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CONGRATULATIONS. YOUR FIRST YEAR AT THE OAK. ENJOY THE PARTY ON SATURDAY.
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Really good on fridays, live music,Most enjoyable.
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A decent enough boozer, all the more so since being taken over by the Power family. Still got a fairly bad rep but on the whole its picking up.
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Came here with a friend for the first time last night to see Red play. I liked it. It's a locals pub which is nice.The lads and lasses let their hair down and it's all in a good nature. The Landlord(Chris) and Landlady(Wendy)gave us a very warm welcome as new faces to this pub.It's an added bonus that this is another new music venue.Will be back next week to see Willy Finlayson.
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Since being taken over by Chris and Wendy, this pub has vitually transformed from a dirty, no atmosphere, empty dive, ino a fresh, lively, freindly, family, local meeting place. The new owners are dedicated to customer service, going out of their way to welcome every one who enters, including dogs finishing their long walks and children before 7pm. With many weekly events, ie; curry evening, quiz nights, themed discos, functions and sunday lunches, this traditional local pub is now a welcome haven. There is a wide and varied customer base, ranging from the local lads and lasses having a few pints, to families with young children, to the more mature customer, all who mingle well. Also they provide an exelent sports viewing facility, with 2 large flat screen TVs. Well worth a visit, especially on summer weekends.
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Just to let everyone know that the pub has been taken over and is now run by a local couple Wendy and Chris, the pub has had a new lick of paint and the pipes well and truly cleaned!! They are having a disco on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve so why not go and have a look for youselves.
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Oh dear, I did give it a couple of months and from what I could see the pub has not improved. The windows are filthy along with the pumps at the bar. A couple of friends had the Fosters, I wouldnt chance anything that wasnt in a bottle. Their pints were only lively because thy stuck a lemonade top in it. One of the toilets had no light bulb and the other was a bit disconnected from the floor. This place could have so much potential but I just wonder if ts being run into the ground so that it will be sold to build more houses on??? I really hope im wrong.
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When the new owners took over had hope that finally there might be some changes to the decor... none yet. Anything on tap was undrinkable and to be quite honest still has not improved.
Must say though that everyone is friendly who drinks there, just a shame about the flat pints!
anonymous - 19 Feb 2007 13:13 |
Been going here over a few years with one of the other reviewers who will remain nameless to preserve her virtue. I wouldn'y exactly say that the pub itself is going up or down, but I'm starting to feel a bit left out, what with not having any tattoos on my forearms.
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Although i used to use this as my local i started to dislike some of the customers that were begining to drink in there (mainly aged under 21)so started to give it a miss. Went in for the first time this week since it had changed hands. The place seemed less cluttered and cleaner somehow. Was dissapointed in the choice of lagers and ales, being that there was no choice. The Kronenburg was out, the Spitfire also and The London pride looked a bit cloudy for me to chance having dodgy guts. Hope this is just teething problems for the new owners as they seemed genuinely nice people. I shall give it a couple more goes anyway. Good Luck to the new owners!
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Latest news is that the Royal Oak changed hands this week and is now under new ownership. Will it mean changes to the pub as a whole, e.g food rather than snacks and perhaps a rather overdue re-decoration? Time will tell...
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Fairly ordinary and undistinguished pub, but good for a chat in reasonably quiet surroundings except on footie nights. Far too smokey for my liking, even with hardly anybody in the pub- roll on the ban!- but the beer quality seems consistently good. Current real range is Spitfire, London Pride and Best. Good range of "nibbles" including Nobby's Nuts and "real" crisps. Occasional visits from friendly dogs large and small and their owners. Easy to park and on local bus routes; it's within walking distance of the 24-hour 285 service to Heathrow via Feltham, and Kingston. Keeps traditional hours except for the weekend.
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Went to this pub for the first time properly and was dismayed as it appears to be the 18 year old chav's favoured choice for a Friday night.. avoid
TheGP - 18 Feb 2006 18:14 |
The Royal Oak is a very male oriented locals' pub. During football matches (especially Chelsea games), the pub is full of football fans, as there are three screens that show football - two televisions and a big screen. There is also a Portugese sattelite channel, so football can be shown all day at weekends.
There is a free juke box with a variety of music (and an electic selection there is.)
There are few real ale drinkers - ales on offer are Courage Best, London Pride, and an occasionally changed guest ale. The majority of customers are lager drinkers - Fosters, Budweiser and Kronenberg are the lagers on offer, along with Strongbow cider and 35ml measures of spirits.
Apart from bar snacks there is no food served (there are rolls on occasion), but given the type of pub and clientel, this is to be expected.
The customers come from Hanworth and Hampton by and large, and are mainly working class (indeed, many are personal friends of the landlord).
To sum up, the Royal Oak is a male, sports mad local. Whether that sort of thing floats your boat is really a matter of personal preference.
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Not a bad place and the locals are friendly.
Much better than the New Moon and the Swan which are the other pubs in walking distance.
Occasionally has music on. Frequently has football on - details of the next match appears on a board outside.
There's a beer garden in the back, but I've not been out there yet.
Free Jukebox is handy :)
anonymous - 8 Jan 2006 09:29 |
Nice locals pub, freindly natives, 3 handpumps (1 London Pride, 1 Green King Speckeled Hen and an untouched Courage 'best'.
Slightly overwhelming odour of air freshener when you enter the place, but once your brain learns to ignore it is not that bad.
Visited on a football night. Very large screen for such a small pub.
It almost retains a seperate public bar.
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Very local pub, Mike you are too harsh though, I bet you only dislike it so much because they wouldn't serve you a snakebite till your voice broke.
There are better pubs around mind you.
TheGP - 31 Aug 2004 10:44 |
This pub is an unwelcoming venue, if ever there was one - I only used to go there as I used to live on this street and it was a good place to meet up with friends and start the evening as all pubs nearby are better than this one (apart from The Swan).
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