The Royal Oak, Bath - pub details
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Address: Lower Bristol Road, Bath, Somerset, BA2 3BW [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 28231) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Oldfield Park (0.2 miles), Bath Spa (1.2 miles), Freshford (4.8 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Sunday roast, Real ale
- Smoking area
Pub suggested by AlanAttack on 28 Feb 2006
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> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 63 users)
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user reviews of the Royal Oak, Bath
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| Under new management a lot of work seems to have been done with a new back bar and improvements to the garden . The range of beers still is a massive part of this pubs appeal but also now have up to 16 different ciders on offer . Also now having music ever wednesday with traditional folk sessions and most weekends a variety of local acts . all in all a nice place to relax and have a pint or 2 . flashbeer - 9 May 2012 13:24 |
| A prominent, stone built pub on the main road towards Bristol, but a little way from the centre, this is popular with the Camra types due to it’s wide range of beers, although on this occasion it didn’t have quite as many as I was expecting. Nonetheless, the ones that they did have were quite unusual. It’s a fairly basic pub, with a large central room, and a smaller room down a couple of steps to one side. The main room has black wooden boards on the floor, a mustard colour paint scheme, a small fireplace, piano, juke box and a book shelf in one corner. The ceiling was covered in beer mats, presumably ones that have been previously served in the pub. Music seems to feature prominently here and there was some sound equipment off to one side as well as numerous posters detailing upcoming bands. The smaller room also has a piano, and is perhaps a little cosier. The flooring here is part natural stone and part wooden boards and it also has a fireplace. Outside is a smallish, and slightly shabby, courtyard garden with an unusual mural covering the wall behind the smoking shelter. There is also a barbeque, although whether I’d actually want to eat anything that had been cooked on it is another matter. There were three Beers from Butts on tap with their Barbus Barbus, Organic Jester and Blackguard Porter. These were joined by Smart Brewery’s Wild Thing and Red Cuillin from the Isle of Skye. Ciders were Kingston Press, Bee Sting Pear and Lilley’s Fire Dancer. Blackthorn - 3 Apr 2012 19:42 |
| Hooray,its back on course,man with the lovely dog is now running it and its had a coat of paint and a clean up ( still need a dish-washer though ) Also got rid of overcharging Steve Reeves ( Google it and work it out ) Nicer 'feel' to it as well. tammywhite - 31 Jan 2012 20:41 |
| What a real pity. This was a great unpretentious drinking house, saved from being turned into flats by the present owner. Admittedly, it was out on a limb, away from the centre and with limited parking for those in a car so the foot fall was obviously too small to make it viable, and I was a guilty as everyone in not using it as much as I should have done. The place had a really good ethos and a refreshing approach to the pub trade though, food was also great in here, although they stopped doing that about 3/4 years ago. I just hope the present landlord is not put off the pub trade as a whole, as he had some really good ideas and in a better position, could have, and should have, done well. Tragically, this pub has had pretty well the best chance it could get to survive, I can’t see much of a future for it if its present model has failed. JoWard25 - 23 Dec 2011 13:00 |
| now closed . flashbeer - 23 Dec 2011 10:53 |
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