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After a visit to the Summer House in Whitmore Reans (not yet listed on here), we moved back towards the centre, with a stop at the Royal Oak. This was a much busier pub than others we visited. But it was slightly nearer to the football ground and with kick off approaching, it was gradually getting busier. A nice, traditional boozer owned by Marston's with seating around a bar. Regular ales are Banks's Amber Bitter, Mild & Sunbeam & Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold. Guests were Marston's Old Empire & Thwaite's Wainwright. Clearly a popular place with some friendly customers.
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ROB has given a nice interior description of this solid pub, one that we always pop into for one or two when in Chapel Ash, which is quite often.
a Banks's pub, which has Bitter and MILD always on handpull, with a guest, last night being Brakspear Honey Bee. For once, the consistent MILD was having an off night, but the Honey Bee, the only Brakspear drink i like, was good.
A nice locals pub, one that everyone feels comfortable in - always worth a visit
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A well kept pint of Banks Original was found before the Wolves v West Ham, a well run pub with good bar-staff.
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Pub with a community local feel. It�s been opened out into one large room with what looks like an extension/conservatory at one end, there�s also a raised outdoor seating area. There�s plenty of red comfortable seating to the left as you enter and a couple of wall display arches along with a few rather faded Johnnie Walker prints and a quiz machine plus a big screen TV. To the right there�s another couple of seating areas and a few bar stools. There�s some unusual mullioned glass over the bar but it�s not anything special d�cor wise. There are six handpumps doubling up with Banks�s Bitter and Original and last night they had Marston�s Lord Taverner�s Ale on as well. I had a pint of it and very nice it was too. It�s a pleasant enough pub.
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Cracking Banks's mild in here, can get quite busy weekends.Decent sized smoking garden.Dr's verdict - go and have a pint outside in the sunshine.
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Glad to see that my campaign to see MILD in more pubs has had an affect here. Keith and Sue I salute you. On the strength of your message I popped in on the 22nd Sep to sample the MILD and a very good pint of Banks's it was too. A pub worth drinking in again, great stuff.
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much friendlier now that keith n sue have got it
anonymous - 18 Oct 2006 11:11 |
A friendly place to be. Great Sunday dinners at a good price. Bernie's a gr8 barmaid too!
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Hi everyone,
As the new tenants of the royal oak I would like to apologise to all the mild drinkers who left the pub when the previous landlords were unable to keep the traditional mild,I can assure you that we now have the trad back along with guest ales,it is rumoured that my wife keeps the best pint in the area ( I have to say that she's here with me)but joking apart she really does keep a good cellar
Keith and Sue
Royal Oak
Compton Rd
Wolverhampton
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Hadn�t been in here for a couple of years. Supposedly a standard Banks�s house with a decent pint of Banks�s (Original) MILD.
Walked up to the bar to be greeted by the ugly black tap with Smooth emblazed on it.
�We took the real MILD out because it didn�t sell and this stuff keeps better.� blurted the barmaid.
Usual poor excuse. Now just another temple to the chemical-drinking hordes.
Worryingly this is starting to look like a concerted attempt by Wolverhampton & Dudley PLC to destroy serious real MILD brewing. Not a smart move W&D.
Clarion call to serious MILD drinkers: NO MILD WALK OUT.
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Back in the 1980s this pub was the home of amazingly cheap dinners and a pint of MILD for a �1. Every lunch time the place was packed. That came to an end but the pub was still a popular drinking hole. But what's happened now? They've traded the Banks's cask MILD for Banks's fizzy keg smooth pour. What a mistake.
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