The Royal Oak pub in Huntingdonshire

Nice pub, live music nights a good laugh

Still liking the new place, especially happy hour on Sundays.

Really lovely comfortable pub, looks great inside and out and very clean. A group of 6 ladies, we were made very welcome by the friendly manageress. Good quality drinks. Will definitely return and recommend to everyone.

Omg, lovely deccor! Toilets are 100% clean n dont smell like they used to! Management and staff are so frinedly and bubbly!!!

It was a very cosy place, it was my first visit and very enjoyable

Went today 1st June at about 12.30pm for a drink and to look at the menu. CLOSED with nos sign that it would open soon. All stools still on the tables.

The drinks are amongst the most expensive in St Ives, but by far the lowest quality. Guinness isn't poured properly, they show a cocktail board, but nobody can actually make one; not even as simple as an Old Fashioned, and the garden was cleared by taking my half finished pint off me. I will not be returning.

this pub is great and has a great atmosphere. the dj was brilliant I had am amazing time. staff were funny professional and good at their job and good with customers. I will be thinking of making it my local like I did before because I loved staying there until it closed. what has made me happier is a chance they are going to do karaoke and my eyes lit up I love singing I will if I get a chance to sing to entertain the whole pub. I love trying anything once and can't wait to sing for the landlady and the whole pub. I hope they do it next Friday it will make Me happy and have enjoyment for everyone . a great pub thanks for last night it was memorable

Nice refurb, nice beer and friendly staff.

Taken over, and had a make over. Now a very stylish pub. Nice selection of drinks (a bit pricey). Food is limited to non-cooked (ploughmans) but clean and friendly

Has reopened after a full refurbishment, now clean and inviting in looks. Sadly the place lacks any atmosphere and should struggle to justify it's prices. Also allows dogs in, dogs food and pubs don't mix in my opinion, so many people are allergic to them let people keep them at home.

A big improvement, nice place for a quiet drink.

What a transformation! Fabulous afternoon spent in this gem of a pub. Beautiful interior, really welcoming; a great addition to our town! The grazing boards are highly recommended too!

Good range of beer 🍺, nice to see it open again!

Wow, what a fabulous transformation, so pleased this pub has got a new lease of life. The recent refurb is fantastic, the pub is bright clean and most of all welcoming! Great atmosphere and friendly staff, especially Nadine! Seen some sharing platters being served, looked amazing so will be trying them next time. Also lovely little garden with lots of seating! Definitely a great place to meet with friends and family.

We were here at the weekend with friends and family for food and drinks was perfect with the warm ambience of the log fire, very welcoming staff with a great selection of drinks something for all. We had a selection of the sharing boards very fresh and amazing size portions great value. Love the new decor such a cozy little gem for st Ives Highly recommend!

Went in for the first time since lockdown and was very impressed with the new look. Lovely atmosphere for me and my friend to sit quietly playing cards. I loved the new chairs and cushions.

Hidden little gem Been refurbished & is night and day of what it used to look like & feel like <5 years ago

Certainly the pub has benefited from a refit, we liked the ambiance, didn't have food hence no marks

This has just been refurbished and is now a nice place to go. No longer the dump it was. Nice friendly staff and good beer. It is dog friendly too.

This been closed since we moved to the area. Open not long ago so we decided to have a go. Very trendy inside .Very nice evening. It's a bit more older clientele in general but nice mixture of all generations all up for good time. The music 🎶 was good too. Will return. Our best night in St Ives yet.

The renovation of this very old pub has been a great success

I have no idea as breezed past it on my way to 'The Crop Shop' for a haircut...which was excellent by the way

Went for a drink with a colleague and found they had no bitters.

Shut, when it was supposed to be open!

This is a proper wet pub, some beers are served out of the barrel. They have a concrete garden, but they do have real ale unlike the Floods Tavern! That was great position but NO Beer! For Beer go to The Royal Oak, or the Oliver Cromwell.

Best pub in st ives! Great juke box, amazing owners and darts!

We sat in the garden/backyard. Most outside seating was on settees adjacent to low tables; not ideal for eating a meal. Fortunately, we managed to find a dining table. The stew with dumplings was excellent, and the helping was substantial. Service was friendly and efficient. I had a pint of Woodforde Wherry, which was was in excellent condition.

