The Royal Oak in Mid Suffolk

I visited The Royal Oak while in Stowmarket for work, and it was fantastic! As a solo female traveler, I felt completely welcomed and at ease. The staff was friendly, the atmosphere is so welcoming, and the food was amazing—I highly recommend any burger or sandwich (but couldn’t stop eating the fries!!) The service was exceptional, with the team making sure I was comfortable and even sharing local tips. If you happen to be around on a Saturday night be prepared to dance and have one of the best nights of your life. If you’re in Stowmarket, don’t miss this gem. I’ll definitely be back!

Fantastic food and wonderful service from Gavin. He kept the drinks flowing and catered to our every request. We loved it! The highlight of our visit to Stowmarket!

3 galavanting grannies visited this establishment today 7.11.24 lovely food and very good service .friendly guys ,see you again .we had the 6 starters lovely.

Service is always great always have a laugh when there

Just got back from visiting family in the area. We and blown away with a fab Halloween Party Night, the pub had put in so much effort it really showed. Had a meal, food was very presented and cooked and service was great considering how busy the pub was on the evening. Highly recommended they have lots going on here, so will return soon with our friends.

Jab not been in this place for nearly 20 yeas thought everyone and everything was fantastic

£5,10 for a pint,,,no wonder pub empty 🤷

Good place to enjoy yourself, friendly people and staff.

James and staff always go the extra mile. Entertaining is always amazing and the food it the best it's been! The atmosphere is always outstanding! They always listen and take on feed back! The best pub in stowmarket. WHAT A TRANSFORMATION OTS BEEN IN THE LAST YEAR!!

Beautiful pub, beautiful food!! All round brilliant service!! Would highly recommend!

39 meals all served within 40 mins - great service good food

We arrived at the Royal Oak on our way to Ipswich, ( lcfc fans) a lot of us pre ordered food, there was a bit of a mix up with food orders but every one was happy in the end. Good drink at reasonable prices. Great staff, very friendly. Would greatly recommend. Hopefully see you all again. 👍😁

Very Friendly Service Excellent Food yummy Had a lovely catch up with friends . 100%return

Great pub I come here all the time lovely owner and staff members always feel welcome and the food is amazing would 100% recommend

Royal Oak stowmarket what can I say well it’s great value for money and the atmosphere is brilliant. The new owners and staff have made such a difference to the town pub with live entertainment on every Friday night and Disco with Beat 101 on Saturdays. I Recently took family for a Sunday lunch and the food was amazing I would highly recommend

Went in here with my friend for breakfast food was excellent very good price and service with a smile and a chat would recommend great entertainment evenings as well with a good atmosphere dog friendly too will definitely be making this my go to place

We came for a meal, the food was good and presented lovely. A bonus that it was 2-4-1 on the burgers! The atmosphere in the pub was perfect we will definitely be back again.

Great breakfast and fab value for money !

Lovely service with a smile.. friendly atmosphere.. good food + prices.. happy days! Will definitely come again... xx

Very nice breakfast and value for money! Big pot of tea for two :) great friendly service and helpfull with dietary needs .

A nice welcome from staff and management. Even the dogs enjoyed a lovely treat from the bar. Well priced food and good selection of beers. Would recommend a visit.

Solid food, friendly staff. Good prices

this pub is an amazing environment for sports,have a nice meal with your family and friends and too have a great night out. the food tast great and the service aswell is great. the staff are upbeat and friendly the are always happy. great pub would recommend to all.

Excellent pub, best one about for miles. Brilliant, friendly, polite staff. Lovely atmosphere. 100% recommend!

Have to say since the new landlord has taken over the oak it's become a really great place to go . Food is great and so much effort in the entertainment. Everytime I go there I'm always made to feel welcome by all the staff . Well done guys keep it up your doing amazing.

Pub is clean. Food is delicious… staff very helpful and friendly. Great entertainment. Had a great night. Keep up the good work guys 😘 x

Love this pub on the Stowmarket High Street! Value for money, lovely food, great selection of drinks, clean, welcoming, good service!

