The Old Royal Oak, Knaresborough

Under new management and the beer range has improved as well as the quality, in addition to the John Smiths Cask you should find Theakstons XB, Taylors Landlord and perhaps Taylors Golden Best. Little else has changed but it's a much nicer place to drink now.

IYBMADIWTY means If You Buy Me A Drink I Will Tell You. You owe me a pint OB. We walked into this pub and the smell of cigarette smoke and sweat hit us as soon as we entered. The other half said "I don't think so, do you" so we left.

This pub is on the market place and once inside the pub was fairly smart and very quiet on my visit. There was only one real ale on the bar this was John Smiths cask and this was decent enough. Pub visited 16/7/2007

Low ceilings, dark wood, tiled bar, and victorian features combine to make a characterful pub with two bars. The beer sadly was chewy John Smiths Cask, the only ale available, along with the usual kegs. The two bars are broadly similar, to the right is more dining oriented and has a flag floor, the left hand one more sparcely furnished and has a boarded floor. Pictures and photos of old Knaresborough and a few brass nicknacks and horsebrasses in the normal pub style. There is a cryptic message over the door between the bars reading IYBMADIWTY! , I didn't get the chance to ask its meaning but it's more fun to make up your own anyway.

Official site of the Old Royal Oak - www.theoldroyaloak-knaresborough.co.uk

Official site of the Old Royal Oak - www.theoldroyaloak-knaresborough.co.uk