The Royal Oak - Speisekarte

This is a tricky one to review, they are close to having a really good review but just a few thing make them average. Cutlery arriving after the food, potato veg sides cold in the middle so obviously microwaved. Prices fairly reasonable. Friends went here on a rather surprised to have only slice of meat.

We walk miles around the area of Collingham as we live locally and often find ourselves close by. After a ten mile stroll we were desperately in need of a sit down and a drink to prepare for the return journey. The pub is very comfortable, clean, tidy and welcoming. Had we not eaten earlier we would certainly have sampled the food on offer. Instead, we had a couple of drinks, relaxed and enjoyed the rest stop. Lovely pub and we'll return for lunch.

The food was good and reasonably priced but the seating in the restaurant area was a joke. Most of the tables were beer barrels with stools which meant you had to straddle the barrel to get close to your food. There wasn't enough room to fit our plates and drinks on and the waitress looked embarrassed when trying to put the food down. There's plenty of room to put proper tables in. Barrels are ok for just drinks and crisps but not for a sit down meal. Speisekarte ansehen

We stuck our head in as been told it it’s new management company and there was music. Knowing the history of this venue of late and the farcical that’s been running we was pleasantly surprised. Frankie the new landlord was inviting, encouraging and very welcoming for a man that stands at 6ft plus !! What an atmosphere that’s all we can say as it’s been lacking this for a long time ! So we are converted and will be returning as this is what a pub a should be

Christmas Day lunch with family. A very warm festive welcome from all the staff, complimentary Prosecco on our table. Our starters were tasty, especially the herby beetroot cheese terrine with Melba toast! The main courses (turkey roulade 1 of us had sea bass) were generous, as were the separately served vegetables-all cooked just as we like. The cinnamon apple crème brûlée tempted us from the other dessert choices of poached pears or Christmas pudding, but did not disappoint! All in all the waiting kitchen staff provided a brilliant Christmas lunch experience. Many thanks to them all

Took the wife and dog for our annual Christmas Eve lunch here and from start to finish, we loved this place. We were seated near the fire and the guys immediately came over to show our Pepé a whole load of love, which, by his waggy tail, was definitely reciprocated! The reduced menu still had loads to offer us both, but we both ended up going for the pie I'm happy to make the claim this is the best pie for miles around. Soft pastry, no gristle in the meat, thick gravy. Absolutely spot on. We both polished that off gleefully (Pepé enjoying a chip or two as well) and moved onto a properly decadent brownie and chocolate/coconut tart respectively, all washed down with one of their wide selection... Speisekarte ansehen

We came in for the pie and pint night, before we had even gotten our drinks we were passed between two members of staff. We asked to see a menu and were told that’s fine as they only had one other table. When I enquired about a vegetarian option for the deal I was told there wasn’t one and so I asked for a normal menu. We then proceeded to find our own seats as the bar man had to serve someone else. That’s all fine. We went to sit at a table in the bar and then proceeded to order and pay at the bar before the food got here. The food came quickly, with a young girl walking around the bar asking everyone if the food was for them before she got to us (we at this point were the only people eatin...

We called in for a drink with a party of on Saturday night, we were greeted by a group of uniformed very young staff looking like they had come straight from school, we stood at the bar waiting to be served while they finished there conversations, a young lad asked what we would like and started typing the order onto a tablet which was very slow and no drinks were being pulled while he did this even though there were several staff doing nothing. When he did finally start pulling some real ale it was just froth sorry he said its been like this for a week we cancelled that order and asked for pints of the other real ale after several tries this to was just froth I think its gone he said so we...

The pub looks great (although in fairness it looked ok before! and the ‘dining room’ is now more of a cosy comfortable room with a piano, armchairs and a settee but sadly this cuts down on the dining tables and the few that are left are mostly wedged in so that once you’re in, you won’t be moving. Except you have to struggle back up again because the table service has gone and you now have to order and pay for your food at the bar. I really hate paying for my food before I’ve even tasted it and when there’s a group of you out for a meal it’s much easier to have a tab and settle up at the end of the meal Instead of having to squeeze in and out from the table to get another drink. We went with... Speisekarte ansehen