I love the Swanson Hotel. Although I live in the area in Erskineville, I have been going to the pub for the past year and I wished I would have come earlier. I come from time to time for dinner and my favourite food is the Duck Confit with pomegranate salad. It is fantastic. They always do specials during the week i.e. on Wednesdays the schnitzels are $10 each and are delicious and on Thursdays their pizzas are 2 for 1. It is great value. I organised a Christmas function in December in the room upstairs near the bar and again we had a fantastic service and they prepared for us a traditional meat pie (recipe from Quebec) and it was even better than the ones made in Quebec, Canada. The decor i...
Terrible service, passive-aggressive barman/waiter. We are obviously not locals and are on our first trip to Australia. We asked if we could sit at a vacant table outside and then waited quite a while for the staff only to find out that we needed to go inside ourselves to order at the bar. Shortly after ordering our food we were told we had to vacate the table and move inside because of 'council rules'. We should have been advised in advance. At that point the wine was already open and it was just not practical for us to walk out. Then the employee refused to serve our appetizer first - he said all food would be delivered at same time. My 'super salad' was inedible as it was drowned in vineg...
Moved into the area and hoping this would be my local but disappointed. Very sterile and the staff (the male manager in particular) are sour at best. The food is the only good thing but has worsened over the last few months. My 2 cents: scrap the african theme; install fixed barstools around the bar to create some warmth and atmosphere; get some turntables behind the bar and have bar tenders playing some tunes; get a better beer selection; change the management. I will be a regular if this is done!!!
The Swanson has a beautiful large dining room on level 1. It has very friendly staff, a great menu ( modern a la carte), and extensive wines menu. I was with a party of 10 and we all complimented the food. I had 3 courses as the food was so good. I had the cerviche swordfish, the fantastic Barramundi followed by a brulle. The Zucchini flowers, the pork and cider pie was also a feature on my table. The cowra lamb stood out. Together with good wines - what else can you wish for?
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Swanson is a gem. Superior food in a lovely enviroment. The staff are extremely accomodating. We had a booking on Valentines Day, which of course was a set menu. The menu was supberb but due to some extreme food allergies I was unable to have a couple of the dishes, the staff and the chef went out of their way to be accomodating and made our evening so special. 5 stars from me.
There was five in our party and the service was very friendly and efficient. We started with drinks in the bar area and then went to our table. Steak and fish were popular and everyone enjoyed their meal. The restaurant is not huge so it was great to be able to talk to each other without any problem. It was quite full so I'm glad we booked even though it was a Monday night.
The restaurant upstairs above the pub offers a great fine dining experience. We got the 4 course menu. Deliciously crafted. The entree was served in a decent sized. The goat cheese is not strong sprinkled with sauce. Pork belly is yummy perfection. Finished with a refreshing desert. Service is excellent.
The bistro on the second level of this pub is greatThey have a good looking menu, the food here is a little more refined than your usual pub meal.
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Every time we come here for lunch these guys treat us like ****. The food is ok but the service is terrible.
We found the service in this place really friendly. The food was equally good and the ambience was fantastic.
