The Dolphin in Wete

This place does not exist anymore

Best spot for a rip roaring good time to end the night. It’s a pub but after ten the dance floor fills up while classic 90s tunes are played. So much fun!!

Great for a night out. Looks a lot smaller from outside but inside is very spacious

Open late enter late its great... And decent drinks

Hey guys, I left my keys in the pub on Saturday night - theyve got a tracker on the fob which is still showing that theyre there. Tried swinging by to pick them up but the doors were all shut up. When will you be open for me to come and collect them? Cheers!

Loved it. Super fun night with great music. Everyone was super friendly. Definitely coming back.

**watered down alcohol**Place was way too packed, couldnt move and £10 entry fee - paid £12 for a double vodka and soda - could not taste a drop of vodka in it, literally just water :( told the bar staff but they were adamant nothing wrong with it , wouldnt go back.

I was charged £26 for a bottle of Miller, Laga bomb shot and gin and tonic. Avoid avoid!

I went there on Saturday night. £5 entry fee. No idea why as it was just a pub with a dj. The toilets were like each cubical threw up. It was so packed at one point myself and my friends had to share one seat between two until other people left and more seats became available. The white wine we ordered tasted like rocket fuel after it was siphoned from Firemans Sams fire engine, 10 years ago!! YUCK! Can safely say, I will never be returning there again.

You can always count on The Dolphin once the sun is down, and the other bars around closed. Friendly staff on the door, and quick service at the bar. Shout out to Zee and Shaun! Told you I wont forget to leave a review :P

This place was a good place to go (before coronaand stay until 4 am (the hour that this place close), I dont know if after corona will be like what was...

Great place. The covid has restricted things for the moment but when this place is buzzin its a place to let you hair down! Opens till late so you can finish your night there. Spot on!

Floating bits in my pint off the draft... place never gets cleaned its filthy ...Went home and was sick everywhere!Dont think them lines have ever been cleaned iva.

This venue is proud to be named the 4th best dive bar in Europe...I didnt know what a dive bar was before I went in. Lol 5 mins in I knew and felt the full definition 🤣🤣. Good vibe, great music, evidently a great pick up spot, OUTSTANDING KARAOKE. Highly recommend as an after clubbing venue in Hackney/East London.

Supposedly one of the top dive bars in Europe (not sure if they’re just making this up), but it’s a real hackney institution.When there are so many bars or clubs in London that make your life as hard as possible, The Dolphin always delivers and is always there with its sticky floors and reasonably(ishpriced drinks.£5 (cashto get in at night, no idea what it’s like during the dayThere are two rooms - the main pub room plays mainly noughties tunes while the other room plays a more up to date mix of hip hop. Only sometimes there’s a DJ in either of the rooms though

Actually clasiffied as a dive bar, El Dolphino is one of the best places in London. Yeah, its pretty grim, after 2am things are getting blurry, but I never went to The Dolphin and not have a good time. Granted, I was always with lovely friends, which made the experience so much better, but you can always find an amazing mix of locals and people just visiting London, people that just finished work, people that want to karaoke on a Friday night, guys who are just looking for their next mistress. At the end of the day, its just mindless fun. And the music is almost always great.PS: this review is biased, but I stand by it.

Always so crowded with not a lot of space to put your things. Lots of people spilling drinks on you etc. Always a good place to go if youve had a few though. Big smoking area with lots of shelter too!

Always a fun night and the staff is so friendly, always smiling and doing their best. Especially Celia, the nicest security staff Ive ever met! She makes you feel very welcome and so looked after, even when its time for closing.

I have been kicked out last night and have been asked by a member of the security if I was gay. Yes ladies and gentlemen this is London 2019 and members of the staff they feel free to make homophobic comments. I would suggest the owner to review his staff and I advise you to avoid this place.

