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The Dolphin Hotel, Plymouth

14 The Barbican
Plymouth
PL1 2LS

Phone: 01752660876

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Barbican, Hoe

Reviews of The Dolphin Hotel (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

E TA left this review about The Dolphin Hotel

Easily the best bet among Plymouth’s harbourside pubs, the Dolphin is well described by others, below. We were very pleasantly surprised by the welcome, the convivial atmosphere and the helpful young bar staff. Ales on were Jail Ale, Tribute, Landlord, Atlantic, Proper Job and Doombar. The non-cask ale drinkers could choose from John Smith’s, Amstel, Fosters, Thatcher’s Gold and Haze, Guinness and Bass. Definitely worth a visit or inclusion in a crawl, and I’ll be back next time I’m passing through.

On 19^th September 2025 - rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about The Dolphin Hotel

Classic basic alehouse. Less rammed on this visit (though still very busy) so I got a better feel for it. Opened-out a little but retains bags of character. Blue and white colours, coal fire, leaded front windows. Bulges in the ceiling betray a problem with water ingress. Six cask (five local) and two ciders. I only had eyes for the stillaged Bass which was exemplary (NBSS 4.5) - I now realised I missed it last time as there's no PoS pump but a jumbo sign behind the bar instead. Detractions are the piped music (pub doesn't need it) and a large screen showing nothing in particular. It's a quality pub though and probably the best in the ‘Muff. GBG’23 listed, as standard. 8.5

December 2016
Basic but popular drinkers pub with slate flooring, whitewashed walls, Octagon Brewery stained glass windows, ale direct from the cask, bar blockers, disgusting slush green ceiling and faintly chaotic service. Knocked-about inside but retains a harbourside character. Ales on were all regional staples – 2x St Austell (Tribute and a good drop of Proper Job), 2x Sharps (Doom Bar and Atlantic), Dartmoor Jail Ale and Skinners Betty Stogs – no sign of the Bass mentioned copiously elsewhere. The busiest pub we did on Saturday night, with a mixed clientele and a raucous atmosphere. Whilst the ale choice wasn’t much to get excited about, it’s certainly one of Plymouth’s more distinguished watering holes. Rated 7.5

On 21^st June 2023 - rating: 9
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Strongers . left this review about The Dolphin Hotel

The Dolphin has a U shaped bar on the right hand wall with an area out of sight behind where the gravity fed cask is stored. Sharp’s Doom Bar and Atlantic, Dartmoor’s Jail Ale, St Austell’s Tribute and Proper Job, Timothy Taylor’s Landlord and two Thatcher’s ciders from their Stan’s range were the cask options during a recent Tuesday afternoon visit. A standard and premium keg range was also available.
The frontage with the leaded windows is inviting, but the interior is pretty basic, although it very much feels like a coastal pub. The seating is found around the walls and there is plenty of standing room in the centre, so no doubt this place gets busy at weekends. I’m sure that I’d use this pub if I lived locally.

On 22^nd August 2022 - rating: 7
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