Royal Oak Hotel, Garstang

We stayed 1 night as we had a house clearance to attend to following a family bereavement. The room was spotless, it was very warm and cosy on a very cold night - -8deg! There was plenty of choice for breakfast which was freshly cooked to order. What's not to be pleased with? Very central location in Garstang with free parking and WiFi. Highly recommend! Thank you.

Dissopinted with are meals, I have been going to Royal Oak for meals for many years and can say I have never been dissatisfied the food quality and portion size along with prices always been good. I had heard on the Garstang grapevine that the food had deteriorated since the new manager had taken over the running. I went with an open mind and thought I would be the judge of the food. To start with a positive the staff both at the bar and meal server was very pleasant, I ordered fish and chips which I have had many times before my 2 friends went for scampi. My fish arrived which was 2 small battered fish squares which resembled something you would get from a cheap supermarket frozen section, on the plate was a small handful of chips I would say maybe 12-14 frozen and a small dish with a spoonful of mushy peas all for best part of £18 I don’t mind paying £18 when the food is good but all I can say it was just ok on a par with what you would get at Weatherspoons for half the price inc a pint. My friends scampi was ok nothing special but you cannot really mess scampi up but sorry again for the price nothing special on a par to Weatherspoons. Pub was busy all tables full I feel it will be like myself people will visit once and not return which is shortsighted of the management for the sustainability of the business long term. My recommendation would be send the chef back to training school loosen the purse strings and purchase quality products. Get the old chef back asap or you will not survive 12 months I’m afraid. It will be a long time before I return I am afraid the gossip appears to be correct such a shame.

An absolute waste of time! Booked in advance for a Sunday roast, arrived 4.35pm with my family got seated at pre-booked table placed our order (3 x Sunday roast) only for the waiter to come back and say sorry no Sunday roast left (4.45pm) My family were hungry as we had traveled an hour to get there so we decided to stay and order from the menu! To be told we have no scampi left no steak no lamb! A now narrowed menu we all chose the burger. To add to the disappointment the waiter once AGAIN came back to say sorry no burgers, an absolute joke. Avoid at all costs

Lovely meal had with my family today. We ordered the mixed grill, Cumberland sausage and I had the lamb chops. I don't usually eat lamb but fancied something different. Well they were delicious! Staff very friendly (as usual) and attentive. We will be visiting our lovely local again soon!

What a find - lovely staff and olde worlde pub/hotel. Great value and good rooms. Breakfast at set times and pre set menu to choose from. Beware the town bells if you have a front room Ample car parking at the rear which is appreciated, as in town centre

We both had fish and chips for lunch. The fish was small and lots of hard crunchy batter around it. The chips tasted frozen but we were assured they weren’t. We complained to the manager who was very defensive. I said it used to be excellent food here and he said we’re a different company. I said they’d lost 2 customers.