Terrific meal and ambiance. Haven't been here since the late 80s. Stuffed mushrooms and shrimp and scallop fra diablo were great. Thanks to waitress and management for letting us catch up until beyond closing time. Two of the three were celebrating the lives of mothers recently lost. Loved the intimate ambiance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Stuffed Shrimp
Jillian Anderson
The food was fantastic. The best calamari I have ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Allen M.
I ordered the blackened sword fish. It was a piece about 3 by 2 1/2 inches, overcooked, very dry and hard, Salso dressing on top, ice cold, vegetable asparagus, which I don't eat (not given any choice) Mashed potatoes were very good. Service: no complaints Ambience: seated 2 yards from table of 6, all extremely loud, laughing, shouting, obviously had much too much to drink. Wait time for 6 o'clock reservation: 15 minutes for our party of four. Lighting very poor. Had to use our smart phones to read menu. Won't hurry back.
Janice Gill
First time visiting for dinner last evening and it was fantastic. Homemade, warm bread was wonderful. Swordfish tips were very tasty, perfectly prepared and terrific. Wine list modest but nice selections. Charming ambiance, friendly staff. Looking forward to our next visit already.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Janice K.
First time visiting for dinner last evening and it was fantastic. Homemade, warm bread was wonderful. Swordfish tips were very tasty, perfectly prepared and terrific. Wine list modest but nice selections. Charming ambiance, friendly staff. Looking forward to our next visit already.
Connor Alden
simply great! Can only be recommended. 5 star cuisine ♥️
Robert Triba
Excellent cocktails and food, and great service from Linda!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Barry H.
Consistent delicious food, drinks and attentive fun servers Servers can make or break the experience and satisfaction!
Dan Wittenmeyer
Great place excellent food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Stuffed Quahog, Fish and Chips
The Dolphin is a fantastic place to go for a nice dinner. Great ambience ... superb serviceWe have eaten here a half dozen times and never had a bad meal. Food is reasonably priced. Oysters are superb as is their sole and shrimp. My sister in law loves the citrus butter which is served with most of their dinners.Highly recommend...thumbs up!Parking: Parking lot is behind restaurant and there is also free street parking available
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mary O'Rourke Sullivan
It's all about the food. I got a Cape Cod Reuben. My word, it was excellent.The hostess seemed sick of her job, but our server was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Stuffed Quahog
N Fornaro
Conveniently locate close to CCCCollege and the comedy club, Dolphin is where you will end up for dinner for an event at either of these places. As such the place is packed on nights when there's an event. Make a reservation if you can get someone to answer the phone, (which is not likely). Just keep calling, they told us. Eventually someone will answer the phone.We just dropped in without a rez and ate at the bar, which was lovely. The place is old Cape Cod decor. It was very pleasant.Our bartender was a busy guy but took care of us with aplomb.Food came out hot and delish. I had a burger and Sue had scallops. Both were delicious.There's parking out back, but it is limited and tightly packed. Grab a spot on the street if you can. If our going to the Comedy Club you could easily park there and walk across the street to the Dolphin.I'm looking forward to stopping in there on a night when they aren't so packed. If you're in Barnstable/ Hyannis I'd recommend dinner there
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Farrell
We had a family dinner Saturday night. The swordfish was excellent, and the staff treated us like we'd been coming there since the 70's. (We have) .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brian Behan
Way over priced for what they offer, way understaffed and what's up with not having enough menus.... seating is way to close, it was like eating in a cafeteria.
Terrific meal and ambiance. Haven't been here since the late 80s. Stuffed mushrooms and shrimp and scallop fra diablo were great. Thanks to waitress and management for letting us catch up until beyond closing time. Two of the three were celebrating the lives of mothers recently lost. Loved the intimate ambiance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Stuffed Shrimp
The food was fantastic. The best calamari I have ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ordered the blackened sword fish. It was a piece about 3 by 2 1/2 inches, overcooked, very dry and hard, Salso dressing on top, ice cold, vegetable asparagus, which I don't eat (not given any choice) Mashed potatoes were very good. Service: no complaints Ambience: seated 2 yards from table of 6, all extremely loud, laughing, shouting, obviously had much too much to drink. Wait time for 6 o'clock reservation: 15 minutes for our party of four. Lighting very poor. Had to use our smart phones to read menu. Won't hurry back.
First time visiting for dinner last evening and it was fantastic. Homemade, warm bread was wonderful. Swordfish tips were very tasty, perfectly prepared and terrific. Wine list modest but nice selections. Charming ambiance, friendly staff. Looking forward to our next visit already.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time visiting for dinner last evening and it was fantastic. Homemade, warm bread was wonderful. Swordfish tips were very tasty, perfectly prepared and terrific. Wine list modest but nice selections. Charming ambiance, friendly staff. Looking forward to our next visit already.
simply great! Can only be recommended. 5 star cuisine ♥️
Excellent cocktails and food, and great service from Linda!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Consistent delicious food, drinks and attentive fun servers Servers can make or break the experience and satisfaction!
Great place excellent food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Stuffed Quahog, Fish and Chips
Always great food and service!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The Dolphin is a fantastic place to go for a nice dinner. Great ambience ... superb serviceWe have eaten here a half dozen times and never had a bad meal. Food is reasonably priced. Oysters are superb as is their sole and shrimp. My sister in law loves the citrus butter which is served with most of their dinners.Highly recommend...thumbs up!Parking: Parking lot is behind restaurant and there is also free street parking available
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's all about the food. I got a Cape Cod Reuben. My word, it was excellent.The hostess seemed sick of her job, but our server was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Stuffed Quahog
Conveniently locate close to CCCCollege and the comedy club, Dolphin is where you will end up for dinner for an event at either of these places. As such the place is packed on nights when there's an event. Make a reservation if you can get someone to answer the phone, (which is not likely). Just keep calling, they told us. Eventually someone will answer the phone.We just dropped in without a rez and ate at the bar, which was lovely. The place is old Cape Cod decor. It was very pleasant.Our bartender was a busy guy but took care of us with aplomb.Food came out hot and delish. I had a burger and Sue had scallops. Both were delicious.There's parking out back, but it is limited and tightly packed. Grab a spot on the street if you can. If our going to the Comedy Club you could easily park there and walk across the street to the Dolphin.I'm looking forward to stopping in there on a night when they aren't so packed. If you're in Barnstable/ Hyannis I'd recommend dinner there
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had a family dinner Saturday night. The swordfish was excellent, and the staff treated us like we'd been coming there since the 70's. (We have) .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Way over priced for what they offer, way understaffed and what's up with not having enough menus.... seating is way to close, it was like eating in a cafeteria.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1