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Royal Oak Hotel

The Royal Oak Hotel in Fitzroy North.
The Royal Oak Hotel in Fitzroy North. Eddie Jim

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This sibling to the well-loved Marquis of Lorne bears the same savvy charm without the extreme sport of hustling for a seat. Sink a pint at the U-shaped jarrah bar, sip a skinsy wine, tackle grain-fed sirloin or beer-battered rockling, or come late for rambunctious nights fuelled by surprisingly good cocktails.

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