Entertainment, Restaurants and Bars

 

Being fully a port with an ever changing population of seamen and travellers, Hull has plenty of bars, restaurants and entertainment venues to satisfy all of both visitors and residents in the town; additionally, it offers several'Hull'festivals through the year. Possibly of interest to individuals who like visiting pubs is that it has one of the highest concentrations of pubs and bars in a UK city. Nightlife can be buoyed up most weeks as a result of presence of a university campus at the north of the town boundary. Alternatively, if you fancy something a little quieter it's easy to obtain out in to the county of Yorkshire and sample a having a drink or meal in a village pub.

 

Bars and Pubs:- 

Difficult because it is to Prescott Restaurants out any pubs specifically for Hull the next are a number of the more established and well known ones. The Olde White Harte on Silver Street is without question among the oldest pubs and buildings in Hull. Situated in the splendidly named'Land of Green Ginger'area of old Hull, it is a 16th century courtyard pub and is believed to possess once been the residence to the Governor of Hull during the time of the English Civil war.

 

Old and dark wood, stained glass windows and'sit-in'fireplaces denote the age of this pub which serves a fantastic choice of guest beers and a good selection of food in its Pelham's restaurant. Not far way, still the Land of Green Ginger, is definitely an 18th century Grade II listed building that hosts the Olde Black Boy pub on the High Street. This pub is a combination of modern pool tables and live music as well as offering traditional ales and dominoes. Even better it serves Timothy Taylor's Landlord beer! On the northern edge of the Land of Green Ginger, located in a former Post office building is really a Wetherspoons drinking hall called'Three John Scott's '. This building on Lowgate serves the most common large range of beers and some good'pub grub'that you'd expect out of this national chain of pubs.

 

To the north of the city the Gardeners Arms on the Cottingham Road is worthy of note. It can also be housed in a vintage building and serves guests ales as well as meals through the week, the pub is regularly featured in CAMRA revues.

 

Restaurants:- 

One of the newer restaurants in Hull is the Boars Nest, on Princes Avenue to the north of the city centre. Jointly owned by top chef Simon Rogers and Dave Stead, from Hull's Beautiful South band, it's housed within an Edwardian butchers building and shares its name with the restaurant from the TV show - The Dukes of Hazard. A three course dinner, without wine, will definitely cost about £30 per person. Mr Chu's Restaurant is John Prescott's, the Hull MP and former Deputy Prime Minister, favourite one in the city. Great Chinese food, excellent service and superb views within the Humber Bridge make the trip out to St Andrew's quay well worth it.

 

Sticking with the river theme the Two Rivers Restaurant reaches The Deep - an aquarium and tourist attraction - which can be at the confluence of the rivers Hull and Humber, off Citadel way. It serves a wide range of European food including meat, fish and vegetarian meals.

 

Being a port close to the North Sea, it wouldn't be right if there weren't some restaurants specializing in seafood dishes. The family owned Old Custom House restaurant at the Market Place offers just such fare. Its house specialty is lobster and it includes a wine listing of over 50 wines. With a buffet meal designed for under £10 per person The Taman Ria Tropicana offers authentic'Masakan Melayu ', which means a strictly Malayn cuisine, as opposed to the more generic Malaysian one. The Tropicana is on Princes Avenue to the west of the town centre.

 

The restaurant supplies a reasonable selection of wines at very good prices, but don't expect you'll sample any vintages here. Of course, just outside Hull at Welton, could be the Green Dragon pub and restaurant. This is a extremely popular venue for folks who enjoy and appreciate a night out in a restaurant. The menu is mainly traditional British cooking, but it's exquisitely prepared and presented in a warm and cosy restaurant.