The Royal Oak in Reading - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

A very relaxed pub with a pleasant outdoor seating area.

Great pub, great quiz shame we lost though

Good beer, very relaxing to enjoy your pint, magic

Great ye olde style local community pub. Excellent choice of beers and staff very helpful and polite.

Great for families and dog friendly too.

Nice local pub. Very nice garden area.

Great garden brilliant on a sunny day

A nice post work pint pub. Couple of good beers and not outrageously priced.

Went on Thursday 13th April to take my step dad out for a meal but no longer selling food. The website needs to be updated

The Royal Oak hasn't really changed much over 20 years! I've been in here not often during this time. I's a typical British pub, with darts, pool and a jukebox, ticking a lot of things you might want in a pub. Not sure if they do food but they have bar snacks and with with the Carlsberg I had, was very reasonably priced, especially these days!! I think I paid £5.60 for a pint and a bag of pork scratchings. It is a little tired and could do with a freshen up, the car park hasn't changed, at the top of a steep drive and pot holes abound, also unlit. Friendly staff and locals, apparently gets very busy with teens and 20's on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights or when the footy is on! I gave 3 stars not because it's a bad pub, but it's also not a great pub...Average 🙂

Nice pub friendly atmosphere and good beer

Lovely staff. Good pint of Guinness.

Great ales, always changing so get a good selection all year. Great garden and a good pub quiz. They now take card too!

Good drinks, friendly bar staff, don't fall down the stairs going to the ladies'! Interesting grade 2 listed pub :)

Lovely old pub with large outside gardens set on a quiet back road in Tilehurst. Have been coming here on and off for over 35 years. Was quiet on a Monday afternoon had a good chat with the landlady.

Nice and cozy local, compared to other pubs around it is ever so slightly more expensive.

Old-fashioned pub with an unusual layout and a huge garden. A very nice pint, well kept. Dog friendly. A few very, very sweary loud old men (friendly, just sweary) but that's par for the course round these parts. Bar staff very friendly, good service. One of the better pubs in Tilehurst, although the benchmark is admittedly very low.

Great new years eve . Thankyou.

Lovely little Pub and staff Locals are really friendly

Friendly welcoming locals pub. A little oasis.

Excellent. Friendly, unpretentious pub. Great service and beers.

3-9-21 First time here as new to area..what a lovely little community pub with charm... Definitely going back soon.. I'm back Wed 8/9/21....

Beautiful garden, great pub with really nice beers. Accepts card payments now too!

Fantastic service. The staff were super friendly.

The bar girl was rude. Apparently because it was her last day as she”hated the manager”. My dog Charlie normally is fine with all people and children but the bar gir took exception and called for the manager!! He asked to talk me outside and proceeded to lecture me about manners, dog care and other issues. I told him that the issue was simple, don’t leave a disgruntled employee in charge of the pub, certainly without a licence or training!! He proceeded to ask me to leave which I of course did and will not return, other than an apology. In my view the bar/S should not be left with one clearly untrained person in charge. Whoever owns this joint get a grip!!!!!!!

Lovely pub and friendly service however I think they need to up their game with regard to Covid 19. We sat at an inside table with empty used glasses from previous customers and these were not removed even when our drinks order was brought to the table. So as well as leaving dirty glasses on the table the table and chairs were not disinfected between customers. Not good. I then saw some other people sit at an inside table where exactly the same thing happened. Surely as soon as a table is vacated it should be cleared down and disinfected before other people can use it. I’m not sure the outside tables were being cleared and disinfected either. Just a little more care And effort can make all the difference.

Awfull staff,especially one of them ,with such lack of respect.

Nice spaced outside seating in the beer garden, friendly staff.

Great beer garden and great service from the barmaid. Lovely especially at this time of year and under the current circumstances 100%

Beautiful little bar and amazing garden xx

Great local pub with nice staff and great local characters, smoking area is also nice.

Good local pub with two floor bar space, usually well kept real ale, not tried any food though. Disabled access will be difficult. Some space in the garden, great on the summer.

Lovely pub especially in the summer with the large garden. Very cosy in the winter

Friendly pub. It doesn't do food and has rather unusual opening hours but serves good beer and has a lovely garden. Quite a quirky building.

Was quiet, place is shabby but beer tasted good

Great local Pub, been coming here a while now and always have an enjoyable experience. Great place to catch up with friends and the staff are friendly. Small but cosy and a great garden. Definitely worth a visit.

Ok if you are a dog lover choice of drinks bad

Great local pub and atmosphere!!!!

