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The Royal Oak, Tonbridge

82 Shipbourne Road
Tonbridge
TN10 3ED

Phone: 01732359357

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Tonbridge Town

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David Walton left this review about The Royal Oak

Visited 15/09/25

Cask was a very well-kept Harvey's Best and Doom Bar. Keg was Moretti, Stella, Thatcher’s Gold, Fosters, Guinness, Amstel, Theakston's Mild.

Traditional, roadside venue with a small amount of seating out the front. There is a lounge area on the left-hand side. Carpeted and not much seating as most of the space given over to a pool table in the middle of the floor area. The bar counter is in the rear right-hand corner by the internal entrance to the public bar. Tall stool seating on a lino skirt at the bar counter and a subset of the taps in the public bar. The public bar is accessed externally via the right-hand entrance, and the area is carpeted with the bar counter along the rear wall with some tall stool seating at the bar counter on the same type of lino skirt. There is a traditional fitted wooden banquette around the front window to the left of the entrance and plenty of regular tables and chairs in the area in front of and to the right-hand side of the bar counter. There is a darting area in the front area to the right of the entrance of the public bar. Plenty of trophies on shelving in the area suggest there is some success by the pub team. Indeed, there is another darting area beyond the right-hand edge of the bar counter. Another very friendly venue, not a wide beer range but good enough for me on my visit!

On 16^th February 2026 - rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Royal Oak

Compact pub with a tidy 'L'-shaped main bar featuring a dartboard but little in the way of decoration. Single-storey side extension housing the pool table and a smaller bar counter. The two handpumps feature the regular Doom Bar and Harvey's (£3.40, and in good form as previously). NB - There is now a huge area of northern Tonbridge without a pub, so this will be the nearest place for a pint for many people, but one suspects it's only the immediate locals who make use of the place.

On 7^th October 2017 - rating: 6
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Strongers . left this review about The Royal Oak

The Royal Oak is a basic boozer with a left hand bar that houses seating, a plasma screen, a pool table and a jukebox that was playing some loud music throughout the pub. A larger right hand bar houses more seating, two dartboards and another plasma screen that was showing a muted quiz programme of some sort.

Both of the bars were lined by a boisterous crowd that had not long left the building site, but I was quickly served by the lone barmaid. Standard draught was available alongside cask Harvey’s Best and Sharp’s Doom Bar. Children are permitted until 20:00, but I’m not sure that I would take my kids here on a Friday afternoon.

To the left of the pub and to the rear is a car park and at the far rear is a small grass covered area with a picnic table. This pub does not open until 13:00 during the week and 12:30 at the weekend. I saw nothing here that would have me rushing back.

On 14^th June 2015 - rating: 5
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