The Dolphin, - East Lindsey

Used to do pretty good gush and chips, not quiet whitby standard but they used to be OK. Today's fish and chips are the worst I have ever had. Over cooked fish, inedible chops and a bun that should have been consigned to the bin a couple of days ago as it was hard and stale.they were never the cheapest but I didn't mind paying for decent quality. Based on today's visit I would consider it daylight robbery. The dolphin will never see my custom again. If this Was the only place to get food in the area I would rather starve. If I could give minus stars I would.

"Service with complete indifference. As the title suggests the chips were dreadful. I threw most of them away. £3.50 I 'll never see again. I won 't be seeing the Dolphin fish bar, either!

An obnoxious young man who seemed to think it was beneath him to serve us was the second impression. The first was how far such a wonderful place with a proper eat in restaurant has now sunk. Back a few years it was cordial, clean and good cuisine, sadly no longer. We ate in at one of two tables, after the surly youth took our order. Eating in does not mean plates now, just an open takeaway tray and separate container for the mushy peas. Also a paper type cup for the tea. Okay, I could forgive all this if the fish, chips and mushy peas were a delight, but they were not. The haddock was a lovely piece of fish and tasted fine, once you had penetrated the oil soaked coating they pass off as batter The chips if that's what you can call them were very thin for a chip shop, and also full of oil and not a joy to eat. I know it's a new potato season but even so, try were rank. The mushy peas were mushy, but think I've had better from a tin from Aldi or Lidl. The tea in the paper cup however was a revelation it tasted like a good fresh brewed cup of tea. So in essence, if you want good fish and chips chips with polite and happy service go elsewhere, but if you only want a quick cup of tea it may suffice.

Hi my wife and I visited yesterday for the first time since Covid having been to you many times over the years. We were disappointed to see that the restaurant area is no more we always enjoyed that aspect and loved the atmosphere and being served etc. However quite understand your reasoning behind discontinuing it as peoples ' eating and spending habits have changed post Covid. The food was lovely and we managed to nab a table outside so all good. Good value too in the current eating out climate. Just a couple of small points. We were pretty adjacent to the rubbish bin at the exit door which was well full and could have done with emptying. Appreciate the pressure re staffing when busy but just an ambiance thing. Also found the small wooden forks really difficult to use so much so that my wife nipped over the road to the (nice) hardware shop and bought a couple of forks ! All in all perfectly good ; just missed the experience of being inside and served etc. David and Georgina Nottingham

The Dolphin has changed so much. My memories from childhood of sitting with my grandparents at the table , and the pot of tea and bread and butter are so dear to me! The last time I came here with my children was 2018 and it was just as lovely. We had the nicest time. So so disappointed to find when visiting today it’s now a takeaway with a couple of tables. Just not the same. Food was nice but took ages and half the family were almost done before the other half got their food. (5 of us so not a massive group). It’s just a regular chippy now. Nothing like as special as it used to be. Very shouty man calling out names of orders. No ketchup in squeezy bottles either. You have to pay 50p for a tiny sachet thing. Everything changes I guess. I was so looking forward to my family sitting round the table with a pot of tea etc. Thanks for the memories ! Maybe one day it will be restored to its former glory.