The Royal Oak in Malvern Hills - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Excellent Sunday lunch. The new owners have employed a great chef and using local produce and suppliers. The Knightwick beef was delicious!

Sunday roast is a must The new owner has done an amazing job of bringing this country pub back to life, The food is high quality the new chefs attention to detail is very noticeable

Under new ownership. Well worth supporting the new team. Good beer and open when it should be. A pub serves the community. The community works 24/7 and deserves a pint afterwards.

Booked Sunday lunch here as the Royal Oak has now a range of dining experiences on offer from curry and steak nights and Sunday lunch in addition to a menu of pub favorites. The food was well prepared and plenty of vegatables to chose from. Great value for money. The service was friendly. This local pub needs to be supported if it is to remain a local facility for the community.

Great little garden with pool table food looked very good but we just stopped for a couple of drinks so had no time for food.The staff were lovely

I had a lovely time in the royal in leigh sinton staff was amazing very welcoming, absolutely amazing food

What a lovely pub in the village. Amazing outdoor bistro garden, comfortable seats and pretty lighting. Food really lovely too. Great friendly owners. Deb & Ian

Had a works function here and what a great pub. The food was amazing and such good value, staff and landlord really helpful and created a really welcoming atmosphere. Also really clean with everything being frequently cleaned and sanitised. Really impressed and will definitely be back

Never been there before but happened to drop in when their electricity was done! With a small generator they managed to conjure up a delightful meal and we have heard they are doing a curry evening on a thursday once a month - should be good

Out walking with the dogs and we came across this pub. Really friendly people running the place and they've done a great job with the appearance of everything inside and out.

What a nice dining pub. Tastefully decorated. Very nice menu at a good price. The staff were very friendly. The chef came and chatted for some time, explaining his cooking methods. Would happily return...aim to try the entire menu!

Food amazing, Staff amazing Marc the landlord... absolute legend!!!! Been going to this pub for a while now and always top class

Marc and the team have done a great job turning The Royal Oak pub in Leigh Sinton into friendly welcoming environment. Food is delicious and freshly cooked local sourced. Despite living 8 miles away like to use as a local.

Another lovely meal, luckily we had booked as all the tables were reserved. Our guests were really impressed that the chef came out to tell them about the food and even more impressed with the food itself and the very reasonable bill at the end of the evening.

Highly recommend this country pub. The chefs advised us to try the ham eggs and chips. The eggs were free range and the ham off the bone was delicious. Higher recommend

down visiting family and decided to have some food WOW i had fish and chips partner had steak and ale pie kids had a roast dinner and it all tasted to perfection really great tasting food and great prices lovely landlords very welcoming such a lovely clean kid friendly pub would highly recommend oohh and sausage rolls are to die for

This pub is a great place to visit. Great beer, my favourite lager (kozel) on draught, wonderful staff and fabulous food. Until quite recently we had only stopped by for a quick beer or two after work, but recently decided to give the food a go and we are so glad we did. On one occasion, they were clearly very busy and about to get a large party in the restaurant, but nevertheless they still managed to fit us in and we enjoyed some great food. My husband says the ham is to die for and I particularly enjoyed their warm salad. We would definitely recommend this place.

What a lovely stop off in Leigh Sinton after a day shopping in Worcester. We’ve been meaning to visit since the new landlord took over, having heard great things. Perfect food. Great price.

This is just a small pub, with lovely friendly, personal service and we were given a great welcome. We choose Mushroom Omelettes with chips, they were hot and delicious. We were able to relax and chat whilst waiting for our food. The meal was so filling that we none of us felt able to have dessert, but we were not hurried out. It was so good that I felt able to recommend it to friends and they also enjoyed their food and the visit.

This is such a lovely local pub with a menu which will accommodate all tastes (including vegan). We’ve just had a fantastic ham, egg & chips - with duck eggs and delicious crispy chips. The new landlords are really friendly and now doing home made puds. Recommend the lemon posset.

Looking for somewhere else to eat other than where we was staying found this local pub.