Great pub very warm and friendly atmosphere. Recommended

Was a shame to see this heap still open staff rude and land lady and land lord also rude this pub should be knocked down full of drug heads toilets dirty and smelly very outdated inside stay clear if I was you also not good after reading other review about landlord Dave going for a customer won't be back

Customers are brilliant. After 9 years with no support from GK we are indebted to our customers being respectful of each other and us before and now during these difficult times. Brilliant friendly people!

Wonderful friendly olde pub that looks like it has had no structural changes since it was built. Good selection of local ales too.

Lovely log fire great atmosphere

Great beer, great jukebox, top pub!

Salt of the earth, honest to goodness pub! Stay away if pretentious!!! I loved it. Great real ale?

Beer is good and good place to watch the match.

Lovely old English pub, but needs some tlc. Different pubs appeal to different folks, this one is certainly different:))

I was shocked and stunned on Saturday 21st December, to see A customer be told by an established pub landlord she couldn’t drink there because she was a “stupid woman with a vagina”. Dave the landlord from the Royal Oak pub in St.Ives was in a heated debate when he said this but nonetheless an unforgivable comment in this day in age. When confronted by other patrons he continued to get more aggressive and even lunged at another female shouting in her face in a raised tone. Not a sight you wish to see at this festive time of year.

Beer ok (oakham ales) but prices eay over the top for a small pub.

What a great pub to visit, good beer and the atmosphere is second to none. Will see me in there alot more. Thanks for a great afternoon to the staff and customers.

Great drinking pub . Friendly punters and staff .Does what it says on the tin .No frills Great old school boozer

Decent pub, St Ives' oldest by all accounts, with a good range of ales and sloping floors so be careful after a session!

It's still that same tiny pup from 30 years ago,but has a fantastic atmosphere you can't beat.

This was my first experience at an English pub. Not disappointed but not over exciting either. Stopped in for a beer and to watch the US Women’s World Cup final. Doesn’t sell food but there is a place a couple dives down that does carry out. I ordered from there and took it back to the pub.

Wonderful old pub steeped in history

Nice pub varied drinks friendly staff and now karaoke, to make it even better plus the good bands

Good pint, needs some money spending on it.

Incredible atmosphere, Lindsey & Dave are the greatest!

Absolute awful place. Minging and toilets a disgrace. Language was appalling. Staff useless and drinks undrinkable. Avoid and go to Oliver Cromwell’s a completely different place🍺

I caught up with an old friend at this establishment. We had a couple of pints. They were very nice. The pub was very clean and relatively quiet. This allowed us to engage in conversation with out any significant distractions. The bar staff were very helpful and engaged in conversation without much prompting. I will return on my next visit

Been going here for years off and on, decent selection of beers and friendly atmosphere

This is a boozer. It's run down & there's more effing & blinding than there ought to be, but that's half its charm :D It's an "old boys" pub. If you're not in that mix then it can seem aggressive & unfriendly. Can be a good crowd if you don't mind a bit of rough & tumble. Otherwise, give this a miss! It's definitely an acquired taste but luckily there's lots of choices of pubs in the town, something for everyone.

Saw a band playing there on Saturday nite was busy and noisy

Very good food, large selection of beer. You can also listen to live music.

It's a pub it serves good beer simples.

Great night here with a live band playing until late

Visiting for the first time, this pub definitely shows it’s age and is in disrepair and quite shabby in places. For example, close to the bar, there’s a section of wallpaper completely come away. It’s saving grace ensuring it doesn’t get a two-star review is that there are televisions showing the football here and there’s a good selection of draught beers and ales ranging from San Miguel to Pilsner Urquell.

Very quiet but at least had football on

Good place to stop on the way back from papworth hospital for a drink

Oldie worldy pub set in a historic oak beemed building in the heart of the town. They look after their ale well and regularly have a decent selection of guest ales. A rough diamond of a public house to its listed interior but welcoming all the same. Don't think they do food but definitely do good beer.

Exceptional night exceptional service

Great live band on a Saturday night.Black Jack I think.

Friendly staff that were very welcoming and knowledgeable about the beer, and a great beer selection!

