The Royal Oak in Tunbridge Wells

Been here several times. There are often good bands playing. Drinks selection is good and there’s regularly a pizza van in the car park that serve you at the pub tables! Staff are really friendly

Lovely clean pub with friendly staff. Currently has no chef but there is a great pizza van on a Friday night in the car park. Dog friendly and lots of social events, sports, quiz nights and live music

The barmaid was particularly polite,and very reasonably priced pint,many thanks, shall return soon,thank you.

An extremely over-priced pint of very poorly kept Harveys served by a bar "person" totally indifferent to the concept of service with a smile.

Slightly away from the town centre, but well worth the extra 5 minute walk. Cask ales & keg beers served to the highest standard. Quality wines & real ciders. A superb gin & whisky selection extends beyond the usual brands. You are greeted with a warm welcome and can enjoy live music on Saturdays or festival weekends. Additionall events support good causes.

Very comfortable pub a short walk from Tunbridge Wells center. Cosy interior with a very good selection of local ales available. The two I tried were in great condition. There's a bar billiards table which looked in great shape, and a darts board. Didn't try the food. Service was very friendly. Well worth a visit.

Great atmosphere and brilliant staff

Quiet, friendly pub with great quality beer.

Good family owned and run pub. Plus if beers to choose from and now they have bar billiards too which is excellent. I always missed pub games. Good work guys!

Unfortunate update: It used to be 5 stars, it used to be amazing. A friendly local pub with friendly local people. Sadly it's now just a garden variety pub with staff that mostly do as best they can (depending how busy it is) but have trouble with basic manners sometimes. It's a shame, but as long as you're not expecting a Shire-like pub that feels like home whenever you walk in, then you'll be fine. Food has sadly taken a rather big downturn, but there's a pizza van outside on Friday (sometimes Saturday as well) which you can take indoors to eat with your pint, which is good, but not a ringing endorsement for the chef, if you know what I mean. (I left my old review here for a fair comparison, it used to be 5 stars) Absolutely wonderful pub. Friendly staff, great cask and special ales, beers and ciders. Live music every week, fabulous food. Absolutely brilliant.

Traditional welcoming pub with a good beer selection.

Excellent local pub with a fantastic selection of ales and craft beers which are expertly looked after. Often have live music at the weekends. When the kitchens open the food is delicious, their burgers are fantastic. Service is always brilliant, staff are wonderfully friendly and helpful. No it hasn't changed, it is still the best pub in the town.

Bar staff very friendly, dog friendly too. Regular pub in need of a bit of TLC

Great selection of beers, friendly pub with lovely staff, two outside spaces. Regularly have fantastic live music. Nice food, including a pizza van some nights.

Had great time listening to live music in one of the few remaining traditional English pubs. Great atmosphere. Gorgeous!❤️

Fabulous staff and lovely setting xx

Nice beer Nice Pub but I think as a customer you should have a choice of Cash or Card not just Card

Great pub, really friendly land-lady & staff. Lovely vegi roast on Sunday. Home cooked potatoes make such a difference, will be back.

So friendly and welcoming to us and our puppy! Sunday roast was lovely! Beautiful home cooked food.

Excellent food & terrific staff really enjoyed our visit would recommend

First class service... beer to our table. What more could you ask for! 😇

Very nice to drink to Drink really.

Great pub with an amazing atmosphere. Everyone is really friendly and there's a nice sense of community there. The beer is kept perfectly and its hard to find anywhere that tops it!

Lovely Sunday roast dinner. Generous portions and cooked to perfection. Staff were really friendly and helpful.

Had a fantastic evening of live music with "The Harveys" and other musicians. Great service from bar staff. Pizza van in car park selling great pizzas at reasonable prices. Recommended highly.

Excellent service, quick, nice people, delicious Sunday Roast.

A great atmosphere, and the added bonus of a pizza van in the car park on Friday and Saturday. Keep your eye out for local bands here, it's really worth it.

Wow! My husband and I came today for Sunday lunch, we waited for 45 minutes for the food BUT boy was it worth the wait!! The beef was tender, the roast potatoes were crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside, and the veg were cooked to perfection. The portion size was very generous and the price was reasonable.The staff were lovely especially Lynn who was brilliant!

