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Beer of the Week (w/e 15th June 2025) with Tris39
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Submitted on Thursday, 5th January 2023
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Black Swan Hotel, York
Helmsley
Postal town: York
YO62 5BJ
Served areas
Reviews of Black Swan Hotel (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about Black Swan Hotel
The East Bar is still very much as described by Old Boots below, with the sole exception that Helmsley Howardian Gold is now the regular beer on the bar in place of Doom Bar. That's a welcome change, but even better from my point of view is that my pint of Black Sheep Best Bitter was very good indeed (NBSS 4, £4.75). I like comfortable, cosy hotel bars like this; traditional, joined to the hotel but accessed by a different door, and I like them even better if they stock one of my favourite beers in very good condition. This removes any doubt about which pub I will be calling in first next time I'm in Helmsley.
On 3rd June 2025
- rating: 7
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Graham Coombs left this review about Black Swan Hotel
An old and slightly rambling hotel overlooking the market place with a cosy, wood-panelled bar at the far right. Black Sheep and Doom Bar were present on handpump. Nowhere near as homely as the other pubs nearby - perhaps ok if passing but I wouldn't want to spend any time here.
On 3rd April 2023
- rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about Black Swan Hotel
One of two hotels in the Market Place, a multi room affair with a small public bar, “the East Bar” at the right hand end of the building, it has its own door but is connected to the rest of the building. Very nicely decorated in an older style with bent wood chairs and stools and a corner banquette all at round wooden tables, one with tall stools is posing height. There are other sitting rooms about the place in similar style. The counter is part panelled and part pallet wood, this is home to a couple of four way T-Bars and tucked in the corner are two hand pulls. Doombar on one and Black Sheep Bitter, which was in good nick, on the other. Normal Molson Coors kegs. There’s another bar at the other end with a similar or maybe smaller range of kegs and a couple of pulls, WhatPub says it has a large range of whiskies but the bar was shut so I couldn’t check, it may be a residents only bar. The hotel is owned by the Inn Collection Group who own 20 or so hotels across Northern England and one on Anglesey.
On 5th January 2023
- no rating submitted
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Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : Yes last updated 27 February 2012 by hondo .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 03 April 2023 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 03 April 2023 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 27 February 2012 by hondo .
- Micropub : No last updated 03 April 2023 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 27 February 2012 by hondo .
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 04 June 2025 by Will Larter
- WiFi : Yes last updated 04 June 2025 by Will Larter
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