I was booked to stay with a friend whilst we attended a wedding at a nearby venue. Unfortunately I had to travel alone as my friend was ill. The room was clean and comfortable, had access to a private garden and had hair dryer GHD straighteners, iron , ironing board and tea and coffee making facilities. The bathroom / shower was excellent with ample towels, toiletries etc. The staff in the hotel were fantastic. Nothing was too much trouble to help during my stay. There was ample choice for breakfast , can highly recommend the full English, delicious locally sourced produce. The bar was friendly and accommodating. I was notified in advance that there would be a function on the Friday night that could go on until midnight, this didn’t cause any problems and finished earlier than anticipated. I can highly recommend The Royal Oak, Appleby whether it be for a stay to attend a wedding at one of the many local venues or as a base for exploring the area. I will definitely be returning in the future as it is also dog friendly. 😊

I can’t think of anything I didn’t like.

A great little pub with a real country village vibe. We had a lovely large family room, with space to move around including a big bathroom. Food was delicious. We had an evening meal and the breakfast was included in the price. Staff were very friendly and accommodating. Great communication prior to arrival. There is noise from the pub but it didn’t affect us or our little girl sleeping. There are only 2-3 off road parking spaces but again that wasn’t an issue as plenty of on street parking.

Pillows were a little hard and the bathroom fan was loud - neither a particular issue for one nights stay.

Took my mum for a two night stay when we were attending a family wedding. We stayed in room two which had two single beds for us. The staff were wonderful, welcoming ,friendly, pleasant, helpful, and polite. The food and choices for meat eaters, were good. Everything was clean. Beds were comfortable. Would definitely stay here again.

Although it advertises as catering for vegans, the dishes are very limited and there was no milk alternative available for cereal at breakfast. The vegan 'sausage ' was actually a potato and veg croquette, which was a shame as there are many alternative meat options on the market. Although I am a meat eater, my son and daughter in law who were also staying, are vegans. So this may not be somewhere they would choose again.

Thank you for our lovely stay at the Royal Oak. It was a perfect place to rest after a day of walking (both me annd my friend were walking the Lady Anne’s Way) and the staff, food and bed were fantastic, super tasty and incredibly comfortable! Thank you for helping to charge my phone too, as I’d not brought with me a USB plug.

Not that I didn’t like it, but perhaps some coat hooks in the room would have been useful for wet walking gear. We appreciated the mat for muddy boots very much - some hooks just above that space would have been fab. (We were in Room 2).

A proper Inn. Bed was nice, clean and comfortable. There is direct access to the rear gardens of the property from the room. Ample dressing table area. A nice touch is that they have a hairdryer AND hair straighteners hardwired for guest use. The shower itself was very good in a large bathroom. The owners served a fantastic breakfast on two occasions (black pudding was excellent). The pub fayre was extremely good with very generous portions (Turkey roast highly recommended). The staff were friendly, helpful and down to earth.

Nothing really. There is a bit of silicone mould around the shower but this cannot be avoided if the rooms are in constant occupancy.

The management & staff were attentive polite, friendly and efficient. The menu provides adequate choice to suit most tastes, with good quality and fair portion sizes. The bar area was comfortable with an open fire and the real ale was a bonus, The Hawkshead Lakeland Gold is highly recommended. The room we were given was exactly as described, well-appointed and spotlessly clean with all advertised facilities available. My wife was impressed that the facilities included not only a hairdryer but straighteners as well. The price was good and we will be visiting again.

Stayed in Garden Room 4 which was lovely. Nicely decorated with good powerful shower, comfy bed, iron, hairdryer, straighteners & safe. Lovely gift for the dog with variety of treats. Access to garden was handy when dog needed to go out in middle of night. The bar & restaurant is lovely. Very friendly staff, nice cosy log fire. Had dinner in restaurant- tasty food reasonably priced. Breakfast was great with everything you’d expect on a full English. Recommended and wouldn’t hesitate to stay again if visit Appleby in future.

Everything was lovely apart from the room being a little cold overnight.

All the food we had was excellent, the chef certainly took pride in what he served up at all times. The staff were very helpful. The room had access to a garden which was handy to walk the dog around first thing in the morning

We were charged as we checked out for our little dog but had had no welcome package as described in the room folder. Our used tea bags were not replenished in the room. Our heating could not be turned off in our room which meant it was exceedingly hot 2 nights (we had reported it to breakfast staff). No orange juice at breakfast on the Wednesday (it was all gone) The room was smaller than expected

3rd time staying here and it's my default hotel/room in the area. It's a lovely building with a great pub/restaurant a couple of minutes walk from the centre of appleby. I've always paid less than 100 pounds for a garden queen room which is fantastic value, it's great having the patio doors out to the garden. Breakfast is Included and it's as good as you will get anywhere. The rooms are always spotless and very comfortable Cannot recommend the place enough

The room can get a bit hot as there's no A/C Being very picky the rooms don't have any usb chargers and the beds are pretty firm, personally I like that but just worth knowing.

The staff were all very friendly and attentive. We enjoyed the evening meal very much and rated the cooked breakfast very highly. Our room was very acceptable and comfortable & clean.

It was great to find that we had a garden room. However, we sat in the garden on the afternoon we arrived, but found that the paved bit immediately outside the door needed to be swept as there were dead leaves and weeds growing there. The little garden bed right outside the door was full of weeds and overgrown. It would take very little to weed & put in a few plants & it would make a lot of difference to the overall appearance, instead of looking neglected. The door surround when you opened the garden door was in need of a good wash as it was dirty. This area could easily be a delightful little space to relax in.