Booked with family, including 2 children and 1 dog. Made really welcome. Usually lamb available it was really lovely and masses of it too.

Had a fantastic meal last night with friends at the Oak, the sausage and mash with onion gravy was superb and the honeycomb cheesecake was to die for . the staff were all very friendly and service was excellent will definitely be returning and will certainly be recommending to all our friends Thankyou ......

Our experience was very poor. The staff were very friendly but the food was poor. A small business like this has to charge a bit more for food and I was happy to pay but the food has to be good value and well cooked and it just wasn't. My wife ordered @lemon Crusted Cod' and was given fish and chips and the 'rustic chips' which one would have expected to be chunky affairs were just oven chips. My steak was flavourless, tough and overpriced and my wife had brownies for pudding which were like stone! We really should have taken issue with the manager but we were just glad to get out. Hence this slightly cowardly swipe!

My wife and keep coming back to this lovely cosy and welcoming pub. We've never been anything but impressed by the staff or the food. The head chef really knows his stuff which is reflected in the plate of food we are served; mouth watering flavours, easy on the eye and morish. We'll be back very soon.

We have family in the village, yet we have never been to the pub. What a mistake, it’s an absolute little gem. Great place with nice style and character. The owners are welcoming and friendly. Good range of beers and spirits. A small but nice selection of good quality wines. The restaurant is small and a few of the tables were reserved. Bear this in mind and book if you can. Although the menu is small the chef takes great pride in his dishes and the quality of the food is excellent. Our table had the salmon and the steak and both were cooked perfectly.

We visited after a long drive from Cornwall, we rang ahead as we were going to arrive a few minutes after food service was due to end but they were kind enough to say that it was ok to have a meal on our arrival even though we would be late.

Easy to just drive past here but this time we stopped for lunch. The place is a nice, traditional pub with really friendly and welcoming service. Good portion sizes as well as offering smaller portions of fish and chips. Prices very reasonable and will definitely visit again.

i can thoroughly recommend this restaurant which is located in a very friendly and welcoming pub. My husband and I enjoyed a really lovely Sunday Lunch recently and i can't wait to go back. The meat was cooked beautifully with loads of veg and roast trimmings. I also need to recommend their divine puddings. A real treat.

Outstanding tasty dishes by Mark the resident Chef. A real Gem of a place. He did us a "Special" Carb free starter and main, just delicious. Warm and welcoming staff (Lisa and the team), lovely relaxed atmosphere, I can't fault this place and am already looking forward to our next visit.

Our first time at the Oak since new management. The Chef came over to explain his menu which I appreciated. I chose the cod fillet, cooked over roast veg. Very nice indeed. This is heading towards gastro food although the plain fish and ships was evidently very good.

Some years since we went to our local village pub but learnt a couple of weeks ago new licensee so decided to give it a try. Pleased we did.

Excellent meal, with attentive staff. My partner had steak which was cooked perfectly and I had a beef casserole which melted in the mouth. Really quick service and we even gained a free sausage roll at the end of the evening which was also delicious. Will be returning.

Lovely warm welcome on our arrival that carried on throughout the evening with attentive stuff and chatty customers. Absolutely wonderful private chef owner restaurant qualiy food. We had the baked fig and goats cheese and runny scotch egg to start, full of flavour and great looking plates of yummy food. For mains we had the braised beef in red wine sauce with mushrooms and salmon fettuccini - both delicious. Good selection of wine, gin, real ale, cider, larger and much more. This is only our second visit but we feel like its our local. We'll be back next month and can'take wait.

The chef here is excellent. The menu is not complicated, yet offers variety- pub classics like fish and chips and pulled beef burgers, but also more interesting dishes like a lamb ragu tagliatelle(which is absolutely beautiful btw), there’s a great gin selection, some good beers and also some incredible home baked sweet sourdough. The refurbishment makes for a beautiful setting, the prices are very reasonable. Well worth a visit and most people don’t come just once.

