Royal Oak - Daventry

Hadn’t visited this pub for a very long time. Was lovely to return, beautiful inside a fab courtyard outside. The owners were extremely friendly chatty. They couldn’t do enough for us. Lunch was amazing, food so good couldn’t fault it. So, very sad to hear the owners are moving on the pub will be closing from this weekend. Such a loss to the village. We would definitely have returned if able to. We wish the family all the best for their next venture.

Visiting National Trust Canons Ashby House . The Royal Oak is just down the road in Eydon village. We had a great lunch there. A lovely old village pub with a great welcome an interesting menu and great food. Will go again.

My husband and I were looking for a country pub after an afternoon out at Canons Ashby. We came across the Royal Oak in the pretty village of Eydon. It's a lovely pub with lots of little rooms decorated in a contemporary style, plus several outside seating areas. The owners were very welcoming and service excellent. We had a Sunday roast and the food was excellent delicious and well cooked. My husband said it was the best meal he had had in a long time! There were quite a few locals in there which is a good measure of it's popularity. Even though its a fair way from where we live, we would return again. Would definitely recommend.

The Royal Oak at Eydon is a very characterful village pub. Unfortunately it was totally unprepared for a group of 8 people who had booked well in advance. The waitress did not seem to know the items on the menu either. There was a very limited mains menu, most of the party only had two choices. Although the staff did try to compensate for the lack of availability, their kindness did not outweigh the negatives. A few of us had to go with starter plus a side dish. The starter of mushrooms on toast with a side of chunky chips was delicious but the beetroot and goats cheese was very simple and the side salad disappointing. The burger options had no salad garnish and were nothing special. They didn 't have 2 of our initial drinks choices, then only had 1 rhubarb gin left, Of the 4 choices on the main menu, our waitress dismissed the Slow roasted Tomato and Basil Bake as not my cup of tea (that menu option would benefit from a more detailed description). There were only 2 portions of the chicken main available. When it came to sweet there were only 3 options and nothing tempted us, plus no Desarano for a coffee liqueur and no decaf coffee just disappointing all round. The room was draughty too and one of our party was keen to have hot food but a salad was served with her main rather than the hot vegetables she requested. There were also mistakes with our drinks choices. On the positive side, our waitress clearly wanted us to be satisfied and tried to accommodate our requests. It 's just a shame they weren 't able to do that. However, we have since found out that the kitchen is about to be closed for refurbishment so that might explain why our experience on the night wasn 't great. Fingers crossed things will be better in the future as it is potentially a great little village pub to visit.

Stopped for lunch with friends whilst in the area. Menu was pretty limited and several items not available. Club sandwich was very disappointing was more like a BLT. Chicken burger was ok but chicken was very chewy. Interior was tired and in need of some TLC. Staff very friendly and welcoming. Based on the limited offering and the quality of the food, we wouldn’t go back.