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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.
One honor, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Top 50 Gastropubs 2026 · #84 · Top 50 Gastropubs
One number, weighted & current 79
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Bloody Mary cured salmon Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026
- Maple-roast pumpkin Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026
- Dark and seedy sticky toffee Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026
- Vanilla and honey basque cheesecake Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026
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