Nice coffee but was warm not hot.
Bacon & egg roll was good too but bun was cold from being taken out of fridge? Needed to be warmed a bit.
Coffee &bacon & egg roll for $10 is a good buy & tastes good just needs to be hot .

Called in for a couple of quiet Ales ? one afternoon. Nice enough place. The barmaid was very friendly and professional. There were only 2 of us in the public bar. So i would have been unlucky to get in a blue ?
The beer was cold and crisp. That's the main thing ??'?

Saturday late lunch. The chicken burger and schnitzel were good but the carbonara was borderline inedible.
The girl at the bar, while very friendly, had no idea how to pour a beer.

Lunchtime on Thursday and it was empty besides us and the staff. It looks like it needs renovating /refreshing. Food (Steak Sanga)... Steak sandwich was good, but the chips with it were obviously packet and lower than average. Shame... We went because we had eaten there years ago and it was awesome back then....

I wanted to review because the services was great. We went out for dinner I cannot complain about the services at all, staff were so friendly. The food was ok my partner had one of the burgers which he liked. I had the spaghetti which was okay but didn't have a lot of sauce or meat.
Bruschetta was good.

Food is amazing
Complements to chef
Definitely be back again

Ordered & paid for lunch (fish & chips and Nepalese curry) only to find that the curry was not available. Made another choice of Thai beef noodle salad. Surprise surprise - it arrived without any noodles, rice or otherwise. Sent it back for a refund - 4 minutes later they came back to say that they found some noodles. As we were leaving they offered the Thai salad (beef now cold or salad wilted with heat) to take home. No thank you. We visited this establishment several years ago - it was incredible. Time and a few different owners have crushed their once fabulous rating.

Friendly service, good pub grub. Chicken pasta carbonara and pizza were very good.

Great place to eat as we returned from the Hunter Valley.

Stand-out work from the chefs who came out and offered his apologies when one of our orders came out late. We didn't accept the refund but appreciated the gesture.

We ordered the below and would recommend to anyone. Well seasoned, good portion sizes, worthy price.
- Grilled chicken in cream sauce
- Chicken snotty
- Steak Burger
- Bolognaise
- Boscaiola

A very good centrally located Hotel at which to obtain refreshments, cold beer is on tap and meals are available. If you choose a table in the middle section you can even watch activity in the kitchen. Our meals were very good, especially the vegetables! Worth the visit.

Had dinner here last Sunday.
We had T-bone, Birria and sourdough with garlic.
The T-bone was on special $25 only.
Food was OK

Probably the worst pub meal I have had in years. The 'confit' Maryland was deep fried in the same oil as the chips. The crumbed lamb cutlets were so overcooked that it was hard to tell the difference between the meat and the bone. The gravy on the sausages was inedible. The truffle in the truffle mash must have been forgotten (I was obviously stupid to think it would have truffle). The kids burger was totally burnt. At least it was entertaining to listen to the two chefs arguing with other. The second star is for the very friendly bar staff. The entree of cheese on toast and a horrible garlic paste should be avoided. For $130, I anticipated a little better.

The Royal Oak is a bit tired inside, and needs a refurb. It's got new owners, so maybe that's on the cards.
We had lunch here - steak, chips and salad for me. All very nice - steak cooked just right. The wife's pizza was pretty good - but there was no base sauce. Pity.
Staff are pretty friendly, and the beer was cold!

Here is a picture of the food we received for $55. The Peri Peri chicken had not the faintest hint of the it. The Mexican. No taste of Mexican. The Guacamole is sweet. The Salsa had spinach in it. No coriander and the Chilli must have run away. The corn, broccoli & cauliflower were good

Would not recommend at all. Walked in and was greeted briefly, saying it wouldn't be a moment, only for her not to return. Another staff member came out to the bar, only to brush past us to another couple that came in and ushered them on to the dining area. We then followed that couple to where we assumed we could order food. After placing our orders, we waited over 45 minutes for a medium and medium rare sirloin only for both to come out looking like stark different cuts of meat, neither cooked to how we asked. My partner decided on the veggies and mash and both sides were very underwhelming. We each took a bite of our steak and decided it was inedible. We waited 50 minutes, took a bite of our steak, and decided we would rather get fast food than try and salvage this meal. Save your time and money. Do not try this place. Understaffed is something I can understand. But don't act like the customer is the burden. We felt like a burden the entire time.

Delicious meal, I had the veggie stack, my partner had 250 gram steak.
Tasty delicious ?
The food and friendly service makes up for the road noise.
We were looking for an old pub to experience the ambience I've been told the owners are still renovating and getting close to opening. We wish you all the best with your endeavours

Delicious food and beer. Great service. Definitely recommend.

My husband & I booked this place about 2 to 3 weeks ago with our friends for last night we arrived there to find out that the royal oak hotel cessnock has gone into liquidation with some other people we all had to find another place to stay so to other people who are going to book their don't

Good place for food and drinks with friends. Live music on the weekends. I have not use the accommodation so I don't know about that. The rest is nice.

Outstanding service could not fault them. Meal were beautiful and generously sized. With quick service. They were also quite happy to accommodate our little pug so we were out of the rain but still not inside near any food. We will deffently come back again. Thank you to the staff and management as it is loverly to see pet friendly people/place.

Great food. Very nice bar lady. Extremely nice little black dress! Beer was ok too.

Had a beautiful fig preserve and blue cheese pizza (with chick) rather than proscuitto...was delicious, fast and friendly service

Like the coffee and food here, but I wish the staff were friendlier. Always seem to busy talking to eachother or chatting to visiting friends rather than providing good service to paying customers.