If you are seeing a play at the Globe, ear at the Swan for the full London experience. With great river views and delicious food with Shakespeare’s art waiting downstairs this makes for a perfect evening.

Pleasant but pretty inattentive service considering it was a very quiet night. Food very mediocre. Drinks expensive but as you would expect for a view of the Thames and to be next to the Globe. Only redeeming factors were the location and decor.

I am so happy and excited that you prepared a private room for us！！Beautiful view and friendly service. The food was tasty and the environment was really romantic! Actually that day is my birthday, I enjoyed it so much since we had a very good time on the afternoon tea! I will definitely come again and recommend to my friends! Thanks again!

Fantastic place for pre/post theatre dining. Excellent location and view of the Thames, delicious food, and attentive service. Highly recommend eating here!

Nice tea with a good selection of savoury and sweet delights

Iconic, delicious, an overall delightful experience to complete your day of Shakespeare. The cocktails, entrees, and desserts were all amazing. Highly recommend, and definitely get a reservation!

Slow disorganised service spoilt lunch completely. Food mediocre when it finally arrIved.

We had booked tickets for the 2pm performance and a table for 12pm, plenty of time you would have thought! Ordered the afternoon tea which arrived 50 minutes later but compared to other customers we were lucky. The tables on either side of us were constantly having to ask where their food was, having waited well over an hour.The Gentleman’s afternoon tea was really enjoyable however the Ladies was disappointing. Sandwiches, what there was of them, were very dry and the bread tasted stale, fillings were tasteless. Would have liked to have ordered more drinks unfortunately did not have the time first to wait for a waiter and then wait for the drinks! Lovely setting with a view over the Thames and themed crockery but the service and food let it down. Will not be returning.

On our Anniversary we booked dinner at the Swan followed by the midnight matinee in the Globe.
Despite a noisy table next to ours, we had an incredible evening, our waiter was the newly-appointed Assistant Manager & he couldn’t have done more to make our evening exceptional.
Beautiful views of the Thames, fantastic food and impeccable, friendly service, I thoroughly recommend this restaurant.
It isn’t cheap, but for the experience, it’s well-worth every penny. You won’t be disappointed.

Overall service was ok but our specific waiter was over-familiar and did not seem to be well trained enough - e.g. not filling wine glasses and closely watching pin number being entered when we were paying our bill .....

Kept waiting at least fifteen minutes before being given a menu or offered a drink felt ignored at table to begin with, experience did improve once the restaurant remembered we were there.

An absolute must pre-theatre. Lovely ambience & great service along with a super scenic view across the Thames.

Went to the Swan restaurant before the show. Very enjoyable.

Celebrating an anniversary

This was a really nice restaurant. The food was imaginative and the service excellent.

Beautiful setting and service. We ordered the tea and gentleman’s tea. I enjoyed the food and the cocktail was delicious. My husband would have preferred a burger but he enjoyed the experience as well. The show at the Globe was excellent.

Excellent food, service, great views of the river and ambience!

Good food, though a little expensive for an entree and desert.

I had the trout to start and that was lovely, my duck main was a little bit dry. Probably didn’t need to order any sides as it came with veg and baby roast potatoes, this wasn’t very clear on the menu. Our waiter from Guadalupe was great, very attentive, funny and polite, quite refreshing that good service does still exist. Lots of waiters and waitresses could learn a lot from him!

Great views, lovely surroundings, plenty of space, good food and service. Recommended especially for the location, atmosphere and ideal for a trip to the Globe theatre, just upstairs.

Had dinner after performance at the Globe. Staff all very welcoming (even at late night), relaxed but attentive. Being so late, the place was quiet but with nice atmosphere.The guinea fowl was well cooked and the sauce had real depth. Caramelised lemon tart with raspberry could and ice cream was on as a special and lived up to its name.
It was all very pleasing. Had promised my daughter a trip to the Globe for years, so after eventually getting there, our dinner at the Swan rounded the evening off perfectly along with the night lights of the river view. Would definitely recommend and will visit again.

Lovely restaurant on banks of the Thames with a perfect view of St Paul's.

the food was really good the waitor we had was excellent

We like to visit the Globe every summer and eating in the Swan restaurant is always one of the highlights. This year was no exception. The pre theatre menu provides exceptional value and a varied choice of all three courses. The food was wonderfully prepared and presented and the service excellent. The riverside location and views over the Thames add to what is one of my favourite outings.

