The Royal Oak in Wolverhampton

First of all this is usually a decent pub, well kept, nice staff, good beer. Myself and friends have used it fairly frequently for Wolves home games over the last few years. I was in yesterday, Sunday 15th September, for a few drinks before the game. The beer wasn’t up its usual standard but was okay, no real issues with it. There was no game on the pub TVs so I assume they’ve got rid of sky, again not a real problem as I’m aware that it’s expensive for pubs to accommodate. However, I do have an issue with being charged extra for a beer when the prices were clearly labelled on a wall near the bar. When I asked why I was being charged an extra 20p for a pint I was told it was ‘matchday pricing’. The prices on the wall were then hastily removed. Bit of a shame to be honest, but there seems to be a culture these days to squeeze folk for money. If they’d advertised the prices correctly for that day, or offered to honour the original price stated on the wall, then there’s less of a problem. As stated, I’ve enjoyed visiting over the years. This just doesn’t sit well, though. Disappointing.

Been going here for many years now. Emma and Terry run a fantastic community pub. Great beers and the best crusty cobs in Wolves.

Popped into this local pub for a couple of ales and found them extremely well kept, The golden glow was excellent and so was the Bewdley Jubilee Ale both served well by very friendly staff, Cheese and Onion Cob was very nice with a tasty filling, Overall experience was a 10/10 and will be returning several times in the future.

Really good pub very friendly really good service , bar maid Lottie was really friendly and very polite and pours a cracking pint of Guinness will defo be visiting again really soon

Awful service Very unfriendly management. Mother and Daughter are rude, aggressive and miserable. Great pub for Wolves home games. Good beer. Burgers are cheap meat - keeps repeating.

Great night very friendly service always feel welcome and a great atmosphere..love it. Would recommend to anyone.

Our second visit to this great community pub. Friday evening, many folks there, laughter, banter, and music. I even had a smile from the barmaid when I left! Please support and enjoy this vibrant, friendly boozer.

Went into this old style traditional pub with a variety of well-kept ales, The sunbeam was excellent and just what was needed to accompany the bar snacks, which included cheese and onion or ham cobs and sausage rolls, The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable on the products available and I would certainly visit again.

Lovley gem of a pub really made to feel welcome great selection of drinks super outside area with live music .Helpful bar staff special mention to charlotte who went out her way to find me a bag of scratchings not on view Will definitely be returning soon .

Great pub ... Great owners .... wonderful atmosphere ... Lotte is great ... and the live music is immense 😉

Terry and Emma keep a great pub and do so much for charity. Great beer. Entertainment all day was brilliant and the atmosphere was amazing. Well done all the Royal Oak team

Best pint of Banks’s mild you can get served how it should be great location with a cracking outdoor area withe regular events taking place🍺🍺🍺

It’s just a great old fashioned pub, not many places like this around anymore, visit 3,4 sometimes 5 times a week, can’t fault it, great owners and staff, always something to eat and great choice of beers, too place very friendly 👌🏻

I was recommended this pub by a colleague and paid a visit to meet some friends, I was not disappointed! The staff are very welcoming and friendly, a great choice of beers, a lovely garden plus their cobs, (yes cobs, not rolls) were excellent; a great chunk of cheese and onion, yum. I think I many have to make this my pub from now on. Thank you!

Always a friendly warm welcome and a gray pint.Out go to pub before Wolves home games and a BBQ is our pre game snack.The sunbeam is fantastic!

I highly recommend visiting this award winning pub. I had a great experience and customer service is flawless.

went to the royal oak for a charity day on 30th of april live music in the garden all day fantastic day and very welcoming pub .food available on the car park very good food . a great day out .brilliant atmosphere

It’s always a good pub but tonight the beer was outstanding. The look, the taste was exceptional. We also had good service and talked to the friendly locals.

This pub is definitely worth a visit. It has a lovely cosy atmosphere and the staff are lovely. They provide weekly entertainment and support the local community. The cobs are also worth a go.

We stopped here when driving through the area and found it to be a very nice, traditional local pub. The place is nice, service was very friendly, and it seems very well-run. They have excellent cask ale, focusing in the local Banks's range. It's cozy...

