The New Swan — Restaurant in Ashford

It has a potential to be a lovely place, but, apart from the friendly staff, it just doesn't work. 3 stars only because we drank our drinks and ate all of our food - we were indeed hungry. Friday evening, it was practically empty, and we wondered why. Well.... You could see they were going through some changes inside, and that's alright. Interior looks nice but you can see lots of dodgy DYI in progress. Beer was okay, meal prices were low. Half the items on the menu were unavailable (import problems - fair enough). Card paying machine was broken (they told us in advance, so all good. We ordered nachos, they were tasty, really tasty, and also really cold. Completely cold. Couldn't believe it, but we didn't complain because we ate it all. We had burgers - huge portions for less than £10. We did wonder if we're gonna be sick from the meat. We didn't. It could have been spices in the meat, but it smelled bad. Definitely not going again. Shame, it has potential to be a wonderful place. I hope they...

I was pleasently surprised to see The Swan open again when walking past this evening so popped in with my wife for a drink and some food. We were greeted by a freindly lady behind the bar and i really like what the new owners have done with the decor.

I chose the Cheese burger and my wife had the sticky chicken - both meals were good sized portions and were freshly cooked to order using locally sourced ingredients.

The chef and owner Neil made us feel very welcome and is pasionate in trying to give Ashford something different than what all of the other establishments in town offer - A lovely guy who cooked us some lovely food.

We will both be going back soon and recommend that you pop along and support a local business and not the corporate souless pubs that plague the town.

They also have a Billiard...

We stumbled across this cute little pub after an afternoon of wedding dress shopping. Me and my girls had the best time. Very friendly service, homely feel to it with a relaxed environment. Very clean and the portion sizes were amazing value for money. We shall be returning. It's lovely to see a pub doing some Mexican style cuisine, rather than your usual "run of the mill, pub grub". They serve family favorites such as cottage pie, bangers and mash and an amazing roast dinner (hoping to try this out some time!) we loved the fact you could order Nachos, fajita's (chicken, steak or halloumi or all 3 if your heart desired. The three of us LOVED it and will be coming back and also recommending to anyone in the area. Well done...