On an off the cuff visit to Monkey World in Wareham today, we decided that we were hungry on the way. As we were not too far from our destination we decided to stop in a local pub to get some lunch, which by chance happened to be The Royal Oak in West street, Bere regis.
We are more than used to paying around £80.00 for a nice meal in a good restraunt and often feel a bit let down by pub food.
However, today, we entered The Royal Oak at 12.00 and were met by very helpful happy staff who, on request, offered us the menu.
We both selected Cottage Pie with peas and carrots which only came to £10.00 for both meals. This ordinarily would lower our expectations dramatically, but how wrong can you be?
The Cottage Pie was delightful, large portions and was of equal standard to that of bistros charging eight times as much.
I would not hesitate to recommend The Royal Oak, what a lovely surprise.
Quality and service are still available in the UK in the most unlikely places.
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