Good old fashioned pub. Simple, pub grub. Has Sunday lunches at reasonable price.

Excellent, very welcoming pub. Very relaxed atmosphere and the staff seem to be a credit to the pub. I will be coming back

Worst pub in Tunbridge Wells everyone that works there thinks there something else stupid Covid charges in drink stupid run pub by idiots landlord is a isiot

Called in after a wet Pub in the Park, nice pint of Harveys, made to feel welcome by the staff. Covid protacol 10/10.

After some drama, they managed to sort us out for the euros.

We visited the Royal Oak on a Sunday in June. The food wasn't bad and the service was good, but when the bill arrived, there was a 10% covid charge! when we questioned this, we were told that we could take it up with the owner and the charge was " to keep the pub open". A service charge is one thing...but a covid charge?? Well, having had to pay that, we did not feel like we wanted to leave a tip. Needless to say, we will not be back. Best of luck with keeping the pub open!!

Nice outside area, friendly staff, good beer

Lovely staff, great Sunday roast and superb beer.

Friendly and helpful. Excellent real ales.

Beer and service excellent , with lot of thought put into Covid restrictions

Came here a few times pre covid, thought would try their roast post. They have removed most parking to allow outdoor tables but thats fine on a sunday where you can park on the road. Hand santiser and 1 way system but no masks or visors. Good ale selection as always. Roast was good, not spectacular though was 2.30 abd the last roasts they had. Friendly staff as always. Will be back

Time was when no veg could be served at an English table unless boiled to shreds. Now carrots, broccoli, parsnips are barely submerged in hot water before flung on the plate uncooked. The Royal Oak, a pleasant Victorian boozer near Calverley Park, is no exception. Steak pie with all the Sunday trimmings, was great, but, oh, the bullet-hard veg. A pint of Harvey's Old went down splendidly. Pleasant service.Lovely venue.

Jason (the new chef), Lynn and the team look after us fantastically. We were a family party of 15 (plus Dennis the dog) and despite another large party in the pub at the same time, the food was served all together and was very good. I thoroughly recommend the Beer Battered Fish and Chips but the specials looked great too. Service was excellent and friendly. Lynn and the team made sure we had everything we wanted when we wanted it.The venue is well presented pub with decent car park near Tunbridge Wells town centre - very convenient meeting spot for our family from around Kent and Sussex.We will be back!

Was Recommended this Pub by Friends who have also eaten here recently. We had a wonderful meal which was piping hot and presented beautifully. The Excellent Beer complimented the Meal. Staff were friendly and very efficient. All in all, well worth a visit, not the cheapest around, but you certainly get what you pay for.

Randomly picked this pub for a last minute roast. very welcoming, friendly and helpfull staff throughout the whole experience, very nice food and drinks the dog was welcomed and fed too, a lovely chilled out sofa area to relax in after a sunday roast as well

We were asked to meet with a group of friends - debatable but 4 of us went. Gosh what a lovely place, our table was ready, the staff were very welcoming, and the atmosphere was really great. The food was just the icing on the cake. Would like to visit more but quite a journey - will remember it for other occasions. Thanks to all.

Good food and drink friendly staff good customer service we would take our family and friends here well done

Visited with my wife,to try the Vegan roast at £11.95 expectations were quite high, alarm bells sounded early having to wait 40 minutes in an empty pub.Alarm bells ringing louder when we were given steak knives to eat with!? When it was served the toad in the hole was so burnt on top,I had to use my knife as a hacksaw,to get through the top, underneath,it was as dense as a brick totally tasteless,3 roast potatoes nicely charred,stuffing balls you could play cricket with, the seasonal vegetables consisted of boiled cabbage and carrots, topped with watery gravy.Bring me a school dinner anyday.I posted a couple of pictures which show the consistency of the Yorkshire pudding.This was a meal which proved inedible Vegans beware!!!!

