The Royal Oak in South Somerset

Had lunch with friends there. Really nice looking place. Staff were friendly and professional, and the food was great. When we meet up with our friends again, it's here, again!

Great Marylebone pub with great beer and food 👌

Was very accomadating for our daughters 16th even put her favourite dish on the specials. Food amazing friendly and welcoming staff. Highly recomend a visit or two.

A little gem just off South Petherton roundabout.

Had a lovely vegetarian meal here, great food orientated village pub.

We received a warm welcome on Saturday late afternoon, we had drinks and managed to grab the last table for 7pm dinner. We were able to bring our rather large dog in and there was plenty of space behind and under the table for her to sleep. Staff were attentive and the service was great, unrushed so we could take our time picking our choices. Great starters, main and puddings -a vegetarian option was available for all courses- a good range of drinks available, I had a lovely stout. For me the stand out dishes were portobello mushroom starter, mushroom risotto and the banana split pudding. We also booked for Sunday lunch too and the veg roasties and cauliflower cheese were excellent.

Delicious food, freshly cooked every time.

Christmas lunch here was totally amazing!!! i can understand why they dont need to advertise, word of mouth is enough. Chef,s flavours are truly awesome. Cant wait to return!!!

We hadn’t made a booking for lunch but were welcomed very warmly and shown to a table near the fire. The menu was very varied so plenty of choices. I had the fish of the day which was hake. It was beautifully cooked and delicious. My husband had flat bread with shredded pork with hoisin sauce amongst other things which he really enjoyed. I then had baked cheesecake with blackcurrant sauce and sorbet and my husband had apple crumble with vanilla ice cream and crumble - all well presented and excellent. We’ll be happy to revisit this friendly pub.

Fantastic Sunday lunch, really tasty and the desert were generous and well presented. Will be returning!

I had a lovely roast turkey, an amazing portion size and brilliant value for money! My friend had the roast beef and it was tender and tasty best roast dinner we have ever had, could not recommend this pub enough!!

Our first visit, but not our last. A nice lunchtime stop was needed on our journey westward, and I can recommend this for service, good hearty food, atmosphere and ambience. Lovely roaring fire, and plenty of choices for gluten free and vegans too.

Very popular for sunday lunch, this is a very well run pub and booking is essential. Excellent food, a cut above the usual pub fare, great service and reasonable prices. The village is very lucky to have a local of this standard in their midst. Very highly recommended.

Another great time at the Royal Oak We held our village Christmas lunch there and again Bex and her team did an incredible job.

Cosy country pub with good food and an outdoor play area for children. It hasn't changed too much in the almost thirty years I have been visiting.

Visiting from the midlands to see my son at New Year, his girlfriend booked us into the Royal Oak. What a great surprise… the service was excellent, the atmosphere very welcoming and the food superb! The wife and I started with grilled squid and I decided to opt for the homemade pie. The squid was great… the pie was superb!!! Best I’d had in ages. Badger beer at the bar, what more could you want. Will be back!

Upon having booked for Sunday lunch I requested not to be put on pillar table..but we were anyway I did question this but got told can transfer to table 1 in which was worst then where we were on..with roast beef wasn't best neither,tough,chewy & roast pots tasted like been reheated from previous day, as well as portion sizes below average & no stuffing with turkey when standards should be higher given that you been awarded best roasts...not happy..

Stopped off here on the way to Warners Cricket St Thomas. Lovely warm welcome. Nice chatty lady. Cosy Christmassy atmosphere. Had a lovely lunch. All 4 of us enjoyed what we had and would recommend. Plenty of easy parking.

Beautiful put outstanding food friendly staff!!!

Really lovely local pub. Plenty of parking and nice country pub feel. Attentive staff and lovely wine. A good choice in the menu and the roast beef was delicious. As was the sticky toffee pudding. Great afternoon, full tummies, happy family lunch for 7 of us xx

Everything you could ask for in and off the beaten path small town pub. Great service and delicious food...a pint of the Fursty Ferret is a must

The beer is always very well presented, the food is consistently good and there is always a friendly welcome.

More than just 'Pub Grub', we had a good meal in a lovely place with excellent service. Decent beer is always a bonus!

I had the chicken pie, and it was lush 😋 . Will be adding this to my stop at list

We made a last minute decision to stop here after seeing it on Google maps and we're so pleased. Absolutely delicious.

