The Royal Oak in Rother

Went there yesterday with my family for my birthday lunch and it was excellent. The staff were amazing and so was the food not to mention the fact that portions were generous 😉

We’ve have started coming to the Royal Oak over the past 3 months and today had the Mussels in a wonderful cream sauce with chunky chips. FABULOUS! Service first class and staff so friendly and helpful. This is now our only “Go To” pub. Can’t recommend it enough.

Open fire and good company. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Fabulous all round. Perfect spot for a lunch pit stop while on our cycle. Super friendly and helpful service from Robin who also helped us with some tips for our onward route. Good range of drinks to match the top quality food and lovely setting to eat outside in the sunshine. Thank you!

Beautiful pub. After a pleasant Saturday afternoon in front of the lovely open fire, we returned for Sunday lunch. What a treat, absolutely superb and all of the staff are just so friendly. Thank you.

Lunched with good friends yesterday - superb food - great atmosphere - very friendly staff - excellent service - we will definitely be back!!

Lovely Sunday dinner dog friendly no rush good old English pub would recommend going if in but book to not be disappointed band was a bonus

Good menu and beers charming hosts great ambience

Great local. Wuiet when I was there Friday early pm, but picking up nicely as I left. Friendly staff, and nice atmosphere. Am keen to go back; I definitely recommend the Ascension Cider

Food was exceptional. Service was above and beyond. Lovely local pub with unexpected quality. Would highly recommend

This is by far the best food you can eat, every time we come here we’re so happy with the whole experience. From customer service to food. The food is absolutely amazing, honestly it’s so delicious and the prices and portions are very reasonable. We can never finish eating everything that’s how much food we get. Highly recommend to stop here for lunch or dinner, even for a pint. Thank you for the amazing experience.

Very disappointing service and food. I had the steak burger and supposedly gourmet chips. The burger was very over cooked it was so dry it was difficult to eat and the patty was next to tasteless if it was not for the cheese and bacon on it I would not have been able to taste a thing. They call their chips gourmet, yet I, for the life of me, I could not figure out what made them gourmet they were very, very dry and rubbery and tasteless. I have tasted better microwave chips. My partner had the roast, which she enjoyed, but they seemed to think that it is acceptable to serve deep-fried chicken and pass it off as roasted chicken. The portion sizes were lacking. I will never return for food it was not cheap and was definitely not worth the price or the wait.

Unfortunately our chilli prawn and scallop meal, very expensive, was barely edible. So many chilli's that I had to grab a glass of water and keep sipping for some minutes. I'm sure other meals were much better.

The pub was very nice but the red wine was average.

Been here many times for very nice and varied. drinks always will kept and reasonable prices

Ran by some of the kindest people I’ve ever met. They gave me and my friend roast leftovers after hearing that we had run out of food and were camping nearby. The roast potatoes were some of the best I’ve ever had. The atmosphere of the pub was wonderful, cosy and homey and the drinks were delicious. Thank you so so much x

I was passing the Royal Oak in PETTtoday and thought I would stop and have a drink because it was so hot. I had a larger Sandy and then I ordered some food which was a deep fried camembert. I sat in the garden and the young man brought my food out. He was very very good and polite. I also spoke to the governor of the pub after and I must say how clean and helpful I will definitely be going back again David.

More of a local pub with food to reflect. Lovely staff, great pints, and you might even get a lift home from the locals mum!

Very pleasant pub and friendly bar staff the food was great a very good experience 😀

Amazing atmosphere as always great band and great beer highly recommend amazing night again 🔥🔥🙏

The food is fresh, delicious, beautifully arranged on the plate. And we, as Czechs, welcomed our Pilsner on tap. So we didn't expect that here.

Good pub. The Harvey's Best was absolutely spot on. Food was good. Service was really good. My only gripe was being seated in a fire place when there seemed to be plenty of free tables. I wish I had asked to be moved. It would OK for kids but not adults.

Amazing food. Had the 3 bean chilli and the banoffee pie. Would absolutely go back again for more!

Went for the summer inaugural beer festival. Plenty of regulars there. Great people, wonderful atmosphere.

A lovely lunch in the garden with sons and grandsons and the dog. Excellent sandwiches and great beers. See you again very soon,

Stopped here for dinner. Lovely village pub. Seems popular with the locals and has a beer/band festival coming up in summer. The menu is good and seems to have local produce which is a bonus. Had the locally caught mackerel which was nice. Beer garden front and back. Far park at the rear.

