The Royal Oak - Purbeck

My friends and I decided to have Christmas dinner here and we are so pleased we did. From start to finish the experience was very positive. Excellent and attentive waiting staff who couldn’t do enough for us and Brendan, the chef cooked up one of the best Christmas meals I’ve had in a long time. Many thanks for a great night out

My husband I were on holiday locally so booked to eat here, as it said dog friendly we have 2 retrievers. It is very dog friendly. The locals at the bar the waiter were very keen on dogs. Treats water were supplied. The waiter, Brendan, was fantastic. Very affable, knowledgeable, helpful accomodating. The bar was full of very friendly folk the music played was excellent not too loud! Now the food-we both went for fish for starters main. My husband had whitebait I had garlic prawns. Nicely presented, hot very tasty. We both had Lemon Sole for mains which was cooked to prerfection absolutely delicious. In fact we both thought it was probably one of the best meals out that we had ever had. Highly recommended

After work dinner. Great attentive service, perfectly cooked king prawns , gouda and bacon doughnuts, sole and lamb mint sausages. Great food, great atmosphere and definitely recommend .

What a little hidden gem. Caitlin behind the bar, what a lovely welcoming lady so friendly and has customer service off to a tee !! We were just on way back from taking the dog to the beach. Saw the friendly welcoming signs for the Royal Oak. Checked if dogs could come into the bar area. Not only could they come in they had doggy ice cream on offer too.!! Food was lovely, fresh and piping hot. Thanks chef !

We found the staff really friendly the food was off high quality and was priced reasonably would recommend it a place for a meal if you are in the area.