The Royal Oak, Bishops Cleeve in Tewkesbury

We decided to have a family meal out on a Friday and walked into the village for a change. As soon as we entered the Royal Oak the whole atmosphere was very welcoming. This is a far cry from previous visits in the past. The tables were clean and the staff were extremely polite and helpful. The food was nice and hot when delivered to the table, and rather than being dumped on a plate you could see some thought was given on presentation. There was no issue with drinks, the real ales obviously had been looked after with nice clarity through the glass. The toilets were spotlessly clean. This public house is now under new management and you can feel the whole atmosphere has changed. It caters for all and is very family and dog friendly.

Just had a lovely evening of drinks and dinner here. Great atmosphere and staff really nice. New manager at the helm, welcome and thank you for a lovely evening.

Ever since I started using the oak as my local it has always been outstanding, the staff can't do enough for you. So friendly. Food is lovely never had a bad meal here. Great drinks to offer, a really really friendly atmosphere. The new landlady is fitting in well she's Always there to help if needed. Glad to call this my local.

Good little local pub , and good food offer 👌

Very welcoming, food was lovely. Very professional.

Never had a local but I have made this mine , regularly come in after a dog walk , have fantastic brekky with my son and friends, often, and it’s the only place my younger son will eat fish and chips . Thank you so much

Great food and service. Great value for money. Atmosphere was a bit loud but was a Friday night, so can understand.

Visited the Royal oak yesterday for the first time. Great food, warm atmosphere and a good drink selection reasonably priced. Sheree & her team are great, prompt service and Gammon steak was perfect. Will be returning soon.

Popped in for lunch on our way to a vineyard tour. Lovely decorated quirky place. We were welcomed and shown to a table. Ordered our drinks & food at the bar. Sunday lunch was delicious and arrived promptly hot and plentiful. Cauliflower cheese wasn’t an extra either all included. Staff were all friendly. Understand there has been a new change of management. Good luck to them.

I like thank the landlord and the staff for last Friday many thanks

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Came for breakfast. Great service, very quick and great food! Lots of smiley chatty staff that take the time with you

Lovely food and friendly staff. Will definitely be back

Lovely pub, friendly staff and lovely atmosphere

We love this pub, great food (John) the Chef is a great , good local, We have had some good managers and we love the sports App 10% of drinks . Worth a visit.

Food was affordable but dry and dull.

Having been working on odd jobs at the daughters all day and as time was marching on we needed somewhere for our evening meal. Found this pub, looked good from the outside so decided to give it a go. Most people were sat out enjoying the early evening sun in the beer garden but we opted to sit inside. A pub with plenty of character, comfortable seating and friendly staff. Food ordered, it arrived promptly and tasted good. just what we needed after a busy day. Once we'd eaten the manager came to check if everything was to our liking, realising we were not regulars, asked if we were on holiday and we ended up chatting for a few minutes, asked if we wanted more drinks or a pudding, tempting but we needed to get off home as it'd been a long day and this place was just what the doctor ordered. Would use again.

First time visit, found the staff friendly and the pub was clean, which is rare nowadays. Enjoyed a couple of drinks. Staff were quite chatty, which was good and fully knowledgeable on the menus with recommendations. Would fully recommend.

Server behind bar was clearly having a bad day. Grumpy and not engagement. I was clearly an inconvenience to him. Kids meal deal is main, desert & drink just under £5. Sounds good, however to get the drink we were told you have to have a desert. Didn’t want a desert but still not permitted the deal! Green King could have had the profit of the non ordered desert instead they had disgruntled diners! Think outside the box staff! Lost opportunity

Been for breakfast a couple of times now, always tasty👌🏼 Coffee is also very good👌🏼 staff are friendly 👌🏼 Will definitely be back again 💯

Had lunch here mid week, it was okay. I think I've been spoiled by Scotland and it's fresh Fish heritage.

It was a very warm and lovely atmosphere, the staff were amazing and very kind to us. In addition to this , the food was great! Will come back again

Great value and good atmosphere. Staff are fab.

I have eaten the Macaroni Cheese twice now. 5 stars for the Macaroni Cheese.