Gorgeous views of the Thames, excellent food and friendly staff. I made the booking for me and three girlfriends and they all loved it.

Super venue, lovely helpful staff, excellent food - what more do you need on a wonderful summer evening

We were very happy to have dinner at the Swan before the theatre play at the Globe. Staff was very friendly and helpful - especially the lady calling for confirmation and placing us at the table.
Everything was contributing to a special evening! Thank you.

Great venue for pre or post Globe theatre dining. Wonderful atmosphere and views over the Thames. Food very nice and good service, drinks a tad expensive but overall good value for something a bit more special than normal.

Lovely setting with great views. Appreciated the easy substitutions for my dietary requirements and the friendly service. A very pleasurable afternoon tea.

We had such a wonderful time. The scones were divine! They even brought us extra jam and cream because we ran out. Lovely staff and even prepared our table early because we were early! If you love cake and Shakespeare you will love this!

There are three of us with birthdays close together in June and July, and for this year's birthday lunch we went to the Swan at the Globe. We'd been once before, in February, and liked it so much that we returned for our celebration. We chose from the set lunch menu - I had terrine, duck and almond tart - and everything was beautifully presented and served, and tasted delicious. Portions are generous, and the set meal price is very reasonable. On the booking I said that it was our birthdays, and please could we have a river-view table - which we got, and it was lovely. We also received a complimentary glass of fizz each, which was unexpected and a gesture we appreciated.

A great view of London over an excellent lunch. Well worth the money. Service not intrusive but very good.

On a very hot day indeed the charming service and food at The Swan was very welcome. Our table overlooked the Thames and St Paul's Cathedral and we were near an open window which allowed us to catch the breeze. We were provided immediately with water. The food was excellent to good - the trout starter was lovely, my hake was very very slightly over and the floating island dessert delicious. The wine choices with each course were well judged and quality. I finished with a mint tea made with fresh mint which was delicious. I would eat here again with pleasure. The menu was good value.

This was a birthday pre theatre dinner with my son. We both had the terrine followed by the duck and both were very tasty. The duck needed more sauce but this was brought immediately. Bread also very good and of course it is very convenient for the Globe.

Very disappointed. Afternoon tea is over-rated and highly over-priced! Our table for two was sandwiched (excuse the pun) between other tables - so close we could not help but overhear our neighbors conversations. The view was lovely, but as we were not seated by a window, it involved gazing across the room past other "afternoon tea-ers" who'd been lucky enough to get a window table. We ordered one Midsummers Afternoon Tea and one Gentleman's Tea, which promised a tankard of beer. We envisaged a quirky pewter mug, which sounded very Shakespearean. But this turned out to be a beer glass with a beer bottle, which looked very odd on our pretty table (more suited to a pub than tea time). When we asked about the promised tankard, our server pretended not to understand what a "tankard" is, so we gave up. He was also not impressed that we asked for tap water (he tried to sell us bottled water) and we waited 15 minutes before the water finally arrived. The plates and cups are pretty and the food was ok, nothing special. And the check/bill was £80 - an extremely expensive tea for two.

We had afternoon tea here and loved the options! My husband loved the “manly” option. The restaurant even had a kids menu for our son and the food was great! We enjoyed it and will be back.

Lovely restaurant, with good food and great unobtrusive service. It's made especially enjoyable by the marvelous views from the windows

My only slight negatives were only 1 veggie option (it was very good though!) and like many venues it was very loud as the room we were in was full

All in all though very enjoyable

We like eating at the Swan, the food is good and the service impeccable. It's especially good if you're dining before the show as they don't keep you waiting. Could be a bit rushed though if you eat early just because you like to.

Lovely service and food. Superb views over the Thames to St Pauls. They looked after my sister who's birthday it was bringing her a lovely extra treat. Great for after a show at The Globe or before.

We were attending a play at the Globe Theatre so decided to have a meal at The Swan restaurant. As it was a Sunday we had the Sunday lunch meal. A three course meal for £29.50 (plus 12.5% service charge), it was excellent quality and value. The only negative was the noise was quite loud, but this is the same everywhere these days as they have no soft furnishings, (curtains or carpet), to absorb the sound.
We had the terrine to start, the beef roast and dessert. We struggled to eat the dessert but I had my heart set on the floating island. We had a chilli infused passionfruit cocktail which was amazing. Would definitely recommend to friends and can't wait for another visit. When we first arrived there was lots of ladies enjoying afternoon tea, and it looked fabulous. Yes I'm planning an afternoon tea with the girls!