Group of 7 and 2 dogs, made welcome from the start, one of the best roast dinners I’ve had, staff where very friendly and attentive, will be back again

This is a delightful pub with a well above average restaurant. Everything was well and individually cooked and main course options are good. Well worth more visits!

Great food, amazing atmosphere and awesome service. Would come again!!!!! Everyone really friendly and lovely dogs

We have just had a meal at The Royal Oak, I have eaten steak and ale pies at lots of restaurants but this was the best ever. My husband had the handmade fish and it was really tasty. We will be visiting this pub regularly. Thank you to the team members who made us and our 1 annoying dog and 1 quiet dog very welcome.

Really great pub lovely friendly staff and I honestly had one of the best sirloin steaks I’ve ever had cooked to perfection. Considering it was a Friday night and busy the food arrived in a very reasonable time.

Arrived without booking and was accommodated. Absolutely lovely food!! Nice service. Would highly recommend. Dog friendly too.

Stopped off on the way back from seeing friends in Devon. Super oldly worldly pub with really friendly staff. The food however - OMG. Stunning risotto and pie of the day with desserts to die for! I can still taste my lemon and honey sponge a day later. When we told the landlady how good the food was, she seemed genuinely delighted as did her husband the chef. What lovely people what lovely food what a lovely pub !We'll be back next time we are down ...

Really like the pub, as it was a last minute decision to go out for tea we had the last table available, not ideally placed, just a bit noisy! The pie of the day was excellent, a proper pastry crust, plenty of filling, I had Linguine from the specials which was also lovely. Sweets were excellent, would definitely recommend calling in if anyone wants a break from the A303.

Superb food. The steak pie was beyond reproach.

Was looking for a place for 8 of us to meet up from different directions that was dog friendly and booked here, found great food, very helpful and friendly staff, sensible prices, big carpark, nice beer garden, all made for a really nice evening

A mid week visit. A village pub with a spacious, rustic interior and large back garden. The menu looked promising but the food was rather average and overpriced. By 9.30 pm the pub was empty and we definitely got the vibe from staff that lingering over a coffee was not going to be popular. They wanted to close up early!

Lovely food and very friendly staff would definitely go again.

We were in Somerset for a long weekend and dropped in to The Royal Oak for Sunday lunch - excellent service, well presented and very tasty food.

Lovely friendly staff. Plenty of parking spaces. Food was hot and quickly served.

Took the little ones, got a separate bit where we didn’t bother the buzzing main room on a Friday lunch. Great staff, great food

10 of us popped in for lunch and had a fantastic experience. The food is top quality and we are welcomed with smiles. Would 100% recommend. Thank you! 😀

Friendly welcome. Nice badger beer. Sunny garden. A little empty for Sunday lunch. Roast belly of pork good, although disappointed with Aunt Bessie’s Yorkshire puddings. Hot plates, good portions….just something missing I couldn’t put my finger on. Probably emptiness.

Great pub with a bit of history. Great food, good choice available at a reasonable price. Great beer too. Well worth a visit.

Fabulous family meal a variety of different dishes ordered all absolutely fabulous hot fresh good quality and quantity will definitely be back

An excellent find enroute from Plymouth to Farnham, Surrey. Very welcoming with excellent food.

Went here for a Sunday lunch and the beef was probably the nicest roast beef I’ve ever had. It was full of flavour and absolutely melt in the mouth! The vegetables were lovely too, especially the cauliflower cheese. We had squid and halloumi fries for starters, both were excellent. My son had the tomato pasta from the kids menu which was also really tasty. Lovely food, nice country pub and the staff were very warm, welcoming and attentive. Will definitely be returning!

Treating my wife to a Sunday off from cooking, we celebrated our 1 year anniversary of moving to Somerset in the Royal Oak with a fab roast. Not long after we were there, they won an award for the best Sunday Roast! We'll deserved!

Stopped for lunch on the drive from Oxfordshire to North Devon. Booked a table based on location, menu and reviews. Lovely pub restaurant in a pretty village with pleasant friendly staff. Excellent food. A great place to break a long journey.

Booked a party of 26 family and friends to celebrate my 70th birthday. The food was excellent, as was the service. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough.

Warm welcoming pub, with plenty of parking and a really spacious layout. Great staff, really good food and amazing value for money.

