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The Dolphin Hotel, Plymouth
Plymouth
PL1 2LS
Reviews of The Dolphin Hotel (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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 21st June 2023
- rating: 9
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Steve C 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 22nd August 2022
- rating: 7
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Dolphin Hotel
Great place for people watching and real ale - although most was gravity fed - which is not my preferred.
Draught Bass and Dartmoor Jail Ale were two on offer and in good nick.
Perfect place to sit outside on a summers evening.
Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2MsN5nm
On 8th August 2018
- rating: 7
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- Accommodation : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes - Easter - last updated 28 January 2017 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 15p per pint - last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
- WiFi : No last updated 21 June 2023 by Quinno _
