Dolphin Hotel

3.7

Good(124 Reviews)

Hotel in North Dorset District

3-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsInternet / Wifi, Parking and more

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About this hotel

Hotel in Wincanton with a restaurant and a bar
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and free self parking. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, multilingual staff, a banquet hall, and a vending machine are onsite.
Housekeeping is not available.
Dolphin Hotel offers 12 accommodations with complimentary toiletries.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Amenities

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Map of North Dorset District

Nearby attractions

Longleat

17.8 mi

Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World

61 mi

Hawk Conservancy Trust

61.4 mi

Purbeck Heritage Coast

58.7 mi

Available Rooms

Double Room, Ensuite

1 Double

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Suite, Ensuite ( for 3)

1 Double • 1 Single

Sleeps 3

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Suite, Ensuite (for 4)

2 Single • 1 Double

Sleeps 4

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Single Room, Ensuite

1 Single

Sleeps 1

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Triple Room, Ensuite

1 Double • 1 Single

Sleeps 3

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3.7

Good(124 Reviews)

Hotel in North Dorset District

3-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsInternet / Wifi, Parking and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hotel

Amenities

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Map of North Dorset District

Nearby attractions

Longleat

17.8 mi

Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World

61 mi

Hawk Conservancy Trust

61.4 mi

Purbeck Heritage Coast

58.7 mi

Available Rooms

Double Room, Ensuite

1 Double

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Suite, Ensuite ( for 3)

1 Double • 1 Single

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Suite, Ensuite (for 4)

2 Single • 1 Double

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Single Room, Ensuite

1 Single

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Triple Room, Ensuite

1 Double • 1 Single

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

3.7

Good(124 Reviews)

3.7

Jul 2024

Great stay, staff are very friendly. Can be a bit noisy at pub closing time, but otherwise very a great hotel.

3.7

May 2024

very nice place

3.7

Apr 2024

The rooms are very clean, staff friendly and welcoming

3.7

Mar 2024

Great little hot with olde world charm. Thursday is steak night with all the trimmings and a pint for £15, amazing value!! All perfece cooked. Probably the best steak I have had! Nice range of ales and great service.

3.7

Jun 2023

Stop over for long journey home from Cornwall, stayed in a family room - 1 adult & 2 kids but given 1single & 1double. Was ok but not ideal. Room was dusty & in need of good clean under beds & behind furniture, hanging cobwebs. The shower door was hanging off although could still use. Decor very drab which added to dated feel of the room. Whilst the beds were comfy the pillows were flat. Lots of tea & coffee supplied, great tv with choices for kids. Had an evening meal, food was great although had to move as from garden as the language from younger drinkers was a shocker and the kids felt v uncomfortable hearing it. Not really an issue with the owners but a local pub with a young crowd so something to be mindful of if travelling with kids. Overall we enjoyed our stay, owners were lovely as was the food, and ok value for money.

3.7

Mar 2023

Friendly and helpful staff, and allowed us an early check in to the room early as we were going to a wedding. Room was rather small and only had a skylight, no "proper" window but we didn't spend much time in the room. Small shower room, but the shower itself was great. Good breakfast.

3.7

Dec 2022

lovely place very friendly and helpful staff eould definitely recommend

3.7

Sep 2022

Hotel staff couldn’t have been friendlier or more helpful

3.7

Sep 2022

Room was a little small, but it was adequate for the first be night stay. Generally clean but nothing too special. Would go back. Pub meal was excellent. We had the steak and can thoroughly recommend it!

3.7

Jun 2022

Shower point blank did not even turn on in my room, pillows were basically empty pillow cases and the mattress so thin I could feel each individual slat of timber through the mattress, worst spent 65 pounds of my life.

3.7

Jun 2022

Lovely quaint old coaching inn, rooms where clean and tidy, staff very obliging, could of had a more varied evening menu, but wasn’t a problem.

3.7

Apr 2022

A comfortable place to stay, clean, tidy with friendly service and a good hearty breakfast

3.7

Mar 2022

Quirky old building, tho on good repair. Staff very friendly, engaging and helpful. No hot water from the sink tap.

3.7

Mar 2022

Quirky old building, tho on good repair. Staff very friendly, engaging and helpful.No hot water from the sink tap.

3.7

Oct 2021

Clean room, comfortable bed. Good breakfast.