Just wonderful! Warm and personable landlord, friendly but efficient service - lovely lady brought the food! - ; wide choice of beers [incl several 0.0 for us, driving!]; and broad, imaginative menu [we arrived as the Specials board was being edited, but e'en so the fish n chips were better even than Whitby!]... It was also a Quiz night, and all-but full with the full spectrum of ages, types - and competences! - and A Good Time Was Evidently Had By All.... Pity property is so expensive - I'd give my [left] arm for a local like this; thankyou!!!

We visited this venue on a very busy Friday night. I want to be very honest about my experience, it was a very chaotic experience here and I wouldn't choose to come here again: that being said, there are some positives which I will share: The good: The food was delicious, portions were generous. There was ample seating for our party. There was no loud music, which made it easy to converse with the family. The decor was dated, but I liked this, it had charm and didn't look modern and tacky. The bad: the parking is on stone chippings, no markings, so the car park was completely full with many cars parked haphazardly. We had to park down the road. The prices were eye-watering, I believe the cheapest option was ham, egg and chips for £16!! It is a very small menu, very limited starters. We had children with us, there was an hour and a half wait for food, thank heavens for free WiFi! The whole place is very snug, once you're seated it is a huge inconvenience to try to leave your seat, I would not recommend this place to parents. The ugly: the food took about an hour and a half to be served, 45 minutes into our wait, 2 members of our party were served, meaning they had completely finished when the rest of the food arrived. We ordered desserts, when they were served the waitress didn't know what any of the items were, nor did we quite frankly. And again, at £8, very steep pricing for some warmed up waffles and a few scoops from a tub of ice cream. I do feel there were certain factors which resulted in a largely negative experience: it was a Friday night, therefore busier. We had kids who were hungry and complaining and we hadn't planned for being there for longer than an hour and a half. They were possibly understaffed as the older waitress was visibly stressed, she even ranted about all the jobs she was having to get done when one of my family members lightheartedly joked about the wait times. Perhaps on a different evening the mishaps wouldn't have occurred. My overall takeaway from the visit was: delicious food but not a good place to bring children and very very pricey.

I have used the Oak several times. My meal was excellent as usual but, the thing I always looked forward to was their fantastic chips. Unfortunately they seem to have changed from fresh potatoes to frozen, which were not as chunky or as crisp. Please change back.

Very nice pub with great service. Very accommodating for a 11 people party on an hour notice. Lovely food and great service, and a wide range of ale’s and lagers. Would recommend 100%

Haven't eaten here yet, but as a pub reputation is matched from what I've heard and then some. Great live band in Sarah G and The Other Three.

A lady with red short hair was looking after us this evening- absolutely spot on, polite, quick, helpful and attentive, thank you so much☺️. We had fish and chips and everything arrived at the tbl hot and fresh tasty and generous portion size... Highly recommend ☺️

Great local pub but welcoming to strangers too. Huge, tasty, food portions, good selection of beers.

Fantastic staff, welcoming, a great stop if on a coastal walk Rye - Hastings. Winchelsea is an interesting place.

Great country pub. Fab Sunday roasts

Great Sunday roast here. The pork belly. Beautiful. And a great array of veggies to accompany. Very friendly staff too

Haven’t been to this pub in a while, more fool us. Wanted a quick dinner as we were too lazy to cook. We had main courses of gluten free fish and chips and gluten free scallops in cream and bacon sauce. Was absolutely gobsmacked at the quality and size of the portions. So so so good. The fish was a large chunk of delicious cod and the chips were the chunky sumptuous type, I had a salad and not peas to accompany this dish and it was a colourful array of salad veggies so so delicious nothing scrimped. The scallop dish was absolutely sumptuous, huge scallops and I mean huge scallops covered in onions, bacon and cream sauce, it was accompanied by new potatoes and selection of vegetables. A truly magical dish and one I regretted that I had not ordered. All you could hear from our table was the scrape of knives and folks punctuated by the yum, umm and other rapturous noises. We’re so glad we went and will certainly not be strangers. The only drawback was we didn’t have room for dessert. Would also like to mention the relaxed atmosphere and grand welcome from the lovely bar staff. The choice of wine and beer was super.

