The Royal Oak in Manchester

What on earth has happened to this once great beer institution? Glasses left uncollected, marstons pedigree was off and the wainwrights was “too lively”. I’m sorry but I won’t be returning to this favourite of ours anytime soon. Arthur will be spinning.

Good beer Sunbeam, Wainwright's banks pedigree & no more cheap beer on Tuesdayanymore,but if your in camera you can get 10% of all bitters for the rest of the week & plenty of largers to pick from 1 of the older type pubs kids aloud but dog can go in the room on the right of the door 4 large TV showing all the football matches &other sports on request not accessible for a wheelchair steps and good news the cheese lunches are back £ 8.50 for mix of cheese &pate £3a large pork pie &a selection of pickles & chutney

Was taken on a suprise afternoon cheeseboard and Guinness date, highly recommend it! This place has everything that is great about an old school pub - good affordable food, quality beers and clean pipes, chatty landlord and friendly locals. Not many places like this left, so support it if you can.

Still probably the best pub in Didsbury with Marston's beers kept in top condition. Excellent cheese, paté and pie "lunches" available pretty much all day, but not scored this review because we didn't have one. Friendly service plus sports screens if you are interested. A true local. Prices not bad either, especially with a CAMRA card.

Great pub , with nice pint of pedigree bitter with a ploughmans lunch

Good price beer, a very welcoming pub and a great asset to Didsbury.

Nice beer, but the racist old gits really sour the place.

Walked in had some instructions as I hadn't had a sun bed in a while. Clear and precise. Good standing bed quite hot good result. I will go again.

Really great pub atmosphere! Went on a Tuesday got myself a ale for 2.70 and a pork pie for 3 quid ! Excellent selection of complementary pickles and chutneys. Would recommend.

Great pork pie and an excellent selection of ales all reasonable priced.

Lovely pub with a warm welcome and a great guy behind the bar, very friendly, lovely atmosphere and very reasonably priced. We always meet up here for our family get togethers. Highly recommended

Cosy pub with a room that is dog friendly. Pay £8 for a selection of different cheeses or a pork pie. Really recommend it for lunch with others to share.

Great old Pub in Didsbury with Beergarden

Great for a bargain cheese and pork pie lunch and pint! I love bringing visitors here to shoe them a proper pub! The guy behind the bar today was really friendly and helpful :)

Bargain cheese pork pie and pickle lunch for £8, lovely helpful staff! Good traditional pub :)

Great pub and very welcoming staff. Had the cheese and pate which is great value money and so tasty. Would definitely recommend.

Absolutely wonderful friendly pub

Food offerings nothing like as good as used to be

Great atmosphere and friendly staff. Nice escape from the student crowd down the road, really maintains the local pub feel.

Love this pub the Safe ar friendly and helpful Would recommend to pop in for a quick 1 or spend your night Enjoying the atmosphere

My dog was nervous of going in on a Saturday night (busy, costumes, stags does etc) but the landlord came out and welcomed our beagle and gave us a drink, gratis, wow such nice people, favour will be returned 😃

Good pub with a good selection of cask ales at reasonable prices.

Great traditional pub,great atmosphere,locals very friendly,good selection of beers,large interior,, helpful staff .one of the best pub's I've been in for a while.

Proper friendly local. Landlord/Barman really friendly. Cheap well kept beers. Lots of screens for the footy. Very welcoming. I'll be back.

Reasonable prices for the area and quick to be served. Nice pub.

Brilliant staff, very welcoming. This is a great pub reminiscent of years gone by. Very friendly and community based. Could not recommend more!

Great atmos phere and will definitely return 👍

Called in for pint and cheese platter,was lovely, fully recommend.

I have been using The Oak for many years as did my dad,I cannot praise it highly enough, the staff are extremely courteous and always polite,they actually take the time to learn your name and what you drink. The food is always excellent and substantially cheaper than all its local competitors.

This pub has the most amazing staff I’ve ever come into contact with. As soon as you enter the premises you’re made to feel right at home and nothing is too much, the prices for the area are absolutely stellar and the atmosphere alone is fabulous. They serve an array of snacks like cheese pie, pork pies and scotch eggs etc along side pickled onions and chutneys galore ! The food is absolutely mouthwatering and also very fairly priced, since I first came to this pub I haven’t stopped coming back. Tom and Julie are the perfect people to run this lovely pub and I wouldn’t take my custom anywhere else.