This is a great little pub - extremely friendly, nice beer garden, and wonderful home cooking. We have eaten there a couple of times and had super meals, but we regularly call in for a couple of rounds of drinks and chips - the chips are just perfect!!

Had an evening meal on Saturday. 3 of us ate from the main menu with a very good choice of seasonal dishes. 2 had the ham egg and chips and 1 had the fish and chips. Both dishes were well presented and generous portions. The staff were all attentive without being intrusive. The only reason I give it 4 stars is I felt the dessert menu was a little lacking with only variants of ice cream available. That aside I would definitely eat there in the future

We booked and visited on a quiet Saturday lunch time. We had a very friendly welcome, the food came in a reasonable time and was delicious. The staff were lovely and we really enjoyed the visit. At the end I was very pleasantly surprised by the bill - all in all a lovely visit, we shall go again and would thoroughly recommend it.

Having not visited our local pub since it had changed hands we thought it was about time we tried it out. We were not disappointed. The decor is lovely, with both rooms now being utilised. As a gin drinker I was very happy to see they had a wide choice and thoroughly enjoyed my rhubarb gin with ginger ale. We both had the Herefordshire sirloin steak, which was absolutely delicious and very tender. The salted chocolate brownie was to die for. We had a warm welcome and will be going back again soon.

My wife and I went for dinner last Thursday (food served Wednesday - Saturday or Sunday - please check before going). Mark, the new landlord, is also an excellent chef. The pub has recently had a complete refurbishment inside and out, and the new ambiance reflects the excellent food and drinks on offer.

Called in Sunday lunchtime on the off chance, not been for a while and was delighted. Sat in the sunshine at the pretty tables outside, & had lovely, lovely food. Staff very friendly, service prompt and cheerful. Food to die for - had the slow roast brisket 'burger': pulled beef beautifully slow cooked, piled so high on a brioche the bun had to be held in place with a wooden skewer - topped with cheese (the real stuff, not plastic slices) and served with beautifully seasoned and dressed salad, and chips that were crispy, golden & generous in portion. All our group's food was wonderful, & looking at tables served around us each plateful was gorgeous to look at. Prices VERY reasonable we thought for fresh local produce cooked to order. Lots of happy faces and satisfied customers. If you're looking through reviews for this place please realise the negative ones are for previous managers a couple of years ago. The current proprietors there now have done wonders with the place, and deserve the high praise they receive from more recent reviews (tho ignore the complaint from the total idiot comparing prices to Weatherspoons for goodness sake - if you like big bargain bucket chains with frozen multipack rubbish go elsewhere!)

had 2 pints of lager 2 soft drinks 2 bags of crisps £15 very expensive saturday night pub was empty about 8 people outside stopped for 1 drink only same round at wetherspoons under £8 will not be back

Booked a table for tonight (4th May) on a recommendation and we absolutely loved the excellent and very tasty food. Proper chef cooking great locally sourced ingredients. Welcoming staff and friendly customers as well.

I too don’t want to tell anybody about this place. I have been here three times now and feel as though I have my own personal chef!!! I just wish I lived nearer I would be here every day. Own hone made bread and everything cooked fresh to order. Not a vast menu because it’s fresh seasonal sourced produce. Will return again very soon. Thank you a wonderful gem don’t change s thing .

I am torn, on the one hand I don’t want anyone else to know about this pub but on the other I want to give credit where credit is due.

We stopped by for lunch on Sunday 25th Feb - and I'm so glad we did. The staff were lovely - super helpful about kids meals which we could either order off the main menu for smaller portions, or just ask for something and they'd see what they could do. They rustled up sausage roll, veg and chips for my daughter, and she ate loads! This in itself is a great sign - she can be a fussy 6 year old eater. My husband ordered gnocchi, and then looked like he'd gone to Heaven with every mouthful. I ordered squid and it was possibly the best squid I've ever had. Not chewy, not greasy - perfect. We will definitely be back.

One of the best meals I’ve had in a very long time. I was with 2 other diners who thought the same. Friendly, lovely food, came really quickly. I was amazed that there were no other diners in there. Try this lovely pub - it’s great!