Brilliant afternoon, music was awesome, beer excellent as usual

Took mum here for lunch upon her recommendation for her birthday. The pub is well presented with ample parking and nice outdoor area for the summer. There was a polite young lady that greeted us with a warm welcome, took our order and looked after us. The mushroom soup was amazing and the burger was huge. Would definitely return and recommend

We've been here several times before and returned for another lovely lunch yesterday. The weather outside was dreadful but once inside it was very welcoming. The mussels were great and there were plenty of other nice sounding specials to choose from. Helpful and attentive staff and a good pint of Harvey's. Will be back again with the family soon.

Always a pleasure to dine here, Valentine’s Day was no exception. A super lunch, my swordfish on sweet chilli noodles was delicious, as was my husbands steak. Always some innovative dishes on the menu, beautifully presented. The beer is reliably good too. Thanks Team Robin!

Lovely cosy pub , great food, service and welcome !

A really nice setting, staff very very cheery, and provided a really good service, only thing that let it down for me was the Beer, possibly the worst pint of Harvey’s I have ever had, a few others in a group also commented on how bad it was

Nice atmosphere. Good selection of real ales.

Took my Mother and wife for a lunchtime meal following a lovely walk along the sea wall and nature reserve just a few miles away on The Level. Food and Service was fantastic.

Really nice country pub, we had lunch and a drink. Great service, very attentive

Excellent meal here. Log fires, delicious food and great beer. What more could you want! Would definitely recommend this pub

Excellent food, service and atmosphere, fitted us in at the last minute and we had an excellent Sunday dinner

Lovely country pub with good food and smiling service. Quite pricey for what it is.

We went to the pub just for drinks but ended up staying for dinner it was amazing great company great atmosphere well worth a visit thank you to all the staff thanks fir a great experience 14th October 2023

This is an absolutely superb pub! There is a very varied menu and excellent quality of locally sourced food. Very welcoming and homely atmosphere, always with a log fire in the colder months. We need to protect and support these wonderful pubs, this one is a real gem! Thoroughly recommend visiting. Tony and Jane

Nice little find, Sunday roast was on point.

Only popped in for a drink on our walk great selection of ales on offer clear and tasty the food (roast dinners looked fabulous will definitely give them a try next time were down this way.

Great pub and so friendly too. Good old pub with amazing food

Pub was quite busy when we arrived at 7.00, bar staff looked like they didn't know who to serve first. Got our table and menus, again staff forgot us, although in line of sight. Both us and the next table had to go to the bar to say we ready to order, as it had been a while. The food was very good, partner had the battered cod and I had a burger. Both nice and hot, presented well and tasty.

Amazing food and wonderful service, I highly recommend this lovely old pub

Friendly staff and a good selection of food

You can take your dogs. Dogs FTW! Really enjoyed the food here and the service was superb.

The food was very good and well presented. The staff and locals were very friendly, and I will go again.

Nice country pub, very friendly and welcoming Beer and food good and served quickly

Good menu with different fish dishes, lively local impromptu singing group when we visited

Had a delicious meal of minted Romney Marsh lamb and vegetables followed by scrummy sorbets. Main course portions were plentiful (as in quite large), served cleanly and quickly. A lovely evening.

We liked the pub and the food was great but, for us, there were too many dogs

Friendly staff and a nice choice of daily specials. The Portobello mushroom burger was perfect as was the quiche. Highly recommended.

This pub is a nice place with a decent number of real ales and some lovely food. The staff were friendly and helpful.

Friendly staff, good service and a good gluten-free menu.

A lovely cosy pub. The real fire was a bonus, and the lager was fab. The menu looked enticing. We highly recommend this pub. Update We recently had a meal here, and it was delicious! I highly recommend the homemade vegetable lasagne and garlic bread! Lager was great, too.

It claims to be a child friendly pub, but doesn’t act as such. After spending a small fortune on a couple of meals and drinks, we were gathering our stuff ready to leave and our 4 year old started to walk around the pub. He wasn’t running around screaming or miss behaving, he might have said “hello” to a few people and like I said was only walking around whilst we were getting ready. The bar manager asked us to stop him as people were enjoying “their nice meals” and didn’t want to be disturbed by him! I was flabbergasted and shocked. If he didn’t want to welcome our kid to the pub he should have said so before we ordered our meals not after we paid. We left feeling shocked, very angry and with a hole in our pockets. Won’t set foot there ever again! Not the kind of attitude you expect from a supposedly “child friendly” pub!

