The Royal Oak Inn, Bridport

A traditional Georgian seaside town pub with two bars on slightly different levels. It is run by Palmers. The upper lounge is cosy and has tables laid for diners. Dogs are only permitted in the lower public bar, which has a massive curved TV screen over an open fireplace with a small woodburner. There is also a dartboard. Food is good, basic pub grub, but not that cheap, though the beer was actually well-priced compared to other Palmer’s pubs. Ales on draught were Copper, 200, IPA, Dorset Gold and Beach Caster, all in excellent condition. The pub was very welcoming, definitely the pub of choice here.

The Royal Oak is a decent pub on the eastern side of Charmouth. This is a smallish Palmers tied house that had a couple of rooms i went in the smallish lounge which was quite a nice room to have a drink in. There were three palmers real ales on the bar i had a drink of Palmers best bitter which was a very nice drink the other beers were Bridport bitter and Palmers 200. I thought this was the best pub in Charmouth and i would happily visit again. Pub visited 23 August 2000.