Dolphin Inn Reviews Summary

Setting & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "It's set in a beautiful village by the sea."
• "The Dolphin has a lovely rustic but welcoming interior."
• "But in winter its almost even more charming. There was an open log fire, always a real treat, and the decor is gorgeous."
• "What a lovely place to eat, a friendly, welcoming atmosphere and staff."
• "Lovely setting in a beautiful village. Garden is great to sit and eat out in."
• "Beautiful village pub with a lovely garden."
• "Lovely quaint village pub, just as one would expect from the English countryside."

Cons:

• "Nicely decorated but lacking in ambience, where we sat, our choice,... was cold."
• "Told us no room available to have a seat, despite empty tables and tried to offer a seat outside in a shed."
• "Overcrowded dining room with noisy kids."
• "Covid measures in place, but the pub was too busy for them to be effective."
• "Only do a roast on Sundays and it was a really hot day. We just fancied a bowl of chips or something but they don't do snacks or sides only roast so we left and went somewhere else."

Service

Pros:

• "From the moment we arrived until we left 2 day's later the owner, staff and food fantastic, nothing and I mean nothing was too much trouble for all of them."
• "The staff were really friendly, and the food was good."
• "Excellent atmosphere and food. What really impressed was the service."
• "The staff welcoming, polite and helpful."
• "Special mention to the staff, who were amazingly kind and helpful, entertaining our 11 month old baby while we ate."
• "Attentive, warm and friendly staff."
• "Staff were friendly, warm and welcoming."

Cons:

• "We were about to choose our table when a waitress approached us & told us that we couldn't bring our dog into the restaurant."
• "The one thing that let them down was they 'forgot' to bring our dessert that we ordered."
• "Staff were friendly but could be more attentive."
• "Bad attitude from bar staff."
• "Rudest staff I’ve ever met in my life, was told we couldn’t sit inside as they couldn’t be bothered to move two tables together."
• "Taking plates from table without masks and people were quite close together."
• "I have never met such a rude barman."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food... all of it.... superb!!"
• "Food was excellent."
• "Food in the restaurant was impeccable."
• "The food was excellent and we were not pestered by the staff but they were obviously checking on our progress."
• "The food here is lovely! I had the smoked chicken salad and it was so tasty!"
• "Food was delicious."
• "Amazing food."

Cons:

• "Ok but prices didn't justify portion sizes. 3 out the 4 of us agreed the sea bass + trimmings should have been bigger."
• "Food was good, but personally wouldn't have the burger again, really didn't seem that the quality matched the price."
• "My food was a bit bland, salmon & prawn linguine."
• "We had sandwiches that were very poor, bread didn't taste fresh & hot roast beef was one thin slice that was a quarter fat & gristle."
• "Food was very overpriced for what it was."
• "Tasteless custard."
• "Food was a little bland and struggled for appetizing texture."