Royal Oak, Evesham

From outside the Tudor-era timber framed exterior looks like it holds a quaint olde worlde tavern. Sadly fails to really follow-through inside as it has been fairly modernised - some of the beams have been exposed and sanded, blue and cream shades with a nice herringbone parquet floor. Opens prior to noon though at 11.45am I was the only customer, the place was cold and the monosyllabic barman wasn't exactly overjoyed to see me. After a silent 5 minutes he then put on some atrocious music of the type you'd hear in a McDonald's drive-thru at midnight, presumably in an effort to get rid of me, which succeeded. Three pumps at the bar with just Purity Mad Goose on, a bit stale but drinkable (NBSS 2).