Royal Oak, Settle

Enter through a revolving door, which gave me high hopes for something upmarket given its * CAMRA Inventory rating but what I got was a scruffy and unkempt place with the bob-a-job barmaid sat the wrong side of the jump. Relatively large inside, though a chunk of character has gone by glooping the woodwork in light grey paint. Just the one cask, TTL, which in fairness was quite tidy (NBSS 3.5). No real reason to do this one at present unless you're a completist; feels like it's waiting for death or renewal and appears to have slipped somewhat from the place described in more recent reviews.

Cavernous pub - with several huge rooms. Enter via a revolving door to find a bar (log burner and enough stacked wood to suggest we are heading for an energy crisis) - a dining area that was setup for kareoke/disco on my Friday night visit, and another games room with pool table were found. Young clientele, as you would expect from the description. TT Landlord in fine condition. No complaints from me.

My first visit in over four years, and the Royal Oak does appear to have improved somewhat since my previous visits. Still not particularly busy at lunch time, with a small crowd of older gents in, what appeared to be a mix of locals and tourists, with the tourists later moving on. Three hand pulls for cask ales, offering Doom Bar, Tim Taylor Landlord and Yorkshire Heart Silverheart. The Silverheart was nice enough and set me back £1.90 for a half. No issue with quality. Service was welcoming and friendly. Definitely not the best pub in Settle in terms of ale choice, but it's worth a look if only once for the unusual revolving door.

Hotel type bar, elegantly furnished, carpeted and panelled with some neat carved wood. Smaller inside than the outside suggests it is a single large room although obviously it was not always so. The front area has a large screen, dart board, fruit machine and a pool table. Sofas and armchairs congregate around the screen, it’s pretty much wooden tables and chairs elsewhere, a few stools around a cask sit near the unusual revolving main door. More down to earth punters than the Golden Lion and a wee bit younger, they may have to look up the undertaker’s number rather than have it on speed dial. Four pulls on the counter, Black Sheep, Butcombe. Jennings (reversed) and Old Rosie. Not bad condition just a touch mundane.