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Probably the most characterful pub in Derby, with a great selection of guest ales. Food range is limited but good value.
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Ale 9/10, Food n/a, Atmosphere 9/10, Overall 9/10.
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Beer usually good but disappointed this week by small and unimaginative food portions.
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Very characterful pub. Quite touristy for such a non-touristy place. Well kept beer (I forget which) and fine, filling food. Well worth visiting.
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Not much more to add to other comments - age oozing out of every pore here, managed to get into the snug for the first time ever on this trip. Excellent range of ales, although not the best in the city as some here would have it. Always worth your time to wander in here for a quiet pint or enjoy the packed later evenings most nights of the week.
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All the signage points to this being the oldest pub in Derby dating back to 1530 and the cobbled corridors and low wooden doorways back up the claim. It’s a nice looking pub with some decent beers and a cheap menu. It does come across as a bit touristy though, with the eating area being named the “1530 AD Restaurant” and various advertisements for ghost walks and the like. There was also a notice about a spiritual medium appearing every Wednesday, I was there on a Wednesday and the next event was advertised as two weeks later, unforeseen circumstances maybe!! It’s definitely worth visiting though as it oozes history. The serious “beer tourist” will also visit the Old Silk Mill across the road and the nearby Flowerpot.
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i agree with all comments but no children allowed in this day and age is a bit of a drawback. b4 any of you post comments about kids running amok disturbing your quiet my daughter has never done that and is well behaved. also as an ex landlord i know that beer drinkers on ave spend about £7:50 families spend on ave £35 so makes good business sense and might enable some of these small special pubs going
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the best pub in derby - awesome history - awesome beers - i think they had 8 ales on last time i went -including black sheep, landlord, pedigree, duchars - incredible. awesome building too and the food is special.
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I think I'm just going to end up re-itterating previous comments here but it's got to be said that Ye Olde Dolphin is probably the best real ale pub in the city.
The beers are well kept and there's always a small, but well chosen selection to choose from, including one of my faves, Black Sheep.
In the winter the snugg is, well, Snug! Especially with the fire roaring, it's toasty cozy.
In the summer, the little beer garden out the back comes alive, and they often have a BBQ too!!
It's a great place to go if you like to chat with friends over a quality pint, and even if you don't like real ale, there's the usual selection of stuff to keep everyone else happy.
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Definately the best pub in Derby, great selection of real ales, friendly staff, excellent menu, even a little beer garden round the back, if its real ales your after this is definately the end of town you want to be as its close to The Flower Pot and The Silk Mill, The Bless is round the corner which is also a decent pub if a bit studenty!
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A real medieval pub, limited range of ales compared to many others in the city but still well worth a visit. Taylors Landlord was in good nick.
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One of the only 'real' pubs left in Derby. Get yourself in the snugg on a Friday afternoon, and not only well you get a decent pint, you'll also get to meet some of the weird & wonderful clientel, who range from the quite & reserved, to the completely barking...it takes all sorts to make a good pub
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It's all about the beer. A quiet unassuming old (with the emphasis on old, it's the oldest) pub, where you'll get a very good beer.
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Lovely pub right by the Cathedral, regular guest ales, several good rooms with a nice fire. The steaks are excellent too, and there's a beer festival once or twice a year.
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Certainly the nicest pub I found in Derby.
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Big on olde worlde tourist appeal but could do with a brush up, its looking a bit tired inside. Food is excellent, beer range small but decent, large patio to rear, twice yearly festivals follow on a couple of weeks after the CAMRA festivals.
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Quite busy at the time of our visit (Saturday 5pm)with food and drink, so the lone member of staff needed to be efficient. We were served promptly with Deuchars IPA (in order for us to check the quality in comparison with our own local - it was just as good!)
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Lovely old pub near the cathedral, delightful exterior and interior. Fairly quiet when I was there early in the afternoon. Always real ales on, sometimes have their own beer festivals. The toilets were clean when I was there - a rare experience in English pubs!
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Simply the best pub in the city centre.Well kept variety of real ales,atmospheric old coaching inn with bar,snug,and upstairs restaurant.Paved beer garden to rear,staging twice annual beer festivals.Derby camra pub of the year previous winner.
Andy - 23 Jul 2004 20:37 |
The Dolphin is the oldest pub in Derbyshire dating back some 400 years. It still has many of its traditional features including different serving rooms set around the same bar. During the summer months the beer garden is a great place to sit and enjoy a pint, especialy when they have there summer beer festival, and during the winter you can sit by a nice coal fire. The range of beers is very good as is the atmosphere. I highly recommend this pub.
Tom - 9 May 2004 16:52 |
