In the media

Introducing our new grazing menu

We want to keep evolving here at the Swan Inn so with that in mind we've introduced a brand new grazing menu. Just one more reason so join us at the Swan Inn Islip.

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We've been featured in The Oxfordshire Magazine

We take great care to put together our award-winning menu and we’ve worked really hard to make our restaurant the place you want to be for your special occasion, Sunday dinner or simply to try the best food around. We think what we have here is pretty special but you don’t need to take our word for it. We are delighted to see a write up of our wonderful pub in The Oxfordshire Magazine. Find out all you need to know about what we have to offer, from the people in the know, here

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We've been named in the top UK's Top 100 Restaurants for 2024

SquareMeal is the UK's best-known restaurant, bar and venue website. Offering independent and unbiased restaurant reviews that you can trust, as well as an extensive list of venue ideas for your next event and the best wedding venues in the UK, it is the go-to reference point for those that want to enjoy a special meal out. So, it’s with great pleasure we announce that The Swann Inn now features. You can read our write up below:

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Two Oxfordshire restaurants listed among UK's top 100

The Swan Inn has been announced as one of the UK’s top 100 restaurants. The listing, compiled by the UK’s best-known restaurant, bar and venue website, SquareMeal features only two restaurants from Oxfordshire so it is really special to be featured. Follow the link below to read the story as it appeared in The Oxford Mail.

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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER

The UK's best hotels and restaurants for 2023 revealed at the 'Oscars' of the UK hospitality industry... have YOU been lucky enough to visit any of them?

Raise a glass to the winners of the 'Oscars' of the UK hospitality industry.

At a prestigious awards ceremony hosted by the AA at Grosvenor House in London on Monday night, awards were presented in categories including 'Hotel of the Year', 'Restaurant of the Year' and 'Chefs' Chef of the Year'.

The 2023 AA Hospitality Awards winners were picked by the AA's inspectors, who spent the past year feasting their way through the UK's restaurants and laying their heads in the nation's hotel rooms in a bid to crown the cream of the crop. Here are their verdicts…

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PRESS RELEASE

THE SWAN INN ISLIP AWARDED 3 ROSETTES AT AA HOSPITALITY AWARDS 2023

26 September 2023. Last night, The Swan Inn, Islip, Oxfordshire was awarded 3 AA rosettes at the 2023 prestigious AA Hospitality Awards.

The glittering awards ceremony at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London was hosted by Claudia Winkleman, and celebrates the UK’s top hotels, restaurants, and pubs and the people behind them.

One of the industry’s most prestigious and highly anticipated events, the AA Hospitality Awards span 15 categories, honouring the best hotels, restaurants, and spas across the UK, and celebrating individuals with awards such as the Lifetime Achievement Award, Chefs’ Chef Award and more.

The Swan Inn

Paul Welburn, Chef Patron, said: “Genuinely over the moon, and so proud of all the team and owners…to be recognised by the AA and go in at 3 Rosettes is incredible in less than a year of being open. Anytime is tough to open a restaurant but to do it and be nationally recognised so soon is a testament to all the hard work from all involved. For me personally after a very tough and frustrating time the last few years this feels special. The reaction I’ve got both last night and all morning has been unbelievable. Great also to see Oxfordshire food scene growing in awards and congratulations to Killingworth on the award as well…onward and upward.”

Nina Gray, Nicole Patrick and Carol Robinson, the Directors of Migg Inns Ltd, who are the investors behind the Swan Inn, said in a joint statement: “We are so incredibly proud of Paul Welburn and the team and thank the AA Awards for this accolade. We know that it is a huge privilege for us to receive the three rosettes less than a year after opening. Only 10% of establishments in the AA Guide hold three rosettes. To have achieved this in such a short amount of time is to the absolute credit of Paul Welburn, his outstanding reputation and every member of our team who match his passion to deliver an exemplary customer service experience.”

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