Royal Oak Hotel

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Closed nowOpens 12pmSunday: 12pm - 10pm
402 South St, Ballarat Central VIC 3350

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Historic Ballarat country pub famed for generous parmas, big steaks and warm hospitality.

Warm, rustic old-style pub with timber interiors, an open fireplace and a dog-friendly beer garden; genuinely old-school country-pub charm rather than a renovated gastropub feel.

Upstairs guest accommodation, a dog-friendly beer garden, complimentary bread rolls with meals, and a broader salad range (pasta salad, coleslaw, beetroot) than typical pub sides.

A genuinely old-school Australian country pub. original timber character, classic menu, no modern gastropub reinvention.

Generous portion sizes at fair country-pub pricing, repeatedly called some of the best value steak and parma in Ballarat.

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402 South St, Ballarat Central VIC 3350

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Ballarat Central

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