This inn has a new custodian and undergone a significant refit to boot. The atmosphere here is tremendous which undoubtedly comes from the standard the publican and his team set, and the venue looks beautiful from the investment put into it. There is a good range of beers and lagers which are beyond the mainstream, an excellent selection of gins and homemade sausage rolls can be purchased as snacks (they are beautiful!).

Our friend wanted to go somewhere different for our friday night catch up.And a good evening was had by all.It was good to see the pub busy and very lively.My wife and I decided on the saddleback beer and very well kept it was.The pub has been given a complete face lift inside and out and is now light,bright and clean.Good luck I hope all the local's support you.

We have a new landlord - Mark, who has transformed our local into a warm and welcoming gastric pub. A recent major investment in the building has resulted in a modern contemporary pub with some great ales, wines and food in a small and informal, friendly setting.

Myself and my family decided to try our local for a recommend burger night and I'm not joking when I say it was the best burger we've ever had. Cooked to perfection and with delicious sweet potato fries it really hit the spot.

El nuevo dueño de este lugar es altamente eficiente una duda sabe cómo administrar un pub y llevarlo a otro nivel, una buena selección de cervezas y cervezas y un fantástico ver selecciona buenas alternativas de calidad a las típicas de las bebidas típicas.

Llamado en el pub Royal Oak en Semana Santa, gran personal muy buena comida sin duda llamar de nuevo.

Muy bien, el personal es amable en este pub país, pero la comida no era nada más que el promedio. Me había pescado y patatas fritas, el pescado era pequeña, más preparado, y parecía un barato, congelado bacalao en masa. Las patatas fritas eran claros y un poco cruda. Jamón de mi mujer era buena.

Viernes 16 de mayo de 2007 visitamos con 5 amigos. Tenía una mesa en el lado del restaurante. Señora tierra era de lo más acogedor. Buena selección de comida de pub, a un precio razonable. Yo tenía un hogar acondicionado chili carne con arroz, la mayoría de sabroso, no me puedo quejar. Teniendo en cuenta que había 6 de nosotros el servicio era rápido, todas las comidas salieron al mismo tiempo. Recomiendo este pub y espero como todos viven regresaremos en el futuro.

La comida aquí es calidad barato pero muy pobre. Mi hijo tenía la pasta para niños que era horrible. Las patatas fritas eran poco hecha.

familia se reunieron aquí para una cena recientemente. No hay nada aquí destacó como mal, ni nada nos dejó impresionados. Una buena opción para una comida tranquila por la noche.

Hoy fue mi tercera visita para una cena con asado, (ir a menudo sólo para una bebida) me había carne, la carne y todo lo demás es cocinado a la perfección. El personal es muy amable y acogedor. Preciosa zona al aire libre, jardín de buen tamaño, todo cercado, y un castillo hinchable siempre disponible (si es que no es ningún problema para ellos para poner y a sólo unos minutos) recomiendo encarecidamente el Royal Oak.

Estuvimos aquí para el almuerzo, la ubicación era bueno y el personal era muy amable, no Tengo ni idea de lo que el menú de noche es como (probablemente bastante bueno), pero el menú del almuerzo era un poco limitado. Las comidas eran un poco thrifty, pero no puedo quejarme ya que era 2 comidas por £10 (aparte de vegetales Kiev estaba un poco fría en el medio).

We were staying in Chirkenhill farm around the corner from this beautiful pub, we came across it whilst looking for somewhere to eat, I instantly fell for this pub, it looked family run, with a family friendly atmosphere. Food was absolutely beautiful, I had a gourmet burger, which was delicious, and my partner had a beef curry, all homemade and plentiful. Would recommend this beautiful pub to friends and family!

The Royal Oak is now amazing!! I have recently had sandwiches there and can quite honestly say they a fantastic value for money and delicious!! Staff very friendly!! Try this place out you will be amazed!!

