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The Wild Swan, EC4

Pub added by Tris C

99 Fetter Lane
EC4
EC4A 1BT

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Chancery Lane, Holborn Viaduct

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David Walton left this review about The Wild Swan

Visited 15/04/26.

Cask offering of their own Lord Marples, Jaipur, Cocoa Wonderland, Hirundo spring pale ale, their own branded Wild Swan extra pale ale and sole guest of Fagans Irish Red Ale from Kelham Island Brewery. Keg offering of their own Brock, Lukas, Green Mountain, Guava King pale ale, Vega IPA, Day Maker session IPA and then away keg of Fruitage by Rodenbach, Damm Lemon, pilsner from Elvington Brewery, Gravity Theory cider, Lilley's cherries & berries cider and Weihenstephanet hefe Weissbier.

Had spotted from the excellent reporting by Tris that this venue had finally opened whilst I was away from London. It is a decent fit out with the bar counter along the left-hand wall with a tile skirt in an otherwise bare boarded venue. To the left of the entrance is a banquette serving a couple of tall tables just to the front edge of the bar counter. There are some tall tables with tall stools in the middle of the floor space with then generally crimson red studded leather banquettes / booth tables around the rest of the ground floor space. Lots of dark wood and mirrors deployed. Upstairs there is a seating area via regular tables served by the same classy leather banquettes as on the ground floor and with the open fronted kitchen serving hatch at the rear of the space. All told I counted two gent’s downstairs from the ground floor and three ladies and one gent’s on the first floor so that looks like a three all draw in my books. One of the gents (phew what a relief) already had some graffiti on the wall, couldn't quite decipher but i think it was something like "Tris Woz Ere April 2026"! My visit was late evening, but it was still busy with a City work crowd but not rammed so it made for a visit with a good vibe. Would revisit for sure.

On 17^th April 2026 - rating: 7
[User has posted 1590 recommendations about 1565 pubs]

Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Wild Swan

New Thornbridge pub with a striking dark-blue tiled frontage, built on or near the site of the demolished White Swan as part of a major redevelopment. Traditional-looking bar at the front, with a further seating area further back and more of a dining area (with the kitchen) up on the mezzanine. Interesting features include large illuminated stained glass mural panel and four clocks showing local times at different locations (but not the usual suspects). I found five of the six handpumps in use, offering The Wild Swan (a 'house' 3.4% pale ale), Lord Marples, Crackendale, Jaipur and the Cocoa Wonderland chocolate Porter (£6.60), with the other in the process of being changed. Also has a selection of the brewery's craft keg beers too.

On 16^th April 2026 - rating: 7
[User has posted 9119 recommendations about 9119 pubs]

Tris C left this review about The Wild Swan

Well, the naysayers – me included – have been proved wrong as this place opened a few days ago, many months later than promised. It occupies approximately the site of the Printer’s Devil and White Swan (click the closed pubs’ tab) and is the first pub in the UK to have BREEAM Excellent environmental certification, making it polar bear friendly.
The exterior exhibits smart lapis lazuli glazed tiling, but inside it shares design cues with Thornbridge’s Banker’s Cat in Leeds and their other place in York: essentially, it’s a Victorian pastiche, with dark floor, stained mahogany-style wood throughout with panelling and dark brown Anaglypta ceiling. With a Minton-style apron, the bar array is period in style, with a substantial selection of wines, some in chiller cabinets, then a myriad cans. Furniture is in keeping with the interior, including russet studded peripheral banquettes; lighting is brass ‘n’ glass. With an open kitchen, an upstairs and somewhat clubby mezzanine floor is accessed by a sweeping curved staircase from where you can gaze down on the pièce de résistance: a commanding, backlit stained-glass depiction of a swan, specially commissioned for the pub (see photo). Far from attracting the office crowd – at least for now – customers were young and studenty, drawn from where I know not.
On the drinks’ front, there are a few specialist keg founts, then Lord Marples, Wild Swan, Crackendale, Cocoa Wonderland, Quasar - £5.90 a pint and interesting rather than good – and Jaipur, £6.60 a pint, on top form, served by a lovely barmaid.
This is a good addition to the local drinking scene and the best cask selection for quite some way in any direction, but the 11.00pm weekend opening times are optimistic for an area that’s dead at that time.

On 11^th April 2026 - rating: 7
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