James May is now serving dog-friendly meals at his pub The Royal Oak, after introducing a dog-friendly menu.
The former Top Gear presenter, 61, owns the pub in Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, and has made sure to keep his canine guests well fed.
James has started offering the dogs a variety of meals, from Sunday roasts and fish and chips to sausage rinds.
Four-legged customers can also enjoy a drink, including Bark Brew beer and Paw Star Dog Martini.
Both Sunday roasts and fish and chips will cost £6.50, while all sausages and drinks will be priced at a maximum of £3 each.
James May is now serving dog-friendly meals at his pub The Royal Oak, after introducing a dog-friendly menu.
The former Top Gear presenter, 61, owns the pub in Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, and has made sure to keep his canine guests well fed.
One customer said: “I wasn’t expecting to see James May wandering around so of course I had to get a photo with him. He was surprisingly shy but maybe I caught him at a bad time.
“The staff were lovely and welcoming and we would love to come back next year to do the same thing again. Ian said: “I was really looking forward to going because they are dog friendly and had a dog friendly menu.”
Alina added: ‘Let’s put aside the minor celebrity connections and take this place for what it is: a perfect combination of a small inn, a gastropub and a local hangout.’
Jonathan said: ‘The pub itself reminds you of an old country house or barn. It’s very cosy. The staff are very friendly and helpful, the food menu is a little small but there are some great dishes to choose from.’
Another said: “Dogs are very welcome, even in the restaurant, which, although we don’t have dogs, we loved. It added to a nice, happy and relaxed atmosphere.”
In February, James revealed that the path to success in the bar business is to have “clean toilets and good food.”
Otherwise, he said, people will not want to come and spend money. Those bars that resist change are destined to fail.
James, co-owner of the Royal Oak in Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, said fewer people were going to pubs and things had changed dramatically in recent decades.
James has started offering the dogs a variety of meals, from Sunday roasts and fish and chips to sausage rinds.
One customer said: “I didn’t expect to see James May wandering around so of course I had to get a photo with him. He was surprisingly shy but maybe I caught him at a bad time.”
Four-legged customers will also be able to enjoy a drink with Bark Brew beer and Paw Star Dog Martini on offer.
Both Sunday roasts and fish and chips will cost £6.50, while all sausages and drinks will be priced at a maximum of £3 each.
He said: “I’ve been thinking about this for a while. In this day and age, a good pub has to serve decent food.
‘Not every pub can be lucky enough to have a good location. I live in London and my local pubs in Hammersmith, Chiswick and Fulham are all located near the river. The best places have outdoor areas which are great during the summer.
‘But I think that if pubs are to survive in the future they have to adapt to the new times and offer more activities.
“There are too many pubs. There are people who complain when a pub closes, but it closed because it wasn’t good enough to survive.”
In February, James revealed that the path to success in the bar business is to have “clean bathrooms and good food.”
Otherwise, he said, people will not want to come and spend money. Those bars that resist change are destined to fail.
The new addition to the menu comes after fellow TV personality and friend Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog, opened in Burford, Oxfordshire.
The TV star said he hoped The Farmer’s Dog would be a hit, but added that using only British produce meant profit margins would be much lower.
He said using pork from his Diddly Squat farm would cost 0.74p to turn into sausages to sell in the pub.
But if I used imported pork the cost would be 0.18 pence.
“It costs us 0.74p to bring in a sausage here, but if I buy imported pork it costs me 0.18p. There’s something wrong with the food system in this country,” said Jeremy.
