15c A.d. - Speisekarte

Annually this has become our popular venue for our May Fair Civic Buffet Lunch, adding some colour with the Town Crier as the Master of Ceremonies.

Our starters were ok and dessert (treacle tart) quite good, but main courses were disappointing limited meat on the pork belly and a rather mediocre cottage pie. Both lacked flavour and interest.

Meal was of very good quality and we had such friendly professional service. The kitchen was very helpful with our dietary requirements and we were impressed by the stylish atmosphere. Good value on top of all this.

Although listed separately this is part of the BW Swan Hotel. Hotel deserves the BW+ rating but restaurant does not. We were on inclusive deal or would have eaten in the more modern 'Ensemble ' opposite where my wife had a very satisfying light lunch.

We are staying in the hotel and decided to give the restaurant a go. The food was great and the service was good apart from the Manager. He was brash, rushed around not taking any care, berated a young waiter on the floor (young lad was doing an ace job! And queried us multiple times on payment methods which was very odd. Great restaurant but needs a new manager

Stayed in the hotel where this is part of it. Had some hesitation about trying it, as had a bad experience in the past elsewhere where we did the same thing, but that restaurant was disappointing and ruined our anniversary. However, this time at this place, the service was good, food was great. Really enjoyed our anniversary celebration before we returned to our bedroom with a 4-poster bed and enjoyed a great evening at this hotel.

It is not obvious that this is the restaurant of the Swan Hotel, it is excellent. Relaxed comfortable dining, a small menu that does not change frequently is a reliable indicator of quality and value. We both had goats cheese salads followed by sea bass. The fish was perfectly cooked, accompanied by fresh asparagus, crushed potatoes and parmesan crisps, it doesn’t sound much but everything was really delicious. With desserts and a bottle of wine less than £100, which in Wells is a bit of a bargain.

I have already reviewed this restaurant in my review of the Best Western Swan Hotel, where this restaurant is located. I won't repeat it all again here but we had a most excellent experience. 3 courses are £27 which is very reasonable for a 2 AA rosette eatery. Service was impeccable. I have added an extra photo here of the excellent dessert of boiled orange sponge with mascarpone, the flavour was exceptional. Lovely contemporary decor in this 15th century hotel. Recommended for fine dining at affordable prices in Wells.

My friends and I booked a table for a christmas dinner dance this year as a treat. We paid £35 for a very basic meal and a shocking DJ. My prawn starter was a plate of limp lettuce with a few scrawny frozen prawns in a thin, flavourless pink sauce. Main course salmon was adequately cooked, again with a small amount of non descript yellow sauce, nothing special. The table was presented with two bowls of veg, that looked like they has come out of the freezer. Tateless, bland, bland, bland. Gordon Ramsy would have had a field day. Chocolate brownie was tasty but served with a comical squirt of cream, Like, really laughable here. Shame, as this ruined this tastiest course. The music was dreadful...