Fantastic bit pricey but considering the effort gone in to make this a pub far above any other in Stowmarket it's worth it 👌 and a big thank you to the barman who ran to the bus station to see if my bus was still there!

Paid to play pool, had only just started when someone came to say they were closing and can we leave. I politely explained that we had just put money in the table and would like to just finish. When told that was not possible, I asked if we could be refunded the money for the game. Was told no, and escorted off the premises. The staff really don't care about you, they are only interested in your money. Stowmarket is blessed with many establishments, I recommend choosing one that values its customers.

Just walked in after 6 months of being in the place the first time out after I am in remission of cancer. I am not allowed in the pub I thought it was a good place I have been once in a blue moon to have a drink And I asked why I was not allowed in a bar madie said I wasn't allowed in

Lovely pub to hangout with friends from tasty pub food to a good atmosphere party nights

Regularly come in for a lovely meal over, and Karaoke! Staff always friendly and polite. Lovely atmosphere.

Amazing pub always has a great atmosphere.

Great local pup, really respectful, enjoyable great staff, amazing food genuinely one of the best pubs I have ever been to. I can 100% the beef & ale pie it is absolutely incredible.

Never been made to feel so welcome in a pub before, staff and food are exceptional.

Been coming in for a few months now and can’t fault anything. Staff are always friendly & chatty whilst maintaining a professional attitude, choice & quality of food is top notch (including amazing Sunday roast) and a great variety of events to enjoy (disco, karaoke, quiz etc). Highly recommend

I love ipswich town and when the nice man James lets us watch it. Yay for Premier League

Great service friendly staff good hot snd tasty

Great vibe and the new owner James has made it look amazing 👏

Charlotte who served me was very friendly and so polite. Food was great and great price thank you. Service was quick. Real friendly pub. Man with dog was so nice

Very good pub food good at cheap prices food not usually this good at cheap pubs.

A lovely dog friendly pub serving good reasonably priced food

Great food , service with a smile highly recommend

Great food very tasty, visited on a Saturday afternoon with family , the service was great will definitely be back again soon

The pub looks great since it's changed hands and the food is great

Maybe the last standing traditional small town pub in Stowmarket. Popular with the locals and the best place to catch a game on the telly around here. Also the snooker room and darts for the fans. Good burgers and other usual fare. Recommended mainly for the atmosphere.

Went there last night to watch the football. The barman, wearing a cap, could only just be bothered to serve me, no please or thank you from him. Then he turns off the football commentary and put on music. I asked him politely if we could have the commentary back on, his response, I am fed up with trying to please everyone, then he walks out from behind the bar and sits down with people at a table. Therefore couldn't order another drink. I certainly won't be going back there. Appalling service, dreadful attitude. There are plenty of other pubs who value their customers.

Amazing atmosphere, lovely staff - the chef is amazing and so is Luke. The Sundays dinners are beautiful and staff always go above and beyond to make sure customer needs are met. Would defiantly recommend.

What a fantastic friendly pub, great entertainment on every weekend, the food is great and well sized Portion sizes. I came in for the last trip down memory land with a friend and I have to say it was a great afternoon out.

Great pub, great atmosphere and great food. Can’t fault it! Would definitely recommend to anyone!

Been coming to the oak since the reopening and wow what a change. They have entertainment every Friday and Saturday and karaoke on Sunday which loads of family attended to as children are welcome till 9. They always have offers on alcohol and food. The food is great, my favourites are the katsu curry and the burgers, they offer late night pizzas which can be eaten in or takeaway. They do quiz and bingo once a month, quiz is on a Monday night and bingo is a Wednesday night. On the First Thursday of every month they do an open mic night with jax and co. They also offer a trip down memory lane once a month where they have a singer in during the day singing all the classics from the 1950s onwards!

