The Swan and Bottle, Uxbridge

This is still a Chef & Brewer pub, with only Greene King ales on when I visited during a midweek lunchtime. The ales were Old Speckled Hen, Old Golden Hen, and GK IPA (£1.69 a half). I didn't see a menu, but at the far end of the pub, just past where the bar counter's sited, there's a room with all tables laid for diners, and exclusively for diners judging by the "wait to be seated" sign by its entrance. The rest of the pub is a rambling affair with (mainly fake) wooden post and beams all over the place. It's got a few tall tables/tall stools, and one of those ridiculous tall tables with tall backless benches, but the majority of the furnishings are normal tables and chairs. This is clearly a very old canalside/riverside pub. It has some nice outside seating next to the water, but also unfortunately next to the busy main road. There's nothing inside that interested me either - certainly not the ale selection.

Quite an attractive old Chef & Brewer pub, located between the River Colne and the Grand Union Canal, although the patio beer garden to one side doesn't make as much of its position as one might have expected. The large interior has a low ceiling and various different seating / dining areas, furnished with a mixture of the traditional and modern. Background music. Standard menu, with a few summer specials. Pride (£3.68), Bombardier and Old Rosie cider available from three of the four handpumps.

Official site of The Swan and Bottle - www.chefandbrewer.com

Official site of The Swan and Bottle - www.chefandbrewer.com