Royal Oak

The beer is pretty good but the burger patties are frozen out of a box along with the bun sad for $ 15.00. Good beer selection!

Not too small, not too big… Just right! Has some of the friendliest staff too! I find the food to be better here than some of the other oaks.

I am not really the biggest fans of the Royal Oak, as a fact I am not overly fond of «Irish» or «English» style pubs, there are too many of them and they tend to be the same and the Oak is an embodiment of this averageness. Either way I found myself at this Royal Oak Sunday morning cheering on a friend doing the army run and it was not bad.
First the positives, the location and the patios. It’s right on the canal and the downstairs patio has good shade while the upstairs one offers a brilliant view of the canal. The service is also friendly and their beer selection is pretty good (yes I had a beer on Sunday morning, don’t judge me lol), although I wish they had more local stuff and less big brewery stuff.
In terms of food, I had breakfast and it was an Irish breakfast thing, homefries, sausage, egg, cheese, onions, peppers all layered, it was very tasty, but steep in price for a breakfast. A big problem (one that knocks off a whole star) is that the coffee was cold and awful. It’s Breakfast, at least have fresh, hot coffee for god’s sakes, especially on a cold and windy morning!
Overall, this Royal Oak has a nice view but I wouldn’t go out of my way for that view. There are a lot of better pubs around, but if you really want to show people the majesty of the canal in the summer then this would be the place to do it.

During a trip to Ottawa, I decided to have to have dinner at the Royal Oak, which has a great location across from the Rideau Canal. I was seated at an indoor seating area near the bar, which is generally OK, but the bar area was a bit unkempt at a time when the restaurant and bar was not that busy. I had the fish and chips for dinner, which was good, but there was something a little lacking with the beer. For a city that has lots of pubs, you may be better looking elsewhere.

Not the newest Royal Oak in town, not the biggest Royal Oak in town, not the nicest Royal Oak in town but probably my favourite. It has a second level patio with a view that overlooks the canal!!!
It’s everything that you’d expect from a pub or a Royal Oak. The burger and wings are ok. I haven’t tried to much else from the rest of the menu that I would order again.
However sitting here, catching some sun and watching the boats and runners go by while having great conversation and laughs with good company make this spot pretty awesome. The place can be busy but never to the point where you can’t get a seat.