The Royal Oak - Launceston

Terrible, avoid all costs. Everything about this place was Fad. The food was tasteless and poorly cooked. The vegetables that rose with the roast to be about cooked fried vegetables, including celery. Who is eating celery with a roast? The sticky date was the worst thing I ever had. The sauce was gelatinarily and cold. My friend got a chicken filo package with garlic potatoes. The baked pastry was cooked, the chicken dry and the boiled potato was raw with cream poured over it. The boss must actually hate food / life or have no taste buds to create such a sweet food. I will not eat again, even if it was free.

We came here on the recommendation of some ex-locals and we weren't disappointed. We sat in the public bar area and there was a great atmosphere. The staff were friendly and chatty and gave us tips on things to do. Although we had planned on moving on to a restaurant we decided to eat there and it was delicious. Steak and seafood cooked perfectly.

They do offer specials however the meal portions seemed small if you are hungry. Great steak cooked to your request. Fresh enjoyable food would go again was there for work.

Reliable good pub fare at fair prices. Pleasant open atmosphere. Has good specials and drinks are not overpriced.

I should say that the outset that this review and rating is of the place as a pub/bar and not the food as we didn’t eat there.This is a pleasant bar, with proper tables and chairs rather than limited to high stools, but the Melamine wipe-down tables and white metal chairs make it look more like a café. Having said that, it was the best pub we found in Launceston so went several times for our early evening drinks, encouraged by the friendliness of the staff, the range of beers and the fact that it had tables and chairs rather than limited to high stools like so many other places. Although we didn’t eat there I did think the food looked and smelled good.In short I thought it was good and the best pub bar I’d found in Launceston, but unfortunately there is not the option to rate it as ‘Good’. I didn’t think it was good enough to say it was ‘Very Good’ as a pub so I have rated it as ‘Average’ on the basis that this means good but nothing more.