We had a fab spur of the moment lunch here. As it happened it was warm enough to sit out on the leafy patio where we enjoyed nachos smothered in melted cheese with a pot of home made chilli, a fish finger sandwich (just the best) with a delicious side of home made cheesy chips & salad, a well stuffed prawn & Marie Rose sauce sandwich made with really good thick chunky bread & salad, three drinks including a pint of well served real ale, all for under £20. I would return for sure

We have found a very welcoming efficiently run business. The food is excellent and caters for all, children are most welcome. Carolyn is always very friendly and chatty which in turn becomes a friendship.This pub was taken over by Carolyn and her husband Colin February last year and the alterations have been very much appreciated by all who came before. exceptionally clean, Keep up the good work.Carole and Barrie.

Just had a brilliant Mother's Day lunch.Caroline and Colin ,Stacey and Sam are an excellent team and the meals and the ale were first class.We shall definitely go again. Heather and John and family.

I have just been to the Royal Oak and it was such a lovely meal staff are so welcoming defiantly recommend people to go for a nice sunday lunch.

Well done Caroline and Colin on rescuing this lovely small village pub. The beer is excellent again and the food is proper 'pub food' and good value. Great work on the loos, garden etc. and children's summer play area away from the main pub garden.

We took my mother-in-law here for her birthday lunch. Much has recently been said in these reviews about the immediate past at this pub. I understand that there are new landlords now incumbent and there is no evidence of the less favourable aspects of this charming pub. The food is good, it matches the atmosphere and ambience of the establishment. The food arrived, freshly cooked and hot, every bit as expected. The landlady was friendly and helpful. This pub deserves more trade than it is currently experiencing, although it was a Monday lunchtime. Lastly the food is good value. I can fully recommend a visit to make your own mind up.

We visited the Royal Oak twice a few years ago and had fantastic meals - in particular I recall a wonderful T-Bone Steak - so have been wanting to return for some time. I read the recent comments so booked with some trepidation, especially as it was a Friday evening, We parked the car easily by a new-looking and busy children's play area and walked through dozens of people outside as it was a warm evening. It was with some concern then that we entered an empty dining room which looked like it is usually a lounge bar - complete with dart board. The tables were uncovered but clean. Only two places were laid out in the entire room. The stories must have been true we thought, but we were delighted to be proved wrong. The service was friendly and polite and the food freshly cooked and very good. There was no t-bone but I did have a very tasty rib-eye followed by an equally tasty bread and butter pudding. One pint each of Pedigree and Banks's washed it all down well. It was pub food at its best again. I urge the doubters to give it a try before it's too late. I would have given it five stars but for the paper serviettes. Proper napkins would have earned the extra star.

This lovely village pub has had some terrible reviews in recent years BUT new landlords Colin and Caroline are a delight! Previous management saw the Oak nosedive almost to the point of no return- empty, lifeless and poorly kept. However, things are very much on the up and the pub is now wonderfully clean, bright and welcoming... Finally the friendly village buzz has returned!I am local to Leigh Sinton and recently took a friend for an early evening drink midweek. We ordered our beer- always a nice choice given the pub's small size and asked for a bowl of cheesy chips. I hadn't realised the time (it was at least an hour before evening service was due to start). Caroline let me know that the fryers were not yet on, but she would get them started up just for us! Chips here are hand cut in the kitchen; no pre-bagged rubbish!Give this pub another chance if you haven't visited in a while, it really is on the up!

Since being taken over by the new owners (Mr and Mrs Allton) earlier in the year, the pub is now much cleaner and very welcoming. The facilities are now clean and much more appealing ! The food is very good, and also served with a smile now. The garden has had a total face lift with new tables and seats, also including a new grassed garden area where the children can safely play and parents can supervise from the pub garden. As a local visitor i would highly reccomend this pub now, the new owners have really turned this pub around, and is worth a visit !!

