Not slagging Hull off at all, but the choice of quality places to eat is severely limited.

I don't agree that boars nest was always rubbish. IMO it started off well but went downhill, what the reasons are I don't know.

That is true, however I have to disagree with your comments about Boars Nest. You are entitled to your opinion of course but, come on, it's not "garbage". It was in the Good Food Guide.

Sad thing is, it'll be replaced by some faceless cafe bar serving the same sort of stuff as all the others down there.

but where are you comparing it to, that was the point I was making, for the same money you could go to Pipe andd Glass in Dalton and eat 10 times better, or the Wellington Arms in Lund for a lot less.

The HDM Good Food Guide isn't a measure of success imho.

maybe they got lazy and complacent, it happens a heck of a lot.

Bi Bi's in L**ds is an example, we used to regulalrly spend £200 in there for lunch for 3 or 4 of us, won't even go in the place now.

Complacent/arrogant is maybe the thing yeah. You're right the competition in the local area was slim (it's slightly, although not greatly by any means, improved) and when not being pushed it's easy to fall off your game I guess.

My point was love it hate it, Boars Nest was different. Plenty of places down there serving burgers, jackets spuds, paninis etc.

Correct, its not rougher down there now. LInnet used to kick off regularly. I remember a few infamous nights down there!
COmments on the wail are pretty amusing

I know what you meant and was only being a bit jovial on this fine sunny morning (but was deadly serious about my brekkie and coffee though, just going now!)

I think you miss a few of the places out tho - true there is the burger and spud places but they're mainly the bars TBH, you also have Laundry, Da Gianni, Marrakesh Ave, Thai House, Tama Ria, Bengal Lounge and Fudge. Whilst I'm not arguing the quality (or lack of) in any of these places, you can't say that it's just a faceless trail of identical places.

Comparing Pipe and Glass against the Boars Nest is a little daft. Ive eaten at P&G and it was very good - although in my experience the service was better in BN, but the point is you can buy two courses for less than 20 quid in BN, you struggle tp find a starter less than 15 in PG on the lunch time menu.

Also, I think by some of the comments on here that I may have just had a one off good experience but while Standee says its good by Hull standards, I have eaten all over the country and I think its one of the best pre 20 quid meal I have had in a resturant.