The Swallows Nest, Halesowen - pub details
Address: 40 Bromsgrove Road, Romsley, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 0LF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 34733) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Longbridge (3.6 miles), Hagley (4 miles), Old Hill (4.1 miles)
Chain: Vintage Inns
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> Current user rating: 4.2/10 (rated by 6 users)
other pubs nearby:
Sun Inn, Romsley (0.2 miles), Manchester Inn, Romsley (1.1 miles), Lickey Banker, Rubery (1.5 miles), Black Horse, Illey (1.7 miles), Foxhunt, Hagley Green (1.8 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Swallows Nest, Halesowen
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| Vintage Inn - so smart decor and geared for family dining. A wonderful terrace around the back, with great elevated views over Birmingham. Ale wise - there was the usual Doom Bar and other standards. I tried for an UBU purity, but that was off. A Stella for £4.25 was the compromise. Mappiman - 22 Jul 2019 19:30 |
| Over the years we have eaten at The Swallows Nest a fair few times. Each time we'd received good service and a standard of food you would expect at such a place. Tonight we'd booked a table for 15 people to celebrate with family. The food was undoubtedly the worst we have had the misfortune of being served in as long as we can remember. The standard was so below what could be deemed as acceptable in modern society, we were aghast. My starter of mushrooms in a white wine and garlic sauce, served on toast with cripsy bacon was completely inedible and had to be returned to the kitchen - without being offered an alternative. The bacon was flacid and the rind hadn't touched any heat. The bread had not been toasted and was swimming in grease. The mains were disgusting with 7/15 being returned to the kitchen. Two of our party ordered Hunters Chicken. When it arrived it was dry, charred and had a slice of pre-cut, cheap cheese on top of it; it wasn't even grilled. Beads of moisture were on the sweaty cheese from where it had stood in the kitchen. The waitress insisted that was how it was supposed to look. We had all had that dish in the past and knew what to expect - certainly not what we were served. One member of the party ordered sausages and was going to give some of it to her 2 year old daughter. The first serving was burnt beyond recognition. She ordered a replacement which had obviously been thrown in the deepfat fryer. When she cut the sausage up for her daughter, it had blood in the middle and was completely raw! If she hadn't noticed, a child could have become seriously ill. The chef flaty refused to talk to the mother of the child concerned about how he could have endangered her with his poor (and dangerous) cooking. The manager was not the permanent one, but after various mentions of contacting someone about the standard (and safety) of the food concerned he offered all meals free. That sounds great, until you looked around at all the people who had not eaten anything. The best part of the evening? Eating the birthday cake that we brought with us. I would seriously warn anybody about booking a table at this place, expecting a nice evening with good friends and good food. We will not be returning. joannemojo - 4 Dec 2011 00:10 |
| Unfriendly staff. No eye contact and serving punters at random so you are either waiting an hour for a drink or served quickly before other people who have been waiting longer (much to everyone's annoyance, but there's no point in trying to be gracious and suggesting that someone else was before you as this just makes the moronic bar staff even more useless). Food was okay, but I would have preferred my vegetables to have been served unfrozen and for the medium rare steak to have turned up looking less like the corpse after a cremation. Not recommended. alanharty - 19 Apr 2009 10:08 |
| Just up the road from the Sun at Romsley and a lot better.The place has been changed but not lost all its old charm. Food well served and staff quite friendly.Beer like all these chain pubs is of secondly value.(Drinkable)But mainly a food house.Good sized car park but not well served by local buses. Nice views over the black county delrich - 1 Sep 2008 15:29 |
