The Royal Oak — Restaurant in Arun

Been here plenty of times for both lunch & early dinner. Food stops at 6.30pm. You can get both normal & small size portions if you're not a big eater. Lunch choices as well as hot pub food is baguettes etc. Not a massive area to eat in, 7 or 8 tables I think, but possible space in garden to eat in the summer, although I've never done this & on one occasion we overflowed into drinking area as food area full. Separate drinking bar to eating area (only a very small area to drink in only, in the eating area when food is available). Obviously at 6.30pm tables are cleared in the food area to become seating for drinks & chatting. Lots of locals attend here, definitely busy when we went on a Friday. Lovely staff. Yummy food. We had sweet & sour chicken, chicken & mushroom with pots & veg, egg & chips plus puds of ice cream, sticky toffee...

Presentation, Produce, Portions, Price... Perfect! Returned from a profitable (if rainy) day out at Fontwell races and decided to celebrate with a meal and drinks at The Royal Oak, since we had visited for refreshments the previous evening and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere. Five of us enjoyed a variety of mains - lamb's liver with bacon and onions, lasagne and chicken curry. Each meal looked beautiful - wished I'd taken photographs - and there was no scrimping on the portion sizes. All of us agreed our dishes were cooked to perfection. A goodly number of bottles of shiraz and several Amstels washed it all down. The icing on the cake was when the proprietress tracked me down to return £20 I had overpaid (my mistake). Thoroughly decent, honest touch to round off the evening. Would...

Returned to the Royal Oak again to sample the food and beer yesterday as have visited before on other occasions and always enjoyed both.. Yet again, we were not to be disappointed. The food portions were of a very generous size(and reasonably priced) and both the quality of the food and beer was sublime and the staff as helpful and friendly as ever. Love you, pink pub. You have an unspoilt interior and 2 old school separate bars which is becoming a rarer thing these days. This pub is highly recommended by both myself and my friend who visited with me yesterday. Keep up the good work and see you...