Royal Oak in Chesterfield

Friendly team and great atmosphere!

Quaint quirky and a proper pub. Step in for a taste of the olde world.

Relaxing atmosphere to have a nice drink

Nice old pub with a quiet relaxed atmosphere

Went for a quick pint, really live atmosphere and really enjoyed it

Great home cooking, real pub grub, home made chips

Closing down 14/8/2021. Rent too high

Not in long enough to give a review as the pub was shutting early to the general public for a private party.

Lovely old pub, traditional pub fare. Not exceptional food, but good comfort food.

Excellent food Excellent Real Ale Marvellous character (and characters) The perfect local pub

Lovley very friendly pub xx,great bar man,just would have liked our table cleaned after service 😠xx but definitely visit again great looking menu xx

Great food and a really good selection of drinks

Unique pub in heart of Chesterfield. Two rooms dripping in history which are not linked without going outside and back in again. Beer not bad either.

Curry on Friday night is excellent with a pint of Young's London Stout.

Wednesday night, free quiz, lots of fun and a basket of free snacks mmmm

Lovely old pub with good beer and a friendly atmosphere. Top barman on when we called, and good prices too - will be back.

Wonderful pub, great and knowledgeable staff! Went for Curry Night and it was brilliant; a light calorie option, vegan option and a spicy option were what we ordered and all three were absolutely spot on, perfect portion size too. Great Covid-19 prevention measures, all tables wiped down and hand sanitizer provided on the bar!

Friendly staff and good ale. Thumbs up.

Really nice pub! Great bar man too 😁

Superb food, great staff, excellent atmosphere. Don't miss out on a great choice of food and drinks

With it being somewhat historic ie oldest in chesterfield etc tried for first time!..decor fixtures could be better altered for the ancient times very disappointed no historic pictures/ plaques or anything of note! And the ale I had was certainly poor!

Oldest pub in town and really made welcome by the staff and customers

Fantastic old pub, proper beer, friendly staff and a glorious old building, you can't go wrong.

After a fab meal previously, we came for seconds. Sadly disappointing. All 4 meals were overcooked. Cheese on burger inedible and fish massively overdone. Not sure what went wrong as food is usually nice. Very long wait too. 😩😩😩 Gutted. not sure what went wrong. Won't go back for now

Compact and bijou public house of great antiquity, keeping a most impressive cellar and serving some of the best ales in the town.

Always a great selection of beers and gins.

One of many great real ale pubs in Chesterfield. The small Shambles area is interesting to visit. Very good curry served. Slightly tired decor.

Had the most amazing spicy pumpkin and lentil stew in this intimate pub that was almost as old as Adam. An amazing building and excellent hosts. Great menu!

Lovely food. Very cosy environment.

Just enjoyed a crackin New York burger off the menu in the Oak. Very impressed no brioche bun in this establishment thankfully. Really nice burger with home cooked chips and washed down with a pint of Horizon 🍺. My wife enjoyed her choice of Hunters Chicken it's a Def thumbs up from us 👍

A decent pub in the shambles. It's the oldest pub in Chesterfield, so while having a meal and pint you can hear the ghost stories.

This little pub is always brilliant, some really good beers on & a friendly atmosphere & attentive staff, always make it on our way to nip into here as well

Friendly staff, plenty of choices of beer and serve good food. Love this place.

Great pub and not an ounce of the plague in sight

Proper pub serving an excellent range of beers and spirits, they do a fantastic pint of Carling! Food is reasonable priced and exceptionally good, the portions are big and there is a wide choice, every Friday is curry night where you can get a great curry for £9 between 5 and 8pm - the staff are always friendly and happy to chat and there are some very interesting regulars, the pub is also supposed to be haunted with several ghosts, I go here regularly and cannot fault the place!

Interesting pub quiz on a Wednesday.! 😁

A traditional pub with great beer.

I booked this little gem for my mum's wake and the staff went above and beyond to make it absolutely perfect. The food was reasonably priced at £5 per head and included a gluten free option for my family members with celiacs and a delicious lasagna and chips as well as sandwiches, crisps, sausage rolls and all the usual buffet standards and individual cakes. The staff were very friendly and helpful providing a hot drink option for those not consuming alcohol all in all it was the perfect send off!

Absolute gem of a pub hidden in the heart of Chesterfield Town centre, friendly staff and excellent beer.

A proper pub , nice clientele and good hosts,, .cheers

Great pub with friendly staff. Nice stout!

An absolute gem of a pub in the heart of chesterfield town centre, the staff are very friendly and nothing is too much trouble

Excellent medieval inn with history surrounding the Knights Templar, and a decent selection of drinks. Try the London stout, it's very moreish! Relaxed and friendly traditional pub atmosphere.

Easy to miss the Royal Oak,as it’s nestled in the small side streets. Very historic building. Great atmosphere and you can almost feel as your back in the land of the highway man. Usually pop in here for the selection of ales but for me it’s the porter, London Stout. Not eaten here before so had a look at the menu and plumped for steak sandwich and chips. Short wait and it was very nice. Chips are awesome. Staff very friendly. It’s not the biggest of pubs and some residents have been there for quite a while lol. With a visit for a pub with a difference !