I went to the Royal Oak for some food absaloutley amazing! Plenty to do, darts pool and the food is just great! Even stayed long enough to get a pizza at the end. James the manager was very pleasant and kept everyone in check even removing drug users! Fantastic pub and keeping the old fashioned style alive!

Quite obvious the manager/owner of this property doesn’t care about drugs being taken in his pub. He was made aware and nothing was done about it. Do not recommend.

Amazing staff!!! And the food is really good. Highly recommend the Sunday lunch too.

Such a good choice of different meals on the menu. Only like coming to this pub that’s local to eat. Brilliant atmosphere and such hard working staff. Love that it is a dog friendly pub and even provide treats and bowls of water for the dogs !

We took the family out for Sunday lunch this week. And it was excellent and the price was really good as well. I would recommend the royal oak

Lovely food,service with a smile from the waitress who was very friendly and made sure we had everything we wanted. Entertainment was outstanding full recommend anyone to book for this event for a trip down memory lane

Lovely afternoon with friends lunch and entertainment have already booked a table for the next one all the staff are friendly the food was great and so was the entertainment was feeling a bit down as you are when you just get back from a holiday cheered me up just what I needed thank you would definitely recommend down memory lane on a Thursday afternoon once a month

Lovely pub, great atmosphere, have baby changing room massive bonus!! Lovely landlord. Reasonable prices for food and drink would highly recommend.

Nice since the revamp but still some trouble down there at the weekends.

Went to the Royal Oak as it was a stop off pub in Stowmarket on my way to see family in Cambridge. Stowmarket being the small town that it is, I didn’t expect a pub to have such great atmosphere let alone the food they served me and my wife. Would recommend highly to anyone in Stowmarket or surrounding places to come here for food or just the quick drink.

Waited 2 hours for food, for them to serve my children raw food. Never go to this pub it’s awful. The worst pub I’ve ever been too.

Disappointing after all the money spent on the refurb, that it doesn't have baby changing facilities.

Have had a fantastic morning with the family having breakfast with santa kids really enjoy going here with the family activities the do though out the year thank you James and the team wishing you all a happy Christmas

Great food, great drinks, and amazing karaoke on a Sunday.

Enjoy an amazing time at the oak. With friendly and welcoming staff Lilli, Jade, James's. Perfect service, beautiful food. Will always keep coming. Everyone treats you like family, come to the oak for a perfect time out and have lots of fun with a beautiful atmosphere.

Such a welcoming pub! Lilli, Jade and James are so friendly and always smiling. They are always working so hard, I definitely recommend the food and their hot chocolates, I come here on a regular basis.

A lovely, welcoming pub with great food, drink and staff. Very friendly, James and Lilli really go the extra mile!

Great local pub and the new team has worked wonders to restore the reputation. All the staff are friendly and welcoming. I am now a regular and they remember what drinks you like and are attentive. I've only had a couple of meals there and they were standard pub fare.

Not the best experience at the Royal Oak this time round, appalling as we book a table for Xmas dinner and not much choice on the menu plus no vegetarian option? The food was warm, had to send back to get reheated plus the vegetables were hard and half cooked, we visited in the evening plus a football match was on as well Well so we could really take in the atmosphere of the place, sorry but don’t think I would have Xmas dinner next year at this pub!!

Not the best experience this time round, we booked a table for Xmas dinner and the food was appalling as the food was warm and had to be reheated plus the vegetables were not really cooked and not stuffing or sausages with the Turkey dinner, even the gravy was cold!! What a shame as I was looking for having dinner as the food normally excellent at the pub, the astrosphere was not great too as there was a football match playing!! Don’t think I don’t too go together Xmas dinner nor football match.

Really friendly, welcoming pub in the heart of the town centre. Recently visited with my young family for Christmas drinks and was pleasantly surprised with the atmosphere. This pub has really transformed since the new owner has taken over. We will be visiting again.

