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| Good Beer Guide pub near [[Borough Station]]. Owned by Harvey's, and so normally has the full range of Harveys beer, including the seasonals. |
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It has two rooms linked by a small lobby at the front door and the bar in between them serving both. Service is very friendly, as are the regulars found propped along the bar. Can get busy in the evenings, but on a Saturday afternoon in October 2008 was very quiet (no music is played either). |
Pub owned by Harvey's as such normally has the full range of Harvey's including the seasonals. |
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There are seven hand-pulls, with Harvey's ales plus one guest from [[Category Fuller's|Fuller's]] (London Porter at £3.60/pint in Dec 2009). They usually have Harvey's Best Bitter (£3.20/pint in Dec 2009), pale (£3/pint in Dec 2009), and mild (£2.90/pint in Dec 2009). Other ales we've seen here include the very excellent London Olympia Golden Ale (£3.20 in Sep 2008), and seasonals Armada (£3.40/pint in Dec 2009), South Down Harvest (£3.30/pint in Sep 2008), Copperwheat, and Tom Paine. Both seasonals and other ales are changed fairly often (the Old Ale in March 2009 was particularly tasty). You can also get bottles of the Imperial Extra Double Stout (£3.85), which at 9% is a fairly heady concoction. They're pretty good for cider too, for example in September 2008 they had Thatcher's Heritage Cider on handpull (£3.20/pint) and there's generally an extensive range of Weston's ciders on draught. |
The food is very good with interesting specials. |
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Food is served lunchtimes and evenings <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/42923070724/in/datetaken/ photo of regular menu as of July 2018]</small>. It's very good with interesting specials (though they don't often change). [[bob]], [[Martin]] and others visited in July 2018. The pub was relatively full when [[bob]] arrived but there were a couple of spare tables. The pub was busy most of the night. The beer as usual was very good and relatively cheap for London. The scampi and chips(£8.95)<small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/42923072334/in/datetaken/ photo]</small> was as good as ever. [[Martin]] had the Steak and Kidney pudding(£11.95)<small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/42923074384/in/datetaken/]</small> with chips instead of mash. [[Kake]] tried one of the specials on a Monday evening in June 2008; salmon fishcakes served with chips and salad (£8.50) <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2608446747/ photo]</small>. The fishcakes appeared to be deepfried, and didn't hold together very well, and the accompanying salad had no dressing. The tartare sauce looked and tasted home-made though, and the chips were fine. On visits in September 2008 and March 2009, [[Ewan]] had a pie (only partially encased) of the vegetable and stilton variety (just under £8), but it was very tasty nonetheless and served with fresh steamed vegetables which had just the right amount of butter to go down easily <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/2875952930/ photo]</small>. Plenty of bowls of chips were also consumed, great value at £2 as you get quite a few of them and they are all perfectly-done chunky fries. [[Juliet]] took Sidney-the-dog there for Mild Month in May 2010, and the staff were very helpful – came out to say hello to her, provided her with a bowl of water, and later told us when a larger table (better for number of humans present and having a corner for Sidney to fall asleep in!) became available. The milds were all lovely, too. Can be hard to find; make sure you have a map if you've not been there before (Tabard Street is diagonally opposite [[Borough Station]], running behind the prominent church building). See also: * [http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub1228.php Fancyapint review] * [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/24284/ Pubs Galore comments] * [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/2814/ Beer In The Evening comments] * [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/40073-The-Royal-Oak-London Qype comments] * [http://www.timeout.com/london/bars/reviews/12714.html Time Out review] * [http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/two-good-pubs.html Tandleman's Beer Blog review] * [http://boakandbailey.com/?p=495 Boak and Bailey review] * [http://boakandbailey.com/2009/12/27/moor-half-and-half-with-the-old-man/ Another Boak And Bailey review] * [http://life.hereisthecity.com/eat_and_drink/drink/217.cntns Here Is The City review] * [http://teninchwheeler.blogspot.com/2010/03/royalty.html Ten Inch Wheels review] * [http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/06/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-3-the-royal-oak/ Freaky Trigger review] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[bob]], [[Martin]] and [[Ilmari]], July 2018. Opening hours and food times taken from advert in the April/May 2009 London Drinker.</div> |
Can be hard to find make sure you have a map if youve not been there before. |
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summary='Good Beer Guide pub near Borough. '
summary='Fantastic Good Beer Guide pub near Borough, operated by Harvey's.' website='http://www.royaloaklondon.co.uk/' |
summary='Good Beer Guide pub near Borough. ' website='http://www.royaloaklondon.co.uk/' |
Good Beer Guide pub.
Pub owned by Harvey's as such normally has the full range of Harvey's including the seasonals.
The food is very good with interesting specials.
Can be hard to find make sure you have a map if youve not been there before.
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