Sometimes you have to walk away, and this was on of those moments. tried to like this pub - it has been renovated and the food menu has been updated. However, it doesn't hit the mark.The outside seating and smoking areas still leave a lot to be desired - and the front door is something that would be more suited to a 60's cottage; inside the dark wood panelling has not been updated as most pubs do - by being painted in a lighter grey. Seating just doesn't seem to have been thought through: there is a lovely couch area (well could be if brightened up) though can be successfully occupied by a just one couple - so really doesn't work.The rest of the seating area is just grim, all laid out around the walls - and wait for it: if you sit towards the back of the pub, there is a white chest freezer in full view - totally grim. Who wants to see that when they're out relaxing?It is all in the detail, that is what makes a really great pub - and the overbearing and indiscreet staff, the inside, the outside, the peanuts from a jar to make maximum margin,all combined, make this a poor pub.Could be so much better.

What a great find! This lovely, friendly, back street pub in Guildford just off the high street. Wonderful selection of well kept ales and some lovely, reasonably priced, food. We were lucky to catch the day when they had a “pop up” kitchen run by Greedy Pig. We went for the vegetarian Jack Fruit BBQ burger with skin on triple fries and fresh made coleslaw. Delightful and much better than the high street restaurant we had been planning before pitching up here. Hmmm which ale to try now!

Friendly pub, warm atmosphere. Biscuits for dogs and lots of veggie/vegan options! Wasn't too keen on the smokey sauce in my jackfruit burger but otherwise delicious. Will visit again

Came for dinner and drinks. Plenty of room and tables but still busy. Good selection of ales in their own from cellar head. Good friendly service. Burger night but menu changes daily with a pizza night too. Food was v good just a little wait. Reasonably priced. Will come back.

We just had really good, really reasonably priced roast dinners. Even the vegan option was delicious enough to nick a little off the blond half's plate. Decent pint too.

Enjoyed a great Mexican meal last night. Hot, tasty and good portions with lovely service from the bar staff. Definitely go again soon :)

Visited the pub on a Sunday afternoon. Bar maid was unnecessarily rude towards our party and charged 2 different prices for the same round of drinks aswell as totally ignoring us for 20 minutes. Shame as it’d be a nice place otherwise.

What a great find just had a fabulous roast Sunday lunch. Would highly recommend you don’t need a starter or pudding but they are available and looked very yummy Well done team will definitely be back some time only is the distance 110miles.

Came here for Sunday lunch. We both had the vegan roast and absolutely loved it. Vegan sausages, vegan Yorkshire pudding, roast potato, stuffing and veg and gravy. Really friendly staff and lovely inside though we ate outside. I wanted to visit for the real ales and wasn't let down. Beers are kept really well and the focus is on Kent and Sussex so really showcases the local breweries. Will definitely be back. A pub really worth supporting.

Lovely atmosphere, great food - good drink selection and reasonably priced, especially for Tunbridge Wells! Also great vegetarian and vegan options, better than any pub I have been to.

The local Tunbridge Wells pub is well worth a visit, live music each week all tastes catered for, food is very good decently priced , plus outside food vans pizza and jerk chicken . Very good range of real ales plus wines etc . Freindly staff. You get a good buzz here . As we live live music as opposed to discos etc this is heaven. There is not enough pubs who put on live music , so hats off to Adrian and his team ..people visit this eating , drinking music living and dancing establishment.

We decided to give the newly tidied up pub a try, maybe for lunch. We walked into an almost empty pub to a warm welcome but Radio 2 was blaring loudly from the TV. We ordered our drinks, and enjoyed the white wine and the very well kept beer but when the subject matter being covered by Jereny Vine became too embarrassing we decided to give lunch a miss. We will probably give the pub another try as the beer was so good and the bar staff so friendly but if the radio or TV are on we will not even order a drink.

Great pub for Live music, and sports events, serving traditional food and a great selection of real ales changing all the time, keeping Harvey’s on as a staple, all the staff very knowledgeable on the ales, and you can get a sneaky taster.

I was taken to The Royal Oak for Mothering Sunday lunch and had a lovely time. The daffodils and wine chilling made the table looked very inviting. The food was well presented and delicious, particularly the chef's own starter of mackerel pate and chutney. For the main dish I chose lamb and was not disappointed with the subtle hints of rosemary and garlic. The chef also made a particular effort with the vegetarian options which was appreciated by my daughter. The whole thing was washed down with a rather good bottle of Sauvignon. The pub was lively and the staff very friendly and most helpful.

