The Swan - Sedgemoor

Fantastic Sunday lunch with friends. Great portion sizes and delicious food. Brilliant service and the staff were really friendly. Would highly recommend.

We visited for lunch on New Year 's Day to celebrate a family birthday. We were welcomed warmly and the atmosphere was very convivial. From that point on things slid downhill. The portions looked mean and the food was not cooked well. For starters, my brother and I ordered the monkfish scampi which consisted of four diddy pieces of chewy monkfish (not all the membrane had been removed) in a hard batter. They tasted as if they 'd been sitting an hour under warming lamps. The others ordered baked camembert the like of which I 've never seen before. For £10, they were served half a small cheese standing upright which was sizzling on top and cold inside. It appeared to have been grilled under a salamander rather than baked in the oven. I ordered my main course from the specials, a 'chargrilled ribeye of pork '. I wasn 't sure what I got. It looked like a 1 inch thick slice of rolled pork. It was dry and lacked any chargrilled flavour. The roast potatoes were at least a day old and were leathery and difficult to cut and eat. Christmas leftovers? I hope not. I wish the circumstances had allowed me to take photos. Not once did our waiters ask if we were enjoying our food. Neither did they enquire when they cleared. My family isn 't used to complaining about food or service and as I was a guest, I felt obliged to hold my tongue. Had I been paying for my meal, I would have had no hesitation in commenting on the starter or sending my pork back. This place is expensive and has a pretty good reputation locally hence our disappointment. The website talks of the high quality, locally sourced ingredients; I 've no reason to doubt the provenance and quality but have to ask, 'What happened in the kitchen? ' I work in the business and know well how tight margins can be. I hate to write reviews like this knowing that they can effect someone 's livlihood but the kitchen and the hotel 's patrons deserve better than what we were served. Maybe the restaurant was just having a bad day. If so, it can 't afford too many more.

Warning! This is not a pub... it's a restaurant! Nowhere to sit before your meal, and looked down on if you sit casually at a table, avoid at all costs

As a local resident I have eaten at Swan over some years, usually once a week sometimes for a business lunch or dinner. The lunch menu and dinner menu are similar, prices are consistent with restaurant prices and the food is consistent with bar meals. The choice which was excellent offering options for a light low calorie lunch is now limited to options with large quantities of chips and bread. I voiced my observations to the manager and instead of taking this on board as genuine feed back I was made to feel that I was just complaining and lowering the moral of the staff! She said that other clients were more than happy with the service, menu and prices. These were previously good which is why I have continued to use the Swan, however certainly these issues and my constructive feed back should be acknowledged.

We really enjoyed our stay here 3 nights in one of their large rooms. Room was indeed large and very comfortable, nicely decorated with claw foot bath in the room and separate shower and WC. The rooms are above the pub, which is really fantastic the food is exceptional and a good mix of interesting dishes and gastropub staples. Drink selection also excellent. Have been to quite a few similar places and I would say the thing that really made the Swan stand out was the quality of the staff all really friendly and efficient. Couldn’t fault this place for a short break in the Somerset countryside. Glastonbury and Wells and both close by. Oh, and the Swan is also dog friendly,