The Royal Oak in Calderdale

I came here for a pint with my partner on a Saturday at 4pm. We were able to find a table and I got served at the bar quite quickly. Prices are good compared to some other places nearby. Nice vintage pub decor and a good selection on beers and spirits. Some cocktails are available on a 2 for £12 deal. And there is free WiFi available.

Nice place to visit for a drink. Upholstery could be updated, very worn. Toilet needs a bit of attention too. No seat on the one I visited, and toilet roll holder was non existent.

Decent old pub in centre of Halifax!

Didn't eat, so I can't rate the food. Great friendly atmosphere. Staff are really friendly and polite.

Nice pub great service and a decent pint of Guinness 🤘

Top pub. Great real ales at reasonable prices + always decent background music. Best of all it supports the Shaymen. ShaymenTID

Went to my sons 21st Birthday party in the room at the top of the pub. Absolitely brilliant room to use has 2 poole tables and is very spacious and roomy. The staff are very down to earth, friendly and helpful.

Nice pub. Nice people very friendly

Damn good pub with honest local atmosphere with dirt cheap cheaper real ale prices, why wouldn't you come here?

Great place to have a good time

This one provides quite a contrast to all the fairly new shiny craft beer bars in town, in that it is a traditional decor two-room pub whose interior has clearly seen some life, something that you could also say about it’s clientele on this particular early Friday evening. But it was a friendly enough pub and you can overlook the shabbiness of the interior for the decent range of ales on the bar. For our visit five different ales were spread amongst the eight hand pumps in the shape of TT Landlord and Landlord Dark, Acorn Royal Oak, Titanic Plum Porter and Saltaire Blonde and good to see a CAMRA discount offered. A good option when you fancy a decent ale in a more earthy old school environment to all the new shiny craft beer modernness that is trying to turn Halifax into the Shoreditch of the North.

I have been here a couple of times before. A really atmospheric old world pub with a great selection of 6 real ales. Paulicarus spotted Hey Jude, from local small brewery Darkland. It was a bit thin with not much flavour but a new brewery for me to tick off. The Taylor's Landlord was great. There is a pool table and TV's. Not far from the Piece Hall. Well worth a visit.

Very friendly staff great laugh in they local people very welcoming befo would recommend it and nice cheap pool table only 50p

Great original pub great people

It was alright, shockingly small! The staff are good!

Called in to sample the timmy taylors dark wasn't disappointed

Good range of beers reasonably priced, friendly staff

Great local pub, friendly with good range of beer 🍺

Very friendly staff, tasty looking pies in the warmer, and some fine ales!

Always enjoy my visits . First time I have had landlords dark . First class

Great punter, great place, unreal

Great pub! Proper fires like a country pub but in the town centre and amazing bar staff, always friendly and there's plenty of entertainment with dj's and karaoke on a weekend, also accept camra card for the real ale drinkers and have a far few on offer plus guest ales, they dont do food but a selection of warm pies/pastys are good on a winters day, they also have a pool table.

Great for karaoke 🎤 here , fun place , not had food there unfortunately, only been at night .

Excellent place with friendly staff

Great place with lots of character

Good little local pub good choice of ales staff polite and a good atmosphere

Have been coming here a few months now. The place exudes a homely atmosphere, managed by an eccentric Southerner ("an agent of the company he calls himself") and some lovely, always pleasant and helpful staff behind the bar. The manager, known as Damo to his friends, will often be found pacing the pool room like a tiger - where the Royal Oak is home to a strong pool league team - but he in fact looks after the flock of old and young players alike much like a pigeon looks after its newborns, with encouraging remarks like "are you alright?" The Royal Oak is doing extensive renovations upstairs for a private members club (a nominal monthly fee will give you access and discounted drinks) which will see brand new pool tables and big screen tvs installed and some magnificent views of town. The upstairs part of the pub in fact shows off just how old the pub is, with beautiful old stained glass and timber beams which originate from HMS Newcastle. Karaoke on Fridays from 8pm whilst most Saturdays are given over to a DJ. Friendly locals and good prices with a good selections of gins and real ales. Transport by luxury bus is regularly arranged for away games of the towns football club. The pub is easily accessible from the train station on foot and a stones throw from Shay Stadium.

It's one of my favourite places .

Excellent place with friendly staff

Great choice of ales and excellent service

Lovely staff very accommodating

Real ale aplenty not busy when we were in but go in again.

Literally one of the most disgusting pibs i’ve ever been to

Not a Wetherspoons lover but went in to keep a friend happy. Beer was poor

Superb Great bar staff Great ales Love it

The member of staff who served me was nice, polite, and attentive but when I mentioned where I was from a seeming regular who was polite to me beforehand started looking me up, and down, and then stopped speaking to me. Still stayed with me that memory as it was so strange 😂

This pub in halifax i visited on saturday 19th February 2022 This pub not only a good real ale pub but also one of Halfax propper local old fashioned pubs This pub if want to drink good real ales in a propper pub you must drink in please Saturday 8th July 2023 We again visited the superb locals ale house This pub served really great beers on hand pump as always Friendly old-fashioned locals pub which is a must to visit when in Halifax Great pubs always stay the same

Music very loud, even pub is near empty

Chocker with rugby fans but the staff worked really hard.

