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The Black Swan, Warrington
Hollins Green
Postal town: Warrington
WA3 6LA
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The Black Swan
Now being served our breakfast buffet till 11am
9:16 AM May 6th 2019 from Facebook
Reviews of The Black Swan (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Black Swan
Now five hand pulls at the bar, offering Doom Bar, TT Landlord, Dunham Big Tree and Lymm Bridgewater Blonde. One was off due to conditioning but the label suggested this would also be TT Landlord.
All back to normal now - head to the bar, order, pay, clear off with your drink. The large beer garden and green area is a massive bonus for the Black Swan and is very pleasant when the sun is out.
On 25th March 2022
- rating: 7
[User has posted 750 recommendations about 598 pubs]
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Black Swan
First visit to a pub following the great lockdown of 2020. We were sat in the beer garden where there are notices to place your order by text, with a mobile number given. All well and good if you know what you want, but sometimes you need to see what's available, especially when the pub has rotating real ales. I was apprehended when trying to enter the pub to have a nosey at the bar but I was allowed to pass to see what was available, and then I had to go back outside to place my order. To be fair the ordering process worked, you text your order, it comes out a short while later with the card reader for you to pay by contactless. Cash, from what I can gather, is not being accepted.
I wonder if the Black Swan have now cut ties with Robinsons, as there were three real ales on and none of them were from Robinsons, which in my opinion is a step in the right direction. They had Cheshire IPA by Dunham Massey, Bridgewater Blonde by Lymm Brewing and Cheshire Cat by Weetwood. Nothing outrageously exciting but better than the line up on previous visits. The Bridgewater Blonde was £3.55 a pint, so I assume the others would have been about that mark too.
All in all this was a bit of a strange experience, I assume you must be able to sit inside if you have booked but when I stuck my head in to look what was available at the bar it seemed to be dead inside. Other than a makeshift one way system to the back door, there didn't seem to be any enforced social distancing outside, the play area was open for business and there weren't any long lists of rules and regulations on display. Strange times we live in.
On 27th July 2020
- rating: 7
[User has posted 750 recommendations about 598 pubs]
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Black Swan
I am not a regular at the Black Swan, but have been on and off over the past few years. It is a smart modern pub with a big beer garden which is beautiful in the summer. Until fairly recently there were 6 hand pumps at the bar, usually offering a couple from Robinsons in addition to more interesting selections from Dunham Massey Brewing, Mobberley Brewhouse, Titanic Brewery and other smaller breweries.
Following a change of manager last year I have noticed that the hand pumps have gone down from six to four (the other two being physically removed rather than just left blank) and the focus now seems to be on Robinsons ales, with three ales from Robinsons dominating the pubs and one from another brewery if you are lucky. When there is another, it has always been good - Landlady by Dunham Massey and Anchor by Titanic being fairly recent examples. But it seems you can no longer depend on a non-Robinsons ale being available, which is a great shame, as the last Robinsons ale I had in there (Double Hop) was unbelievably bland.
It has always been quite a food focussed pub, but seems now that the real ale is becoming more of a token offering rather than giving customers a decent selection.
On another note, the locals do tend to crowd round the bar, which can make it difficult to take in what is available at the pumps. Perhaps a chalk board listing the real ale offerings would be useful to combat this.
Would previously have rated 8/10 but dropping down to 7/10.
On 4th January 2018
- rating: 7
[User has posted 750 recommendations about 598 pubs]
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes - In the bar only - last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes - Last Saturday of the month - last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : Yes - Wednesday & Thursday - last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 29 July 2020 by ROB Camra
