Royal Oak, Winchester - pub details
Address: Royal Oak Passage, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9AU [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 9628) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Winchester (0.4 miles), Shawford (3 miles)
Chain: Hogshead
Pub facilities/features:
- Quiz night (Tuesdays)
- Fruit machines, Quiz machines (multi), Table football
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Smoking area, Function room for hire, Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 6.1/10 (rated by 40 users)
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user reviews of Royal Oak, Winchester
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| Popped in after work recently so it was pretty quiet and lifeless for around 5.15. I've not been here for a few years. Service was ok but a bit brusque I felt. A bottle of Crabbies cost £4.05! Crazy (this is in November 2010). The Black Boy, Hyde Tavern, The Eclipse, Wykeham Arms and others are all easily better pubs. blamm - 12 Nov 2010 12:10 |
| I've come to this pub on and off over about 15 years and can always say that I've had a great time in here. The atmosphere is always good and the bar staff always impress me. We popped in on Saturday and the place was busy but not heaving. Mixed age range of students to old folks and prices good for a town centre pub. Will be coming here until the day I die, it's my favourite pub in Winchester. snorkler - 24 Oct 2010 11:19 |
| It may well be 'Another Oldest Pub in England', however the Abbott Ales was superb!! The best pint of Abbott I have tasted outside of Bury St. Edmunds. It was absolutely brilliant!! As for the pub.......as I normally say, that's another story. But for the beer I gotta give it 7/10. I'll be back!!! (In the words of 'Arnold') wolvesfan - 29 Aug 2010 15:17 |
| Yep, another "oldest bar in England" -how many are there? Claims of that honour thus far in Nottingham, Norwich, York...and now Winchester! Astonishing, did Queen Elizabeth I sleep here as well, I wonder? Typical "oldest bar in England" appearance-all (fake) beams, low (fake) ceilings and dark (fake) wooden panels. But lots of cramped, sorry, cosy, places to sit and enjoy your ale and food, latter is standard and adequate. Laughable nonsense on the menus, there to wow the tourists no doubt-goes on about how "Bonnie Prince Charlie" hid in the afore mentioned oak tree to escape his would be captors-well, only about 100 years out there guys, and about 400 miles too far south-it was, of course, King Charles II, but hey, who needs accuracy when there are tourists to impress? This tale led to hundreds of pubs throughout England having this name, most of them claiming to be near the spot where it happened. This one wasn't. Service is OK, atmosphere lively, but hardly a local voice to be heard. Bland and visitor centric. Brancastrian - 15 May 2010 21:54 |
| Had a drink in here while visiting friends in Winchester. Nice open plan layout, with a general sprinkling of old and young, and tourist types sat around. I am not an overly keen fan of Greene King pubs, as they usually serve the same old tired choice of beers, but there was slightly more on offer here. I opted for the guest ale 'Alepril Fool'. As mine was the last out the barrel, the girl behind the bar asked me to try a few gulps to make sure it was o.k. As it was not at it's best, she happily offered me another choice, so I went for the Moorlands, which was fine. But I liked the fact that the bargirl seemed to know her stuff about 'Ale'. Didn't eat the food, but from what I could see, it looked quite good. Would visit again, when I am back in Winchester. hampshirehog - 25 Apr 2010 12:11 |
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