We called into the Royal Oak and was at first a little bewildered at the Newports Curry House referance outside but it's just a traditional pub inside that does some really great food.
The menu consists of all the usual kinds of pub food as well as a full list of indian food and some great specials.
I ordered a Rib Eye Steak with chips and my friend ordered a Curry.

The food was really really good, My steak was fantastic and it came with lovely onions and mushrooms as well as a basket of chips. I have to say it was the best Steak i have had at any restaurant and i would love to try some more of their great food

ordered sea bass, then told sold out. veg not as explained. lamb curry contained 6 cubes of meat. veg lasagne had very small amount bits of veg and all cheese sauce. veg for fish meal arrived 5 mins before meal, then told should have ordered something that would have been quicker to cook. asked to see manager then told he was too busy cooking to see us but when sent food back and demanded refund a leaflet was pushed in front of us and i was told to write in. To compound it all an off duty barman interviened and started swearing at me and told me not to fucking point at him. AVOID theres plenty of better places locally and this is very expensive for the rubbish you get served eventually.Just spent a week in Newport and went to the Oak most evenings.
A really nice old fashioned village pub with friendly locals, a good pint and cracking food................just make sure you are hungry before ordering

I have visited the Three Bishops on a number of occasions and to be very honest it is slipping in quality.

The landlord is approachable but is not exactly friendly. The landlady is invisible. You can actually hear her shouting at the kids from upstairs or having a fag with the cooks out the back but she is never in the bar.

The beer used to be excellent but two real ales I have had there recently were below par. The sparkly bar staff who were such an asset now seem to spend more time chatting to each other.

The food is a problem. It used to be of high quality but now the veg tastes microwaved and the meat is of cheaper cuts.

It would not take a lot of effort to put this potentially great pub back to a high standard but sadly the effort is not forthcoming.Visited August 2009. We are locals but The Three Bishops used to be a bit of a dive, so avoided it for a long time. Its rival (where we went more often, but frankly never inspired) is apparently struggling post "issues" of a suspicious nature. The Three Bishops isn't really my favoured sort of pub: chain, average-looking food menu, too big, too "family-oriented", etc. -- unfortunately all too common on the IoW. But to be fair (we only had drinks) it was quite good, the play area was useful for our children, the beer was okay (better than many) and it served us well for the purpose. Not really a pub to get excited about, but better than I thought it might be.I called in here last March with 3 friends. It was a Saturday night and a very unwelcoming atmosphere. We only popped in as it was on our bus route.
The ale was fine. We had a selection between us. Reluctant to return however due to the local elite making visitors feel uneasy and guarded.

Just been here for an evening out with friends (driver unfortunately), though I asked for a taste of the real ales and the landlord was very obliging. Great atmosphere and really good food, I'm not driving next timegreat food and the real ales compliment the traditional dishes on offer, the barmaid is a starYou'll find more atmosphere in a vacuum. On the Moon. Barman only speaks in drinks prices!

I had an identical experience to my esteemed colleague in booze, Jonnysaint.

That's not to say it's always this way, on a previous visit the inhabitants were charming.Dropped into the Horse and Groom a couple of Saturdays ago. Unfortunately, for us, there was a football match on the TV so the place was packed. We attempted to make our way to the bar, but were poked and prodded by the local neanderthals with pool cues. "Oi, mate. You're in theway".
Apparently we were blocking their view of the TV. Here I was thinking a public house was a place to be social, not sit around watching TV. Anyway, unable to see the ale on offer because of the rude clientele hogging the bar we thought 'stuff this' and left. We headed to the far superior Kingston Arms down the road. At least your get treated with respect there.
All I can say is book a table. Turned up on a Sunday lunch at about 12.45 only to find 2/3 rds of the tables with reserved signs on them. A couple reserved for 1.30, yep that's two tables out of action for 90 mins on a busy sunday lunch. 7 of us left without even a drink and went to The Chequers.

handy for the train station usual spoons beers & guests which included titanic Chaos last saturday evening,Leeds had just mashed Newport 78 nil at Rugby(league?) so there was a party going on.

Better service than previous visit and the Saltaire beer was very good. I must single out though a duty manager type,asian looking chap with curly hair,his name came up as "Sandra(!)" on the till. You broke all the rules of McSpoons mate-YOU KNEW WHO WAS NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many thanks. Under normal spoons circumstances I would have had to make do with only a half but I got served a pint twice in the limited time between choo choos. Tim should give you a medal,well done. Another MacSpoons poor show tonight. Walked in through the traditionally open doors that aircondition the street ,the place was busy with old blokes and lager drinking middle aged's. A solitary overworked looking barwoman was beavering away,a manager type girl was attempting delivery of dinners to idiots that had moved from where they said they'd be. 10 handpulls,4 with 3 of the usual suspects on,6 guests but 3 of the guests "coming soon". Not good though not bad I thought. However I'd thought incorrectly because after a wait of beard growing proportions the pleasant,though as previously mentioned, overworked barwoman delivered the news that the "choice" was Ruddles or Pedigree!!! A bottle of Westons cider had to be had. It appears there had been an "ordering problem" and the beer was in the cellar,not much help to those misled into waiting because of the pumpclips not being turned around. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Gammon & Pineapple barely warm, Sirloin Steak requested medium but was well done to the point we couldn't get a steak knife through it, Cheese Omlette didn't have grated cheese in it but big thick slices in the middle so just a big lump of greasy cheese half melted! Cappucino and Latte were in fact just filter coffee with froth, so strong I couldn't drink it. No apologies and we were ignored as we left the premises. Previous visits hit and miss also. WON'T BE RETURNING IN A HURRY!A rather nice pub with good beer. However, if you want to eat as well go somewhere else otherwise you may die of hunger.Cask Marque pub - food all day and very nice too. The crab sandwiches are lovely and the beer well kept - a choice of Abbot, Pride and Undercliff.