The Swan Inn, Walsall

A detached cottage styled pub, with a now fresh and crisp white painted exterior with some black paint work, with etched windows. There is a car park to the side. The interior has three rooms. The first room was once, I assume, an outdoor, but recently had not been used other than for domino matches. It has just been refurbished into a light airy, modern décored side room (patterned wallpaper and plain wall look)with sofas and is accessed from the main bar. It is the kind of room that would have once been called a snug. Décor wise, it stands in contrast to the more traditional style of the main bar room, which is the room you enter the pub by to find a serving bar, in wood, facing you. The décor has walls of white and what looks like a subtle pink, with a white ceiling and red chimney breast and there are a few old photographs of the pub on the walls, along with a collection of ‘adjusted’ classic film posters with the main stars being morphed into pub regulars – hence the strong feeling of community here. There is a TV, used for footy mainly. The third room is a games room (which is used for functions, meeting of the local Buffs, whose ephemera adorns the walls. as well as the odd live band in the past). It has also just has been refurbished, with a white artex and beams look, with laminate flooring – it has darts, pool and a juke box. The service is friendly and they will even do you a ham or cheese ‘cob’ if you ask! For those that like karaoke, and I am not a student of the art, there is a very popular one every Sunday night, as it draws in a clientele from much further afield. Beer; tap stuff, with a decent enough Theakston’s MILD, but there is also now real ale available; two handpulls currently serving up Enville LPA and Theakston’s XB, both of which were on form and the gaffers, I hear, are happy to entertain suggestions for future guests. I have been waiting to re-review the pub for a little while, as the most recent gaffers have been investing a lot of time and effort in the place and took it from a basic run of the mill keg pub to one now more than worthy of a visit. I have always found the place particularly friendly and now, I am glad to say, the beer range, the entertainment and the décor make this place a nice community pub and hopefully, a success story.

This pub has been massively renovated recently by the new landlord. From what was a much run down pub with a fairly abd reputation, it has become a well maintained and well run pub, with a great atmosphere. The pub is always clean, the beer excellent and the locals very friendly. The rooms are all being re-fitted and the pool room is now wood floored through out, which is great for parties! Having frequented many pubs in the area i would say this the swan stands out as one of the friendliest. Firdays and sundays are great entertainment with Karaoke events.