I went along to the Royal Oak for dinner tonight with my family. It was a beautiful day so we ordered our food & drinks then grabbed a table outside. I am aware that the pub had a refurb a couple of years ago but the outside has been poorly taken care of since then; the outside furniture is weathered & unclean, dirty cushions, I noticed a table had slats missing but the screws still there & facing upward. There was an abandoned corner sofa with no table.. an abandoned table elsewhere not fit for use, parasol weights left randomly lying around (trip hazard), parasols leaning against the outdoor bar building, the patio has not been weeded or cleaned for summer. The smoking area for the staff is located at the back of the outside space.. it's not nice to see that of the kitchen staff knowing they are cooking your food. The pizza oven / bbq area looks to have been abandoned since the restaurant reopened. It was really unclean, it had a fridge in the middle that looked as though its been dumped there. The hanging lights above the outside seating have been left to hang down & are not closely attached to the wire above. It's a shame it's been left to go this way. We have been to the Royal Oak alot in the last few years and I would go back if sitting inside as the atmosphere & decor is lovely. Unfortunately I'd be more inclined to go to another pub to sit outside on a lovely day going forward.

Staying in area for work and found the Royal Oak searching from somewhere to eat in the evening. Had a great tasty steak perfectly cooked by Ben.

i got a kids meal, decent price for what was advertised u can pick a main, a side, a veggie and dessert for pretty cheap i got pasta, corn, garlic two scoops of icecream garlic bread was burnt pasta was mid corn was pretty good tbf but its not that hard to mess up my friends burger looked depressing the chips were only good when caked in heinz mayo the servers looked like they didnt want to be there except for the nice blonde lady at the bar we waited ages for our plates to be taken and then waited an additional ages for my icecream and had to remind the staff (we were on a time crunch also so the atmosphere shifted from a nice lunch to stressed) i then recieved my icecream which was A PITIFUL 1 AND A HALF scoop of icecream would not recommend

Lovely food, people and atmosphere. Kids menu available, Gluten Free options available.

Our local good food great atmosphere friendly staff

We came to this lovely pub for a sit down meal. We were very impressed with the whole meal. Prices were good. Staff excellent. Meal very tasty. Will definitely be returning. We recommend it. Definitely earned 5* 's

Food and drinks were great, with prompt and friendly service!

Rude staff. A staff member called Dave was rude and was talking to us in a very aggressive manner. We took some chips in for my dad and he sat outside eating them yes we shouldn’t have took them in when they weren’t from the pub but my dad is diabetic and his levels dropped and he needed to eat something. A man grassed on us it’s a shame he doesn’t grass when men are doing cocaine in the toilets in there. Dave spoke to us rudely told me not to give him lip when all I was doing was trying to explain the issue as to why my dad had chips. Iv lived in the village my whole life 33 years and will never use the Royal Oak again. When I spoke to the manager she did say sorry but all she could say is I wish Dave didn’t speak to you I wish it was a different member of staff so that tells me they have had issues with him before. He clearly has issues with women so shouldn’t be working in a pub. Disgusting behaviour

My teenage son and I were in Bishops Cleeve and wanted a sit down lunch so thought we'd try here. Really glad we did! Good atmosphere. The service was excellent with friendly staff. The food was good and a good price. We also had pudding which was a good price too. I had a white chocolate and raspberry blondie which I highly recommend, it was delicious! Excellent all round...thank you all at The Royal Oak.

Lovely food and the staff are very accommodating and friendly. Nice touch that the chef came out and asked how the food was.

Really nice friendly atmosphere

Great food and great service. Will deffo be back

We are currently visiting from Australia, staying with my sister in Bishop's Cleeve for 5 weeks. We have chosen the Royal Oak as our local and have a lager there most evenings. We enjoy the atmosphere and the hospitality of the staff.

Very good food, reasonable price. Very friendly staff. A nice atmosphere... good for kids.. We'll definitely be going there again.. Excellent!

Great service on a busy Saturday evening. Good selection of beers and other drinks, would recommend.

Thursday night quiz night and steak night. Food and atmosphere brilliant and a shout out to Leyla for fantastic customer service

Great local pub always very friendly with great service Lots of sport available along with a great menu if you feel like food Defiantly worth a visit

Dog friendly as you can see. I took my dad for lunch, and he loved it.

I only pulled up outside to drop my wife off.

Top rate food and prices to suit your needs very generous portions 5 Star rating

This is not a family friendly pub as advertised. The manager and barman both don’t seem to like children in their vicinity even at a dinner time when food was ordered. We were also told the children were not allowed to bring their own sweets into the pub to consume. They don’t even sell sweets so don’t see what the problem is here. On a side note I would not recommend the food, I have had a few meals here and the last time the chicken wings were undercooked and the chicken thigh meat in the tacos was inedible with more fat than chicken. Also on a hygiene issue when I ordered a drink for my child I asked for no lemon in the glass, the drink was served with lemon and when brought to the attention of the barman he reached in to take the lemon out with his fingers. I’m sorry but this is disgusting. We then had to ask for another drink to replace this as surely this is against hygiene standards.

