Royal Oak Kinnerton Lane - Chester

Lovely food and staff are brilliant. I love the decor of the Royal Oak too.

Lovely food but over an hour wait. We were told of the delay, but there was even long waits for drinks to be brought over as if they were forgotten. No steak knife was provided with the mixed grill. Service was the only let down, everything else lovely.

Food was delicious. Service wasn't very good on this occasion. We felt as if we were waiting a long time for drinks initially and when we ordered coffee and a soft drink at the end of the meal. I didn't get my soft drink until well after the others had finished their coffees. We then had to wait ages to pay our bill.

Really want to like this place as it has been highly recommended and is within walking distance of our new home. We've been twice within a couple of weeks simply for convenience. People working there are really lovely, but the very young staff don't seem to know what they're doing kids food came out long before adult food ready. There were then items missing off the plate that we had to request (no apology just laughed at the mistake . Chips massively overcooked, other items had clearly just been thrown in a deep fat fryer and came out dripping in oil (chicken schnitzel not good..! . We won't be rushing back, but we WILL give it another go in a few months to see if things improve as I really DO want to like it (the setting and beer garden are fantastic, so would definitely use it for drinks just not food . Hoping we simply caught them on two bad days.

This is a fabulous country.pub food and service top class