Great little historic pub in the old part of town. Always good beer, and the food looks good too. Not to be missed.

Cosy place, good selection of beer

We visited Chesterfield for the day and this place looked great and very old. Staff were lovely,polite and pleasant,food arrived quite quickly and tasted amazing. I had the hot steak sandwich with side salad and chips and my husband had scampi, chips and garden peas. Both were delicious and the bread on my sandwich was extremely fresh. Would highly recommend

Real ales great in here as is the atmosphere. Great little historical place that needs to stay open

Brilliant beer in the oldest pub in town top marks

We dropped in at lunchtime and had a steak sandwich which was really very good. A lovely well kept pint of real ale and a pot of tea. The tea was in a huge teapot but there was only enough water in there for a cup and a half of tea (cups not mugs) which was a bit of a disappointment. The size of the cups meant one teabag would have easily been enough for 2 cups. Perhaps because I have mine black I got short measures not adding milk to my cup? We will go back again another time though

Had lunch for two - terrible. See pic of the Chicken with salad. Burnt, dry and inedible. Also had a BLT which was equally inedible. Certainly the worst lunch we have ever had - we paid and left leaving the food on the table. On the way out we used the toilets OMG; grim and smelly. We ran for the door feeling decidedly disgusted. Won’t be back

Pub. That is what I wanted, a pint. Some weird scratchings, may try them one day when I have no further use for my tastebuds for a hour or three.

Friendly, sociable, knowledgeable bunch of GUYS

Nice meal , made to feel welcome.

Visited alone for lunch and a beer. Ale was excellent, crystal clear and delicious, food was reasonably priced and good quality, staff very friendly. Nice atmosphere, several regulars chatting at the bar. Old time-y pub (oldest in Chesterfield apparently) and could probably do with refurbing, some of the benches were ripped and the toilet floor was uneven and old, but all part of the charm. An ill-mannered unpleasant man insisted on squeezing in next to me because I was in 'his' seat (lots of spare seats avaliable), and threw all his rubbish on my table, staring at me until I left. Took me back to working mens clubs in the 70s. Others may not have apreciated it, all part of the experience for me, and not really the fault of the pub. If you like proper pubs or history it's a very good place to visit, if you're the chain pub/wine bar type it's maybe not for you.

Good pub good atmosphere good selection of beers

Lovely friendly old fashioned pub

Beautiful oldie worldview pub with a great atmosphere

I love the pub , but sometimes you go and it's closed and sometimes closed very early, it would be nice if it opened and closed on regular times like other pubs in Chesterfield

Oldest pub in Chesterfield, it's a proper pub, staff were great. Had a pint of Hopback Summer Lightning Pale Ale which was excellent. So good that I went back for another later on.

And they do picked eggs too! Good vfm. Perhaps not quite what it used to be but ok. Will probably return

Only had a drink but such a lovely atmosphere

It's a great pub, excellent selection of food and drink. Nice warm friendly atmosphere too.

Went to the Royal Oak for lunch on a trip to chesterfield. From the outside the place realy looks the part of a historic pub in a great area of Chesterfield. Situated very close to the market squares it was in a perfect location for a spot of lunch. Inside it has a very traditional pub atmosphere, which although may require updating at some point in the future it gave for quite a cosy vibe. The flagstone floor really completed the picture! There was a great choice of drinks and the small place quickly filled up with plenty of locals which is always a good sign. The cocktail menu was a surprise find but really tasty. For the food I decided to try the mash, which is their signature dish, along with some sausages from the special menu. My partner went for spaghetti Bolognese also from the special menu. The food came quickly and was amazing, the mash was mixed with cheese and chives and the pork and leek sausages were great! Some of the best I've ever had! My girlfriend ended up eating about 1/4 of my meal too as it was so nice. We couldn't manage pudding but it sounded nice all the same and I'm sure based on the quality of the mains it would be great. The meal price was very reasonable at just over £20 for the two lunches, pint and cocktail. We would 100% eat here again.

Very very good pub, serves good beers With friendly staff, the only slight negative is the toilets which is a minor point

Excellent food and good beer I'm definitely coming back

Sad to say gone down hill will not be visiting again bar staff more interested in phone than customers

Had an extremely long wait which would have been ok if the pub was warm and welcoming.The meal itself was mediocre the lager warm and flat . Sorry think we will have to give this a miss not for us

Dish finger sandwich and a steak sandwich. Both really nice well cooked and hot. Good value for money. Good menu choice. Great staff really friendly. Good choice of ales also well priced. Will go again and can recommend

Its not like 20yrs ago or 200. Its made its own enterprise.