We had a full English breakfast. It was very nice, freshly cooked and very good value. Definitely go back again when in the area.

Very good, love the atmosphere, came with my partner and dog. Also joined in the pub quiz!

If I could rate this place zero stars I would. Prides itself on being family friendly but it is far from it. Ian the jobsworth General Manager is the most unwelcoming and rude pub manager I’ve come across. We came here as a group of friends for birthday drinks to round off a nice meal across the road and, despite a massive fight happening at the bar (which Ian seemed to turn a blind eye to), WE got kicked out for having boxed food (leftovers from our meal) and having our teenage child with us. Yes, rules are rules, but there’s a way to go about it – and Ian failed on every level. Really disappointed because I’ve been to this pub many times over the years (with children past 9pm by the way). Sort it out Ian, you’re embarrassing. Avoid at all costs!

Standard “chain” pub with all that that entails. No frills but pleasant staff. If you want a “quiet pint” don’t visit when football is on lol!

Cute village pub, a proper local and friendly place. Great value for food also especially the 2 main deal

I had the grilled gammon, fries and peas. The gammon was inedible, I couldn't even cut through it with the "steak" knife provided. As a friend was kindly paying I didn't want to cause embarrassment by complaining so wrapped the gammon in a napkin and brought it home to throw away. Also the volume of the music made conversation difficult. Won't be returning.

Was told our table was booked a half an hour earlier than booked and told the wait for food would be an hour ! Wrong drinks order, coffee was sooo strong it couldn't be drunk. Hunters chicken was overcooked and dry. Chips were soggy. Cold food, extremely disappointed. Went and had coffee and cakes at Costa after.

Good food and service. Will return soon.

Food was excellent. Love from Ethan, age 5 xxx

Love the foods, staff were very nice and received quick service.

Great pub. Good food and nice friendly.polite. staff

My last review is true and fair, however I was given a £20 voucher AFTER I had already posted my review. I’m not sure what the manager means by my third attempt at being the business into disrepute. As a local pub I have used it many times over the years. The last time was awful but he is right in that it was resolved. It doesn’t take away from the review though and it doesn’t make it any less or more true Green King responded quickly and were really kind and good in resolving. Because of the response here from the manager I would never set foot inside of there again and I know many who feel the same

Popped in for breakfast with a friend. Live in Bishops Cleeve myself and have never tried the breakfast before. Service was great a friendly the traditional breakfast was fantastic, tasty, served quickly, a good amount and unlike many breakfast deals around this price (£6.99) freshly cooked and hot. My friend had the breakfast wrap and the same comments applied. I would rate it as one of the best breakfast meals I’ve had for a longtime and better than some of the more expensive ones I’ve tried. Will definitely be using the Royal Oak more often for a breakfast 😋 Keep up the excellent service and cooking guys.

Fantastic location to have drinks with friends and family. The staff are really nice and the service was great. Highly recommend.

Alot better and nicer than my last Visit, Iain and his team have really worked wonders. The New Christmas selection on food is great. Highly recomand the bread and cheese. Brilliant 👏

Friendly service and great value food! Always a pleasure to visit this local pub located in the heart of Bishop’s Cleeve

Great food and quick service! Served by Keiran who was friendly and attentive! Lovely warm lunch on a cold damp day :)

Good pub, food is ok and sevice is great. Overall good place to have a drink.

Kieran was our waiter and he was lovely very quick service and good food!

Enjoyable meal in traditional surroundings. Great service, friendly, hard working team.

Really lovely staff Good atmosphere - not quiet or too empty, but not loud Nice lighting, bright and warm place on a cold day Reasonably priced Food was not bad but not great either. Kind of what you can expect for the price point.

Excellent burger served by Leila - Leila was very friendly and made the experience enjoyable We will be back - definitely recommend this location

Friendly and helpful staff Food fairly standard Greene King fare. Served promptly and freshly prepared , early evening, mid week

Had a lovely meal and drinks at the Royal Oak with my husband and mother in law. The food was lovely and it had a lovely welcoming atmosphere. Many thanks to Dave for looking after us

My wife and I came in for a meal, the staff were extremely friendly and helpful. The food was delivered quickly, and was delicious. We were very impressed with the price of the meal and drinks. In particular watch out for Kieran a member of staff, he turned out to be a real comedian and had the both of us in stitches. Cannot recommend enough, we will certainly be back again!!!!!!

Very helpful and entertaining staff where nothing is too much trouble. The seniors lunch, 2 course for £6.99 is good value and very tasty.