We used to use this pub as an eating venue quite often some years ago when you usually had to book to get a table, sadly the pub went into decline on the food front with changes to landlords and indeed it has once again changed hands recently. We decided however to give it a try and see what sort of food the new tenants are going to serve up. It was quite on our Thursday evening visit, but I was buoyed by seeing that there was a Chefs special Beef curry available and for just £5.00, so I didn't bother too much about the rest of the menu, although I could see it was the usual pub type grub with a variety of steaks, gammon, a variety of pies, scampi and some decent veggie options. My wife decided to try the Lasagne.My curry was quite pleasant and was quite a large portion with a good amount of beef that was nice and tender. I had been warned it had a kick to it, which was right, but it wasn't too hot. I would have liked a popadom and some mango chutney with it, but for a fiver, perhaps that's stretching it a bit so no complaints there. My wife enjoyed her Lasagne, which was well presented with garlic bread, although she did feel that there could have been a little more sauce as she found it slightly on the dry side, but nevertheless she scoffed it all down.I couldn't drink alcohol having given blood some hours before, but I have had some real ales there some weeks back and they were ok, they also sell the usual girly lagers and Guinness along with a selection of Jack Rabbit wines. I have no doubt the owners are still finding their feet, but it looks like a decent start and whilst it may not be somewhere I would go at present for a special meal, we will certainly go back for some good honest pub grub.

Had a fantastic meal this evening! Staff were very welcoming and friendly. Meal was homemade and delicious! Couldn't fault anything! Would highly recommend

We went to the Oak for lunch with my Grandad who lives in the village. It was very quiet for a Saturday lunch time (we were the only customers) and I wonder if people have been put off by some of the reviews on here. We had a lovely lunch (especially recommend the beef curry which was the special of the day and fantastic value at only £5). Staff were friendly and efficient. My only criticism was the music which was quite loud, but the staff were happy to turn it off at Grandad's request.

We are staying at a nearby B&B and were told that the food here is "okay but the ambience is nil". We have now corrected our land lady's misconception! In fact we've enjoyed our food, the friendliness of the staff and the locals. The food is mostly cooked fresh, although I think the pies are bought in. The pies are delicious - I especially enjoyed the pork, cider and sage pie, complete with the pie's own gravy! When I say we enjoyed it, we went back three nights in a row...it's just a shame that we are off home tomorrow!

Well i'm going to start by commenting on the awful reviews on here,and i find it very strange that there are a series of one dot comments/ratings.seems a bit suspicious to me.In fact think should be maybe looked into by T A.Me and my family's experience is totally different,i started using this lovely pub about four weeks ago,after moving in to the area.Firstly as a watering place after a days graft,the ales are exceptional,and the landlady is accommodating,pleasant and always happy every time i've been there.We tried to book last week for sunday lunch,but it was fully booked.So this tells me something must be good about the food there.So we managed to get there this Sunday gone,what can i say.Delicious,well presented with vegetables you can eat,instead of the rock hard veg you get in some places.There is a range of size portions from large to medium to,childs portion.which they kindly let my mother have,as she is a very small eater.I did not have the desert i was full,but my partner and mum did,and they enjoyed them to.Ok ive not had anything else off the menu,but to say its an unwelcoming pub,is way off kilter.Ive written quite a few reviews,sometimes good about places and then if its not upto scratch later i will comment again.So far here at The Royal oak,everything has been top dollar.well done keep up the good work,and pay a visit folks.

Popped in for a drink to try a different local pub, was small, cramped and the bar-staff were terrible. Seemed as so we disturbed them and they didn't really want you there unless you were a regular.Never again.

I have re-visited this pub three times for food since being taken over by the new owners (who are lovely, welcoming people). I have eaten off the lunch time menu, evening menu and sampled the roasts on a Sunday, and i must say that on each occasion i have received nothing short of a 5* service and 5* food, which is home cooked as stated, nothing near the "standard mass produce food" that it was referred to by a previous reviewer, you cannot compare real chips to fries!! (I do wonder if this guy has ever been to MacDonald to dare make the comparison).Anyway couldn't praise this place more if I tried. Really worth visiting!!P.S best pint of Marstons around.

