The Royal Oak Inn

Beautiful old building

Quiet location in the national park. Good breakfast. Hiking trail next to the river (over the bridge) Grocery store a few minutes' walk away (closed on Sundays)

Location was very peaceful and the locals were engaging with new people in the village

Rain after so many weeks of sun. Lol Cleanliness needs improving dusty in the bathroom and bits , heavy dust behind bathroom radiator easily seen when sitting on the loo

Lots of characteristics

Rooms need redecorating

Location is very good. Shame about the landlady

Do not believe anything you are told by the landlady. On arrival, we weren't told when and breakfast was. The continental options were cornflakes and alpen. Orange juice and weak coffee and cheap slice bread toast. There were cooked options, which I had to have or go hungry. On the first morning I asked for well cook scrabbled eggs. I got very dry scrabbled eggs (not edible) they were covered with pepper. I told the landlady I didn't ask for pepper. I did manage to eat a couple of mouthfuls and left the rest. The second morning I had avocado with hollandaise sauce (I explainedi was allergic to chilli and to make sure none was put on my plate). Which was very rich, I ate very little. The third morning I asked for just the bun, avocado and eggs nothing else. I reminded about the chilli. I was told chef had put chilli on my breakfast and had to re.ake my breakfasr. Approximately 1 minute later I got bun, avocado with something sweet on it and eggs. I tried the eggs and within a couple of minutes my mouth was burning. I left my breakfast and went upstairs to clean my teeth. My husband told the landlady what had happe6and said he believed the chilli had been scrapped off and the food then reserved. She denied this. On leaving some 30 minutes later she was waiting in the car park and said the chilli had not been scrapped off. I explained she was lucky this time. If she had served that to someone with a more severe allergy than mine, they could have been in hospital or dead following her actions. She the stopped my husband collecting our bags by standing on the stairs blocking his way and saying he by not believing her he was aggressive. She also lied when our room wasn't serviced blaming covid, then the following morning told us the room wasn't serviced because she had no staff. There were a number of occasions we caught her out lying over small issues. The fact that she risks the outcome of allergies was unacceptable.

Good location, it had a good local feel to the pub, friendly staff, and somewhere to park our motorcycles.

Nothing really.

Remote attractive location in heart of Exmoor. Scenic drive from Dulverton

Great pub, with great staff and run with a smile. Thanks. Brendan