The Sun Inn, Coate

The Sun Inn, Coate The Sun Inn Coate — a family-friendly pub beside Coate Water. The perfect place to eat, drink, stay and relax in Swindon.
(950)

Fresh food, coffee & cake, a brand-new play area, and 10 comfortable hotel rooms tucked behind the pub.

🍂 SUNDAY AT THE SUN 🍂We don’t believe a great Sunday roast is about one standout ingredient. It’s about getting every si...
05/09/2026

🍂 SUNDAY AT THE SUN 🍂

We don’t believe a great Sunday roast is about one standout ingredient. It’s about getting every single element right.

🥩 It starts with the quality of the meat — carefully selected, properly prepared and cooked with the attention it deserves.

🥔 Our garlic & thyme roast potatoes — golden, crisp and fluffy in the middle.

🥕 Generous helpings of seasonal vegetables, confit carrots and stuffing, because a Sunday plate should never feel shy.

🍖 Then there’s the gravy — rich, full of flavour and poured generously. No little drizzle around the edge of the plate here!

🌿 Our homemade sauces are made in our own kitchen to complement your roast — from proper horseradish cream to apple sauce and red berry jelly.

And finally, the crowning glory…

👑 A proper Yorkshire pudding. Big, golden, crisp around the edges and ready to catch every last bit of that gravy.

We truly believe that when each individual part of a roast is given this much care, they come together to create something pretty special.

Tomorrow is the start of our new Sunday at The Sun, and we cannot wait to start serving them. ❤️

Tables are still available for tomorrow. Drop us a message on here or give us a call to get yours booked.

🍂 Good food. Generous plates. Sundays spent together.

🍄 OUR SPECIALS ARE GETTING SERIOUS… 🍄Say hello to our Woodland Chicken, currently featuring on our specials board.Pan-fr...
04/09/2026

🍄 OUR SPECIALS ARE GETTING SERIOUS… 🍄

Say hello to our Woodland Chicken, currently featuring on our specials board.

Pan-fried chicken breast, creamy garlic sauce, buttery mashed potato, wild mushrooms and spinach purée. Simple ingredients, beautifully put together. 👌

You may have noticed we’ve recently installed two brand-new specials boards at The Sun Inn — because we want specials to be exactly that… special.

Expect an ever-changing selection of dishes alongside our main menu, giving our kitchen team the freedom to get creative, use seasonal flavours and, most importantly, keep giving you something new to discover every time you visit.

The Woodland Chicken is up there now… but with specials, when it’s gone, it’s gone! 🍂

🍰 TONIGHT’S CAKE SELECTION 🍰Still room for something sweet? 👀Our cake domes are stocked and ready for tonight…🤍 NGCI Vic...
04/09/2026

🍰 TONIGHT’S CAKE SELECTION 🍰

Still room for something sweet? 👀

Our cake domes are stocked and ready for tonight…

🤍 NGCI Victoria Sponge
❤️ Red Velvet Cake
🥕 NGCI Carrot Cake

Perfect with a coffee, as a little after-dinner treat, or simply because cake doesn’t need an excuse. ☕🍰

Pop in and see us at The Sun Inn, Coate — which slice are you choosing tonight?

NGCI – No Gluten Containing Ingredients

Emma Wright & Sarah Ponton 🎄 WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! 🎄Congratulations to the two people tagged above, who have won a £50 Su...
02/09/2026

Emma Wright & Sarah Ponton

🎄 WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! 🎄

Congratulations to the two people tagged above, who have won a £50 Sun Inn voucher to enjoy between them! 🥳🍴

Thank you to everyone who got involved, tagged their roast dinner partner and helped make the competition such a success.

And while we’ve got your attention… 👀

The picture below gives you a look at both our Christmas Festive Menu and our dedicated Festive NGCI Menu — because nobody should have to miss out on a proper Christmas get-together! 🎅✨

📅 14th November – 3rd January
🍴 2 courses £28 | 3 courses £35
🌿 Dedicated NGCI menu available
💷 Just £5 deposit per person to secure your booking

Bookings are already coming in, and the most popular dates will go first!