Always a great community pub, now slowly evolving with new owners into a lively atmospheric place to meet with friends, enjoy a changing selection of real ales and the food menu is growing. Had a lovely vegan chilli last night, delicious it was. And of course the live music every Saturday night entertains us very well!

This pub has had an external makeover which makes it a smart looking place. Inside it remains the dark rather gloomy furnishings and wall panels. The welcome is always warm, with great bar staff, an excellent choice of beers. The new management have introduced regular band nights, quiz teams as well as selected sports events (rugby). The new chef produces excellent pub food, with the best chips I have ever had in a pub or restaurant. They allow dogs in which is always welcome. Slight walk away from the town centre, but worth the walk, as there are no gimmicks here, just a decent honest, popular pub.

Friendly bar staff, brilliant choice of beers and gins, we went on Nacho night- generous helpings, lovely smoky paprika flavour

Great pub, very dog friendly. Lots of beers to choose from (inc. pale ales, bitters, lagers). Super tasty food and after recent renovation looking superb!

Haven't been in the pub for about a year. Recently under new management it is great to see the changes. From the outside it looks fantastic and I'm sure in the summer the garden will come into its own. New landlords keep great beer, live music and an evolving menu including great veggie and vegan options.

I never used to go into this pub as I wasn't to keen on the Pubs policies, mainly children not being made welcome. They made it quit clear!

Old fashioned proper pub, friendly staff, real ales a good food menu and a visiting pizza van on Fridays

We have eaten at the Royal Oak many times, it does one of the best fresh and best homecooked roast dinners around plus there is always something special on the menu. The chef takes that extra bit of pride going that extra mile and the service is 150%. This was one of the first places we tasted the best venison streaks. Anyway on this occasion we decided to go to a three course meal - charity function fully dressed mediavel themed Game of Thrones banquet. The food was simply amazing. The chef bought a Game of Thrones recipe book - what do you cook for banquets for Game of Thrones theme nights? There was game pie. A meat - but more sort of pigeon stew that was so tasty. Vegetables cooked in sauces never dreamed of and so succulent. A black bread backed in ale and marinated in it but wow the taste. Another stew - this time fish and sea food - again the sauce rich and amazing. Chickens legs, lamb chops, anything meaty all marinated in a mediavel sauce. Then the piece de resistance if you have ever seen Game of Thrones - for desert - a bleeding heart. This was all created for Alzheimer's charity by a chef who really has a passion for really good food. The event was fully dressed like a mediavel castle as in Game of Thromes with all the house sigils. And although we go to the Royal Oak often and count it as one of the best pubs in Tunbridge wells to get a decent meal, we think there is only one within a mile of it on par that does a roast of the same quality, this event the Royal Oak totally surpassed themselves and they are equal to no other. If they ever do this event again and we really hope that this event could become an annual event for charity as we think there is a market for this event there for them and for them to succeed again at this event. It wad fabulous in fact it was super fantastic brilliant and whoever missed it you missed a wonderful event. Please Yvonne do this again. It was brilliant. The food was brilliant. The atmosphere was brilliant. The pub was dressed brilliant . In fact everything was so damn bloody bloody brilliant !!!!!

This is a great music pub.They have live music on at the weekends and you can always find a good selection of beer.Its a proper local friendly bar.The staff are welcoming and friendly as well.

A perfect place to spend a sunday afternoon. Friendly locals and people behind the bar. We had a nice lunch with a few local beers. The best way to descirbe the pub is to read "denis 2110" and "cagga1" reviews, sums the pub up nicely.

This is an ok pub just out of the town centre. It has some good music nights; and the food isn't too bad. There's not much in the way of a garden though as it's situated on the main road.

Totally love this pub which is like stepping back in time about twenty years - in a good way. Great beer, friendly unfussy attitude that none of its smarter TW competitors could ever match. Highly recommend it and, here's hoping it never changes!

This Pub is a little Gem. They always have a fantastic selection of Real Ales & their Sunday Lunches are ALWAYS top quality.