I had never been here before as I am from New York. The place is so beautiful just like a Christmas movie - warm and cozy. The staff is excellent. Such an amazing time! Loving it! 🫶🏼🫶🏽🇺🇸🇬🇧🥂

dog friendly pub in town centre. delicious food freshly prepared 7 days a week.... would definitely go again...

What a transformation!! The food was wonderful, James has done incredibly well and turned this place round!

Amazing,.. food, hospitality, atmosphere. & service, all round great time spent for a family evening. Would recommend to all - it has made excellent changes in the last few months.

Had an amazing time for the kids half term halloween morning with my childern. We enjoyed a lovely full English breakfast, pumpkin carving and bat making. The staff were all very welcoming, food was lovely and the kids enjoyed themselves. We will be returning back on Wednesday for bingo. Thanks The royal Oak 😀

Great place, highly recommend! They have a very good quiz night and karaoke night and also an open mic night! The food is also great

Fantastic service, the staff are absolutely incredible and so friendly and helpful. Quiz night on Mondays, karaoke on Thursdays and the night life on a Saturday is amazing! Bands on Fridays! I would highly recommend coming to The Royal Oak if you fancy trying somewhere new as it’ll exceed your expectations!

I had fun at the quiz and love my new chef

The royal oak has had a complete turn around since opening again, James the landlord has included every age range including kids breakfast and play time Monday mornings and a lunch time bang called down memory lane for our elder folks, obviously there's a band, DJ or other entertainment Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights for everyone else. Not to for get the food is amazing there too. Dogs are allowed and they even have a treat jar for them.

When we arrived it was lovely and quiet the food was lovely but unfortunately when finishing our drinks around 10 youth's barged in shouting and screaming the bar lady did yell for them to leave and thankfully they did,but I suffer from stress seizures and my husband had to sit close me as I felt very uncomfortable and upon leaving we had to push passed youth's to get out, I'd like to think this wasn't a normal evening event because up till this point we were enjoying ourselves

I like this pub. I went on Saturday night around 21h. It’s wasn’t bury . I didn’t tried the food

I like going to the roaly Oak for a meal now and again then ok

Only stayed a short time,but service was polite and friendly.

What a fantastic find this pub was when we were visiting Stowmarket. James the landlord was so friendly and welcoming. Great beer and tasty food. Hope to go back again real soon.

It's the best pub in stowmarket by far since the new landlord James has taken over, well worth a visit.

Pleasant pub, we visited on a Sunday evening, so not very busy. Beer was fine, we sat outside. Little shelters, was pleasant 👍🏻

Good pub, 1st time ive been in for a very long time, very impressed, decent layout, good beer garden too, area outside also caters for families with kiddies games etc, decent fast pool table, good semection of ales and lager, friendly staff too, whats not to like, deffo an asset to Stowmarket

Had a lovely meal here a few times since it’s been taken over again temporarily and cannot fault it, service is always brilliant and food was very good.

Great food, great drinks, great service and nice atmosphere

Welcomes dogs. Great atmosphere.

Thank god someone has taken this place over, whether it’s temporary or not. James on front of house is so polite and helpful, things really seem to be looking up!

Was doing some work to the building, but the staff were very helpful.

I know its another new manager all beit a temporary one for 5 weeks i belive. They have cancelled all entertainment till much further down the line. BRING BACK MEGAN .

Nice and friendly, food was prepared quickly, only thing huby was disappointed in, no cheese and a burger sauce/relish on his burger. Overall, it was very good. We would definitely go again.

Excellent service tonight by lilli. 👌

Very snazzy lil pub. Good old drinkies with good staff - not to mention one amazing gal… Lilli 🤪💗💗 she’s always very polite and smiley, and never forgets that I have no ice!! Will defo return x

Lovely hot chocolate made by lilli pettitt, excellent service, very polite. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Xxxx Even added extra cream. 😊

Popped in at the weekend & had the tea & cake for £2.99, the carrot cake was so good & slightly warm which made it even more delicious, nice cuppa too (twinnings) 👌🍰☕️