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The Royal Oak, Walsall

Chester Road
Brownhills
Postal town: Walsall
WS8 6DP

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Brownhills

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Soup Dragon left this review about The Royal Oak

A detached 1930s styled undressed brick pub with projecting wings and projecting roof. I think it was formerly called the Middle Oak before being demolished and rebuilt. It has a beer garden and kids' play area, with a little buggy that runs down a track, which the little Soupette enjoyed enormously.

There is a bar room, entered via the left wing of the pub. This is in yellow and white ceiling and walls. It also had a dart board - i only saw this room briefly. The lounge and dining area is entered via the right wing. The lounge is part partitioned. It is in a peppermint green and mustard mix, with a nice moulded cornice and red and orange band around the ceiling. It also has a lovely tiled firelpace in the same green and mustard. The whole place still retains a deep 1930s feel. There is gramaphone and display case, copies of 'Morris Owner' on the walls, along with some Erte art deco posters. They do food, which was decent (homemade chips) and reasonable value. There was a TV, which wasn't on and the music was mixed and a decent level. The service was very friendly, the clientele mixed, though a little quiet when i visited.

Beers: usual, no MILD, with 5 handpulls; Abbots, Tetley Bitter, Ubu Purity, Otter Bright, St Austell Tribute and a decent Timothy Taylor Landlord.

I liked this place. In my view the best real ale and pub in Brownhills. It is avery much a product of its time. A must.

On 19^th June 2011 - no rating submitted
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Danny O'Revey left this review about The Royal Oak

Modern, uninspiring interior, mainly made up of light wood panels, the space is half laid out in a Wetherspoons square table/eating type fashion. I expect therefore it is a foody type pub, though I was the only one in the pub at the time of visit. The beer range is also staple type products. There is a small outside area at the back with a few tables and a bit of a sun trap.

However, the service was good and there were 7 different real ales on at the time of visit, and though the usual suspects that should be plenty for anyone, and the quality was excellent, hence its listing in the Good Beer Guide.

On 26^th April 2010 - rating: 5
[User has posted 1542 recommendations about 1519 pubs]

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Andy Ven left this review about The Royal Oak

Known locally as The Middle Oak, this place is entered in CAMRA's Black Country Good Beer Guide for selling Banks's Original, Deucher's IPA, Greene King Abbot Ale, Taylor Landlord, Tetley Bitter and other guest beers

On 29^th August 2007 - no rating submitted
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