The Royal Oak, Marylebone, W1

Now a craft beer style pub with bare wooden floor boards and lots of wood .Nice but sparten interior.Windows on 2 sides let plenty of light in.Nice jazzy style music on my visit.About 10 keg beers from the usual craft beer suspects and 3 cask beers.Tempest -dawn of justice,Darkstar-hophead and my Wild Weather-sub lime kaffir was lovely.100 yards away from the Thornbury makes it a good double header

Official site of The Royal Oak - www.theroyaloakw1.com

Official site of The Royal Oak - www.theroyaloakw1.com

Rectangular corner pub, with dark wood tables, floor and panelling plus minimal decor. Side seating area with deep red wallpaper. Dining room upstairs (not visited). Some pavement furniture out front. Just Doom Bar (£3.95) available from the two hand pumps (which sums up the lack of anything interesting here). (NB - Review dates from July 2012.)

Posh refurbishment of corner pub with lots of dark woodwork. A little bit better than the average gastro-pub, but still based around straight rows of tables, which doesn't add much to the pub feel. A couple of reasonable ales on draught, in good condition, and some excellent bar snacks, but definitely over-the-top prices. Friendly and efficient service though.