We could give you 100 other reasons to spend time at The Royal Oak, but here are just 14 :
'It’s after visiting The Royal Oak, where Eastbrook Farm produce is served, that I decided to break my vegan diet. I just can’t believe the difference in taste.' Red Magazine, November 2007
We can take you home—and bring you here if you wish. Our big red Land Rover seats 10 and we use it as a taxi service for large groups
We also do superb vegetarian food-none of your standard, dull pasta and cheese bakes
Crab apples, blackberries, even nettles all foraged and used in the kitchen as the seasons allow
'll in all, quite a find'- the Lambourn Village newsletter who sent Bon Viveur to check us out after they heard three ‘enthusiastic reports’ in the space of a week in February 2008
We provide farm maps, and regular guided walks to meet the pigs and check out the orchids, or the chickens
A comfortable bed. Our bed and breakfast is not The Dorchester, but the service is more personal and the breakfast worth getting up for
Summer cocktails, winter warmers, a big sofa, newspapers, some erudite magazines and books, great open fires, proper coffee
Fantastic Sunday lunches, Eastbrook ribs of beef and legs of pork, done stunningly
Arkells real ales, the local family brewers; organic
2010 Good Food Guide, new entry
2009 Michelin ‘Eating our in Pubs’
2010 Alastair Sawday’s Special Places
The Times Online, June 21st. ‘Best 12 pubs in England and Wales’
Customer comments:
"The food was fabulous, the service informal and very attentive and the garden and surroundings a delight"
"Nothing was too much trouble, which is excellent, especially when there are 6 fussy women to cater for!"
"Thank you for our lovely day out on the Farm tour. It was marvellous to see happy pigs romping about in natural surroundings and cows so lovingly cared for.
We had a wonderful lunch in a very convivial setting and then lazed about in the pub garden all afternoon listening to live music. The weather was lovely and the setting is beautiful. We had one of those perfect summer days that remain in the memory and the seductive magic of Eastbrook and Bishopstone bid us linger.
Farming, and especially organic farming, will never make anyone rich. Eastbrook Farm is clearly about so much more than making money. The passion and commitment of everyone involved is very apparent. It is uplifting to know that there are people dedicating their lives to producing great food in a humane and sustainable way. Helen is of course an inspirational and pioneering figurehead in the organic movement. The rest of us are fortunate indeed that you hae dedicated your life to this cause."
Monday*-Saturday
midday to 3pm
(food 12-2.30pm)
and 6pm-11pm
(food 6.30-9.30pm)
Sunday*
midday to 10.30pm
(food 12.30-3.30pm)
* No food Monday lunch or Sunday eve except on Bank Holidays
How to find us
Bishopstone is about 8 miles east of Swindon, 10 miles west of Wantage. In the village is a large duckpond. If the pond is on the right, the next lane on the left is Cues Lane. The Royal Oak is 50 yards down there on the right. The car park is beyond it and round the back.
The Royal Oak
Cues Lane
Bishopstone
Nr Swindon
SN6 8PP
01793 790481
royaloak@
helenbrowningorganics
.co.uk
