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Formerly a wine merchant converted to a wood panelled pub in the 1920s, and not much seems to have changed since. Larger back room and cosy smaller smoke room at the front. Interesting range of ales, in a fascinating building.
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Called here on Saturday, excellent place, good ale and the Hunter Pies are a thing of legend.
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Called here on Saturday, excellent place, good ale and the Hunter Pies are a thing of legend.
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Nice, unspoilt pub with an old-fashioned smoke room and a good range of beers. Not to be missed on a tour of Hull.
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Pub with traditional rooms (smoke room at the front with a serving hatch bar etc) and a range of cask ales - the XB I sampled was decent. Certainly worth a visit.
alexw - 25 Mar 2013 21:36 |
Definitely worth visiting in your in Hull. Decent range of beers (we were lucky in that there was a mini beer festival on as well!). Very friendly bar staff. Basic pies, scotch eggs and sausage rolls sourced from a local burtcher.
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Great ale in an interesting old pub. Friendly staff. I really like this place.
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Old pub with a bit of character serving a few ales. The Taylors Golden Best was okay. Worth a visit as one of Hull's historic pubs.
anonymous - 24 Jun 2012 15:03 |
What an atmospheric place, liked it a look and a good pint of Exmoor Gold
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Seems to be improving once again, and now sits among a clutch of good real ale pubs (Ye Olde White Harte, Walters, Lion & Key). Was busy but not full on this saturday evening, with around 6 ales on. The beer range was a bit disappointing (featuring e.g. Cumberland Bitter, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin) but was ok. Still an essential pub to visit if drinking in Hull.
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Great pub, always sells a good range of real ale but could do with changing ales more frequently. Lovely interierior, friendly staff and clientele. Great decour - lovely "old pub" decour. Near the excellent Museum Quarter - best pub in the vicinity (High Street).
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Oldie-worldy pub split into two rooms. Located down one of the cobbled streets in the 'old town'. Not as busy at it used to be but still quirky and cosy. Surprisingly expensive.
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Great atmosphere and a nice snug if you want to hear yourself think. Has a real cider on too, which is Weston's Old Rosie, it's a tad expensive, but always well kept.
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Two bars, the rear of which is a basic Victorian looking room decorated with old bottles, beer ads, slavery related items and old photos. Half moon shaped bar has a half a dozen pulls with beers from micros, small and regional breweries plus a few kegs. A bit of a slow day when I visited and the beer was not the best I've had. Locals told me the quality has gone down over the last couple of years.
anonymous - 4 Apr 2009 10:39 |
Went in yesterday, fantastic beer, great choice. A really nice two room pub with tiny smoking room and small 'lounge', all wood panelled. Definately visit if you go to the Wilberforce Museum (well worth a visit) as this has big links to the slave trade.
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Superb pub that's had a license since 1729 and there's been a pub on the site right back to the 1300s. Situated in the old town and handy for the museum quarter. Reasonable prices and a decent range of tasty real ales. Cosy pub and a friendly welcome - it's said to be haunted! Well worth a visit.
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Not the place it once was. Still OK for a decent pint but the beer quality seems to have slipped recently, it used to be fantastic every time you came in. The atmosphere in here seems to have taken a bit of a dip as well. We don't call in half as often as we used to.
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Mafting, I think the jury's out on this one.It was badly run down by the previous tenant and hit by the opening of Walter's just round the corner. The new guys made a good start but there's been more than a few hiccups so far.
Those who went in during the time of Richard and then Alan will know the potential of this place and the affection and loyalty it inspires. Let's hope the new regime can deliver and put this place back into the Camra GBG which is its rightful place
dapis - 24 Oct 2008 11:17 |
Been going in here for 15 years. One of the best pubs in town (in a town full of good pubs), but it suffers variably over the years due to changes of management, not all of them being for the good. The current incumbents are slowly running this pub down, and it is now usually rather empty. The beer range and quality has taken a notable dive in 2008 and when I went in earlier this year the landlord seemed half-cut at the bar. It now has a bit of a grubby feel, rather than the usual dark and interesting. The quality of the interior is still impressive, although a few years ago they removed all the old weapons and most the slave-trade artefacts (chilling Sales posters etc) from the walls and replaced with pointless Hobgoblin beer posters (the pub is close to the abolitionist William Wilberforce's house - look out for the frieze on the fireplace on the front room). If the current management are not careful, this pub could be run into the ground and lose its status as an absolute gem.
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Original interior and a great range of real ales, well kept. Dark and dingy, just like a proper olde pub! Ace.
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This is everything a pub should be (except that it's in Hull). A first class selection of Real Ales, whiskies and fruit wines. The landlord is a top bloke too. In fact, this pub is the best thing about the city of Hull.
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An outstanding traditional pub! I love everything about this place which is why it's been my usual haunt for the last three years!
Mine's a pint of Old Rosie please. Bet you can't drink more than six. I've only ever managed to drink five myself but that's more than most people can take.
Love it! Great staff, friendly regulars, best choice/quality in drinks and the Black Boy has an intriguing history. Ask the locals about the ghost stories!
Love it!
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If you visit only one pub in Hull, make it this one. Great range of tap beers. It loses a point for the Goth/Hallowe'en decor of recent years, but still a fantastic, historic boozer.
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YOBB is Hulls oldest pub apparently, situated in the old part of Hull. The building is Grade 2 listed and the pub is included in Camra's National Inventory of Outstanding Pub Interiors.
The main bar at the back is very traditional with dark wood pannelling and a splendid collection of bottled beers. The pub serves a good range of real ales - The Roosters Yankee went down well. It's a lightish coloured fruity beer. Seems to be mainly a locals pub, but don't let that put you off.
I would classify this as a "must visit" pub, seek it out if in Hull, you won't be disappointed
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Got it all really - character, classic interior and interesting beer range
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Terrific Tudor pub in the old High Street (which is more of a backstreet these days) but still conveniently close for the city centre yet away from the madness of the Friday/Saturday night mayhem. A good variety of ales on offer from various brewers.
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I agree with Uncle_dunkel, the best beer in town. I go here everytime I am out, and really appreciate the quality and range of beers, and the friendliness of the staff. My brother says that this is the best Guiness he has had in Hull. Much nicer than the pseudo Irish bar Durty Nelly's around the corner.
And we booked the upstairs rooms for a birthday party in February and it was superb. The landlord was very accommodating and the setting was perfect for a knees up.
I'll be back. I recommend you do too.
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Full of nautical atmosphere and the best beer in the city
centre.
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Superb original pub with excellent ale and atmosphere. The (subdued) jukebox offers really good music but not at the volume of many bars and pubs in the Old Town. If you can, check out the boogie woogie piano players on Thursday night. A must visit in the unlikely event of you being in Hull.
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This pub is a true gem. I visited on Saturday 12/02/05 and the pub was heaving, people from far and wide were enjoying superb beer in this two-bar hostelry. I asked the landlord for my pint of Moorhouses Premier Bitter in a jug and was thrilled to be given one (despite jugs being out of use at weekends) with a smile. It was that extra touch of friendliness that really did it for me, and this pub deserves all the recommendations it can get (if you can get into the pub - that is).
The subdued lighting, coupled with bottles all over the walls and beermats on the ceiling, create an atmosphere of a Dutch alehouse. A must-visit pub.
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