The Swan Taphouse

I had a lovely one night stay, beds very comfortable and food in the pub attached was delicious. Would definitely book again.

We booked the hotel for a two night stay, for the location and car parking. The only positive was the car parking space. On arrival to the pub your heart sinks at the state of the car park, you are greeted with old fridges and old rotten mattresses, which when looked online have been there for over 8 months. Check in - big announcement breakfast is not served at property but the pub three doors away - not mentioned on booking site or their own website. Then you get to walk through the back of hotel up very loose and unsafe stairs, carpet unclean, poor decoration. You think this can not get any worse unfortunately it does. We booked a family room as only one available room 8 which is at the back of hotel. We thought ok it is only for a couple of nights and we would be out most of the day. The room - bathroom - both taps in bathroom leaked and there was brown water staining on sink which we cleaned, large crack in sink, dirty floor in bathroom, advertised as having a shower which it did have a shower head connected to the bath, but not shower holder or curtain so if you used it it would wet the bathroom floor. Bedroom only one bedside lamp, no mattress protector, duvet heavy and old, no black out blinds the room does not have windows only ceiling lights so at 4.30am we where both awake. Dirty stain on walls, didn’t use kettle as thick dust and water left in kettle so wasn’t brave enough to look, just wanted to get out and go home. Spoke to a member of staff who said he was a representative of the company and would take concerns on board, but quite honestly looking at reviews nothing is changing, such a shame as the pub up the road which is owned by the same company/person is in a different league. Do not stay here, save your money and go somewhere else.

Old building(s) with charm, nice breakfast a couple of houses down the road, friendly staff. Bed could have been better, would have prefered individual duvets. Mind your head if you're tall.

We had a fantastic short break at the Swan Hotel. Daryl was extremely attentive to our requests and we would definitely return again.

Darrell was an absolute treat, finally a place with atmosphere and genuine customer service with a personality. We had a poor experience at another local establishment, it’s safe to say Darrell and Liam saved the day. Excellent food, great team. 10/10

We chose to stay here for a one night stay, on our way to an event in Shrewsbury, and to add another night to our weekend away. The Swan pub was once an 18th century malt house, so the room was a bit quirky and reflected the age of the property, but it was spacious, clean and comfortable, with a large en-suite and tea & coffee etc provided in the room. We didn't actually use the shower, so can't comment on how good it was. Nor did we eat or drink in the pub, as we prefered the menu at the sister pub next door (The Malthouse, which we have stayed in before and would have again, but the Swan was much cheaper!) The rooms have their own entrance to the car park, so you can come and go outside of the pub opening times. The car park is quite small and a bit tatty, but we managed to get a space when we arrived. There is also street parking and a public car park nearby if the pub car park is full though. Our room had a nice view of the river across the road, and the outside drinking area, but we didn't experience any noise from the pub at all. Having said that, we spent the evening at the pub next door as they had a really good live band playing, and the Swan was close to closing time when we returned to the room! We had a large family room with a double and a single bed in the room and it was very spacious. The bed was a little soft for our liking, but that's just personal preference and we slept ok. We would definitely stay here again, if the price was as reasonable as it was this time.