The Royal Oak in Wiltshire

Aware this has been recently opened having been closed for many months - I sadly feel if they don’t improve this pub it will close again it has the potential to be a lovely homely pub but at present it’s very tired & need of some TLC as it’s looking very tired & old and says something when it only offers two very basic gins

Thursday lunch had fish finger sandwich costing £11.00, this should be good!! Unfortunately not, 4 frozen fish fingers inbetween cheap thin sliced bread with a pot of massed produced colelsaw and some chips. Edible and would happily pay £5.50, certainly not worth £11.00.

Just went there for Sunday roast. Beef was excellent, with a good serving of a nice mixture of vegetables, and the chocolate brownie was one of the best - absolutely delicious.

We love the Royal Oak- always a friendly welcome and roaring fire! Today we had the most delicious roast dinner and we have also been there for fish and chips on a Friday! Great food, friendly staff and a lovely local!

This is a lovely pub and would recommend to anyone passing through Pewsey... warm welcome always from the team and landlord. Nice and cozy with two fires and lots of choices for drinks, we love to visit :)

Lovely little village pub with great food, selection of drinks and nice atmosphere. Staff are welcoming and friendly and we love coming here.

We visited on Friday, joined our men who meet for a drink every week. I had the most delicious fish and chips ever, huge piece of freshly Cooked fish, in fact couldn’t manage it all, but my son helped me out. Service was very good too. Excellent value for money with a free drink included.

Popped in here whilst touring the pubs of Pewsey. It's a busy local pub,a Wadworth house so serving their beers. I was very impressed with the beer,the pub and the service. The lounge at the back by the log fire is very comfortable. I wholeheartedly recommended a visit here.

We were here for an excellent lunch on one of the fine early autumn days. Super pleasant service. Nice outside seating. Two options of Ploughman's lunch, both excellent.

Had a lovely afternoon in this country pub. Was a pleasure chatting with landlady Ally, very friendly and welcoming. Lunch was delicious, great pub, great service and a lovely atmosphere. Thank you all, we will certainly be back.

We were camping in the area the weekend the Euros final was on. We asked at several pubs in other villages but no pub had space to watch the map or weren’t showing it. We missed most of the first half when we tried the Royal Oak and really received the warmest welcome. There were seats available, we were offered free cake and scones and landlady was very attentive. This is what a village pub should be like.

No food at the moment but we've eaten here since Martyn took over pre-lockdown and it was great value and very good quality. Now we're able to go back outside again, there is a nice seating area with plenty of tables and the staff are doing a great job in keeping up with the drinks orders. It has a nice vibe and is well worth a visit.

Grand place attended the Royal Oak for a Sunday Roast I was really surprised that they had live music on So decided to have my delicious roast and stop to Watch the entertainment, First class entertainment This Pub is the place to be for Grand Food and Entertainment It’s good to see the management and his staff have transferred this pub into Pewsey top food pub and live music venue Well done fantastic place it’s now my local

Visited The Royal Oak Pub on our weekend break. A lovely pub with a welcoming log fire. Martin and his staff were very welcoming too. For a village pub it didnt have a 'locals only' atmosphere. Martin and staff were very attentive and we had a lovely chat. Considering covid and the fact he has not long taken over the pub I think its great!!! It would be lovely to come back!!!

The new manager, Martyn, has just reopened the pub following lockdown and if today’s full English breakfast is anything to go by he’ll do well. The breakfast was delicious and freshly cooked. We were a party of eight and had various dietary requests (gluten-free, veggie, no egg, raw tomatoes instead of cooked ...). Nothing was too much trouble, teas and coffees were refilled several times and the Bloody Marys were delicious. The bill was reasonable too. If we had to offer any constructive criticism, we would have liked written menus, the food could have been a bit hotter, and we would have liked to have seen a bill rather than just told the final amount. We would definitely go back though.

Thank you Martyn and all the team at the Royal Oak! (Which is under new management).We were made to feel welcome nothing was too much trouble - offering vegan breakfast which was delicious. My husband enjoyed his breakfast too which was non vegan. There is a large beer garden and dogs welcome. We were given tips for walks as me and my husband didn’t know the area - we came back after finishing the walk (5 hours later) for a couple of drinks. We will be back tomorrow for another breakfast. Keep up the good work!