So get your guys together — family, friends, workmates or whoever makes Christmas Christmas for you — and get yourselves booked in! 🥂🎄

Christmas at The Sun Inn, Coate ❤️

🍂🥩 SUNDAY ROASTS ARE BACK! 🥩🍂This Sunday, the roast returns to The Sun Inn, Coate — and we’ve taken it up another level....
01/09/2026

🍂🥩 SUNDAY ROASTS ARE BACK! 🥩🍂

This Sunday, the roast returns to The Sun Inn, Coate — and we’ve taken it up another level.

We’ve put a huge amount of thought into what makes a genuinely great Sunday lunch. Quality meat, proper roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables, generous gravy and all those little details that make the difference.

🥩 Quality cuts of meat, carefully cooked and carved
🥔 Proper golden, crispy roast potatoes
🥕 Seasonal vegetables and all the Sunday essentials
🍶 Rich, flavoursome gravy
🔥 NGCI Yorkshire puddings — because nobody should have to miss out on the best bit!

And this autumn, even the condiments are getting the same attention as the main event. Our kitchen will be making our own signature roast accompaniments from scratch:

🌿 Fresh Horseradish Cream — punchy horseradish folded through rich, silky cream
🍏 Orchard Apple Sauce — slowly cooked apple with the perfect balance of sweetness and sharpness
🫐 House Berry & Redcurrant Jelly — rich, glossy and gently tart, made to complement our roast meats beautifully

No sachets. No afterthoughts. Just a proper Sunday roast where every part of the plate matters.

Our new Sunday menu launches THIS SUNDAY.

Bring the family, get around the table and let us take care of Sunday. ❤️

☀️ The Sun Inn, Coate
Sundays are about to get seriously good again.

☀️🎶 TODAY AT THE SUN INN – THE OPEN DOOR MUSIC FESTIVAL! 🎶☀️We’re hoping to see as many of you as possible down at The S...
31/08/2026

☀️🎶 TODAY AT THE SUN INN – THE OPEN DOOR MUSIC FESTIVAL! 🎶☀️

We’re hoping to see as many of you as possible down at The Sun Inn today as we come together for a brilliant day in support of The Open Door ❤️

🎤 LIVE MUSIC 14:00–22:00
🛍️ Stalls to browse
🎈 Children’s entertainment
🍦 Rays Ice Cream
🍔 Food served throughout the day
🍻 Drinks flowing all day
🚀 Plus our Space Age Playground for the little ones!

It’s Bank Holiday Monday, the sun is still hanging on and there aren’t many better ways to enjoy that last little bit of summertime. ☀️🍻🎵

So grab the family, bring your friends, bring your pennies, enjoy a fantastic day of live music and help us raise as much as we possibly can for The Open Door.

Every drink, every visit to a stall and every bit of support helps make today a success. ❤️

📍 The Sun Inn, Coate Water
🎶 Music from 2pm until 10pm

Come for an hour, stay for the day — let’s give summer a proper Sun Inn send-off while supporting a fantastic cause! ☀️🎶🍻

Please SHARE and help us get as many people down as possible! 🙌

🌤️ ONE LAST BIG BANK HOLIDAY BLOWOUT! 🎶🍻It looks like the rain for Monday is finally clearing… so we’re going to make th...
29/08/2026

🌤️ ONE LAST BIG BANK HOLIDAY BLOWOUT! 🎶🍻

It looks like the rain for Monday is finally clearing… so we’re going to make the most of the last of the summer! ☀️

This Bank Holiday Monday, The Sun Inn Coate is turning up the volume with our all-day Music Festival! 🎸🎤

🎶 Live music from 2pm right through until the evening
🍔 Great pub food
🍺 Cold drinks flowing
🌳 The Potting Shed & garden
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kids very welcome
❤️ Raising money for The Open Door Centre