Good food, lovely staff and great atmosphere.

SCRUMLICIOUS!! Just had a delicious steak in blue cheese sauce. 😁 Really good food, in a lovely pub. Staff are friendly and the service is excellent.

Amazing sunday lunch! Great friendly and attentive service!

Great steak burger . Friendly service. Nice pub food but overpriced. Interior down to earth. Carpark. Outdoor area.

The meal was absolutely beautiful would recommend to anybody

Best pub meal I have had in my entire life. Exceptional staff. Simply amazing

The perfect Sunday menu 🤤 delicious

Comfortable, friendly atmosphere with crisp cider and good food :-)

Nice pub, very friendly bar staff. We didn't have any food but the restaurant was busy which is good sign.

Had a brilliant time there yesterday. Meal was fantastic,great selection of ales and beers for the men and a wonderful welcome home for a few weeks for our brother and his family. In Pa Larkin's words Perfick. Vivienne Roberts

Great food,service staff are nice,pleasant atmosfere

Lovely food and atmosphere. Friendly staff and good service.

Nice pub with an interesting menu. Unfortunately the chef's ambition somewhat exceeds their capabilities.

Friendly characterful village inn.

Autentikus angol hely leginkább hamburger és steak evéshez illetve sörözéshez.

Very friendly x lovely atmosphere x

5* food last night for the three of us (our second visit). Excellent menu and quality of food (our guests on both occasions were discriminating eaters and were very pleased with their menu choices). We are very impressed with the restaurant and will be going again!

Great pub with amazing food and great staff service. Really enjoyed our Sunday roast. Parking at the rear and great bear garden as well.

Alchohol expensive london prices

Lovely ! Very authentic and friendly people. Make sure to visit the place !

* Brilliant customer service👏. * Food was excellent🥰. * Our “to go to” restaurant👍 * Highly recommended to family and friends😍

Great food ,excellent service. Will go back

Sunday roast to really shout about... 1st visit to the Royal Oak Pub today at Pett. We always try somewhere different for a Roast Lunch if we are down near Hastings on a Sunday. We booked a table with ease this morning! Then when we arrived at 1.30pm the carpark was almost empty 😳 2 concerning points!!! Well we needed not to worry the staff were delightful and accommodating and the food was tremendous 👌 I had the roasted loin of pork with apricot and apple stuffing him indoors went for Lamb. Both meals came out crowned with Yorkshire puddings you new your mum had made and the gravy had all the meat juices in from the roasting pan... Roast potatoes, roasted with love not fried off, and the meat was thickly sliced from the joint to order. I could go on but I won't. Hats off to the Chef and kitchen staff for providing what is now the "BEST"Sunday Roast in this neck of the woods...10/10 Beer choice excellent and a proper pub with charming pub garden too boot ✴✴✴✴✴ (It was the jubilee weekend and ever where out in the sticks was quiet)

Booked a table in the restaurant for my parents 50th wedding anniversary and the food and staff were fantastic. The light bites as a starter were all huge portions and the mains were also very large with a huge selection of specials. We can recommend the Thai Curry, the Steak, Scampi, Ham, all the fish on the specials menu, all very reasonably priced with a nice selection of drinks.

Fantastic country pub. Didn't eat this time but previous food excellent. Good outside seating for walkers and dogs. They serve Harveys sussex best bitter at just the right temperature, which is IMAO (and i have alot of experience !) undoubtedly the finest best bitter in the country. And some excellent local sussex made crisps too.

Great pub with lovely garden and we had a fantastic cheese board. Good wine selection and a great local cider on tap.

Lovely traditional pub, frequent beer changes to keep you interested and a very inviting menu chalked up on the board. Sadly, cannot comment on food, we did not eat there but will when we return to the area without question.

Good drinking pub but the food is nowhere near as good as it used to be

Very lovely old pub, friendly staff well kept beer and very charming sitting by the fire. See if you can find the messages in the glass?🧐

A lovely pub in a little village, always feel welcome

Friendly pub and I popped in after a midweek walk to grab a sandwich. Unfortunately there was nearly an hour wait so I didn't order food. But I'd go back to try their Sunday lunch.

Nice english country pub with big open fire place and english cask ales