Swan, Thatcham by Marston's Inns

The Swan has many positive aspects but stingy investment and poor maintenance of the rooms continue to spoil the experience.
The pub itself is fine with a spacious garden and plenty of parking. Hayley and her crew give a very friendly and helpful welcome and the food is good and reasonably priced. Unfortunately, a stay cannot be recommended unless the pub's proximity to the train station outweighs the very poor quality of its rooms. While tiny, these have everything, including nice large baths and generous showers. They've been redecorated since our two stays last September, and the linens replaced, but still need serious attention. Unaccountably, their rotting entrance doors have not been repaired or painted or their entry locks oiled.
Our first room (6) was better but its bathroom badly needs new grout and a torn curtain does not improve a tiny window. Room 4 was awful. I felt the bed springs as soon as I sat on the bed and got a sharp pain in the night from an errant prong. Torn fabric exposing the bed's frame shows it's ancient age. A router, fallen from the ceiling, lay propped on the windowsill. Maybe that’s why WiFi was so poor? Screws on the window locks were mostly loose. A very bright emergency light above the bed cast a ghastly green pallor over the room and made it difficult to sleep. The rooms have no air conditioning so were very hot but they do have fans. These help, but thin sheets are not available to replace the thick duvets better suited to cold winter nights.
The Swan is very convenient for travelers and we were not disturbed at all by the nearby trains so it's hard to understand why Marston’s Inns does not do more to capitalize on the pub’s attractions.

Lovely cosy place. Very kind staff ☺️

Location

Eigenlijk niets. Het heeft potentie maar helaas wordt daar niets mee gedaan. Het is £20,= per nacht waard ipv £105,= l

Staff, location, all you need in a room including bath

Staff were lovely and helpful room was lovely and clean
Elliot was especially helpful and mark the cleaner
The chef Haydens food was amazing
The food throughout our stay was amazing

We use this hotel at the swan thatcham quite regularly. Another great stay this weekend, with the footie aswell. Really nice all round, very friendly staff, and has a pool table too.

Usefully located near the station, pub adjacent

Lovely old pub

We booked to stay at The Swan for 2 nights due to the close proximity to a family wedding we were attending. Our party consisted of 4 adults and a one year old, for which we brought our own travel cot. ( Which was a tight squeeze for anyone contemplating doing the same.)

I was going to write an in-depth description, but in a shorter form...
It's a basic, overpriced room, which got very warm, even with fans. (which had to be requested) with the green emergency light issue still not rectified.
The separate building where all the rooms are is in desperate need of maintenance / upgrading, on the whole from the outside it looks shabby. Our door was rotting. The photos also make the rooms look considerably larger than what they actually are.

Breakfast was okay on the whole, but it is not self service as the photo on the website suggests, there wasn't a full choice of cereal and the poached eggs were more like poached yolks.
The staff were friendly and approachable but we wouldn't stay here again.

Comfy beds
Location

Happy friendly atmosphere

It was a convenient stopover on our journey

There was a room provided.

Always helpful staff that welcome you. A very good location. Have stayed several times. Room fine and comfortable.

Not much.