The Swan

Visit The Swan, home of outstanding beer & cider, great wines, mouth-watering fresh food and exceptional service.

The Swan - Fuller's Pub and Restaurant near Hyde Park

A beautiful pub opposite Hyde Park, The Swan provides the gateway to a great day out in London’s most iconic green space.

With a fresh botanical feel, fine food, delicious drinks and a terrace overlooking the park, it’s the perfect place to extend your Hyde Park experience.

http://www.swanhydepark.co.uk

Restaurant review: The Swan Inn, Esher | Recipes, restaurant ...

Matthew Williams settles into Esher’s The Swan Inn, hot on the heels of their Tom Kerridge supper club Heavy hitting chefs Daniel Clifford (Midsummer House), Dominic Chapman (The Beehive), Tom Kerridge (The Hand & Flowers) and Claude Bosi (Bibendum) walk into a bar… much sensible foodie chatter and ridiculously delicious cooking ensues, obviously.

Okay, so I’ve condensed the timeline a little here, but in-the-know residents of Esher must have been thinking they were dreaming as some of the country’s top chefs walked through the doors of The Swan, in Hare Lane, in recent months.

Despite such exalted dining companions, The Swan has set its stall out from the start as a cosy pub to enjoy really good food, rather than reaching for the stars.

My wife Sylviane and I are met by manager Joseph Hendriks, who worked with Claude at his two Michelin-starred restaurant, Hibiscus, in Mayfair and then at The Fox & Grapes pub in Wimbledon.

So much for that light lunch then, but then The Swan turns out to be one of those hypnotic places that you could happily while away a day with good company and grand food.

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Swan at Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1: 'What's British about ...

There are exceptions, of course – London’s Rules springs to mind – but mostly a view or oodles of history give the operators carte blanche to continue on their merry way of being just a bit shit.

So it’s rare to stumble across a place such as Bankside’s Swan, with its history-plus-view double whammy, a side-order of charitable intent (a portion of its takings go towards supporting Shakespeare’s Globe next door) and a credible chef running the show.

In his new role, Pickett has shifted from a traditional French culinary background to, we’re told, “classic British dishes”.

I rather like stout pasta, but this is no light, spring-like dish, despite its broad bean puree and “pearls” of lightly grilled onion.

With Pickett in charge (if not there all the time), Swan is a graceful phoenix, way too good for just tourists.