3.7

May 2021

Great friendly staff. Very welcoming and nothing too much trouble. Good wholesome food at a very reasonable price. Good wi-fi easy parking outside after 5pm

3.7

May 2021

Great friendly staff. Very welcoming and nothing too much trouble. Good wholesome food at a very reasonable price.Good wi-fi easy parking outside after 5pm

3.7

Mar 2020

Very clean, tidy & well presented room. The bathroom maybe a little bit dated, but clean and everything worked well. Lots of hot water, which is always a great thing! The pub areas are well-used and busy, a typical busy pub atmosphere. The food is hearty, well prepared and tasty, and the beer well-kept. Excellent buffet breakfast with delicious bacon, sausages and choice of healthier options if you preferred. The staff, I couldn't praise enough for their friendly helpfulness. The Dolphin isn't the most modern, or the best equipped hotel, but it is clean, friendly and offers good food. I enjoyed my stay very much and will definitely stay again if I'm in the area.

3.7

Dec 2019

Lovely old inn with friendly staff and good food. Comfortable beds and breakfast was really good, nothing was too much trouble. We will definitely visit and stay again.

3.7

Nov 2019

Nice place in a quite village Staff is amaizing Breakfast is great Would stay again

3.7

Sep 2019

Friendly staff ,clean room ,comfy bed . And a very nice breakfast ,decent sausage and bacon. It was all self-service ,but ideal for what we needed .pleasant stay

3.7

Sep 2019

Friendly staff ,clean room ,comfy bed . And a very nice breakfast ,decent sausage and bacon. It was all self-service ,but ideal for what we needed .pleasant stay 😁

3.7

Sep 2019

The Dolphin Hotel-was dirty! We left! We did not get the room we booked as apparantly they don’t have rooms with 2 double beds as asvertised!

3.7

Jul 2019

Too noisy and could be cleaner... Food was good though.

3.7

Jun 2019

Nothing it was all good just what we were hoping for.

3.7

Apr 2019

Prompt and friendly when I arrived. The room was large and comfortable. Good selection of teas and coffee in the room. As usual, the shower was sufficient. Good Wifi signal. Plenty of parking space in the car park. Breakfast is buffet style; cereals and cooked, plus some fruit. My room overlooked the courtyard but it was very quiet.

3.7

Apr 2019

Prompt and friendly when I arrived. The room was large and comfortable. Good selection of teas and coffee in the room. As usual, the shower was sufficient. Good Wifi signal. Plenty of parking space in the car park.Breakfast is buffet style; cereals and cooked, plus some fruit.My room overlooked the courtyard but it was very quiet.

3.7

Dec 2018

Room had been left unattended, with window 4 inches open (it was only 3degrees outside) the radiator was off. They refused outright to provide a better room. All bedding was cold and I had to sleep with my coat on the bed for extra warmth. It took over 90 minutes to get comfy. The room is above a small courtyard, where there is a yellow floodlight. This sends a significant amount of light pollution, so whilst a blind was provided, I had to establish a makeshift blind to reduce the light coming in the room. The hotel shows many signs of inadequate investment. The room I was in, the bathroom door would not close completely, the windows were drafty, the floors are soft and creak. The hot tap was inadequately tightened. The fan dirty and partially blocked. Breakfast was unapatising, bland, greacy and out of the 1980 s.

3.7

Dec 2018

Room had been left unattended, with window 4 inches open (it was only 3degrees outside) the radiator was off. They refused outright to provide a better room. All bedding was cold and I had to sleep with my coat on the bed for extra warmth. It took over 90 minutes to get comfy.The room is above a small courtyard, where there is a yellow floodlight. This sends a significant amount of light pollution, so whilst a blind was provided, I had to establish a makeshift blind to reduce the light coming in the room. The hotel shows many signs of inadequate investment. The room I was in, the bathroom door would not close completely, the windows were drafty, the floors are soft and creak. The hot tap was inadequately tightened. The fan dirty and partially blocked. Breakfast was unapatising, bland, greacy and out of the 1980 s.