You need to be hungry, standard mass produced food. Better off at MacDonalds. Staff are cheerful enough. We went on a very quite day and service was just about quick enough.

On our travels we dropped in for some food with our kids, the staff were most welcoming and very friendly and the food was exactly as described! "Good honest home cooked food" would recommend to anyone! Thank you Caroline and Colin.

Great traditional pub food well catered for children and adults. Thoroughly enjoyed the food and the atmosphere, great pub definatley worth a visit. Will be visiting again soon

We booked a table for 5 of us a couple of weeks ago and on arrival the restaurant was obviously not set up for dining. We were told the room was booked for a race night and the chef mentioned he could not cater for us. On a second thought he offered to cook for us if we chose our food immediately, most un welcome experience I have ever had in a restaurant. The waitress, who was very pleasant, apologised to us on the way out. We visited a local chain restaurant who were happy for our custom.

Visited the royal oak with my partner and parents. Barry and Mike the new landlords offered a very warm welcome. The food was fantastic, beautifully presented and tasted fantastic. It was all "home cooked" and prepared fresh. The change in the pub in the few short weeks that Barry and Mike having been running it is unbelievable. Will definitely be returning!!!!

Having avoid this place for some time, decided to give it a whirl for lunch.Ample choices, reasonable prices. Opted for scampi and in basket. Exceedingly tasty chips, nicely cooked scampi, sauces in sachets galore.Very clean, welcoming environment. Will be retuning I am sure.

I have been to this pub since the mid 1990's under various landlords. Thank goodness at last the pub can have a new lease of life! There are a good selection of beers available and the food is what you would expect good tasty pub grub. Reasonably priced and with a nice atmosphere. Menu is varied and they serve food all day including breakfast. We ate with two small children who were made welcome - dogs are welcome too in the bar. It is nice to see they are using local produce where possible. The village welcome Mike and Barry. Keep up the good work!

We went here for a meal a couple of years ago and weren't very impressed. We decided to try again as I'd noticed the sign outside saying new chef. We were both impressed with our meals. The staff are friendly, the pub is nice and the choice is good and reasonably priced. Worth another try!

Made to feel very welcome, staff could not have been more helpful. Food was better than average and was cooked just the way I like it.

I visited this venue last week with a few ex work colleagues. When I booked I was told that a new chef was starting that week. The food was very poor. Our party decided against a starter so that we would have room for a dessert. When we asked to order a homemade dessert from the menu we were told that there were no desserts at the moment only ice cream or cheese! We declined & ordered coffee & tea. My tea was just a cup of tea, no pot for a top up. Needless to say we will not be returning!

Unfortunately this place has gone down hill overcth past year or so, the owners appear to spend too much time the "wrong" side of the bar and bar/restaurant side are not far behind! Food is ok, but nothing you couldn't cook and enjoy much more yourself and the pub is lookng tired and dated. There are plenty of places I would rather go and rate within Malvern and the surrounding area.