Pub agradável, aconchegante, com excelente área interna e externa.

Cheapest round on the entire didsbury dozen, great beer, great atmosphere. Loved the cheese also!

New landlord doing a great job 💯

Simply a superb opportunity to have a pint in an outstanding old traditional ENGLISH pub

Nice pub good atmosphere and a top landlord in Tommy.

The food and drink were simply outstanding. I tried a few different dishes and everything was cooked to perfection and bursting with flavor. The beer selection was impressive, with a wide range of local and international brews to choose from. What really stood out to me, though, was the service. The staff went above and beyond to make sure I had a great time and that all my needs were taken care of. Their attention to detail and genuine care for their customers made the experience truly memorable. Overall, I would highly recommend Royal Oak to anyone looking for a great meal, a great drink, and a great time. If you want to experience the best of English pub culture, then this is the place to be!

First came here in the late 1970's. Always been a gem of a Marston's pub. Thus having a great pint of Pedigree. Famous for the lunchtime cheese and pate selection. In the old days the massive cheeses were displayed on the bar and cut to order. Carried in and out from upstairs every lunchtime. Doggie bags a must due to the amount of cheese, pate, bread and pickles. Despite a fire the pub is little changed.( The Music Hall posters did not survive.) Still do cheese but portioned. £7.50 for choice of three..cheese/pate, bread and pickles. Still great value. TV for sport. Lots of locals.

Not like it was in the 80's. Still do the cheese but because of H&S not quite the same. Pleasant pub. TV in rooms. Good atmosphere. Friendly staff.

Great pub to watch football and great staff .

This is quite possibly the best pub on Wilmslow Road!!

The beer is cheaper than all of the yuppie bars in the village where 2 pints cost me over £11 for goodness sake! The thing I didn't like about it was the floors were really sticky. It's an okay bar. Better than a lot of the pretentious one knocking about

Had a lovely afternoon in here on New year's day. The young man remembered our drinks ordered every time without being reminded, which was great service . I was in again on Wednesday for my friend's wake and my pint was on the bar before I had even asked! Fantastic customer service. We will be back.

Great pub,great staff with a friendly atmosphere.

Quite easily the best run pub in Didsbury. Top notch proper attentive bar staff reflect the super high standards of the landlord and lady. Then there's the great value for money with constantly well kept beer in a lovely, friendly and always spotless environment. Do not visit Didsbury without having a drink in The Royal Oak. The standard by which all pubs should be run......

This place is the most welcoming and happy place to be,myself and friend find this pub,relaxing n enjoyable to be in

Lovely food and looks amazing with Christmas decorations great effort

Great beer. Cheese. Old school for old men.! Discerning females welcome.

I have been coming in the Royal Oak since I was 18 and I am now 57 and this pub has never been better since Tom and Julie took over and the atmosphere is amazing and it is literally the best pub in Didsbury Village and also one of the cheapest pubs as well. Truly Awesome

I went into The Royal Oak last week with my auntie during a shopping trip to Didsbury and both enjoyed having a drink there. Bartender who served us was friendly. I liked the look of the pub especially the room with the fireplace which was actually on. I can't comment on any of the food however.

I’ve lived and worked in Didsbury for 10 years and been a mum for 6, my son does various hobbies nearby and we have been coming to The Royal Oak after the school run before his hobby’s start, we are usually there for around 30 minutes, today me and my 6 year old son went in and I ordered a Diet Coke and a packet of crisps for my son, to be told by the bartender ‘we are not child friendly’, I was taken back as it’s 2020 and i dint expect discrimination against children on Wilmslow Road when every other establishment is child friendly? I drank my Diet Coke and my son ate his crisps in less than tens mins, I returned my empty glass/packet of crisps and let the bartender know we wouldn’t be returning, he was not the owner and wasn’t bothered in the slightest, his response was ‘i don’t know who said you could come in here previously’, clearly they don’t need the business from family’s or parents (the pub is always empty after the school run, unlike every where else we go too which are busy) there are plenty of cafes, restaurants, coffees shops and licensed pubs which welcome children after the school run, I’m writing this review to tell parents and family’s to avoid and spend your salary elsewhere, go to The Fletcher Moss instead, everywhere else on Wilmslow road welcomes children, dogs and vegans! The Royal Oak needs to adjust to the times and not just welcome builders and pensioners, it’s 2020 not 1852, my son certainly won’t be having a pint on here when he turns 18, remember it’s the next generation your being rude too!