The Royal Oak is a nice, cheap pub for lunch. It is always busy with a relaxing atmosphere. The scampi and chips were lovely, served by a chatty barman on hand to help deliver a good service.

A great place with friendly staff and a warming atmosphere...

Kieran super friendly and the food was lovely! Recommend the pies especially! All the plates were empty at the end!

Myself, family and friends eat and take part in the quiz night every week. Dave is a fantastic quiz host. The bar staff are always cheerful and friendly, especially Keiran. The food is lovely, especially the katsu curry, although I can thoroughly recommend the hunters chicken.

Just had a beautiful family meal at The Oak in Bishops Cleeve. The service from Kieran was fab, the food was very tasty, the puddings were delicious. The staff were fab, the service was fab, the food was fab, the atmosphere is fab. Fab night.

We love the Royal Oak. Prices are great, atmosphere is good, service is always top notch and they show all sport (including F1)! Always love this pub and would recommend to anyone.

3 small plates for £13 can't go wrong, nice food best offers in cleeve, would recommend to anyone around the local area

Great pub serving good food, with an extensive range of drinks The staff are excellent and always smiling and polite. The menu caters for all tastes whether you want a snack or three course meal. It has a great atmosphere and is family and dog friendly. It also has a good sized outdoor area with lots of seating.

Great food and such a reasonably priced menu and such friendly and excellent service. Good atmosphere such a lovely pub

We are regular Friday night customers, for fish n chips, with my chips in a chip butty, & a scampi. The batter is the best I have tasted & the fish is always beautiful flakes of cod. What we really love about the Royal Oak is that we are made to feel like family, the staff all come & chat with us making it a relaxing and enjoyable experience each week. Special mentions to Ian, Kieran, John, Leila, Dave & Jack. But all the staff are wonderful. Superb beer too.

All staff are friendly, respectful, welcoming and knows how to have a laugh. Never had any issue with them.

Thank you to the staff at the Royal Oak today for great customer service and lovely food. The pricing was good, spent just over 10£ for food and a drink.

Lovely venue, friendly staff - especially love the quiz on a Thursday night ⭐

Spot on, top quality, brilliant service, great staff, lovely atmosphere, amazing atmosphere and just a great place.

A great place to pop in for a friendly drink but also have great weekend events. Enjoyed many live music nights. Quiz nights are always entertaining. Friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere. Pleased to call it my local.

Good food and friendly atmosphere

Absolutely amazing staff , food is always amazing , great selection of drinks. Music every other weekend is great, always a great atmosphere , pleasant place to visit

went for lunch with my sister, ordered chicken strips and skin on fries - it arrived with an extra bowl of chips. i tried to let the fella know that we hadn't ordered them but he wandered off. He came back and we had a few words as he said that we had the wrong order. he then started to take our food off us when we were eating it. i wouldn't go back ... horrific service

Excellent breakfast in Bishops Cleeve. Well presented and catered for the four of us in the group. The service was friendly and waiting time minimal. Food hot and tasty and beverages very good. Highly recommended. Considering we just popped in on the off chance it was a good decision and will happily return again.

Me and my friends had a spontaneous night where we ended up at the Royal Oak for some food a drinks, rock and roll bingo was on and since we’ve never heard of it before decided to give it a go and it was amazing ! Such a fun social game, will be back to play again !

After a long 3 hour journey, we arrived at the Royal Oak tired and hungry on a busy Friday night just in time for the last food orders to be taken. From the moment we arrived, the bar staff and even the head chef were...

Just been totally revamped and it's very nice

My wife and I found this pub for breakfast recently. We have returned quickly because, not only was the breakfast excellent but the service was outstanding (pleasant, cheerful and efficient) and the surroundings offering inside, covered outside or fully outside, all of which were very...

Absolutely awesome service amd food was delicious will definately be back soon

What can I say? We arrived and were pleasantly surprised by our very warm welcome. They’re very accommodating and very helpful with the menu choices. We went for some classic pub meals, which came out in no time at all! Piping hot, and full of...

Great little place! Excellent service! Lovely food! Stands out as the best!

Absolutely L🥰VE this pub, great atmosphere, great staff, great food and great music what more can I say

We stopped by for brunch by chance as it was next to the car park. Great value an service. Daughter had the cooked English breakfast 🍳 and had the wrap. Coffee was strong

So I rarely care to write a review BUT! I had the pleasure of encountering a true gem, the Royal Oak whilst I was stranded in Bishops Cleeve, however, its jewel is the bar manager with a Bronson moustache! He transformed my entire experience that...