Really good atmosphere and good selection of ciders

We love the Royal Oak.. always so friendly and helpful customers..There was a lady with a push chair today and not enough people could of offered to help with getting down the steps, was lovely to see.. very welcoming and dog friendly with well behaved dogs... My children love playing there too with a great kids play area. Worth a visit..👍

Choice of beer and friendly atmosphere.

Very pleasant Saturday afternoon spent here

Great pub great beer!!! As a pub should be!!😊

Great place to spend evening withfriends. Loved it! Will be back soon. Highly recommended!xxx

Great pub, always a pleasure to visit. Friendly environment and dogs are welcome too. Highly recommended

I've been visiting this pub occasionally for over 15 years. It's always been a consistently good visit. A wonderful choice of beers and an excellent pint of Guinness. Great atmosphere with a distinctive Authentic English hue. Everyone who passes through the door brings happiness by entering, some through leaving.

Decent beer, nice beer garden, usually enough room inside

The Royal Oak was lovely ,family friendly, reasonably priced. we welcomed the new year in there.

Quaint little pub, nice location and nice crowd

Lovely local pub with good atmosphere. Pool table,music and large garden.

Nice little pub had a lovely barbecue here

Good pub quiz on a Tuesday. Hard questions, we came last!!

A lovely little pub. Full of local character. The garden is great to sit in and watch the sun go down.

Nice local pub. Good gardens. No food though

Fantastic.well kept beer garden and a new kids garden with lots to do also have a car park!

Lost it's charm. It was cosy, had a wide selection of taps. Now there is only 3. The lights are cold and the walls stale. The oak is not what it was.

Good old fashioned pub plus the landlord looks after his garden very well

Great service really nice homely feel

Nice local - shame they don't do even the most basic of hot food dishes

No children allowed for a private birthday party and not told in advance

A genuinely quaint little pub that is hidden away in the middle of a housing area. When we visited it was a cold wet day but there did appear to be good outside seating for when the weather improves.

Premier Inn. Good place for groups or parties to eat. Cosy, small roomed atmosphere.

This place is under new management. They have a good selection of real ales, they had black sheep on my last visit. It gets quite busy even on a Monday night. The very steep driveway up could do with some lighting and the beer could be 1c slightly warmer......it's a little too cold for a real ale. Overall would definitely recommend.

The best pub in tilehurst cask ales guest beers and a great atmosphere. Bang sorted!

Great proper pub. Been here forever. Gorgeous garden and great beer. Sharon and Keith always welcoming ...

Brilliant pub with large beer garden and friendly welcoming staff

Great owners. Good beer. Good price.

Nice cosy pub, with live sports, pool table and a weekly quiz. Slightly pricey drinks.

Great owners, team and beer. Always a good ale on.

Nice and quiet but no food unfortunately

Nice pub, had a pool table when I visited which was great fun and nice staff.

Not a great experience at all.extremely disappointed that all the family had walked there to find that children aren't allowed in the garden after 8.There are no signs and no details on your website regarding this.how bad that you can allow dogs but not teenagers.We will not be back at all.I will give this 0 stars.

Rubbish wasn't allowed in because it was 8 clock with all my family traveled 190 miles to see my family and then walk 30 mins to the pub and get told I'm not allowed in now got to walk another 30 mins. Bear in mind there 7 of us I guess they thought I would be causing chaos. Disgusting.

My family travelled 190 miles for the weekend. I have visited this pub before with my fiancé but never with anyone else. 7 of us in our party. No mention on the website of no children or teenagers after 8 but dogs are fine to foul the grass beer garden outside anytime. I suggest a website change is needed. I won't be visiting the pub again.

I'd give you 0 stars if it is was possible. After not letting my smartly dressed, very quiet and sensible teenage brother not stay at the pub because "children aren't allowed in the pub OR the beer garden" after 8pm, I will not be returning. They allow dogs in there but not quiet teenage boys who were clearly being supervised anyway. The pub lost out on our business and as a result we definitely will not be stepping foot in there again.

A country pub feel in the suburbs. Great little pub with a big garden

First time ive ever been turfed out because i had a teenager with me, very rude, Travelled 190 miles to visit family and wasnt allowed to sit in the beer garden because there was a child in our party of 7. Nobody was even allowed to buy a drink if he was on the premesis. My family are locals who usually drink in that pub, Never again they said. RUDE.

Nice pub but my mates are knobs

Great pub, lovely selection of ales (which rotate often) and a great garden in the summer.

Great beer, nice old fashioned pub .