Popped in as was in the area and will be back again, lovely pub nice and clean, really warm welcome from the owners there so friendly, cold crisp pint,See you again soon!!

Absolutely fantastic pub! Family friendly! We have a disabled young adult with us and the owners and staff are absolutely fantastic with him! Unlike most places in Wolverhampton. The Royal Oak are warm and welcoming. Highly highly recommend. Thank you to the owners for creating...

I have recently moved into the area and I was looking for a new pub to take my family. I was told about the royal oak by a friend who uses it on match days. It's a small pub, old fashioned style real ale pub...

A great pub. The staff are very friendly, the selection of beers is fantastic and they also sell cobs and scotch eggs which are very tasty. The pub is clean and welcoming and the beer garden is superb for an afternoon drink in the sun....

The Royal Oak Chapel Ash has been my local pub for nearly seven years. It offers a reasonable selection of real ales, world beers and ciders with low and zero alcohol choices for drivers / non-drinkers. Regular live music and open microphone nights are supplemented...

Fantastic pub with a large outdoor area, great atmosphere, friendly staff and plenty of good beers on offer. Will definitely be back!

Great pub, friendly atmosphere and team. Brilliant, wide choice of drinks and all round quality experience. Will definitely be back soon.

The Royal Oak is my favourite pub in Wolverhampton, they have a great all round selection of drinks and snacks and they are home to the best pint of Banks’s Sunbeam by a country mile. A friendly, safe and welcoming pub with lots of entertainment...

Great place to stop and watch the football and have a pint, with a large outdoor seating area and plenty of choice on tap and bottled, its a great find

Friendly environment. Staff enjoy working there and make that atmosphere enjoyable. Would recommend for anyone,

The best local pub you could ask for. The Royal Oak is the heart of this area and welcomed me as a family member from the get go. I know my custom matters to the pub and all the staff make an effort to engage...

Happy to call the Oak my local. Not only home to a great selection of beers, but also a great atmosphere on a Friday and Saturday night with live music and great company 🍻

This is a brilliant place to visit. A real local pub. Superb real ales, great staff and friendly locals. Thoroughly recommended

First of all this is a brilliant little pub, immaculate inside, friendly bar staff, live music and great bar snacks. The outside of the pub has been refurbished and has lovely flowers in tubs, plenty of picnic type tables to sit at and has been...

Great atmosphere, good company and amazing cobs. Staff and management always make myself and friends feel welcome and it's family friendly too. Well worth a visit!

Not what i call a comfortable pub, went in with a relative who was driving and asked for a coffee, (this pub did do food), and was just told by the landlord, no don’t serve coffee, went to another pub round the corner and they...

I'm not a local and only called in for a couple of pints before the football - the 3rd time I have done so and I have been so impressed with the friendly vibe each time. This is down to the friendly and efficient bar...

A great place to sit and relax with a pint. Great outside area. Worth a visit, friendly place. Live music often on.

Very nice pub lovely owners and staff always very friendly and nothing is too much trouble would recommend this place

Since my previous review on my last visit to Wolverhampton in 2016, the Royal Oak now accepts cards, is dog friendly, and has live music several nights a week. I am currently sitting in an airport transit lounge and would much prefer to be at...

Decido di provare The Royal Oak perché il sito internet del locale prometteva musica dal vivo. Peccato che la band...

Old fashioned pub which is ideal for a chat and a pint. Cash only so make sure you have been to the bank before you go. Pay and display car park on site of pub. Locals are usually friendly. You get the odd look of...

Friendly pub. The beer is always on top form. They have a wide selection so there is plenty to choose from. They now accept debit cards which is useful if you run out of cash. Staff are are pleased to see you. It’s just a...

I like this place decent beer and plenty of live music.A real locals venue It was a welcome sight after walking from the other side of Wolves to wait for a lift.. I should use it more often.

Go in here regularly when in the area and always have a good beer and a laugh. The locals and staff are friendly. My only issue is the lack of debit card use in here. There is a pay-to-use machine in the pub and a...

Proper traditional "local". Good beer, friendly staff, live music nights.... a genuinely cosy little pub. And dog friendly to boot.

I like this pub a lot. It is cheap in price, and often has live music and has a lovely spacious heated smoking area. It has a nice atmosphere and is unassuming and traditional. The staff were friendly and it seems to attract a nice...

