Where to take family or friends from overseas for Sunday lunch out of London in the countryside? We really wanted somewhere on the river but the forecast was overcast weather so we settled for a country pub with good food, cross-checking the Good Food Guide and Michelin. Our first choice was an old favourite at Bray, but they were fully booked. We found The Royal Oak pub restaurant.
From the outside it's a plain white traditional building, but the Michelin signs in the window are promising, and one step inside the door - low step - mind the step - you see a smiling face to welcome you, a fireside, an old pub and beyond that a bright, white modern restaurant.
From the outside it's a plain white traditional building, but the Michelin signs in the window are promising, and one step inside the door - low step - mind the step - you see a smiling face to welcome you, a fireside, an old pub and beyond that a bright, white modern restaurant.
Pre-starters
Main courses
I ordered chicken.
The fish and chips came with large chips.
Desserts
Rum baba
Rhubarb crumble
What's not to like? Not enough vegetables, unless up you pay for a side order or think potatoes are vegetables. Bread is a paid for pre-starter. Twelve and half per cent service charge. Fifteen minutes wait for the rhubarb to be cooked through. But the well-heeled, well-spoken crowd did not look like they were in a hurry, not watching the time nor counting the pennies.
Lots to like about this place, apart from the food and wine list: the bag hook marked bag in the ladies toilet, the garden area where you sit watching the wall waterfall, the toothpicks in a cover like a mini matchbook.
The Royal Oak
Haley Street
Little field Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3JN
reservations 01628 620541
info@theroyaloakpaleystreet.com
www.theroyaloakpaleystreet.com
Angela Lansbury BA Hons, author, travel writer, photojournalist, speaker. More about and by Angela Lansbury the author on Lulu.com, Facebook, linkedIn, YouTube.
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