To think that restaurant food in Britain is fairly poor quality?

[partinor]

I live in a city that is supposed to have some of the best restaurants in Britain. I also am a good cook. Unless I spend £50 plus per meal, I usually end up eating a meal that is fine, but I could have easily made a meal as good or better myself fairly quickly.

Too many restaurants seem to basically buy in a combination of frozen ready made meals, and prop this up with fairly easy to make fresh food such as a fish cooked in a very easy to make sauce.

If I go out to eat I want something that is better than I can make fairly easily at home. I am beginning to think Britain must be a nation of poor cooks as I have been to so many places people rave about and I just think meh, that is fine, but no better than I made in 20 minutes after work last night.

I will carry on eating out with friends, just for the socialising.
Aibu.

YANBU and that is why so many restaurants and chains are failing in the uk. They seem to think the British public will put up with any old shit and finally people are starting to say no. Food is one thing, service is another. I think we are generally diabolical at service in this country, have been out tonight to a nice local place where there was only one other table in- every time you needed something staff no where to be seen.
People referring to Sat Bains etc these are not exactly every day restaurants, we need some decent mid price restaurants and I think that is the reason the street food scene has really taken off, people want something good and they can't get it in a restaurant any unless they pay over the odds.