Called in after having asked a local for the best pub with chstacter in chesterfield. Thank god he was a local. Pleasant basic bar with excellant choice of drinks. Staff superb friendly tp a fault.asked about food and this was chsen from a vsst menu,with choice for all tastes. My partner had a simple steak sandwich little did dhe know what was to arrive.plenty of chips,salad and the sandwich on thick tasty bread overflowing witj lovely filling. Locals soon started conversation and this with the lovely bar person made us feel wanted,local and appreciated DO NOT MISS

Lovely pub lovely people. Best outdoor space ever.

Came to this pub while out shopping and just wanted a quick bite to eat so we both had a sandwich The fish finger sandwich was very nice on chunky bread. my friend had ham and cheese which she said was very nice too only downside was the pub was quite cold but it is the oldest pub in chesterfield and kept a lot of its original features which is nice to see

A historic place to go, traditional ales good pub food.

Called in for lunch without a reservation whilst we were shopping in the town.

Nice local pub, good selection of drinks.

Visited for lunch which was very good and reasonably priced. All three of us went for sandwiches and chips I had the battered fish finger which was accompanied by mushy peas and it was excellent. Unfortunately I went to the gents and they were not fit to be open to the public. They were awash with a green slime and the thought of eating in the establishment took on a different experience altogether. Will never go back whilst the obvious sewage issues continue. A shame.

called in for a drink, not disappointed! one of the few pubs to have something other than strongbow cider on! Orchard Pig Reveller and very tasty it was too. there is real ale on too, two i believe. hot and cold bar snacks are available. it is one of the oldest buildings in chesterfield and is worth a visit just to see it. we were in the bottom bar, quite informal in here, could be too many tables as felt overcrowded with furniture. will try the top bar next time!

Dingy dirty damp place, I,'ve been won,t be going again

Very friendly atmosphere, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Excellent pub,staff and food really recommend.

An historic pub with a good selection of real ales. Friendly bar staff.

Good selection of beers and food good value for money. Sandwiches good size and freshly prepared - not fancy just homemade.

Big range of drinks for a small pub and food really good

I found myself in here for lunch, good central location and surprisingly quiet. Staff pleasant enough, no music (hurrah!) but without many customers it might seem a bit lacking in atmosphere.

Excellent. good service good food

No longer a Theakstons pub, so no old peculiar. Could do with redecorating, very 70s

One of the oldest pubs in Chesterfield, the bar hasn't changed at all in 30+ years, loved it when I was a student, loved it on a return visit years later. Excellent ale choices and good food at good prices.

What a horrible place .... The bar staff will tell you how they love a laugh ... Bur if you laugh at someone else's jokes they get mardy . The pub is run by a spineless chef who doesn't do confrontation . So whatever the staff say goes .... Even when they are wrong .... Stunning food though .... Otherwise .... Red lights and a sign saying DANGER ! Hole in the world ...... Worst staff I have ever seen in a pub ..... EVER ... !!!!!!

Horrible place, high prices for low quality drinks. Never ask for wine as it's months old from opened bottles, the glasses are not clean and the beer was flat and watery.

We popped in for a quick drink as i used to go here regularly. The staff were very friendly and the drinks were fine but there was such a strong smell of the loo disinfectant we didn't stay long. Shame as its such an old interesting building

Historic, half timbered building, in the Shambles, gives this traditional pub great, cosy atmosphere.

This is great old building and one of the oldest pubs in town. It has gone through a few changes recently and is now looking better. The top bar has got to be one of the best places to enjoy a pint, an excellent old room with lots of character The beer is of excellent quality served with a lot of care, on this occasion we were on Farmers Blonde superb.

Haven't been here for a while but was very disappointed. Floors in the bars and the toilets are filthy and haven't been cleaned for a long time, and neither have the bottoms of the tables. The bars are freezing cold. The hot food came out on stone cold plates, although the food was ok it was like warm. Chap serving was very pleasant and friendly. Attention to detail here would go a long way as it is a lovely pub.

Been twice recently, saw article in local magazine about how pub had new owners and was doing food again. Brilliant selection of draught beer, well-kept ale, so came back for food on Saturday. Had 'mash menu', best mash I've ever had. Friends sandwich got good reviews too. Only issue, not great choice of wine (only had 1 white one red) and was hard to get a table on Sat due to how busy it was but choice of beer and quality of food were top notch. Will be back for sure.

Fantastic building and good to see it open again. Very good choice of real ales. They've still got the picture I drew them on the wall!

I ordered a Cypriot sandwich with chips. When it came the bottom of the bread was wet and soggy. I sent it back and asked for a refund. The chips were not chips but French fries. I asked for a filter coffee. No filter coffee only instant. The last time I went into this pub there was no food but I had a delicious cup of filter coffee!!! My husband's sandwich was ok but no choice of bread. Good choice of cask ale for my husband.

There was only me in the best side,lots of laughter from the bottom side...I asked for a pinot...no...chardonnay,,no red 14% so no is this a bar ??

Stunning building but staff not friendly.

Lovely home cooked Sunday Lunch. Nice alternative to the usual 'chain ' pubs in the Town centre. Bonus for me was a selection of my face Real Ales also.