3.7

Jul 2018

I have photographs to prove how dirty the hotel was. Ceiling Brown with damp. Paintwork dirty. If I could have moved elsewhere I would not have stayed. I would hope you will reply to this message as I always book with you but would be hesitant to do so in the future

3.7

Jul 2018

Noise until late its a rough old place were the locals like to drink. Not my type of place

3.7

Jul 2018

My wife and I booked here for 2 nights, we are both pensioners and have travelled extensively throughout the UK, this was the worst experience we have ever had and totally ruined our weekend break and I really don’t know where to start! Let’s try, room 15, tiny, box room that should not even be used for single occupancy never mind a double, no wardrobe or dresser for storage, we lived out of suitcase, no coat hangers, no seats, no windows! There was a skylight which we had no control over; this was covered in bird droppings! Shower/toilet room smelled of urine, carpet was dirty, second night we were kept awake till 2am by loud music, we weren’t sure whether this was downstairs or an adjacent building but as I say we couldn’t close the skylight to dim the noise, but even if we had closed it we would have been too hot. TV remote was filthy; we bought some antibacterial wipes ourselves to clean this, room door closed with Yale lock but we were unable to ‘lock it’ as this was broken. Toilet macerator was noisy and constantly making ‘rumbling noises’ which we did not understand at first. The only thing that appeared to be acceptable was the bed linen ‘appeared’ to be clean. We wanted to book into another establishment but all were full due to social events planned over the weekend. We did not complain because to be honest we were in a state of shock and though we’d just soldier on and look forward to getting home.

3.7

Jul 2018

My wife and I booked here for 2 nights, we are both pensioners and have travelled extensively throughout the UK, this was the worst experience we have ever had and totally ruined our weekend break and I really don’t know where to start!Let’s try, room 15, tiny, box room that should not even be used for single occupancy never mind a double, no wardrobe or dresser for storage, we lived out of suitcase, no coat hangers, no seats, no windows! There was a skylight which we had no control over; this was covered in bird droppings! Shower/toilet room smelled of urine, carpet was dirty, second night we were kept awake till 2am by loud music, we weren’t sure whether this was downstairs or an adjacent building but as I say we couldn’t close the skylight to dim the noise, but even if we had closed it we would have been too hot.TV remote was filthy; we bought some antibacterial wipes ourselves to clean this, room door closed with Yale lock but we were unable to ‘lock it’ as this was broken.Toilet macerator was noisy and constantly making ‘rumbling noises’ which we did not understand at first.The only thing that appeared to be acceptable was the bed linen ‘appeared’ to be clean.We wanted to book into another establishment but all were full due to social events planned over the weekend.We did not complain because to be honest we were in a state of shock and though we’d just soldier on and look forward to getting home.

3.7

Nov 2017

The hotel is rather tired and is basic but the staff friendly and helpful.

3.7

Oct 2017

Room was clean and comfortable. Meal in the restaurant was excellent. Breakfast was all you could eat and it was also very good

3.7

Oct 2017

Room was clean and comfortable. Meal in the restaurant was excellent. Breakfast was all you could eat and it was also very good

3.7

Sep 2017

Good clean room. Tea/coffee making facilities. Show hot and strong. Very good breakfast

3.7

Jul 2017

Close to centre of Wincanton's shops, pubs, restaurants, etc

3.7

Jul 2017

Close to centre of Wincantons shops, pubs, restaurants, etc

3.7

Jul 2017

We were pleasantly surprised after reading some reviews. We stopped here on the way back from Cornwall to break up our journey. We had a meal in the evening that was very nice, the only thing was we were the only people in the resuarant. The breakfast the next morning was very good, but could have been warmer.

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in North Dorset District?

The average price for a rental in North Dorset District is £91 per night. This rental is £2 above the average.

Is parking included with this hotel?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Dolphin Hotel. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hotel?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hotel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is Dolphin Hotel pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at Dolphin Hotel?

We found 2 amenities for this rental. This includes internet / wifi, and parking.

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Dolphin Hotel

Hotel in North Dorset District

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of North Dorset District

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Double Room, Ensuite

Suite, Ensuite ( for 3)

Suite, Ensuite (for 4)

Single Room, Ensuite

Triple Room, Ensuite

Dolphin Hotel

Hotel in North Dorset District

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of North Dorset District

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Double Room, Ensuite

Suite, Ensuite ( for 3)

Suite, Ensuite (for 4)

Single Room, Ensuite

Triple Room, Ensuite

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in North Dorset District?

Is parking included with this hotel?

Is there a pool at this hotel?

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