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- <font size=5>Royal Oak, Wooton Rivers, Wiltshire</font> (Egon Ronay, Good Pub Guide, Quiet Pint, Which Guide). The Royal
- Oak, set in a pretty village (it's got awards to prove it), offers a wide range of food in a cavernous interior, but
- manages to stay friendly. Excellent for a lunchtime outing. Egon flags up food and fish. Four beers are mentioned,
- and there's plenty of space devoted to food, such as 'a hearty steak and Guinness pie, Armenian lamb, green
- Thai chicken curry' etc. We're told that local game features on the menu in winter, plus popular vegetarian
- choices. No prices, though. The Good Pub Guide awards the Royal Oak a wineglass for range of wine at the
- bar, and we find out that the pie would cost รบ6.50, plus plenty more food details. We're usefully told that
- booking is recommended in the evenings when
- 'some customers may be quite smartly dressed'.
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- Three beers are
- listed. The Quiet Pint points out the four different eating areas and lists an almost entirely different set of food, but
- this represents the breadth of the Royal Oak's menu rather than editorial confusion. Three beers again. Food is
- certainly on the mind of the Which Guide, quoting someone as saying 'hardly anyone seems to be there for a
- drink'. With inevitable consumer concern, Which points out the 'numerous as they are efficient' serving staff, and
- a long menu 'strong on familiar, homespun dishes'. The detail is reasonable, though not up to the Good Pub
- Guide's. Like the GPG, Which points out that Wadsworth's is served direct from the cask, but doesn't bother to
- mention the alternatives.
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