The Lucombe Oak in Exeter - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Best pub in Exeter by a mile. Come on England!

Sunday afternoons can be a bit dull, but not at this venue. Live music from around 5pm - 7.30pm. What a great find and what a great atmosphere. They've teamed up with another pub nearby who also put on live music from 3pm, so if you like live music and a pick me up on a Sunday afternoon, look no further than St Thomas.

Went to listen to a live band. 5 stars for Stillyano. Great music, but.... Busy, as expected being a bank holiday weekend and no doubt the reason for putting a live band on, on a Sunday. If WE were expecting it to be busy, hence the reason we arrived a good 2 hours before to ensure a table etc.... why can the management not foresee this and ensure the simplest details like having ice to go in the drinks are met? Warm vodka with red bull is not enjoyable. Shame the co-op next door was closed, as we would have gone and bought a bag! PS. Group of 8

Brilliant pub, friendly and brilliant service

We really love it there with our friends makes our Fridays and Saturdays nights amazing honestly.

Top night at the Oak Scrumptious Homemade Devon Pasty and Chips Then joined Lars the landlord for party Fun and games in the bar Fun fun fun

Drinking out of plastic glasses ! The pub is going down hill fast No atmosphere Filthy leaking smelly toilets Avoid

Probably the worst breakfast ever It was cold and consisted of an Egg Bit of bacon and a waffle Won’t be dining here again.

Great pub with good atmosphere and service

Proper Devonshire cream tea With clotted Cream and local Jam made by the Burnthouse lane woman’s institute Absolutely melted in my mouth well done Me and Mick will be back pronto .

I felt bitterly disappointed that I didn't get called up to the mic after putting my name down for 🎤 like an hour in advance I.e 11.30 before the 🎤 sesh finished half an hour later than I originally thought. The woman had plenty of time to call my name out, but my efforts amounted to nothing.

Brilliant night with my friends Party atmosphere at the Oak And had me and my Boyfriends dancing all night Great service Great Beer and. Great night Music was also good played lots of Wham And very non judgemental

Really enjoyed the Lucombe A good vibe and my Boyfriend and I had a whale of a time dancing Would be a great Gay pub but the toilets stank and excrement on the floor in one of the cubicles Give the toilets a clean and you will have a good pub

Toilets let them Down smelly with urine on the floor But had a nice pint of Guinness and was served quickly by a pleasant smiling lady Just need to sort the toilets out

Huge Sunday Dinner served by top chef Lars and a sticky toffee pudding washed down with an ice cold pint of Danish lager Good service and good food.

Wonderful summer evening Lars the manager went out of his way to congratulate my Girlfriend and I on our Engagement Had the Italian lager and a Spanish omelette which was Delicious Paul and Debbie had me and Mia up singing on the Karaoke and the evening seemed to go so quick atmosphere was Great and the pub was very busy as the BT girls danced long into the small hours Would thoroughly recommend this pub as very LBGT friendly with lots of cross dressers And nobody judging wonderful experience Thank you Lars

If you are LGBTQ+ do not go to this pub. My partner went in for a drink and as soon as she arrived was verbally abused my a group of men at the bar saying "What is that?" They continued to repeat words to that extent. When my partner walked up to the bar, the bar staff member, clearly within earshot of the group, didn't look up from the bar as they went to order despite my parner attempting to make eye contact with them. They made no attempt to make my partner feel welcome, offered no support or spoke up in regards to the situation. My partner then left feeling unsafe in the scenario. Safe to say, we won't be returning and will encourage others to stay away.

I've only been to this pub once. There was a great atmosphere and live music. I didn't eat there. So I can't comment on the food

Lovely atmosphere, incredibly reasonably priced, clean toilets, plenty of space, good bands, nice smoking area, all good:)

Not the best place to watch bands.

Played here on Saturday night with The Headrush Band, great atmosphere, great staff and a nice pub! Will look forward to playing there again! thanks for having us!

After visiting the this terrible place I was more than horrified after visiting the toilets Completely below standard and up there with a back street ally after a football match Would avoicr like the plauglarger was flat and not good enough to recommend

Lovely staff really enjoyed chatting with them. Good value for money. Definitely would be happy to use this place again

Very friendly landlord, good selection of drinks. Great place for a pint

Great impromptu evening here. Very welcoming, good band, drinks and service. Will return.

