The Royal Oak, Bedford

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Steve of N21 left this review about The Royal Oak

Good to see this one open again, which I believe happened in May last year after being closed since my last review below and at some point the new owners buying it from Charles Wells. From what I can remember of the old pub internally it’s had a fairly major makeover and refurb throughout and although the old main pub building bar is still in situ a large dining room area has been added. Wooden floored throughout the smaller front and larger main bar sections are connected by an open doorway and have a shared wood burning stove set in the connecting room. As well as the new restaurant area the outside has been improved considerably and there are now two outside areas, an undercover terrace section and then a large lawn area with plentiful wooden tables and chairs.
This is now a free house and there are three hand pumps on each of the sections. For my visit there were two ales available in the shape of Phipps NBC India Pale Ale and another local microbrewery beer that I didn’t note down.
We didn’t eat here but I did get the impression that the food side leads this establishment now, but that is perfectly fine if that’s what it takes to keep it open.

On 22^nd August 2017 - rating: 6
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