Grab the family, round up your friends and come spend Bank Holiday Monday with us. No complicated plans, no tickets — just live music, good food, plenty of drinks and hopefully a bit of late-summer sunshine! ☀️🍻

📍 The Sun Inn, Coate
📅 Bank Holiday Monday 31st August
🎵 Music from 2pm

Summer isn’t finished quite yet… see you at The Sun! ☀️🎶🍺

🍂 AUTUMN IS COMING TO THE SUN… 🍂And this might just be the dish that sums up everything we want our new autumn menu to b...
25/08/2026

🍂 AUTUMN IS COMING TO THE SUN… 🍂

And this might just be the dish that sums up everything we want our new autumn menu to be. 🥩🥖

Rich, warming beef stew, slow-cooked until the beef is beautifully tender, packed with those deep, comforting autumn flavours and served inside a crusty bread boule with creamy mashed potato.

The best bit? As that rich gravy works its way into the bread, the boule becomes part of the dish — tear it apart, mop up every last bit and leave absolutely nothing behind. 🤤

It’s hearty. It’s comforting. It’s a little bit different.

And the picture genuinely doesn’t do it justice.

Because as the evenings get cooler and autumn starts creeping in, sometimes you just want a proper bowl of beef stew…

So we put the bowl on the menu too. 😂🥖

Where else are you getting your beef stew inside a crusty bread boule?

🍁 New Autumn Menu | Launching 14th September
☀️ The Sun Inn, Coate

🎄 THE GREAT CHRISTMAS DINNER ARGUMENT 🎄WIN A £50 SUN INN VOUCHER!Christmas dinner is served… but there’s a catch.You can...
24/08/2026

🎄 THE GREAT CHRISTMAS DINNER ARGUMENT 🎄

WIN A £50 SUN INN VOUCHER!

Christmas dinner is served… but there’s a catch.

You can only keep FIVE. Everything else has to go! 😱

🥔 Roast Potatoes
🐷 Pigs in Blankets
🥕 Roast Parsnips
🧀 Cauliflower Cheese
🥬 Sprouts
🍞 Stuffing
🥣 Bread Sauce
❤️ Red Cabbage
🥧 Yorkshire Pudding
🍗 Turkey
🫙 Cranberry Sauce
🌊 Unlimited Gravy

👇 Pick your FIVE and tag your usual roast dinner partner.

Then they have to reply with their five.

If you disagree, settle it in the comments. 😂🍿

We’ll pick team from the comments to win a £50 Sun Inn voucher!

There are no wrong answers…

Although anyone leaving out roast potatoes and pigs in blankets may be asked to explain themselves. 👀🎅

Let the Christmas dinner arguments begin! 👇🎄

🍰 TODAY’S CAKE SELECTION AT THE SUN! ☕️The domes are full and today’s line-up is looking particularly dangerous… 👀🍫 NGCI...
23/08/2026

🍰 TODAY’S CAKE SELECTION AT THE SUN! ☕️

The domes are full and today’s line-up is looking particularly dangerous… 👀

🍫 NGCI Mint Chocolate Cake – rich chocolate sponge with a fresh minty finish
🎉 Freckle Cake – colourful, fun and absolutely packed with sprinkles
🍫 Chocolate Millionaire’s Cake – because sometimes chocolate just needs MORE chocolate!

£3.50 a slice
☕️ Or £6 with any hot drink

And we’re changing the usual advice today…

You don’t need to walk around Coate Water before having cake. Come in, have the cake first, then spend the walk convincing yourself you’ve earned it retrospectively. 😂

Or skip the walk altogether. We’re not judging.

Available today while they last — when they’re gone, they’re gone! ☀️🍰

Address

Marlborough Road
Swindon
SN36AA

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 11pm
Tuesday 9am - 11pm
Wednesday 9am - 11pm
Thursday 9am - 11pm
Friday 9am - 11pm
Saturday 9am - 11pm
Sunday 9am - 10pm

Telephone

+441793523292

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