The Royal Oak - Watford

Had really good Bang Bang cauliflower and burgers at the Royal Oak in Watford. Dog-friendly restaurant too. Looks like it would be nice of an evening

Was pleasantly surprised by this place, had a lovely birthday meal here today! Vibe inside is lovely, you can tell it's a family run business and we felt our server actually enjoyed working there/cared whether we were enjoying the meal. We ordered the chilli beef nachos, the bang bang cauliflower (as recommended by our server) and I went for the mac and cheese with buffalo chicken for my main, whilst my partner opted for the burger of the day. The nachos and the bang bang cauliflower were my personal highlights, however, every single dish was absolutely amazing. People had told me the food was great before I came here and they really weren't lying! Portions were generous too. The service was also wonderful, they only had one person behind the bar/taking orders/bringing food out as it was a quieter weekday lunchtime, but he really knew his stuff, and was super helpful, attentive and happy to go the extra mile for us throughout the whole meal. He also, very thoughtfully, saw my partner had booked the table as a birthday occasion and brought out a complimentary brownie icecream with a candle in to our surprise! I've eaten in expensive restaurants in previous years on my birthday and haven't even gotten a happy birthday from the server, let alone a free dessert, so was incredibly generous of them and of course, it tasted delicious and was a great portion! We will definitely be back and can't wait to try everything else on the menu!!!

Very tasty mutton curry beers were very good good atmosphere staff very friendly and welcoming definitely worth a visit

Our first time visiting and it won’t be our last. Just not sure why it’s taken us so long to discover this pub. Sue and Lee are fantastic hosts, we were welcomed the minute we arrived and they had thoughtfully given us a table that was suitable for our dog. The food exceeded our expectations and was in our opinion excellent. Super busy on a Friday which gave it a fantastic atmosphere but did not distract from the service which was great. We would throughly recommend this pub.

We’ve never been disappointed with the food at the Royal Oak. We had a mixture of Cajun chicken kebabs and nachos this time which were well cooked and very tasty. We found out after entering that Thursday nights belong to DJ Vinyl Denzil. A small indoors pub area with loud music and not many customers, probably keeping away from the loud music. I don’t see the point in a foody pub. We’ll be back but not on a Thursday night.