Went for breakfast today. The first time since the refurbishment by the new owner, Martyn. What an improvement. From a triple D (dark, dirty and dingy) place to a warm, welcoming and friendly family pub. And the Breakfast was amazing too. I can only highly recommend The Royal Oak. A real asset for Pewsey

Came as a party of 8 for Sunday (Bloody Mary) Breakfast, which was excellent, great portion size, really well cooked and superb value. The new owner is still getting the place up and running so it took a little longer than normal to arrive, for which we got pre-emptive updates from the very cheerful and friendly staff, and it was well worth waiting for - sausage, bacon, black pudding, beans, tomatoes, two eggs, spinach, mushrooms and toast all beautifully cooked. The new owner is attentive, personable and hospitable and is clearly investing a lot in making sure he has the place looking and feeling right, and has a great team in place.Good to see The Royal Oak becoming a great pub right in the middle of Pewsey.

Superb refurb and a very friendly welcome. Great to see the Royal Oak in good hands. Will be back again before long.

Went in for our first drink after lockdown (and since we were made to feel unwelcome by previous owners) and was pleasantly surprised to see happy and smiley staff! Was a very nice atmosphere and the place is looking better already. Will definitely be coming back and looking forward to the further developments that Martyn makes. Well done :)

With a new landlord, a new start. Beer was clear and bright, the BBQ food a great start to the future food menu, staff were really nice. The pub was lovely and clean, still some things to do but clearly the new guy has made a huge difference to what was a pub in need of some serious TLC.

Amazing new landlord, clean inside, service was excellent, all the staff were really friendly and helpful. After previous owners had run this pub down, it’s great to see Pewsey have got one of their pubs back. Will definitely be returning here often. Would recommend it to everyone!

Staff were rude and talking about us with the customers they seem to be friends with. Sadly we are local and won’t be coming here again. Disgusting.

On the main road in Pewsey village. Not the most luxurious pub I've visited but it was quiet and friendly with decent ale. Handy too as it's just down the road from an Indian Restaurant and Chinese Take Away.

Mediocre/sub-par food. Very grumpy barman. If you want to get the most out of this, stay in the pool room.

Filthiest, scummiest, most disgusting ‘bed & breakfast’ on the planet (they don’t actually do the ‘breakfast’ bit, but wouldn’t have eaten it even if they did) ABSOLUTELY REVOLTING. Not one redeeming feature. Yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk. DISGUSTING!!!!

Stayed here 1 night, absolutely disgusting. Filthy bathroom and toilet, the bin had not been emptied from the previous lady visitor! If you need a shower the be prepared to ‘climb’ on the toilet to turn the shower on. Bedroom was not clean and to call it basic complimentary . Breakfast was an extra, we didn’t bother! Advice........DO not stay

Very comfortable lovely breakfast couldnt fault it comfortable beds just want to kill the pigeon lol

Staying here as a B&B whilst walking the Kennet & Avon Canal. Beds comfy after walking all day, but room and bath etc not clean. Absolutely no attention to detail by pub landlord. A place to avoid, use other Pewsey B&B. Especially avoid on Friday & weekend nights where bar music played till after 2.00am and customers drinking and noisy till 2.30am. But best bet avoid and find B&B where your custom is wanted and valued. This pub has great potential in the right hands, with a cleaner and a manager who wants customers it could be a great place to stay whilst walking the K&A canal.

Customer care and cleanliness here are terrible. This is a pub, and we expected some noise in the evenings, but not until 2.30a.m. it was this that was the final straw that drove us away 1 day earlier than planned. (The camel’s back had been loaded up with “poor cleanliness” prior to this.)I can put up with un-ironed sheets/covers, but the sheet was grey as were the towels (of which there were not enough). (Colour and white washes done together?) The bathroom showed evidence of previous occupants, part used shower gel and soap bar in the bath. Pools of dried in soap on window ledge etc etc. Leaves on the bathroom floor, my bedside cupboard had remnants of previous occupants too. There was no servicing of the rooms on a daily basis. I could go on but it would be boring to read. The layout of the 2 rooms and bathroom is good, and suits a family staying, but oh dear, this is not a family place. As a Wadworth Brewery owned pub it should be a gold mine, but with poor management who don’t care for their paying staying guests it cannot be. Why that brewery does nothing about this amazes me, their reputation is going to suffer as a result of this property.We booked 3 nights but moved after 2, we couldn’t stand it any longer. The noise of music and conversations from the lock-in on a Friday night up until 2.30a.m. was the final straw. My advice? DO NOT STAY HERE.