Good all round reliable pub, good bands, wish they had some female acts

Personally I love it, yes it’s a little tired but it has character and isn’t a formulaic chain pub like some. The staff and locals were very friendly. The toilets weren’t great but there was evidence of work being done to improve them There is an excellent range of drinks on offer at decent prices. This is an old fashioned English pub many of which have disappeared over recent years. Some people will hate it to be honest but I thought it was excellent

Hire darts from the bar @ £5 deposit. Play win return

Great place to play with the band. Awesome crowd. Great staff. Cannot fault it, fab night. Thank you for having us.

Love the live music and party atmosphere

Bit on the small side. But if you are shy you properly want to try else where but the don't do refunds.

Old style real ale CAMRA pub of 2017 winner.

Been in here a couple of times with friends at lunchtimes. Staff & locals are friendly, plus good range of excellent, well kept beers. Probably the best real ale pub in St Ives.

It's not the most salubrious pub in the world, or even St. Ives, but it does have some of the best real ale. The Oakham Inferno is generally excellent, and served at a good price too. Often entertaining bands on a Saturday evening.(This is a drinking pub, not a restaurant at all - don't come here for food, I'm not sure they do any at all).

Nice place to drink nice frendly staff.

Town pub good beer no food darts played scruffy but friendly. rear bar quieter than sometimes boisterous front bar

On passing through st Ives after a day at hospital and waiting for the guided bus I visited this old hostelry I can honestly say that this establishment should be in the doomsday book And has never obviously come out of the dark ages An unkept unfriendly establishment in horrific repair More at home in a Charles dickins novel And also overpriced with a supermarket selection of beers Will not be returning

Small and hard to find a seat. Sometimes the service can take too long.

This is a great pub with live music!

Friendly staff and great ale...

Great pub with superb real ale. Not a fancy place, just a down-to-earth boozer.

Friendly place for a good pint of ale. Bit run down.

Good selection of ales, friendly staff.

The Royal Oak could be do much better if they polished the apple and offered a better experience. This property is quaint but it lacks the personality that a good pubs needs. Some food selections might help especially on weekends but that does not appear to be an option. The bar staff lack energy and the loud background music make it difficult to enjoy a quiet conversation. The Royal Oak needs a renovation in both their property and attitude, This was a one-off visit for sure.

Friendliest pub in town - cosy and relaxed, good beers at good prices and open late :-)

Great local pub, has live music some weekends , serves ales , beers and other refreshments .

Decor is a bit tired and garden isn't very nice. Beer is good and great for bands on a saturday

i have drank at this pub for quite a while being a local to the area, when i visited the pub i noticed that customers were not served in order of arrival when the landlord was on shift instead my males in increment of how attractive/ how regular they were and the same process would happen when the majority of the male customers were served ,when i challenged the landlord of his at the end of the night night i was accused of lying and seeking attention (as a current barmaid of one of the local bars for the past year i found this quite offensive) i had requested a civil private conversation with the landlord at closing where he continued to disrespect and invalidate my point of view further discriminating against which saying i was too young to have such a opinion.

The building's stood since 1502 (and by the looks of him, so has the old chap at the bar).My sister used to run this place in the early 1990's and I hadn't been back since. It's pretty much as I remember it, and a nice place to stop off for a quiet drink and a bite to eat.

Great if you're into rock music. Friendly atmosphere

A lovely olde worlde pub which has potential. A few hand pumps one of which was Oakham Inferno. Felt a bit clicky although it is dog friendly.

Lovely pub and fantastic gig every time I play there with Demoniser

Great location in the high street. A wide variety of on the tap beers always with house specials. Discounted beers 5pm to 7pm. Variety of TV's to watch sports. Front busy bar and quieter lounge at back. Just great for a simple local pub with a friendly atmosphere.

Great pub. Karaoke nights....must do

Lovely pub, superb ales and friendly staff. Plus happy hour which I take advantage of whenever possible

Friendly, helpful staff, good beer, and live music. The joint was jumping!

Pretty rough on a weekend but cheap and cheerful

Cozy pub on a historic building with a great selection of ales

It's a proper pub, a mixed but friendly crowd most nights. The beer selection has improved a lot in the last year or so with a few interesting choices aside from the usual ales you find in most pubs.

Fantastic pub with great beer, super food & 1st class atmosphere