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Royal Oak Inn, Heavitree, Exeter
Heavitree
Exeter
EX1 2RN
Served areas
Reviews of Royal Oak Inn (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Real Ale Ray left this review about Royal Oak Inn
A decent pub with friendly locals and staff. The beer choices on our visit were the same as Blue Scrumpy's review below. We went for the Salcombe and found the beer to be served too cold and quite similar to a John Smiths. This pub along with Carlsberg Marston's brewing company are misleading customers on their dispense when serving their beer.
The beer is called 'Fresh Ale' which is in a keg and served through a handpump. This means the beer is ready to serve when it leaves the brewery, whereas a cask beer doesn't leave the brewery as a finished product. Instead the conditioning process is done at the pub and relies on the skills, timing and experience of the staff and licensee. Camra calls this Handpump Hijack.
This pub looks the part from the outside, but is a massive disappointment beerwise.
On 23rd October 2024
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 3645 recommendations about 3645 pubs]
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Royal Oak Inn
Thatched pub on the main road through the Heavitree district of Exeter. The entrance corridor is notable for having a prison door from Dartmoor Prison on the right-hand side. Also on the right-hand side is a snug.
The main bar is off to the left of the corridor. It has a raised seating area, which looks like it it an extension to the original pub. The room is fairly cosy and appears to be a favourite for locals who had spilled out onto an outdoor patio to the front of the pub. Inside, the Olympics was being shown on the TV. Dogs are welcome.
At the bar, there were 5 cask ales. Regular beers are Dartmoor Jail Ale, Otter Ale & St Austell Tribute. Guests were Otter Amber & Salcombe Seahorse. The pub is listed in the 2024 Good Beer Guide. John Smith's could be found on keg. There was no real cider, with Thatcher's Gold & Haze being the keg options.
On 11th August 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3040 recommendations about 3038 pubs]
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mark smaldon left this review about Royal Oak Inn
Drop in to this city pub with a country feel and welcoming atmosphere and enjoy an ale or glass of wine!
On 25th March 2009
- rating: 10
[User has posted 1 recommendations about 1 pubs]
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- CAMRA WhatPub :: Royal Oak Inn - whatpub.com
St James Park (Devon), 1.34 miles, 25 min walk (show)
Exeter Central, 1.55 miles, 29 min walk (show)
Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : No last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes - Except during food service - last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes - Not Monday - last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 11 August 2024 by Blue Scrumpy
- Micropub : No last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : Yes - Wednesday - last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 28 March 2018 by ROB Camra
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