The best of the best english pub food!

Best steak and ale pie I have ever eaten in my whole life, wonderfully cooked food. Lovely people and service. Worth a detour!

Attended for a 60th birthday meal. We had Sunday roast. Food was really good. I had the beef it was perfectly pink. My wife had the pork belly was also really good. Almost perfect, just the roast potatoes let it down. Dessert was great too. Overall really good. Would return.

Open mic night on first Sunday every month. What a great bunch of talented locals, willing to share their music. Nice beer also!

Their Christmas lunch was out of this world. Friendly, accommodating staff and first class great food. We go there a lot and never disappointed.

A proper pub lunch meal, full crusty steak and ale pie, served by friendly staff in a welcoming village pub. No hesitation recommending a visit and meal.

A very disappointing Xmas day lunch. Not very tasty, potatoes hard. Asked for a glass of Prosecco and was given in a small screw top bottle which was left on the table to open our selves! Really not good enough for £85!

Perfect venue for our annual family pre-Christmas, post-walk lunch. Accommodated 10 people and three dogs, with great food, both from the Christmas menu and Sunday specials and the service was also excellent. Would highly recommend.

A real country pub great atmosphere and only a few minutes from the buzzing A303

What a brilliant find just off the A303. Great atmosphere and superb food. We will be back

What a great find. Menu for carnivores, like me, is really good and veggies, like my wife, get a good look in too. My scallop pad Thai was a delight. I was fully expecting rubbery scallops, but no. They melted in the mouth and the blend of spices was excellent. I want the secret of that mix. Atmosphere is great with traditional decor. We felt quite young as the Over Stratton over 85s group was in. One actually apologised about the noise they had been making as they all have hearing problems. Staff very pleasant too. Just one very very very small thing though. You really don't have to bless me every time you visit the table. We will definitely be back.

Fantastic Sunday Lunch at The Royal Oak. We are fortunate to have a relative living close by, which means we get to sample the food here several times during the year. We had a wonderful Sunday lunch recently with beautifully cooked tender beef and a lovely selection of fresh vegetables. There is even a choice of medium or rare cooked beef. Puddings here are always a treat and the sticky toffee pudding is just too good to miss. Prices are very reasonable and beer is always up to scratch. The young team of staff really go above and beyond and nothing is too much trouble.

We usually use The Royal Oak as a lunch break when travelling to/from Mid Surry and Falmouth, Cornwall, a trip we do twice a year. Location is good--it's about halfway-welcome on arrival is good too. I like Badger Beer products! Ususally an excellent food menu and good service. Almost prefect for what we want.

Wonderful pub with olde world atmosphere ,good range of beer and better excellent food , defo recommend

Gezellige Engelse pub, vriendelijk personeel en goed eten. Keus genoeg.

Excellent Food, home made and just delicious. Recommend highly, stopped a couple of times now travelling south on the A303 and it never disappoints. Good value and dog friendly.

Disappointing Sunday lunch which tasted of nothing. Bit random with portions as well. Someone got one piece of ham and another got two. Turkey was like wet cardboard.

Went on Sunday as haven’t been for a while, as ever the welcome was fantastic the service was great and food well it’s always amazing. Such a good roast and such a lovely lazy Sunday meal

Doesn't look like much but really excellent food!

I recently visited the pub on a busy Thursday evening with some family members as I was visiting from Australia. What can i say, lovely staff, amazing food and a very traditional pub! I'll definitely be back the next time I'm over.

Went here with family friends to remember a dear person,and the food and service was exerlent and would highly recommend it ....

Excellent service and delicious food

Had a lovely evening, the food was delicious and the service very friendly. They are also very dog friendly making a big fuss of our dog and even serving dog treats!

Nice old pub, handy for A303 en route to South West. Lovely Sunday carvery lunch, we both had turkey which was very nice. Plenty of parking, nice staff, clean toilets. Dog friendly. Best to book ahead as it was pretty full. Puddings looked awesome.

Lovely village pub, found by chance on the drive home from Cornwall. Service was super friendly and quick. The atmosphere was very relaxing and enjoyable the background music (Country) Great food and clean facilities with plenty of seating inside or outside.

Met with friends for a meal last night. We had a lovely time and enjoyed the food. The waiting staff were friendly and efficient. Thanks.

