Ye Olde Black Boy, Hull

An old pub with a very good interior ,the front Smoke Room is charming with a real fire and it's own bar access,while the rear room has a larger serving bar,a long bench seat,wood panelling,various information about Wilberforce and his mission to stop slavery and the connection with the pub.My Portobello Northern Line Stout was very decent and the pork pie was first class but I did note that ale pricing around £3.80 per pint and £2 for a half might be one reason for the pub being quiet .Worth a look around the interior,and there was a friendly welcome from the barmaid which always helps.

Yes, also quiet when we all rocked up on late Friday lunchtime, which is a shame because this is a great old pub. Really friendly welcome from the barmaid working the central serving area but she was probably happy to see a large group of punters descend on her. Two characterful rooms as well described by previous reviewers the larger back room is quite dark with all the wood panelling and had music playing that was probably a tad loud for a largely empty room, meaning a few of the party retired to the front room with its cosy open fire and impressive wood carving of the black boy. The spiral staircase takes you to another upstairs room that wasn’t open on our visit , and a small outside terrace before returning via a back staircase to the central passage. The six beers available for our visit were Adnams Broadside, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, TT Golden Best, Ossett Silver King, Camerons and Portobello collaboration brew Northern Line Stout and Bradfield Brewery Farmers Blonde. I tried the Farmers Blonde and it wasn’t at its best with a suspicion that it had been put on too early, although the other beers had by the party seemed OK. This was also utilised as lunch stop as we were tempted by some good looking Pork or Game pies that fortunately tasted as good as they looked and well worth the £3.00 asking price. This is a really nice pub. It could just do with more customers.