Christmas at the Royal Oak

Opening hours

We always enjoy looking after decent people, and the Christmas and New Year period is no different – EXCEPT that we also take the occasional night off too, like the rest of you!

We get busy during the holiday season so please book ahead.

Monday 22/Tuesday 23 December

Lunch 12-3pm, Supper 5.30-8pm.

Christmas Eve

Lunch 12-3pm, Supper 5.30-8pm.

Christmas Day

Drinks, 11.30-2pm only. Closed from 2.30pm onwards.

Boxing Day

Lunch service only, 12-4pm. Closed from 6.30pm.

Saturday 27 December

Lunch 12-3pm, Supper 5.30-8.30pm.

Sunday 28 December

Lunch 12-3pm, Supper 6-7.30pm.

Monday 29/Tuesday 30 December

Lunch 12-3pm, Supper 5.30-8pm.

New Year’s Eve

Lunch 12-3pm, Supper 5.30-8pm.

New Year’s Eve here is a simple affair. No security guards, no tickets needed, no live music, no wild claims, but nice food and drink, and we’d like you all to be in bed by 10.

New Year’s Day

Lunch only, 12-4pm. Pub closed from 6.30pm.

Friday 2/Saturday 3 January

Lunch 12-3pm, Supper 5.30-8.30pm.

Sunday 4 January

Lunch only 12-3pm, Pub closed from 5pm.

Monday 5 January

CLOSED ALL DAY

Tuesday, January 6

No breakfast or lunch service. Pub open from 4pm. Supper 5.30-8pm.

Christmas Menu 2025

Sharing Menu 2025

Festive menu 2025 available 1st – 23rd December, except Sundays.

Lunch Book and preorder, please, to ensure everything is available.

Supper Booking and preordering is helpful, but we also take walk-ins. Please call to book for groups of more than 10.

Large gangs, whom we love of course: If there is 20 of you or more, we insist on offering our generous sharing food options. It’s a very sociable activity – you choose three items from any or all of the menu sections above, and tell us. We serve you at the table on wooden boards and in big bowls and you help your neighbours

We take account of dietary needs and preferences IF we’ve been told about them – vegans need to give us 48 hours notice please.

We’ll ask for card details when you book, and no-shows will be charged at £10pp. 10% service charge (all to staff) on parties of 4 or more.

Most of the food here is produced on our organic Eastbrook Farm here in the village – meat, nuts, all veg, some dairy, some fruit. All of it cooked here. When we put a name against a dish, eg Pete, it’s because he/she either grew it, cooked it or created the dish, or generally irritated us in the preparing of this menu.