Omg it fantastic brilliant the food the service 😀 was amazing we will be back again soon thank you brilliant evening 😀

Had a very nice lunch here today with friends sat in the large courtyard. We had the risotto, pulled pork burger, sausages and kebabs , all were enjoyed. Friendly staff too.

Met here for a Friday night dinner with friends. The place had a good atmosphere. The menu offered many options & food was good. Staff were friendly and attentive. It was a faultless night out. Thanks Royal Oak!

Nice mushroom risotto and sat in beer garden with dog.

Amazing pub, amazing food & they love dogs

Lovely pub and had the best sunday roast.

Great value for money village pub and restaurant. Sufficient staff to customer ratio. Food well cooked and offered in regular or larger portions [ great for older people who cannot eat as much as they used to ]. Pleasant staff in a convivial 17th century building. Highly recommended.

Lovely food, very welcoming atmosphere and staff. Dog friendly and good beer 😁

Fantastic little pub. There was a great choice on the menu. The Chefs created a wonderful selection on the specials board. Also the staff were amazing. Great banter and lots of fun which made for a memorable evening. We will definitely be coming back again.

There aren't so many pub restaurants serving meals into Sunday evenings in South Somerset, so the fact that the one which does is so good is gratifying. They must be exhausted after the busy Sunday lunch scene, but we had a proper welcome, attentive table service, a quick correction when we pointed out a small problem, and great food. Madame had the goats cheese and sweet potato salad, and enjoyed the crispy sweet potato skin and freshness of the greens. I had the roast turkey and thought the meat succulent, Yorkshire pudding just right, potatoes and veg OK and really good cauliflower cheese. We've eaten here a couple of times and the quality of the food and service has been consistently good. Well worth a visit.

Popped in here for a bite to eat & a drink whilst driving down to the coast, very glad we did. Great little hidden gem, plenty of parking, good drinks on tap and the food & staff were great!

We had a brilliant lunch with some friends. Good food, good friendly service in nice surroundings.

Wij zijn hier met het gezin geweest en t was geweldig. Toen we aankwamen zag t er aan de buitenkant een beetje oud uit, maar binnen is het super gezellig! Vier van ons hebben een voorgerecht genomen en daar waren we allemaal mee eens dat het heerlijk was. Daarna hadden we allema het hoofdgerecht en dat was even lekker. En ook de toetjes waren echt genieten! Wij zaten allemaal propvol! En de prijs was prima, ook heel leuke en aardige bediening.

This is a magnificent, welcoming pub. Excellent and friendly staff. Very good food from an accomplished chef. Thoroughly enjoyable. Been there 6 times now and enjoyed every visit.

Great place to relax with friends

Amazing find. Excellent quality food, value for money and staff are lovely. Dog friendly. You won’t be disappointed.

Absolutely delicious food, and lovely old pub, 2nd visit for us and we’ll definitely be back! Thanks especially to Richard and the waiting staff- so friendly and welcoming 😊

Very expensive food and not to everyone's taste, lovely beer garden and friendly staff

Spur of the moment dinner. We ordered asparagus which was fantastic then pork loin and a burger all excellent Really good place to eat and drink staff are all very friendly and welcoming Dogs are welcome too

Delicious Sunday lunch in a nice old pub that is cozy, light and airy . Staff were very friendly and helpful. The food was amazing. We had pork belly that was melt in the mouth delicious and served with vegetables cooked to perfection. A companion had the chicken and chorizo risotto which was rich and flavoursome. Our puddings were a sweet treat: a wonderful creamy trifle with rhubarb and a deeply satisfying chocolate and pecan tart with ice cream. For those wishing to eat al fresco, there's a lovely pub garden.

We had a fantastic and delicious family lunch at the Royal Oak. Service and food were spot on. I would highly recommend this lovely pub. Many thanks.

Took the whole family (10 plus a toddler) for a late Sunday lunch yesterday. The staff team were all very attentive with a great choice of excellent food. The beer was great too. We will definitely go again. Great place! Thanks.

Enjoyed an unplanned lunch visit, plenty of parking, the beer garden looked lovely in the sunshine and had lots of seating. Food was delicious and staff offered great service.

Highly recommend, faultless! Great pub, delicious food, good atmosphere, prompt service and well priced. What's not to like!!