I'm sorry landlady . . . I just couldn't complain yesterday in front of those 8 people who had gone through what my mum and I went through. I thought you may have to give them their money back too. Hope you appreciate that I just paid up and left.I have given you the one star for your service which was bright and quick and pleasant. However, I did notice that the lady who gave me the bill (27.50 for two sunday lunches, a white wine spritzer, a small glass of shiraz and a pint of decidedly mediocre Marstons . . my flabber has never been so gasted)) did not ask me if everything was OK. I guess she was afraid of the answer . . .I had a bad feeling when we walked in at 1pm and the people who has sat down at 1230 appeared to be still waiting. Then the smell of cooking oil hit . . . and alarm bells started to tinkle.Still me mum was happy to be out and the lady who served us was pleasant. I mean how much can a Sunday Roast be botched?The answer . . . so much that I can quite honestly say this was THE WORST sunday lunch i have ever experienced anywhere. I asked if the beef was rare. The lady checked. She said they could overdo it if I want but I said no pink was brill. Mum went for the chicken. Well you can't mess up chicken can you. YOU"D THINK!!!!Firstly, no roasties . . . just lumpy lukewarm mash. To be fair the vegetables . . . what there were of them . . . were actually cooked really well. The gravy was actually poured straight onto the plates . . . which was unfortunate cos the plates were cold. You can imagine . . .The beef . . . oh dear God . . .what was it . . . was it the impossibility of cutting it? The taste? The fact that it was lumped in a mound . . . Honestly it was soooooooooooooo awful. Oh and no Yorkshire? C'mon guys . . . you are extracting the michael. You should be ashamed.Mum offered me her chicken which I politely declined. She said I'm not going to eat the leg . . . so I took it from her plate. IT WAS COLD!!!!!!! I'm not sure if it was frozen because I wasn't going near it again.Then Mum said 'I didn't like to say . . . but the breast was cold too'.Seriously . . . perhaps you would have preferred to have defended yourself but as I say I decided not to spoil my mum's day or embarrass her. And the eight people who were within earshot.Terrible, terrible, terrible.Avoid like the plague. I am not a rival landlord. Just a punter who likes to tell it like it is. And what was it like? THE WORST EVER!

What a shame, this used to be a wonderful village pub, good atmosphere, beer and food and a pleasant place to be.It is nothing short of a disgrace. the pub is dirty, the toilets are a health hazard (really!), beer (when they have any) is appalling and I wouldn't dare risk the food. The wine is haphazard (a Lidl price tag on one bottle), the fridges don't appear to work and white wine is warm. The landlord seems to spend all his time the wrong side of the bar, never without a drink in his hand no matter what time of day and on many times definitely one over the eight.Get your act together Marston's or do you not really care? This is the only pub in a lovely village of about 700 people and should be a pleasant, profitable part of the community.Surely this can't continue, please put it out of its misery or bring in a professional publican, not someone playing at it!

Oh dear, this used to be a great pub, one to visit on a regular basis. Unfortunately since the local landlord has taken over it's gone in to terminal decline. The beer choice is non existant, the food is terrible and the landlord spends most of his time on the wrong side of the bar. This should be the hub of the village, packed with regulars, as it used to be! Instead, it feels remote and uninviting... Wake up Marstons!

Don't take my word for it give it a go and have a laugh at how awful food can be cooked.. The people who seem to run the pub are really nice but the food is the worst I have ever experienced in my 45 years of dining .. I hope the owners read this as they will agree it wasn't bad it was beyond bad. 22.2.12

We used to visit The Royal Oak quite often. The restaurant is very small and you usually had to book at lunchtimes to be sure of a table. The food was always good and probably (at lunchtime anyway) set out mainly to appeal to the Senior Citizen market.We haven't been for two or three years but when we were in the area the other day, we thought we would try it again, especially as they are taking part in a newspaper two for one offer. The pub has clearly changed hands since our last visit and we were surprised to find we were the only customers in the restaurant although there were a few in the lounge.We had booked but it didn't really feel that we were expected as there was very little heating on a very cold day and a large TV and speaker had been left on one of the tables, doubtless used at a previous function. The obv iously knew that the table wouldn't be needed. The other slight irritation was that the paper serviettes provided were quite the smallest we have ever come across. The menu was fairly traditional pub grub although the speciality of the house seemed to be game. However we stuck to the more usual soup followed by gammon and fish, all of which was served piping hot, despite cold plates. It was all tasty and nicely cooked but iIf we had a criticism, the portions were too large and we both struggled to eat up. If they want to appweal to the older generation, this could be something that would put them off.We didn't really have room for desserts but it was in this department that we could see the biggest difference at The Royal Oak. Under the old regime, the sweets were to die for with a wide variety of calorie busting temptations on offer. From the current menu, there looked to be very little choice and certainly nothing that appealed so we would have passed even if we had had room. Our two for one card made it good value for us but I would say that had we paid the full price, it would have been little on the pricey side. So, all in all, our return was a bit disappointing and judging by the empty restaurant compared to how it used to be, is a view that we are not alone in holding.