception area, the restored carriage 'tunnel’, or you can order them from the bar when the coffee bar serving room is closed.
Seating is mostly on comfy, if deep, brown armchairs and sofas.

Bars - two main bars, which do get crowded on busy nights. There’s one main lounge, also with the afore-mentioned brown furnishings. Lighting is just about right. Exits at the end of the lounge and the carriage area to the carpark and garden. Yes, bar prices are more than most places in town, but the whole atmosphere is nicer than most!

Garden zone - plenty of space for smokers, heaters in the evening - and a stage for entertainment. Summers the past year or so have featured DJs on Thursdays and live local [mostly] bands on Fridays. The latter should appear at 8pm. The one I saw - Rich Flava [good drummer, great lead guitar, flat singer ] - started at 9pm. Once the crowd gathers, you can’t see much at all. Sound is more than adequate, but the bars still had canned music playing inside!

Food - various snacks during the day in the coffee bar areas, deli platters and similar most of the day - 9” freshly made/baked pizzas @ average £7 each, with a selection of mixed toppings [including duck - which is rather nice and different] or 12” for a £1 extra. Mon-Thurs, order two pizzas and have a free bottle of very palatable wine!
Menu Fixe for lunch and dinner - interesting choices, beautifully presented and cooked. A la carte in the evening to splash out on. I’ve not tried the latter.

Staff are very helpful and the establishment attracts mums with youngsters having coffee and cakes, business clientele, 'ladies who lunch’, general shoppers, and gourmands alike. If you’re solo, you don’t feel conspicuous with a pot of tea and something to read.

Toilet facilities - the Ladies has 4 cubicles - inadequate for evenings when busy - women were complaining whilst waiting - kept clean though and the girl on Reception acted upon my report of lack of toilet paper!

The Swan Hotel is a very classy hotel and restaurant. The rooms are very nice, the food is first class - but don’t expect a cheap visit. The staff are extremely obliging and helpful and will cater to all reasonable requests. The car park is quite spacious, but it still gets full at times, so make sure you arrive fairly early if you want to guarantee a space. There is a nice outdoor area where you can sit and have a drink in warm weather, but the inside is also very nicely decorated and caters to a quite posh clientele. If you can afford to have a meal here, you will certainly enjoy it, but if not, it is worth coming just for a drink and to enjoy the atmosphere.

The Swan is a really nice bar, restaurant and hotel. I’ve never eaten or stayed there personally, but I’ve been into the bar a few times.

It’s quite posh - I felt a bit out of place in ripped jeans and trainers (surprisingly!). The drinks are quite expensive, worth it if you wanna go somewhere a bit nicer.

There is a really nice beer garden out the back, with lots of seats and a bit of a water feature. Gets busy at the weekends.

They also sometimes have live music here, not sure if it is a specific night but I have heard they have jam nights.

Visiting Nelson’s and Apres for some cheap drinks we head to the Swan for a touch of class. Not cheap, and does get busy but its a nust for a night out.

This place is lovely. Its not the cheapest place in Stafford but its still affordable and well worth a bit of extra money because its lovely!
Ive only usually come here for hot drinks. The seating area is so comftorble, and theres a nice private area to the back with chairs & tables.
The few times Ive come here for breakfast I had a bacon roll… it was everything a bacon roll needed to be, but it was made special by being able to choose if I wanted white or brown bread, red or brown sauce?

I came once in the evening when some live music was on (at the back in the outdoors part) it was really busy. A bit too busy to enjoy it properly - couldnt see the band and had to que forever for a drink. The only real complaint I have is that either they didnt have enough glass collectors working, or it was too busy for the staff to come around and collect the empty glasses - so people started leaving empty glasses everywhere and the place ended up with alot of smashed glass on the floor (and in the water feature!)

But that complaint is minor, this place is one of the nicest places in Stafford.