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Royal Oak, York

18 Goodramgate
York
YO1 7LG
Phone: 01904628869

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John Bonser left this review about The Royal Oak Inn

Situated next door to the Golden Slipper is the Royal Oak, a pub with a distinctive Tudor style exterior.

It describes itself as a "Traditional 15th Century Haunted Inn". You might be starting to think that being a ghost is a productive career in this city!

Whilst retaining its multi bar layout, I found the interior relatively bland and characterless by York pub standards. A small basic bar at the front has fixed seating round the edges and was empty, apart from a group of mature customers enthusiastically playing dominoes. A larger bar at the back is similar in style, but a bit more comfortable and had a TV showing motor racing when I popped in in late June. A third room, on the other side of the corridor, seemed to be a bit newer and, of particular note here, is a framed photo of the fire at York Minster in July 1984.This bar is serviced via a hatch in the corridor. There's rather basic outside toilets

Food has a rather naff Tudor theme - eg Henry VIII pie

The pub is in the Punch Taverns portfolio and is, according to the local press, due for a refurb in July ( about now then !). Beers on were Copper Dragon's Golden Pippin, GK Abbott and TT Landlord, a somewhat disappointing selection by today's standards. The Golden Pippin ( served in a Timothy Taylors branded glass ) - £ 2.90p - was reasonable.

This pub didn't particularly excite me and there's a fair few pubs in York that I'd rank ahead of this one.

On 15th October 2010 - no rating submitted
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ROB Camra left this review about The Royal Oak Inn

Pub is as described by Rex below. It's one of those pubs that we call in sometimes when in York. We always think "Yes, it's OK in here" but it's not a pub we call in every time we're in York. 4 handpumps on serving TT Landlord, GK Abbott, Kelham Island Pale Rider & Westons real cider. On this visit I had the Pale Rider which was fine. We have eaten here in the past and the baguettes were pretty good as well. It's a decent pub in a city full of great ones.

On 17th September 2010 - rating: 6
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Royal Oak Inn

They had three ales on – Landlord, Abbot, and Copper Dragon Golden Pippin. I had the Golden Pippin, which was excellent, and an ale that I had seen several times during my trip to York, but had never seen in London. This is another pub where the barmaid had never been asked to take her sparkler off before! The food seemed fairly reasonably priced - £7 - £9 for mains, and £4 - £5 for baguettes.
This is a three-roomed pub, with what appeared to be a public bar at the front on the left; a snug on the right; and I guess what would be a saloon bar at the back. We popped in here for an early swift one, and sat in the public bar. This bar had an unusual feature (unusual for me anyway) of a pinkish stone/marble floor that has clearly been there a long time judging by the well worn oche facing the fireplace. The dartboard is no longer there, alas. The seating in here was red plastic covered banquettes, stools and metal framed tables. Quite traditional in fact. Despite its proximity to the Minster and Monk’s Bar, it still seems to be a fairly basic pub; there were two or three other punters in there who were clearly local regulars. I’d sum it up as a no-frills pub, and I would have no objection to making another visit, but there are several better pubs in York.

On 15th June 2010 - rating: 6
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James Joines left this review about The Royal Oak Inn

Upto 4 Real Ales available.

On 3rd May 2009 - no rating submitted
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