Royal Oak — Restaurant in London

🚇 Hoxton 🍺 £5.75 Prahva ❤️ A picture postcard East End boozer. . Set in the heart of Columbia Road and for me the centrepiece of Columbia Road flower market is The Royal Oak. Hoxton overground is your nearest station which is just a ten minute walk away. . This Bethnal Green boozer was built in 1923 and is Grade II listed. This pub may look familiar to you as it has appeared on TV in Goodnight Sweetheart and on the silver screen in both Kray Twins films. . This pub has been altered a little but still retains enough of its period features to give you a feel of this pub’s heritage. At the centre of the bar is an island servery which is surrounded by a parkay floor which is framed by beautiful oak panels which clad the walls. At the back of the pub is a cosy walled courtyard garden. . The beer line up is fairly straightforward with lots of mainstream favourites. I had a Pravha which was a nice pint and cost under six quid. The food is popular here, plenty of punters were tucking in to the British pub classics menu, Fish & Chips costs £18 which is a bit pricey by comparison. . The atmosphere here was great on this Saturday afternoon, there was a good mix of clientele in enjoying time in this charismatic pub. If you are visiting on a Sunday be mindful that the flower market is on so it will be extra busy. . The @royaloakcolumbiaroad is one of East London’s most famous pubs primarily because of its appearance and location. The East End has lost so much of its character and characters, this makes these pubs so important as reference points of what once was. . ℹ️ Info correct on...

Rather nice, tidy and characteristic pub, unfortunately plagued with sub-par service: starting with the main issue, the waitress did not seem like she really wanted to be there, giving a bit of an annoyed vibe and not smiling at us even once, as far as we noticed; we waited about 1:20 to get our food delivered since we arrived at the location; the guest next to me asked for a trivial replacement (he did not want fries for health reasons, so he asked if he could get mashed potatoes, salad, rice, whatever else), and the waitress told us that was not an option, they did not have it - despite later serving rice and mashed potatoes to other people at our table; the steaks were served with basically random cooking degrees: since they were also not great in terms of flavour, some of the people with me had plenty of leftover I sampled (I was also very hungry) and I will just say that between two "medium-rare" steaks we were served next to each other, there definitely a massive difference in cooking time; I had a chicken pie that to my surprise was also rather modest in both size and flavour, despite coming in with a whooping £20 price tag and with a side a bit burnt; the mashed potatoes accompanying it were also a bit on the bland side - for that price I was expecting something a bit more inspired, like a typical puree prepared with nutmeg or the like.

The burgers seemed in good shape, while the desserts were okay, as I think was the wine selection (I do not drink, but the people with me were...

Horrible experience at this pub. Came in to celebrate a friend’s birthday to which she had reserved a table and paid a deposit for. Upon arrival this table had been given away and the bar staff were extremely unhelpful and almost hostile towards us regarding this situation. We were 12 minutes late (with a 15 minute window we fell into) but again a deposit for the tables had been put down. Later in the night a verbal altercation occurred with members of our party and an older couple who were being absolutely disgusting and completely overreacting. Our party was primary made up of women, some of whom are queer, and the three white male bar staff on duty did not make us feel safe or welcome in this situation and in fact insinuated we were completely at fault. We were not 100% to blame for this incident. I would also like the point out the fact that we spent quite a lot of money at this pub but were treated terribly. Some of the people in our party have also left reviews of our experience and this was met with a completely disrespectful and unprofessional response from the owner of the pub. Most of us in the party are east London locals and will be warning everyone we know not to come to this...