The Dolphin Tavern, Bloomsbury - pub details
Address: 44 Red Lion Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1R 4PF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 1091)
Holborn (0.2 miles), Chancery Lane (0.3 miles), Russell Square (0.4 miles)
Farringdon (0.6 miles), City Thameslink (0.8 miles), London Kings Cross - Thameslink (0.9 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
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Enterprise, Holborn (0.0 miles), Old Nick, Holborn (0.1 miles), Bountiful Cow, Holborn (0.1 miles), Rugby Tavern, Clerkenwell (0.1 miles), Old Red Lion, Holborn (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Dolphin Tavern, Bloomsbury
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| Went here on a midweek just after lunchtime. Fairly quiet, so able to get a seat. Good beer Adnams i think. Yes the Stopped clock is still there. rpf1955 - 6 Nov 2011 17:43 |
| Sadly I was the only customer in here after 5 for over half an hour, but after all, it was a Monday, not usually a busy day. Pretty much how I remember the place after visits to the Conway Hall years ago, I think there has been a refurb since then. Good Adnams beers served in Adnams glasses. On the way home remembered there used to be a clock in there stopped at the time that the pub was bombed in World War 1. Perhaps a later reviewer can say if it's still there [not the clock by the steep stairs to the gents] TiaMariaJim - 15 Jun 2010 09:08 |
| Three real ales were available on my visit yesterday afternoon (Adnams Bitter, Broadside and St Austell Tribute) in a pub that I have tried to visit a few times before but failed as it is only open on weekdays. The atmosphere is quite cosy with a mainly carpeted floor and antiques over the bar, on shelves, and hanging from the ceiling. Screens separate tables to create a little amount of privacy. There are also partitions around the walls with dolphin motifs in frosted glass, which also help to give you individual space. Aspalls cider is also served. I would come back if in the area on a weekday. blue_scrumpy - 22 May 2010 15:58 |
| Like the previous reviewer I wasn’t that taken with this small pub as I walked in, but my greeting from the barman was very friendly and my Guinness was very good. The drinks selection of Adnams, Broadside, Amstel, Fosters, Heineken and Aspalls along with the Guinness isn’t the most diverse, but the size of the bar dictates and there was another hand pump which was off during my visit. There was some very low back music playing and the plasma screen was off when a football match was on so I gather that there is no Sky Sports. There is a ledge running down the outside of the pub on the wide path side so it is possible to escape outside when the pub is busy, but I wouldn’t want to be in here when 40+ people are present on a cold evening. This place is certainly not a destination pub, but I would have no problem with popping back in again if passing. Strongers - 23 Dec 2009 21:05 |
| thought briefly this was a gay pub when I went in Seemed slightly odd, but the barstaff were very friendly and the pub grew on me - would return for another visit TheGP - 16 Oct 2009 16:28 |
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