The Royal Oak in Exeter

Visited as we were staying close by, the owners very friendly and the food was lovely good comfort food, and good value for money.

This pub is in a gorgeous location and could be excellent. Unfortunately it has a very clique-y local crowd who are not welcoming at all. The landlady is friendly, but the atmosphere is extremely depressive. I usually love local type pubs, but this is awful. I live locally and don't even want to frequent it as the 2 times I've been I've been looked at with a scowl by the groups sat outside. Shame it's not more friendly or we'd be in every week. There are no real ales either and limited decent lagers. It's a cider pub,so may be good if that's your thing.

Very friendly traditional pub. It was like travelling back to the public houses of my childhood. Full of character with very friendly staff. The landlady was very accommodating offering to stray from the menu as the choice was limited due to the pandemic situation and they had only just reopened. The building was undergoing renovation but this did not spoil our experience. We were able to overnight with our campervan for the price of a meal.

Have treated myself to two takeaway cream teas that Tracy has done over the last couple of weeks - lovely scones and plenty of clotted cream and jam. Can really recommend them! Will be back this weekend for another. Wendy

Had a nice pint of Pale Ale at the Oak Also had a 🥓 sandwich with an egg and some French mustard Very tasty 😋

Tracey has set up a wonderful collection service for a Devonshire cream tea. We have just collected ours and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you so much for making these challenging times enjoyable from home.

Decided to give the Royal Oak a Try And so glad we did Real Ale was superb as was the food I had a Chilli and Anne had Lasagne and chips and Beans Also enjoyed a complimentary Cuban Cigar from the Landlord Richie who along with his delightful Wife Tracey had me and Anne laughing like Pixies ‍♂️ Good food Good company Cheap beer what more can a man want from a pub definitely be back.

just had a lovely christmas dinner at the pub all home cooked food by the landlady ,great choice of beverages to wash your meal down with ,the normal menu is also great & good value for money ,always a warm welcome at the oak :)

We had a lovely stay at the royal oak in our motorhome and a delicious pub meal. The staff were very friendly and welcoming :)

We found this one via britstop. Nice level car park so motorhome did not need levelling in the bottom section of car park. Good service, good food and a good selection of cider. Will visit again.

Took the whole family out for a birthday lunch on a sunday afternoon. Family friendly, had three young children with us. Great variety on the menu for everyone at a good price. Highly recommend to anyone.

Booked for 12 at short notice. Nothing to much trouble, food lovely, service great. Would highly recommend you won't be disappointed.

Had a very warm welcome from Tracy and her locals.. Had very satisfying meal ... All round good place to stay would recommend to all.

We live locally and had not realised that the new chef here is great!! We have now enjoyed two lunches & would recommend giving this friendly pub a go !!

Visité el domingo con mi madre y Nan para el almuerzo del domingo

A great atmosphere very welcoming. Staff are superb. Very clean and the food is outstanding great value for money. Nothing seem to big or small. Great for family's or couples even the lone person. You can hire the whole place for an occasion. I could not recommend this place enough.

Good size car park with plenty of room. Very friendly staff and has a very “local” feel to it. The bar food was ok and priced well enough. Worth a re visit if in the area.

if your looking ofr one of these up market places with food given fancy names then this place isn't for you. We stumbled across in and dived in for food as we were starving. The place isn't pretentious . what you see is what you get. I opted for the gammon steak which was delicious and menu is good old fashioned home cooked pub food how they all used to be a few years back. A lovely warm welcome from the landlady and well worth popping in for a bite if your hungry.

Visitamos el Royal Oak mientras disfrutan de unas cortas vacaciones en un Devon y sin duda lo recomiendo. La casera Tracey nos hicieron sentir muy bienvenidos y era muy amable. Tuvimos una comida fantástica después finalmente decidir qué elegir entre las muchas opciones en el menú. La comida era muy sabrosa y casera, y ella es ciertamente generoso con el tamaño de la porción, el treacle pudding era excelente y veía que era casero, como la crema pastelera. Sin duda visitaremos la próxima vez que estemos en la zona.

Great pub with a friendly atmosphere the landlady is a cracking laugh and the locals are a good craic all be it a bit strange to look at 😀

a tap on the window to ask if they were open was met with a curt 'we're not open, now go away' whilst an elderly gent hid his pint. funny place really.

Teníamos un buffet para 20 personas y un precio que era una gran relación calidad-precio. Había un montón de cosas deliciosas para comer. Los más jóvenes (menores de 40, los niños) personas se reunieron en el jardín y lo pasamos bien. Nos sentamos en el interior, gente mayor y se servía coger las bebidas. Volveremos!

the beers and enviornment was good but it was too expensive, the staff are friendly but at the end it turned out to be expensive.

Nothing pretentious or fine dining but an excellent home cooked meal. Plenty of it and an excellent piece of beef.

Este es un excelente lugar para comer el domingo. Sirven un asado tradicional precioso con carne apropiada y verduras recién cocinados a un precio muy razonable. También sirven el mejor que he probado en mi vida Casablaca pero por desgracia no estaba en el menú la última vez que comimos allí.

My daughter and I attend the regular quiz and get there early to eat.The choice is good, usually there are special offers and the food is home made. I am on a diet but they adapt the meals to suit me. The price also suits me! The atmosphere is warm and welcoming and nothing is too much trouble. I am also disabled and they ensure that they can accommodate me.

Popped out to the Royal oak for a quick Sunday roast again definitely not disappointedits a traditional Sunday roast like you would make at home with no dishes.you can choose what size you want and for a small fee chuck in a sweet dont know why more people don't visit its not carvery and i advise you to book and see what meats are available each week lovely hospitality from The landlady Tracey and she has a good range of offers during the week also.

Very poor menu, menu on web page nothing like the menu in the Inn, says beer garden, we found 2 benches in a small overgrown corner of the car park. As for real beers well we could not get any.

lovely old fashioned pub just outside Exeter deserves a visit for quality home style cooking saw but affordable menu well cooked meals they also do cream teas and sunday lunches the pub is dog friendly.

Enjoyed excellent Sunday lunch. Great value all round. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff and we were all made to feel most welcome. We'll definitely be back.

firstly I was very surprised that the ROYAL OAK was not even registered on trip advisor.i had got my voucher for £10 which allowed a 2 course meal for 2 people.arrived at 12 20 to be greeted by 2 cheerful ladies,one showed us which table was ours so after buying 2 drinks we only had to wait a short time for our meals;i had pork my friend had beef,both meals were lovely;we then had 2 nice puddings during which a batch of other groupon punters arrived; our two ladies coped with it well.my only slight negative for me personally was that my meal was covered in gravy which I normally like to make the choice of it.i have sent the pub a note about this and they sent a nice reply saying they would make a note of my comments.please go to the pub it is only a few miles outside EXETER on the WHITESTONE road,even its only for a drink.