The Dolphin, Sydenham, SE26

David Walton left this review about The Dolphin

Indeed quite an impressive interior, little changed from the below comprehensive descriptions. There is a seating area out the front, but not too appealing given the busy road the pub sits on. Music was a bit annoying in that the choice wasn’t bad, but the sound quality was poor. Much more attractive and appealing is the garden out the back, plenty of green with the seats surrounded by low level hedge features.

Two of the four hand pumps were operational, one dispensing Adnams Broadside and one, a previously untried one from GK called Hopping Special, accurately described on the pump clip as an amber ale. Actually quite enjoyable. On the keg front there was indeed an impressive array with about a dozen taps including Hepcat, Lumina, Rafiki, Rolling Papers, Inch’s cider, Paulaner lager etc etc.

This is a really decent venue that warrants a 7 rating from me. Better cask would nudge the score up but for where the pub is, and needing to cater for lots of subsets of customers, I would say it is a pretty stellar score. If I find something better than this in the SE26 post code area I will really be very surprised, but that is the joy of having a list in a new area but not assessing any before just turning up.

On 7^th May 2024 - rating: 7
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