The pub itself sits on a square of shops, all of which are closed on a Sunday afternoon. First impressions: it's an 'estate pub', intended to satisfy the drinking needs of locals, rather than as a destination venue for tourists. The interior was wide and spacious, yet the low ceiling of exposed support ribs gave it an enclosed and slightly claustrophobic feel. The regular clientele were as you'd expect, men with shaved heads and tattooed arms ordering lagers, though the presence of a classic rock tribute band (Sea Dogz) had brought in a number of outsiders: middle class friends of the band, aging rockers from the circuit, yours truly sitting in both camps. The band were excellent, and their music went down with the crowd so well they've been asked to come back and do a Saturday night.

Absolutely love this place. Great atmosphere. Nice when they have a band and and can chill with friends.

Superb night with my man at the luccombe oak Special mention to Paul and his partner Debbie On the Karoke getting everybody up singing and dancing Really let my hair down

Had a nice drink here as was visting uncle in exeter very nice atmosphere and very friendly shame no toilet rollin ladies

Pub was clean and service was good unfortunately the Drink was expensive and not many people in for a Saturday afternoon Needs a freshen up

Fun night singing with the girls Had a portion of fish and chips with mushy peas very nice but not very many chips more like a child’s meal still atmosphere was good and so was the beer

Great Saturday night out at the Lucombe oak again. Saw AC/ZZuk 🤟 The name says it all! Loved it! Great pub with lots of seating and a good size dance floor. Be back very soon.

Had a nice night in the oak down in Exeter visiting Daughter karaoke was on and Debbie the host even got me singing Nice atmosphere with Friendly people.

Brilliant, lively pub. Great live music. Amazing staff. Would highly recommend.

Great bands here brilliant time

Friendly bar staff and welcoming local pub

Wonderful evening watching a local band Very friendly pub with a sixties feel to it Me and mother were up dancing to the tunes Thank you Lars and the team for looking after us.

Went for a work leaving do. The 2nd time I'd been out to a pub since covid started. Visited another lovely pub in town first who were amazing, so friendly. When we arrived here one of the regulars approached within the first couple of minutes...

Very friendly pub with a great atmosphere. Went during a karaoke and loved it.

Nice pub and good kareoke with Debbie

Spent a fantastic Friday evening with friends enjoying the karaoke. Great atmosphere, excellent staff, friendly regulars and reasonably priced drinks. Authentic, old school karaoke experience, thoroughly recommend for the atmosphere.

It was OK. Only had one drink. Lacked atmosphere Very few customers.. Probably because I was there late afternoon

Had a nice time here watching the football.

Lovely evening meal cooked by resident chef lars fun pub with lots going on excellent night with the boy chaps.

Nice pint of Double Diamond but unfortunately the toilet floor was wet and i slipped and nearly fell over need to sort Lars

Delicious Lamb 🐑 Curry 🍛 Washed down with a nice pint of local Devon Cyder. Good to be back amongst friends and family and the Ladies of St Thomas ♥️

Wonderful Christmas Dinner at the pub With all the trimmings safety distancing And a good old sing song with Debbie Fantastic day.

Had a few drinks with my daughter Very nice clean pub with lots of ale on tap And many ciders Good pub for a drink after shopping 🛍

Went in for a Quickie as I needed to use the toilet as the nearby council toilets have been shut down Had a quick pint then went to use the toilets sadly One cubicle was blocked and the other hsd no toilet paper.

Nice evening with my husband celebrating our ruby wedding anniversary Few drinks with friends very nice pub

Very friendly pub Had a crab sandwich and a game of darts with a Somalian Gentleman Lots of social distancing but a good time had by all

Great to spend some special time with a special person at a special pub Wonderful evening on the Kareok with Debbie singing her heart out bless

Banging night at the lucombe The place was rocking Loved the Mod band really cool tunes been played Just got me photos hopefully be back soon.