A total disaster, worst B&B I have ever stayed in. Towels awful, sheets were not ironed. Bathroom bin was full from previous guests. Shower cord was broken and had to climb on toilet to turn on. All this for £ 75 with no breakfast! I should add rooms are not en suite!! Dreadfully disappointing

First time we visited since the pub had changed hands. Staff very friendly, food was superb and reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend it. In fact we did recommend it to our friends.

Stopped off for lunch. The staff were friendly, the place was empty and when the toasted sandwiches arrived they were awful. The sandwiches were served with chips that were hot but tasted of some sort of coating making them inedible.

A nice visit to Pewsey rounded off with a lunch at the Royal Oak which is a typical town centre pub full of locals with a pleasant atmosphere. We were not offered menus so we collected our own from the bar and once we had chosen our meals we had to write our own orders down and hand them in at the bar!

Been a couple of times, love the atmosphere, friendly staff, haven't tried to food as yet but I'm sure to in the future.

Spent a wonderful afternoon here with family to celebrate my mothers birthday. Landlord (Sam) and staff couldn't do enough for us (recently under new management). Our Thanks to Amber for keeping us topped up and to Charlie in the kitchen for our wholesome food.

Went in for the first time yesterday for a quiet pint after work and had to listen to two mouthy girls shouting f**k you and so forth across the room with the expected daytime drunk whooping & hollering to the slightest hint of music, probably had a hard morning watching Jeremy Kyle! On a positive note, the Landlord seemed as fed up with them as I was. Shame, could be a nice pub if it wasn't for the Chavs.

The best welcome I have ever received in extensive travels and at the end of the lunch shift! Superb food and service and a lovely atmosphere. I will be making detours to go there until I finally move nearby! Thank you.

We visited the Royal Oak as it was central point.

They don't do food on busy pub evenings etc, so check the website for details. That said there is a nice range of well cooked pub food, and home made pizzas from their big pizza oven. All well recommended as well as good food, and dog friendly. Good amount of parking round the back, small beer garden, with a good amount of shade. My fish and chips was very well cooked, as was my husbands burgers, and our friends pizzas. Still a local to be proud of :)

Warm welcome and very helpful young lady suggested lunch options which were selected and promptly delivered. The portions were generous and very tasty, we left well fuelled for our canal walk!

Thought we’d bus over to Pewsey. Tried the Oak. Wadworth beer is not my favourite. Beer ok though and tried some cloudy cider which was actually clear!

Enjoyed a good pint and 4oz very tasty steaks in good friendly busy local. Very welcoming to motorhomers in their big rear carpark too.

My son and I were at a loose end for our evening meal tonight so decided to try the Royal Oak. We both had burgers and I have to say, they were magnificent. I regularly have a pint or two in the Oak but haven’t eaten in there before. What a joy - great food, impeccable service, an all round positive experience. The chef even came to our table to check if everything was okay.

Friendly pub with great helpful staff that I can recommend to all, however was disappointed to find that food is only available at lunchtime

The new people are very welcoming, and making an effort to improve the place. Walkers, cyclists, visitors and of course regulars welcomed. Working on the food offering which sounds very interesting. Plenty of garden and car parking space

Visitamos dos veces en las últimas dos semanas, dos veces para charlar un tranquilo con un amigo. Había un ambiente encantador y muy acogedor, con una hermosa chimenea abierta con sillones en frente de ella. No hay que lidiar con música pero no tan tranquilo que todo el mundo podía hablar aquí! Servicio amable y los clientes. . . La camarera incluso. recordaba mi pedir bebidas en nuestra segunda visita, que era muy impresionante. Buenas cervezas de calidad y una buena opción. . . Sin duda volveremos!.

Encontramos algunas personas desagradable de beber en el bar. No hay incidencia pero bastante desagradables. Las habitaciones eran muy, muy, muy básico. Colchones y almohadas finas. Bueno reservamos dos habitaciones, de lo contrario privacidad habría sido un problema. El cuarto de baño era espacioso, limpio y obviamente actualizado. Con suerte, las habitaciones pueden ser una actualización.

booked B&B; for 1 night, when showed to our twin room it was at most a box room basically fitting 2 beds a bedside table & a shelving unit for cloths, it had a shared toilet & bathroom in the hallway which i must say was very clean & modern, breakfast was bread, toaster, cereal, milk in a small fridge & tea & coffee all situated outside our room when we asked if theirs a cooked breakfast was told if the boss can be bothered to get up early enough ha ha ha O and an extra cost of £7.95 each with the twin room costing £80 a night would defo look else where for value for money, only plus was Pewsey is a nice village. also wish we tried "the shed" basically a house turned into a bar serving real ale & cider, but was told to late

Todos pasamos un tiempo fantástico en la noche del viernes y sábado para bolos cuando visitamos el pueblo Sompting Morris Royal Oak para ale y baile. Gracias a la dirección por la cálida bienvenida y la fantástica selección de buena calidad. ale Alrededor de 200 libras fue elevada para ambulancia de aire sobre el Wiltshire todo el fin de semana. Gracias a Dawn para organizar toda la visita de fin de semana.

