The Swan - Richmond

Great place for a drink and catchup with friends. Easy access from the train line. Price per person: A$60–80 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Came around the corner here and Rory said he was inside, went in, straight to the back, talk to Rory at the bar, thought we should have moved away from the bar sooner than we did but enjoyed leaning up against it, foot raised searching for some sort of platform, not finding it, pressing my foot into the timber like a climber scouting out footholds, absentmindedly. The are so many pubs and car parks roofed over, terraces, beer gardens, rooms where you can't tell if you're inside or outside. Who is to say where you should go or how far in, what list to look at first. Somehow there was only ever one course of action, only Rory already there, an inertia present in every choice we are forced to make Price per person: A$1–20

Barman poured my beer, a bit too much head but not terrible. While I was paying, he grabbed the beer as if to fix it then tipped 1 cm out and gave the glass back to me.

Great Food, decent prices, okay service Food: 4 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 3

This place smells so bad but I can’t stop coming back