The Royal Oak is a true local pub. It is always welcoming and has a great atmosphere. I would highly recommend a visit if you are in the Wolverhampton area. Children welcome until 9pm.

Lovely dog friendly pub in Wolverhampton. Good beer and great staff always very helpful. Had a lovely dog who lived there Major who's recently died. He was brilliant.

Found this little gem online. Gorgeous little traditional pub that serves real ale and cobs. Even better it is dog friendly! Only glitch is its cash only so be prepared ;-) Love old pubs and this has become an instant favourite

Great service and good selection of local beers. Dog friendly. Great cheese and onion cobs on match day

Great local boozer. A bit like the Hotel California, you can check out anytime but you can never leave

Excellent beer range and keeps them well. Basic pub that serves good beer. Food range is cobs but again that is all is needed.

A good local pub with decent lager and ale selection. The bar staff are always pleasant enough and the bar snacks, including cobs are typical of local pubs in the area. Excellent dart board and very good outside seating area, although not really a garden.

For the record the Royal Oak has never had a restaurant facility not in the 25 years I've lived in the area, so the previous reviewer has the wrong pub. Crusty cobs, bar snacks - no 2-for-1 deals. Sorry, but it's true.Excellent well kept beers, a great atmosphere and very friendly staff and customers go towards making The Royal Oak the best pub in Wolves. The band and open mic nights are great fun. The garden (pagoda) area is really nice, particularly in the summer.

Very nice pub, friendly stuff (including the lovely dog). Cold pints and good atmosphere. Lot of live music and beautiful terrace.

We had never been in this pub before so we thought that we would give it a try. They had a live band on and they were great. It has lots of entertainment on so we are going again this weekend. Nice polite staff.

Fantastic old school pub serving excellent local beers. Love the atmosphere and they they often have quality live music on weekends.

Regular visitor to this pub and always have a great range of beers available and Saturday's are always buzzing with live music . Keith ,Sue ,Dan and the staff are friendly

I have been to the Royal Oak on a number of occasions now. Its a great pub, with friendly staff and clientele. They have a variety of different ales on. I haven't tried the food, but they do have cobs/baps behind the bar.They sometimes have live bands on, on the night.The Royal Oak is based in Chapel Ash just outside the town centre and is well worth a visit.

Regular for a few years on and off and can happily say this is my favourite pub in wolverhampton ... Lovely family run pub and great drink and food

I see the Manager has responded to my original post dated August 2012 regarding this pub. Well I had the correct pub. It was just that I incorrectly ascribed it to Tettenhall. Mea Culpa - I was just passing through. Whilst I am sure Dan H has improved things since my visit, and certaily later reviews appear to confirm this, my experience was as described. Sorry Dan. I haven't been since, but the website won't let me enter the earlier date.

Paid a visit to this traditional pub that I had heard so much about the ales, I was greeted with friendly staff and a good range of 4 guest ales and the standard bank's bitter and mild, also some very nice looking cheese and onion cobs on the back of the bar, I had a couple of ales, a cheese and onion cob and both were excellent, well worth another visit.

We stopped in here on a Pub Crawl around Wolverhampton, and it was a reasonable pub, but if you only have time for one beer, then there are a few better options. I am sure there are also a lot worse.The Beer was fairly good, and they had a decent selection.Certainly don't avoid the pub, but don't go there expecting anything special.

Firstly, let me say the author of the previous review relating to 2for1 meals has his Royal Oaks confused (there is more than one in Wolverhampton). I can not speak for the pub in Tettenhall, but I did have a great time at the Royal Oak on the Compton Road!! The staff were very friendly and welcoming, the beer was delicious, and the live music was excellent! A fantastic atmosphere, I will definitely be coming back!,

Always friendly atmosphere. Beers are kept to a high standard. Cobs are great. And you can take your dog

This Marston's pub In Tettenhall was a pit stop for lunch on Saturday 25th August 2012. The large maroon and gold sign outside the pub said "Two for One" i.e. you could have two meals for the price of one. We stopped the car and went in. After we had sat down and waited for a waitress, we were told the offer "wasn't avaialble". No warning signs or anything. It was just not good enough.