Un gran pub local agradable. No sirven comida pero nos dejaron llevar en India de un restaurante la manzana e incluso nosotros los suministros con platos y utensilios, así que no tuvimos que comer con platos de papel y utensilios de plástico. No es pretencioso,...

. Conduciendo por Wiltshire, vimos este pub a la entrada del pueblo de Pewsey. No te lo puedes perder! En la parte trasera hay un gran aparcamiento, muy útil en un sitio como este donde no te paran en la calle. El personal del bar...

Una pinta bien o dos cervezas. decente. Ambiente acogedor y agradable con un personal agradable. Buenos inodoros limpios y una fina selección de patatas fritas. Perros también.

We met Barry from The Royal Oak in Pewsey for the first time last week, when he provided us with a most wonderful buffet supper for 60 people. Barry sponsored our Macmillan Elvis Fundraising evening in Castle Combe and we couldn't believe the amazing variety and delicious food which he so kindly donated towards the evening. I would not hesitate to ask Barry to cater for us again whether for a public or private event and all the comments from guests who attended the evening were more than positive about the food. Thank you so much Barry and Debbie for the most wonderful buffet supper. Am already thinking about when we can use you again!. 10/10 for food, service and hospitality.

I was visiting a friend in pewsey who I had not seen in a while so we decided to come here for lunch. I was quite disappointed with the the pie, it was bland and had no actual taste. As i am a chef myself this was appauluing. On the drinks side, I ordered a thatchers gold only to be poured something completely different but the staff reassured me it was "Thatchers"... don't get me wrong, cracking little pub but not for me!

We popped into the pub lunchtime to check whether we needed to book a table for the evening. We were told there would be no problems. We returned at 7pm ordered drinks. We then asked for menus.'There is no food available because the chef can not cope.'There were about 25 people in the pub and a chalkboard outside displaying 'Food available all day!'Just spent £13 on drinks that we did not really want as we wanted a meal with friends.Appalling service

Popped in this pub as it was the only one in the whole area open in the afternoon. Nice enough, nice garden, plenty parking. However the Pimms came with a slice of lemon only. Isle of Man Beer nice. Note to strangers! The pub goes quiet when you enter. Didnt make us feel welcome.

the only pub in the village that is open during the week and the only pub open all day and the only place you can get food during the day - that said... pie is great, home cooked type comfort food and good ale.... however there is nowhere else to go anyway

This is my local so I am probably slightly biased. In the two or three years that Barry and Debbie have been here they have turned the Oak around. A sign of a good pub is when you find a mixture of all ages and people of different social backgrounds enjoying themselves. They have a good selection of beers that are well kept and always taste as they should. There is usually a cluster of comedians around the bar for entertainment and if sport is your thing they have a widescreen TV at one end of the bar. They occasionally have live music in the upstairs bar where they also cater for parties and events. I have only eaten here a couple of times but found the food to be good honest pub grub.

This pub has friendly nice staff and is lovely inside, with a huge fireplace. If you fancy a cheeky half or three, it's a nice place to go.But if you want food, it is not so good. It isn't terrible, just not very good. Even a Wetherspoon chain pub does better. The lasagne looks fantastic, has great texture, but the only flavour came from the burnt cheese on the top. Friends I was with also thought their food was bland and not very good. It was very disappointing. No wonder the Applecart Cafe around the corner is so busy at lunchtime, and the Tale of Spice Indian down the road full is in the evening.

Ambience was good - beer and wine was good- staff were friendly and they were showing the rugby.....

We called in for an early lunch and were made welcome by the friendly chatty staff. They lit the open log fire which made it cosy. The food was good unpretentious pub food. My steak and ale pie was a generous serving and just what was needed to break the journey

We were firstly surprised by the lack of choice on the menu, just beef as the choice of roast and then 3 other main courses, one of which we purchased the last two portions of.The trout stuffed with prawns was well cooked and the portion size for the trout and prawns was generous. The roast beef however, was a different matter with only the sprouts being piping hot. There was very little gravy and the Yorkshire pudding was not fully cooked.There was a general feeling among our group that there was little pride taken in the food that was being served.Service was okay but it would help if the servers knew the menu, with them having to check what a particular vegetable that was served was and what the desserts actually were.

