Ye Olde Dolphin Inne

August 26, 2007
An intimate pub experience with lots of tiny rooms, low-ceilings and almost a museum through its age, but the beer range is not extraordinary. Still, it’s so close to the Flower Pot that not popping in for a half would be a crime even if you have only one day in Derby.

June 18, 2007 [ Updated March 21, 2008 ]
A pub that seems to trade on it’s olde worlde status. Good atmosphere, and lots of small rooms to hide away in rather limited selection of real ales. A rather better ale selection on a return visit in March 2008.

November 1, 2006
Visited frequently as my dad lives close to Derby. Nice little town centre pub that has always been really busy when I’ve been there. Have good little beer festivals, food has been absolutely fine and service always friendly. Nice snug pub to go to in the winter.

March 14, 2006
Derbys oldest Pub. Great interior, small & homely rooms off an old flagstone walkway. Great food available. Perhaps a few to many regulars & not enough guests, but all beers are served in excellent condition. & they have 2 beer festivals a year too

February 27, 2006
Lovely historical old pub with Elizabethan timbers stilll evident. Nice little back room with a lovely real fire. Went during a strong ales festivial where they had 30 beers available on stillage but even at normal times the pub does offer a good selection of ales although these tend to be regular more than guests.

November 23, 2005
The olest pub in Derby, closeish to the Cathedral. Mullti roomed with a roofed over patio area and many rooms to investigate. Reduced beer selection on our visit along with reduced staff. Nice comfortable old pub well worth a visit.

March 7, 2005
I was there with DeepBlack and haddonsman - only had time for a couple beers. They had a "Heavy Weight" beer festival on at the time, should have a reasonable selection of cask ales at other times too. Fairly quiet when we were there in the early afternoon. Didn’t eat. Lovely "olde worlde" pub, nice exterior and interior. And their toilets were clean, which is more than you can say about most English pubs!

March 6, 2005
Close to the cathedral, revels in its ye olde pedigree, split level bar plus snug and no-smoking lounge. patio area, restaurant upstairs, Adnams and Black Sheep are regulars, guest beer, food is fantastic and cheap (about a fiver for a filling meal), steaks a speciality, ghost evenings and banquets held upstairs, good festivals held just after the Derby CAMRA ones, cracking little pub