Black Swan
“The best part of brunch was The Bloody Swan, a bloody mary loaded with goodies- cheese, bacon, olives.”
“We've had gatherings at my place in Bed-Stuy and then come over to Black Swan for wings, fries, and beer.”
“The drinks were truly amazing particularly the bloody swan and every dish that we has was amazing from the Mac and cheese with jalapeños to the chicken and waffles.”
Black Swan
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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BEST bloody Mary's in Brooklyn. Possibly even NYC. Whether it's for brunch or a late night bender, anytime is a good time for a Bloody Swan.
The menu is pretty interesting–it's like British cuisine meets the South. The food is usually pretty good but there are certain items I wouldn't order again. For example, the duck crumpets we ordered today looked amazing but had a funny taste to it. But love the full English and the chicken & waffles and lobster Mac & cheese and rum French toast!
Staff is super friendly and chill. The dining area's in the back and there's a bar with TVs for sports fans in the front.
I never thought I would be the angry disgruntled customer who would actually walk out of an establishment due to poor service… Well there's a first time for everything! Came in and expected a pretty uneventful evening with great food… What I got was a headache and a level of annoyance I still can't shake off.
My waitress was nice enough. We ordered drinks, appetizers and food right away as we had waited about 15 minutes before anyone even came to our table. We Put in the orders and we wait… We wait some more, and then we wait a bit more…
Here is where I get aggravated when we walked in there was no one else in the restaurant and we put our orders in before the other patrons started staggering in. As we wait, and wait and wait… We begin to notice everyone else is getting their food except us! While our waitress struggles at the kiosk.
Ok… Let me ask… Ummm excuse me miss where is my burger? You ordered it well done so it takes a long time! A long time? Are you burning it to hell? It's been over 40 minutes! Not to mention everyone else has gotten food!
Then the manager comes by and almost scolds me because I'm at a restaurant and I'm hungry and I haven't gotten my food yet… Can you imagine that!? She also gives me the very lame excuse that the burger needs to be cooked to hell because I ordered it well done. At this point it's been an hour and another burger flys by for someone who isn't me! So I decide to jump ship too!
Just say that you forgot to put in my order and maybe offer something else in the meantime while I wait… I think that's called proper customer service! Won't ever be back sorry that's just not the way to treat someone. Oh and the appetizer I had was awful! One octopus tentacle for 14 bucks with some horseradish sauce?! Nah… no way doesn't work!
Reasons Why Brunch at Black Swan Was Good:
A solid burger.
Good mac & cheese.
Good wings.
(As you can see, I ordered all the healthy food.)
Good service.
An excellent bloody mary with good garnishes and a beer back.
Reasons Why Brunch at Black Swan Was Bad:
We had a huge group in the back room, and I was penned in and couldn't get up to use the bathroom after downing several excellent bloody marys with the beer backs.
Conclusion:
If my urinary issues don't matter to you, brunch at Black Swan is probably a good choice.
If my urinary issues do matter to you, that's pretty weird, man. But sweet.
Ahhhh… always a good time here. Everything on the menu from the salad to the cornish hen to the french fries are amazing. I just really, really like this place. worth a visit.
Today's experience was very disappointing. I've been to Black Swan more times than I can count since they opened a few years back. I've come for brunch. I've come for happy hour, both food and drinks. I've come for late night drinks and/or eats. I've come for proper dinners. I've come with new friends and old.
Today I came for a beer and a burger. I waited a good ten minutes to order. This is after I was given a menu, after five minutes of sitting at the bar, and told that "[she]'ll be right with me."! She wasn't right with me. Eventually I was giving the eye and another woman responded to me. She wasn't pleasant either, but not early ride, so okay.
I then waiting another 30 minutes for my burger and fries. A few other orders came out before mine even though I had ordered first. Perhaps the second bartender did not put in my order right away?
Either way, when I got the burger. The bun practically crumbled away. Disappointing. I love, love black swan. I rave about it. I write about it in other reviews when the situation calls for it. But tonight has me remembering the other restaurants I've forgone, for Black Swan, when caving burgers.
I'll be back, sure, but not as my go to. There are so many restaurants and bars in Bedstuy now, that now is the time to get better, not worse.
I tried the Mac and cheese with bacon and I was a fan. The mussels and fries were also good. The waitstaff was very attentive. This place offers the opportunity to have a casual dinner or a romantic night out with a significant other.
I can honestly say that I don't like Black Swan. I've eaten here around 10 times and every time I wonder why I waste my money… or even go back. I do love going for an after work beer, but this review is about the food.
Whenever I go in, I always sit at the bar. This place is really small and set up kind of in a railroad style with no windows, so the farther back you go the darker it gets. Anyway, whenever I sit at the bar there is always this gross musty smell, almost like stagnate moldy water that's not cleared from washing at the bar. That doesn't help when you're trying to eat.
Back to the food, I've ordered the Steamed Mussels (not that great, I could steam my own and they would/do taste better), NY Strip Steak (was pretty tasty), Mac n Cheese (actually DELICIOUS, I would definitely get this), and the Burger (the bread was so stale, like it'd been sitting out all day, and the burger was below mediocre. Five Guys burgers are better).
Basically there are tons of other places to eat in the neighborhood that are a lot better than Black Swan.
Solid little brunch spot, was really excited that they have the 21st amendment watermelon wheat on tap. Husband had a Cobb salad, I had the kale and grains salad, both are excellent and very large portions! Great value for the price, only minus one star because they have teeny teeny tiny cups of coffee, and every refill is $2.50. The server came and refilled my husbands coffee, and didn't tell him that the refill would be another 250, so for one cup of coffee +2 refills ended up paying 7.50 on the bill! A little shitty 🙁