Robert Pattinson had an "amazing time" drinking with friends at the weekend.

The 26-year-old actor appeared in public for the first time since his girlfriend Kristen Stewart admitted cheating on him with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders at Deer Lodge, a country-western bar in Ojai, California, close to the home of Reese Witherspoon, where he is currently staying.

"He seemed to be having an amazing time. He had a few drinks and laughs. He looked like a guy that was just trying to enjoy himself and get away ... seems like a good kid!" one onlooker told Us Weekly.

Despite his personal troubles, the notoriously private actor was happy to mingle with fellow revellers in the bar. "Awesome night in Ojai. Got to hang with a rowdy bunch of Brits & one of them happened to be Edward. He wasn't moping and the girls were definitely just his friend. The girls were drunk and literally danced on the floor. The girls were nice. I stood next to them at the bar. He wasn't drunk. Just taking in the scene. Smoked next to him outside," one patron wrote on Twitter.