Had lunch here whilst on a canal holiday and found it to be a very nice pub. On the day we visited the staff were very friendly and the food was good. The menu was quite extensive and the four different meals we ordered were all well presented and, with the exception of the lasagne which was quite dry, well cooked. Prices were very reasonable and we would certainly go back if in the area again.

We ate here on recommendation and enjoyed our food immensely, as did the other two tables of diners to whom we got chatting. The food is fresh and there are fish and veggie options. Staff were friendly and the service was efficient and helpful. Free wifi. The pub has been recently redecorated and is lovely and clean. We shall return.

My dad is a celiac, when we asked about which foods my dad could have we were met with sarcastic and unhelpful comments. We walked out and won't be going back. Maybe they are so busy they don't need the custom.

IF I was to comment on the sunday roast I would say make yours at home instead. Sunday roast with fresh veg. It turned up with pink meat, hard roast potatoes, no sign of gravy just meat juice, mash potato and cabbage. I would not call this a roast with fresh veg and a little confused that in the centre were 2 stuffed tomatoes. Unless it is a tradition in another county I have never seen tomatoes on a roast certainly not in Wiltshire. The other meals available looked much more appetising. So I would say if thinking of a sunday roast, either stay at home or go somewhere else.

Went here for lunch with 4 friends and although staff extremely friendly, so much so that a customers Jack Russell dog was picked up and fussed over, its bottom actually sitting on her hand, the same hand that then brought our food to our table.The Spinach and Emmental Quiche was slightly watery & was neither hot or cold? and I felt the bowl of chips were expensive at £1.75 as the bowl was quite small, or maybe I was expecting too much? Coffee was good and better value with complimentary biscuits.

One of the best fish and chip meals I've had. Mike's twice fried chips were perfection, the fish and batter were delicious and the portions generous. Mike also has a good sense of humour.The only downside of Pewsey, in general, is the lack of an O2 signal, although Mike says the O2 coverage is fine if you have Vodophone!We would definitely eat here again.

The Royal Oak has recently had a makeover and now looks really good, smashing slate floor, attractive paintwork, it's like it's had a face lift and a new lease of life. My walking group meet here every week for coffee and the service, from Kerry & co, is always friendly and welcoming. I have yet to eat here but the menu is standard pub fare and looks to be good value for money. There are daily specials and homemade puddings too. A proper local pub, of which there are far too few.

Excellent food on both occasions. Staff very friendly and accommodating allowing us to order very close to lunchtime closing. Food is definitely cooked to order and homemade. Chicken and Tarragon pie was delicious. We choose to eat outside as we took our Alaskan Malamute. A very dog friendly venue with lots of water buckets available. Highly recommended.

Popped in here by chance for lunch, and really enjoyed it. Very pleasant, clean, and modern yet characterful bar area, with stone slabbed floor. Good menu for a weekday lunchtime. We enjoyed chilli with rice & nachos and a proper good bowl of sour cream (not these thimblefuls you get in some places!), and steak & kidney pie and chips - both of which were delicious and freshly home-made. We had our two small dogs with us, and they were welcomed too, with dog biscuits. Always a relief to find somewhere dog-friendly - it's usually scruffy old pubs, but this was a delight for us all!

Good bar atmosphere and excellent bar food. Spent several hours in this pub and the staff were very accommodating, making us feel welcome.Basic bed and 'make your own breakfast' ie cereal, toast and tea/coffee. Full cooked breakfast available for an extra fiver.Twin bedded clean room with tv and shared facilities. I was on my own so the twin beds was not an issue.A little noise from the bar wafting up the stairs but no complaints.Good for a night or weekend.

Came here over the easter weekend with a group of friends as part of a night out, The place was absolutely packed as they had a fancy dress party and was extreamly busy by the bar.Having said that there was still space to go by the pool table and outside.This pub was nice as it provided everything what we wanted for the night.

Really nice proper pub food. Have eaten here several times - the burgers are great, the pies massive, the chips lovely and the service really friendly. May not be top of the list for the faux-country types with dreadful 4x4s, plummy kids and wives hair sprayed to within an inch of their lives, but if like me you look to avoid those types you really can't go wrong.

Typical village drinkers pub, no interest in serving food. Try the seven stars at Bottlesford instead Great Food and Service