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Restaurants
Southend-on-Sea
Southchurch
The Royal Oak
The Royal Oak Reviews

The Royal Oak

British, European

Dishes priced around£11

Photo of restaurant The Royal Oak in Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea
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Reviews of The Royal Oak (128)

Read what people think about The Royal Oak. All restaurant reviews are written by verified Quandoo diners. Learn more about The Royal Oak before you go by getting tips and ratings from other restaurant-goers. With real-life reviews, you can see what other diners loved about The Royal Oak and book a table with confidence!

5.6/6

128 reviews

5.6/6

128 reviews

Food:Outstanding
Atmosphere:Excellent
Service:Excellent
Value for money:Great value
Waiting time:Exceptionally Good
Noise levels:Very pleasant
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"Excellent"
6/6
Peter G.2 years ago · 2 reviews

It was fantastic from beginning to end. Food staff service and atmosphere first class

"Excellent"
6/6
Colin M.2 years ago · 2 reviews

Service with a smile and food to die for. First class as always. We will be back again and again.

"Very good"
5/6
Lydia L.2 years ago · 1 review

Me and my sisters went there to celebrate. One of sisters has an autistic child and she was worried about the food. We explained this to the staff and they were amazing with him. They provided his meal exactly as he needed it to be and nothing was too much trouble. Wonderful service and great to see a restaurant/pub which understood the difficulties of SEN children. Can't praise them enough.

"Excellent"
6/6
Kathie O.3 years ago · 1 review

Great service and amazing food. Glad to be back out dinning again 🥰

"Excellent"
6/6
Mandy R.3 years ago · 1 review

Have dined here several times over the years. We said today we have never had anything we wouldn’t order again. Excellent as always

"Excellent"
6/6
Francis G.4 years ago · 1 review

Lovely pub and restaurant, excellent friendly and professional service, and amazing food. No complaints, will be returning.

"Very good"
5/6
thereasa g.4 years ago · 1 review

Great staff very friendly and welcoming food and drink excellent

"Good"
4/6
Annabel B.4 years ago · 1 review

Food was delicious, seating location by gents no so good but understand difficulties due to covid rules, will be back again 😊

"Very good"
5/6
Helen P.4 years ago · 2 reviews

We visited for Sunday lunch yesterday and the food, service and atmosphere were all excellent.

"Very good"
5/6
Margaret R.4 years ago · 1 review

Great food, great service, as usual, my favourite pub. Waitresses went the extra mile today for my brothers Birthday, thankyou ladies !!

"Average"
3/6
Peter M.4 years ago · 1 review

Another restaurant that has clearly had to adapt their conditions and menu to suit the current circumstances. We have often eaten here over the years and are happy to support the place, but it all went wrong on this visit. I'm not going to go into details, but it was disappointing. The restaurant offered to put things right where possible, but we were too far into the evening by then. A shame as we know these things happen, and hopefully, when life improves for all of us, a future visit will erase this memory with the quality that we know they have.

"Excellent"
6/6
Yvonne M.4 years ago · 1 review

It was extremely busy but the service was good. A little concerned that pub was a bit over packed.

"Excellent"
6/6
Lee A.4 years ago · 1 review

Exellent hot Tastey , and thats just the Staff Booked for. Ext wk

"Excellent"
6/6
Patricia W.4 years ago · 1 review

Social distancing adhere too one way in and out sanitizers available Friendly staff and welcoming Food great

"Excellent"
6/6
adam w.4 years ago · 1 review

This was our first meal since lockdown and it was beautiful! Food was lovely!!!

"Excellent"
6/6
Keeley S.4 years ago · 1 review

Wonderful food, lovely staff, highly recommend We shall be back

"Excellent"
6/6
Adam A.4 years ago · 1 review

Fantastic food- always an amazing meal and really friendly service. Highly recommend

"Excellent"
6/6
victoria M.4 years ago · 1 review

Amazing food and service. We felt safe and the environment was perfectly adjusted for COVID prevention

"Very good"
5/6
colin s.4 years ago · 1 review

Pleasant atmosphere, friendly greeting efficient but not overbearing service. We asked for the loud music speaker over our table to be turned down, & it was eventually turned off, with no detraction from overall atmosphere. Food was good & very reasonably priced. The service was prompt but nicely paced. Pub has been redecorated & is much lighter now. We will be back!

"Good"
4/6
Lorraine F.4 years ago · 1 review

I had a lovely homemade chicken and mushroom pie which was really tasty . Staff were pleasant .

"Excellent"
6/6
Lynda N.4 years ago · 1 review

A delicious meal, reasonably priced and probably the last one they will cook for a while. We will return 😀

"Excellent"
6/6
Carl L.4 years ago · 1 review

Excellent food and service, couldn’t fault. Will definitely visit again.

"Excellent"
6/6
Gary M.4 years ago · 1 review

Great atmosphere, friendly service, lovely food fanastic location what more could you ask for.

"Very good"
5/6
Cyrilla R.4 years ago · 2 reviews

Beautiful food and lovely atmosphere. The waitresses were very good but could have done with a bit more help

"Excellent"
6/6
Peter B.4 years ago · 1 review

Great food and good service ready to book again, thanks

"Excellent"
6/6
Matt M.4 years ago · 1 review

First visit to here, and definitely would return. The food was brilliant.

"Very good"
5/6
Keeley M.4 years ago · 1 review

We had a very pleasant meal for my mum's 78th birthday. The food was plentiful, tasty and home cooked. Our waitress was very friendly, accommodating and happy to serve, unfortunately I didn't catch her name. We had a very nice time - thank you

"Very good"
5/6
Kerry L.4 years ago · 2 reviews

Friendly staff and great food - always know we are going to enjoy our visit

"Excellent"
6/6
John T.4 years ago · 1 review

very satisfactory, we enjoyed the evening and would definately go again.

"Good"
4/6
William L.4 years ago · 4 reviews

Enjoyed our visit very much. Food, service all of a very good standard

"Excellent"
6/6
Angela W.4 years ago · 1 review

I went for second date, sunday lunch, food and atmosphere was perfect

"Very good"
5/6
Beverley D.4 years ago · 1 review

We had a lovely meal, everyone enjoyed there meal, thank you

"Excellent"
6/6
Darren H.4 years ago · 1 review

Great food and a nice atmosphere. Plus a friendly cat!

"Very good"
5/6
Lisa J.4 years ago · 1 review

The food and service was lovely. The banana ice cream is the best I've ever tasted. We will be back.

"Very good"
5/6
Daniel F.4 years ago · 1 review

Great food! Large menu and plenty of starters/mains on the “Special’s” board.

"Very good"
5/6
William L.4 years ago · 4 reviews

Enjoyed it very much will go again Would recommend it

"Excellent"
6/6
debra w.4 years ago · 1 review

fab first visit to the royal oak lovely food recommended

"Excellent"
6/6
Grace P.4 years ago · 1 review

Amazing food & service . Very pleased to dinner here.

"Excellent"
6/6
Richard T.4 years ago · 1 review

This was booked for a birthday treat, and we had a good time. There were a few dietary requirements and these were all handled really well. Would definitely recommend and return.

"Excellent"
6/6
Lisa C.4 years ago · 2 reviews

We love coming here, its such a nice traditional pub/restaurant will lovely food & great service. We had the 3 course festive menu and the food was 5* even though it was quite busy, the staff were so friendly and helpful. Its nice having a local pub/restaurant that serves proper food in a relaxing cosy atmosphere. We must keep supporting these places