Lamport Swan

The restaurant has beautiful surroundings and inside is comfortable and contemporary. The menu includes good modern British food.
Unfortunately the quality of food and service has slipped since my last visit six months ago. Some of the ingredients on the plate were not as listed on the menu: a different kind of bread for the burger, a different flavoured ice cream with the pudding, etc.
The waiting staff were not well trained and one even told a diner he was stupid for keeping his credit card PIN as a contact on his iPhone. She was right but it was not her place to comment.
The hot pudding was also lukewarm.
Hopefully our experiences were a blip. We will visit again in the hope that standards have improved.

Sunday lunchtime, wonderful food but lukewarm or I would have given 5 stars. Waiting staff very keen but very young and inexperienced. Lovely décor, relaxed and comfortable ambience.
Will definitely give it another go and hope for hot food next time. To be fair we didn’t mention the problem until paying the bill otherwise no doubt they could have reheated.

We visited the Swan to round off a day spent celebrating my partners 50^th birthday. Not living locally I’d surfed the web to find somewhere suitable and decided on the Swan after reading a fair number of favourable reviews. We werent disappointed.
The modern interior belies the Georgian exterior. It was clean, attractive and light and the staff were welcoming and friendly but not obtrusive.
Everyone agreed that the food was very good indeed even the two vegetarians. On the negative side — the curried butternut squash soup which looked and smelt wonderful lacked any real flavour and the blue cheese in the stuffed portobello mushrooms was barely discernible. The portions weren’t huge but that meant everyone could have 3 courses and still feel comfortable. The chocolate brownie with clotted cream ice cream was to die for — rich with dark chocolate and light as a feather.
We paid just under £150 for 6 of us including drinks — I would consider that to be a reasonable price for what we had.
PS Wonderful views from the car park.

The Swan at Lamport — what a shame, simply over priced.
I went for a business lunch with colleagues despite the boss telling me that I would be breaking into the kids’ savings to settle the bill. The food was ordered, the staff were friendly, however I now see how the owner affords his Boss jeans and Armani shirt.
I was advised by the friendly staff that my Rack of Lamb at £17.99 didn’t come with vegetables; at an extra cost of £2.50 for the veg and a further £2.50 for potatoes !
Picking myself off the floor and coming round helped the draft from the window, I commented that this was a similar price to a meal I paid for in the Ivy in London.
An hour later the food arrived; my colleague had the ravioli — specifically 5 pieces and described it as tasteless. The food I ordered was good, however not great, or with that wow factor I would had expected for my £23 !
Expensive, pretentious, unhurried and a real shame is how I would describe it ! It gets 4 out of 10 for average food, too expensive for the overall disappointing experience.

You will love the swish décor and ambience at this place. It has been beautifully redone — a few years now, but you should have seen the previous! You will be prepared for good food, fine wine and a pleasant evening. And then it;s ok. When I asked to leave something out of a dish i was told i couldn’t. I asked why and the waiter explained they get the food brought in and reheat it! Not quite what you would expect at these prices. Also not kids allowed at all!

We went about a couple of times four years ago when it had just been re-​done and it was lovely. The décor was tasteful and it had a nice, warm ambience. The food too was delicious and it was obvious that some thought had gone into the menu. And the chunky chips were great! The service too was impeccable. But then it seemed to go downhill. The food wasn’t to the same high standards but still just as expensive as it had been, the service had changed too. Not sure why this is but we haven’t been back for a long time and a lot of our friends have stopped going too. It’s a shame as it had been popular and its location is beautiful — I hope the standards to pick up again soon.