Great bar staff 👏 go In have a go👍

Still a lovely pub lovely staff can be a bit cold at times temparature wise but on whole good pub

Cracking pub, Great staff, Nice ales and great pool table!. Always busy on match days and very welcoming to away supporters

Cracking pint of Guinness and then I realised they served Titanic Plum Porter Beautiful pint 🍻🍻👍🏻👍🏻

What a brilliant place, from the outside look to the old fashioned interior. Open fires a fine selection of beers at good prices. Harps back to the days when pubs were pubs. Brilliant staff, a warm and comfortable place to sit with friends and talk.

Quiet for Tuesday but due to work I had a late night out with my son

Love this place, we warmly call it the Harry Potter pub. Husbands first experience of doing karaoke too. Always lovely staff and somewhere we visit everything we are in halifax.

Great place to start and end the night, near to railway station.

What I particularly liked about this fine establishment was every town had somewhere like this up until a few years ago. Now finding one is a rare treat. Proper community pub. Beer was spot on as well. Loved it. Can I take it back to Ruislip?

Great few pints of plum porter! Great atmosphere! Loads of pub sports available!

Love Tom and Georgia behind the bar! Will definitely visit again!!

Great pub. Usually go in after the football at The Shay. Very traditional pub with a good array of drinks at very reasonable prices. Got a TV screen up as well and it is very cosy inside. Staff are always polite. On a bit of a odd note, the men's toilets have got proper old school urinals. You rarely see them these days. I actually like the fact they still exist. Old school!

Good service, moderate range of ales.

I dare not. I still dare not. Still once was a damn good pub. Beer undrinkable.

Royal Oak - Halifax The most traditional of the three Halifax bars I visited, and none the worst for that. The building is quite mock-tudor and mock Georgian in its exterior and retains some of their character alongside modern embellishments. Fone service and decent real ales in quite a large pub. Arthur Chappell

Went to watch an act called Brendan Mcmahon....excellent night

Great little place just on the outskirts of town. The staff are some of the kindest and friendliest you'll ever find, even going out of their way to support disabled people (I know that sounds odd but as someone who works with disabled people a lot I've found that often places don't bother as it means them making an effort). I can't say it's the best selection you'll find in Halifax (given the Victorian is up the road) but if you want kind, welcoming and wonderful reception, this is somewhere to consider.

Cracking pub, wouldn't serve away fans if they were singing though 😂

Now this building has its own amazing features plus it’s a very warm pub but from the outside it just screams history and the old days . Inside absolutely how a pub should be just spacious also not a bad pint and good bar staff

Always visit when in Halifax, good beer at fair prices. Would be 5 stars if Camra discount.

Great place. Staff are wonderful, will definitely be back

Top lads of pool table, great selection of beers available on tap.

Lovely old building with character, Timothy Taylors Landlord spot on at a good price.

Called in for a pint , lovely beer and staff very polite. Worth a beer or two

Good pub with a good selection of real ales.

What a wonderful gem of a traditional pub we stumbled across after going to a gig at Piece Hall. Traditional old pub, very welcoming, great to chat with the locals. Awesome ale, try the signature brew called The Royal Oak, so tasty and was only £2.65 a pint, after spending a month down South that was music to the wallet ❤️

Now back to being named the royal oak. Friendly staff, great service and a good selection of drinks.

Great little boozer, nipped in before attending a concert for a few drinks bar was busy but good service and DJ setting up . Returned to it after the concert DJ in full swing dedications taken and Great ska /punk music played with punters getting up dancing. Good atmosphere and easy going people out to have a good night. Variety of beers, wines and spirits plus pool table available. Would visit again

Decent pub with a friendly landlord.

A nice old pub with decent range of real ale. Nice staff and good atmosphere.

Lively pub, staff were very friendly. Proper old school boozer 👍👍

Serves a nice selection of hand pulled beer

Went in on a Tuesday teatime. Quiet. Plenty of seats. Very reasonable prices. I had a Pale ale which I wasn't keen on but it was my choice. Mates had bitter which was fine. Can't comment anything about food. Bar staff friendly and served quickly.

Good beer Good service, what more can you ask for.

Blast from the past, and decor to match Cheerful staff and a mixed bag of punters. The beer was good!

Friendly pub in historic building

great pre and post match meeting place, come on SHAYMEN.

Excellent pub, super staff, great drink selection and well priced,pool table and Sky Sports, well worth a visit.

Locals bar, but welcoming to travelers as long as you keep cool.

Top place, top banter, top landlord , fit bar staff and quality beer

What a pub lots of beers to have real ales

Nice old pub will be going next every time visiting in Halifax

Great bar Great staff and friendly atmosphere

Great little pub wanted to go here since little and didn't disappoint x

Great little pub with great music

Best pub I have been in for years.

A great local ..cheap and great offers

Great traditional English pub!!

Decent pub with good selection of moderately priced drinks

friendly welcoming pub. and nice pint of Royal Oak.

Fantastic service and excellent atmosphere

call in on way to the shay good selection of beer good service and carling

Great pub, good choice of beers, really busy on halifax matchdays..staff friendly.

Good selection of drinks, great food and atmosphere

Great pub, lovely and traditional, bar staff are fab

Friendly pub, great prices, good choice of gin! Dog friendly too.

Very good staff all very polite. Very helpful with explaining every dish and the food was very nice

Just to let everyone know, we now accept card payments at The Royal Oak. We also offer a 10% discount on real ales for CAMRA members and we have free WiFi. Hope to see you again soon 😊

A fantastic pub. 5 rooms to choose from that are lovely. The range of beers is great

Sales patter is to notch! Great pub.

Nice beer, and friendly people. Not loud music.