I used to frequent this pub a few years ago and they did a great cheese and pate lunch. When I arrived today there was a big board outside advertising cheese and pate meals served “all day, everyday”. I was eager to get inside and enjoy a drink and great lunch. The pub looked good from the outside and decor inside was good. Appeared to have three seating areas inside all with big TV screens showing football matches making it impossible to sit anywhere to relax and have a chat. Nevertheless, we persevered, ordered a drink and then asked for two cheese and pate lunches. No luck with that one. Despite the advertising outside it appears they weren’t doing food at all, maybe too busy watching football. Hey hoe, another fond memory bites the dust.

As a regular it's nice to see the pub spruced up without any major changes. This pub has great bar staff, Dave, Ben and Damo are professional and super friendly. Will continue to spend the majority of my drinking time here.

Ok, been coming here since 1982.Fast forward thirty six years and I am about to become a senior citizen.Come down from Stockport about every six weeks to meet some pals.For me, its all about the beer and the vibe.Always a great welcome from bar guys and regulars. Now the star of the show.Marstons Pedigree is magnificent.Well done fellas. Will be back soon.

A very traditional local pub with worn décor, big TVs showing sport, decent & well kept beer at a great price (2.75 for a pint of Pedigree). It was busy on a Thursday night with most tables taken (it has been v empty in the past) which was great to see. Helpful staff (the printer broke so they hand wrote a receipt) but above all - decent beer at a great price (well worth repeating).

The Royal Oak is not a bar, it is not a theme pub.....it is a proper english pub with great beer, great staff and a great atmosphere. If this is for you, then you should go there. There beer is the best kept i have had in ages and Tom the barman is second to none.

I was very Disappointed yesterday when visiting The Royal Oak... It was dirty... The smell of the Ladies was disgusting and it was Dirty. Not been in for years and will not be revisiting

A nice "local" to enjoy a fair priced drink and watch the football. The cheeses on the bar are really tempting, and at £1.50 for a piece of gala pork pie - this is a good deal. Especially when there are jars of pickled onions, Branston, piccalilli and mustards available ! (PS. The pie slices are individually wrapped in cling-film and dated )

The Royal Oak absolutely baffles me. Why would you ditch the best lunchtime ploughman's lunch in Manchester? I used to meet my Dad here maybe every month for a lunchtime pint and a ploughman's, and it was unfailingly busy. Alas no more. No more of the delicious homemade pickled onions, huge hunks of bread, superb pates, salamis and cheeses washed down with a pint of cider. Such a shame to have seen it go, just can't understand it. Would happily have paid a quid more per portion, so generous were the sizes. Ah well.

Primero comimos aquí en 1976 cuando, como estudiante de umist, yo vivía justo arriba de la carretera en el Parque Owens Entonces el pan era cortada en enorme gallo loco Trozos en una variedad de panes horneados frescos y una enorme selección de quesos está dispuesta detrás de la barra, desde la que se cortaba los enormes y estrujada en el plato. El tamaño de la porción era a menudo demasiado incluso para un determinado trencherman como yo para terminar.

Often come here,mainly weekends,and odd day in the week.tom is a great fast barman.seen him do 3/4 orders at once.well known to the locals.serves great cheese and pie portion sizes.plenty of tvs to watch sport on.the marstons ale at £2.54 always on form..

Puede parecer un poco displicente con la gente fumando

Stunning cheese!! Just for 5£. Every single day we dream with its cheese!! We are looking forward to coming back.

Pub local para la gente local, la decoración es un poco cansado, televisión grande es para el deporte. El hotel necesita una seria renovación

We've been here a couple of times and not been disappointed. Good range of well kept beers and a great pate and cheese board. It has a nice relaxed atmosphere, we've never struggled for somewhere to sit and they have limited outdoor seating for the rare rainfree days in Manchester.

Had the cheese board and It was excellent, good range of cheese help yourself to as much pickles as you wanted and the staff went the extra mile (sorry for the cliché) to help, would recommend to any lovers of cheese and great value

It's not often nowadays you can find a proper home made pie, but The Royal Oak does them and does them well. It's an old fashioned pub and the food is old fashioned too. I had a mince and potato pie, great pastry and tons of real filling, chunky vegetables and lean, tasty mince. It came with a pile of chips, peas and gravy and with a pint came in at under a tenner. Good, straightforward pub grub.