The perfect country to pub to relax after a walk over the South Downs. Enjoy one of our daily specials - an inventive collection of dishes using locally sourced ingredients or pick one of your favourite pub classics.
The Royal Oak is a beautiful country pub set at the foot of the South Downs and Devil's Dyke. It is perfect for country walks and family dining.
Our friendly team are always welcoming and enjoy a good natter with the locals and visitors alike.
Our focus is on serving really tasty food, good old pub classics mixed in with some interesting specials. All ingredients are locally sourced as much as possible and our chef takes real pride in sourcing the finest sometimes very unusal ingredients.
Whether you are joining us for Sunday lunch after a long walk, a family gathering or to celebrate a special occasion, our team will make sure your visit is one to remember for the right reasons. Every one is welcome at The Royal Oak, Poynings - young, old and furry friends - we are child friendly, dog friendly with a large pub garden and roaring fires in the winter.
We look forward to meeting you!.
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Had a lovely afternoon in this pub. The staff were nice and polite. The locals were lovely and friendly. Only had a bowl of chunky chips but they were good. The food we saw go past looked amazing and healthy portions. A little expensive but worth it, I believe. Plenty of seating inside and out. Dogs welcome and parking onsite with electric charge points.
This is a great pub for kids and the staff are great but we have been 4 different times and each time the food has got worse and worse. It is very expensive for the quality. We went today and thought that the food was really not good, the burger was over cooked and dry and the coleslaw was mainly onion. The steak pie was dry and the meat not tender Although chips were ok. If you want nice food I would avoid but if you are looking for a place to go with kids and not too bothered about the food then go for it.
Lovely country pub with a great children’s play area to the side. We only stopped for a drink and some chips on the way out of Brighton, but the chips were fab and the food we saw coming out to other tables looked amazing, so we’ll go back for lunch or dinner soon. Spacious and a good sized car park.
Roast Sunday Lunch for four. Four different choices. Chicken good beef overdone vegetarian nice and lamb good. Roast potatoes were hard and had obviously been cooked hours before. Outside was very good for kids. Parking easy and bar service good but busy and some locals just drinking at the bar and blocking half of it but assume they were regular customers. Drinks fine.
Lovely pub. We had an absolutely gorgeous lunch here. Large portioned, well-presented, absolutely delicious, traditional English food. Perfect for finishing our chilly blustery and rainy walk. Reasonably priced. (£70 for 4 adult meals, 4 drinks, and a couple of coffees). There was a bit of a wait for food, but was well worth it. A highlight of our visit to England. Thank you.
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Opening Times
Mon | 11:00 – 11:00 |
Tue | 11:00 – 11:00 |
Wed | 11:00 – 11:00 |
Thur | 11:00 – 11:00 |
Fri | 11:00 – 00:00 |
Sat | 11:00 – 00:00 |
Sun | 11:00 – 22:30 |
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