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A Grade II-listed former coaching inn in a Cotswolds village, The Royal Oak is a gastropub that has kept its creaky, traditional soul while adding a proper dining room, snugs, and a kitchen that takes seasonal cooking seriously. The menu drifts from pub classics into more ambitious territory without making a fuss about it. Mariella Frostrup once called it a blueprint for the low-key bolthole, which about covers it.
The awards strongest first
- Top 50 Gastropubs 2026 · #84 · Top 50 Gastropubs
One number, weighted & current 79
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Bloody Mary cured salmon
“You could start your meal with a Bloody Mary cured salmon, served with wasabi aioli and crispy capers”
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Maple-roast pumpkin
“before moving on to maple-roast pumpkin, peanut satay sauce, pickled ginger, chargrilled bok choi, toasted sesame and coriander oil for main”
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Dark and seedy sticky toffee
“before diving into the delectable puddings such as dark and seedy sticky toffee with bourbon butterscotch, candied pecan and vanilla ice cream”
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Vanilla and honey basque cheesecake
“vanilla and honey basque cheesecake with walnut granola and rum & raisin ice cream”
Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026
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