Came in here with all the gang for the charity race night Wonderful early summers evening Recommend this pub very much

Had a pint of bass in here it was done right not too gassy Good pint kept here by Danish Family run pub with no thrills

Pork Loin was yummy My BoyChap Adam took me here as a treat for helping Ninny with the house work Yummy

Had a wonderful evening celebrating my Uncles birthday at the former Valiant Soldier as I still call it Restrictions in place and social distancing carried out by all Hopefully return to See Lars and Cassandra and the Gang for high jinks and fun at my favourite watering Hole

Relaxed atmosphere and responsibly managed

Had a fantastic afternoon catching up with old school friends Nice pub plenty of room to keep your distance And a nice smoking area looking out over butler rd

Went in with my chap yesterday for an afternoon drinking session Excellent service felt very safe well done to the pub owner

Good outside bar plenty of Gin Anne social distancing and. Even managed to get up for a bop Good pub in the heart of St Thomas

Excellent evening with Debbie the Karaoke 🎤 Queen 👸 I sang American Pie and a lot of the locals. Joined in which was nice nice selection of real ale would have given it full marks but the toilets smelled a little.

Nice and quiet with table service

Down on holiday tried the Lucombe oak Hardly anyone in and the beer never had a head on it Wouldn’t be my local landlord was a nice guy 👍🏿

Had a great Night at the valiant soldier as I still call it super cool music and pretty barmaids and cold Guinness

Slow service and larger tasted flat only three people in pub Gone down hill miserable looking woman behind bat

Pasé una tarde encantadora jugando a las cartas y tomando café en el roble Luccombe, este lugar es un salvavidas para las pensiones ahora que el Ayuntamiento de Exeter está cerrando nuestro centroBonita tarde gracias a Lars y al equipo. ¿No me siento tan solo? de hecho no me siento mal en la calle del todo.

Had a nice night with Carol the waitress And Casandra the manager nice catch up with Mia and Ben Bolton A bit expensive but nice and clean with a large selection of beers 🍺

Very professional and well worth a visit or three. Great atmosphere in a very sad time.

Spacious Greene King local pub in the centre of St Thomas, Exeter, Covid procedures in place and friendly staff. Made welcome. Next to shops and large car park.

Had good new year with All the people made me welcome Everybody singing and happy 😊 As the wine 🍷 flowed

My Husband took me here for Burns night Had the Craic with Lars and Carol and the team Wonderful night hopefully be back for the glorious 12th celebrations in July

Fui a ver a la banda local Carnaby Street mientras hablaba como un hombre enamorado del cantante principal Dez¿Me preocupé un poco por mi cuenta de ser "Billy no Mates", pero no tenía por qué haberme preocupado ya que Lars y la pandilla pronto me hicieron hacer tragos y bailar?La banda fue excelente al igual que Lars y su personal.Noche fantástica con los lugareños.

Live music and car park nearby.. (2hrs free)

Really done up nicely. Friendly staff.

Very friendly pub and one of the best venues for live music in Exeter

Nice and cosy. The staff are lovely and the service is just what you would except

A bit rough around the edges but excellent live music

Friendly local pub with lots of regulars. Quite a buzz In the evenings. Great staff!

Thank you for your custom also smile good custumer service.

Not a bad pub but could do with some real ales on. Only had one on tap

Lovely place good beer friendly service wil be going back.

I came here to grab Sunday Lunch with my partner not expecting anything out of the ordinary, but we were absolutely blown away with the quality of the food, the Yorkshire puddings were fabulous as was the quality of meat which was cooked to perfection....

I thought I'd try this place out with my family for Sunday lunch. It was such a disappointment. The Yorkshire puddings were thin ,the gravy was bitter with a bunch of rosemary in it. 1 small sweet corn cut into 3 pieces, not at all...

This pub has had a new lease of life since it was taken over. It's still a proper pub, but now does superb food and you get a warm welcome from the staff and other customers. There is a decent selection of well-kept beers and...

This pub is based near where I live in St Thomas Exeter Devon it has reopened and has been refurbished. There is now a young chef working there and I've got to say that the Sunday lunch was possibly one of the best I've tasted....

Great place, parking outside in the car park for free! Is a bonus. Had a lovely fever tree tonic (lots of gin choices to chose from too). Chose from the menu, we had the sausages and mash, and the seafood platter! All freshly prepared and...