The Dolphin — Restaurant in Milton Keynes

Beautiful looking pub from outside. Had read good reviews. Dog friendly, so decided to go here for Saturday lunch. Inside, the pub is completely different from outside, it is completely soulless, all character gap been removed and it is bland with no atmosphere. Only 4 people eating and one man sat at the bar. Menu limited and typically sandwiches etc served with chips. After seeing how deserted and lifeless the pub felt, we decided just to have coffee and a dessert. Coffee lukewarm and not very nice. I ordered treacle tart, which had soft floppy pale pastry, appeared uncooked in centre, inedible but was warm so I assumed it had been briefly microwaved and returned it to the very pleasant barman. He spoke to chef who apparently said it hadn't been microwaved, it had been in the oven! Obviously not for long enough! My husband had lemon meringue pie which was cold, pale very soft meringue and tasteless filling, not nice. We paid and left, found another really nice dog friendly pub with a welcoming, friendly atmosphere and had a very tasty lunch. We would not visit The Dolphin again, nor...

Was stood at the bar waiting to be served for ten minutes when there was only two people in front of me. A barmaid saw I was waiting and kept looking at me, she knew I was waiting, but she served another man and then turned her back and started drying glasses. Another woman came up and served a man stood next to me and asked him, (not me), if I was with him. He said I wasn’t with him, I was waiting to be served separately and she finished serving him and walked off to the other side of the bar and ignored me. A third lady then served two other men who walked straight up to the bar and got served immediately. Then all three of the women left the bar and went into the other room and left me stood there while they chatted and laughed for a bit. Then they came back and the woman carried on drying glasses, put them all away, and then I finally got served flat Diet Coke. It was undrinkable so I left. I have never been in a pub where I’ve been deliberately shunned by the bar staff. It was my first, (and last), time of visiting the place. The only redeeming feature is that the...

Came down from Scotland on a biking holiday and thought we'd have a few drinks here. We were told that we needed to be members to drink in here? We asked if we could join and how much it was? We were told that it was free to join but we couldn't join. Strange, anyway we got served outside after using our Scottish charm and thought we were going to be welcome now that we were seated. The place was full of what appeared to be "junior members" and they were allowed in with no fuss. Entertainment was the staff falling out because the manager let in some "junior members" who were told they weren't getting in by another member of staff. We asked for another round and was told the bar was closed, even though more "junior members" were piling in. Enough was enough so we left and went to the next bar along the road and they appeared to be more Scottish friendly and happy to accept our company and cash. Ended up having a great night, just not in...