Royal Oak Inn — Restaurant in Teignbridge

I ordered the Cambodian Street Food Curry, as this is one of very few vegetarian dishes on the menu. I was expecting lots of flavour, however, I have never had a curry so bland in my life. Even after attempts to spice it up with condiments, mustard and pepper, it still tasted of nothing. I had 6 mouthfuls in an attempt to not feel like I was wasting my money, no luck. My partner had a steak, it was at least 35% fat. All 3 portions of chips we had were rock hard so my children ended up having a few nuggets for their lunch. We attempted to get our meals rectified, however, the bar staff was not seen for quite a while at some points. We gave up trying eat, and when the staff emerged we said about the meals, in an attempted to either get our money back or at least some cooked chips but no. We got an 'oh, sorry' and their walked off. £50 plus lighter and still hungry....

Sunday lunch-Decided to visit the Royal Oak today after reading some great reviews about the Sunday lunch. Service was friendly, warm and attentive. The roast lamb was delicious, plenty of crispy roast potatoes with a great selection of vegetables. Without doubt one of the nicest Sunday roasts in the area. Unfortunately the dessert was extremely disappointing, described as a Cherry Crumble, sadly not one cherry just a cherry sauce with a granola crumbled over the top. When I complained this fell on deaf ears. We wouldn't hesitate to return or recommend the Royal Oak albeit we wont be purchasing a below...

Went here for Mothers Day today. Total disaster. Very disorganised with staff standing around doing nothing. Table wasn't cleared before desert arrived which we had to ask for. We had to wait over an hour for food which had been pre-ordered. When I said I was diabetic I was offered a slice of bread and told there was another 30 minute wait for food. I wouldn't go back. Staff didn't seem bothered when we complained and they didn't try to pacify us or rectify our situation. Others in my party had cold meals. We were told sorry but nothing could be done. Whatever happened to good...