I love the dolphine its my go to after work with my sister. To be honest Ive been trying to call rather than leave a review but the line has been busy for 2 days straight. Were regulars and someone is always at the door. 2 nights ago was the worst experience weve had. No one was at the door we came in waited for a bit then went to the loo obviously planning to stay. Your security Milo he says came in a couple minutes after and literally opened my sisters cubicle being aggressive saying we didnt have ID and had to leave asap (what if she wasnt dressedtried to explain we are here often to the point where we dont carry ID considering we come straight from work from Broadway market but no. Hes black and so are we....how is it we felt he was being racist?!This needs sorting guys.If he was chill and said it to us ofcourse wed leave because hes new and policies and all, but this was rude! Even the two guys who came in as we left found him rude and we had nothing to do with them but they said it our loud.Still be popping by, hopefully hes not there though.

If you like old school hip hop and dancing like theres no tomorrow, this is the place for you. I recommend it as a wee hours last stop, staff was great. Good vibes.

This place discriminated for not drinking alcohol. I requested my favorite drink - ginger ale or ginger beer but was told this was only sold with alcohol! I was so shocked and expected this was due to it being sold in a can but this was not even the case. In fact - I saw a bottle of ginger beer laying around behind the bar! After just being so clearly stunned, I guess I was lucky by just getting a diet coke without alcohol.. imagine being pregnant - what generation do live in??? Oh and I almost forgot - its ridiculously expensive, 1 diet coke and a gintonic for £15?? Were not in Soho, Dolphin!

The place was lively and a good atmosphere the only problem was the doormen they never allowed half of the group in after the other ones let them in. We left and went next door which was more hospitable

A pet friendly, reasonably priced, Karaoke bar with Pool table in East London that stays open till early hours... come on. Myself and my friends along with my Dalmatian all had a great night.

Ratchet. A. F.My roommate who grew up in the neighbourhood told me that this was the spot to go to when you tried out your luck at other pubs. This place is so grimey that they would always be able to take a girl home but with dire consequences. Just like that scene from Trainspotting, my roommates friend took a girl home and while doing the sex she took a hot diarrhea all over him.Times have changed though. It looks like in the weekend theres a university vibe going on. But in the week days, definitely more locals.Despite the horrid stories I hear from my roommate (theres a lot of classic stories of the Dolphin), we still go there when there are no options left.

It’s really cool in here! The seating and decor are awesome. Unfortunately I found the staff pretty rude and unfriendly though which is a real shame considering how much fun this place is. The music was just such fun to dance to and the drinks are well priced. I love the fact that dogs are allowed in too, so you’re dancing around with cute doggies!

If you are black change your mind about going to this club. We were told by the bouncers that black people arent allowed in the club lol like really? The bouncers are black! How could you get black bouncers to tell black people that theyre not allowed in the club! There was some Russian guys they couldnt enter also .PLEASE DONT GO THERE IF YOURE NOT WHITE!

Went there cause it was the only open place in the area. Its an ok place, with way too expensive drinks and unkind staff. If you have nowhere else to go-go there, but if there are other options-consider them

This is probably the worst pub in Hackney. The staff is absolutely rude and have no idea what they are doing. I ordered a ginger beer and when I asked for a second they said we dont do that. The toilets was soaking wet looked like I was on the Titanic. Not even worth a 1 star.

Such a fun pub to have great night out, but a bit overcrowded. They play a good mixed of music so its fun for everyone!

They were meant to be open till 1 (advertised on their board outsideon New years, but kicked us out minutes after midnight (around 12:10).Good atmosphere, but if they cant stick to such basic promises, I can only wonder what else they can deliver.

Joe told us to go there, may have been a gay bar but open to all and very welcoming. It wasnt in your face and played half decent music. Bare birds 🔥

Very disappointed with the security here. They failed at keeping my Fiancée safe on her night out and keeping their customers under control that Im very surprised that this place isnt closed. My Fiancée still enjoys going but now she is alot more vigilant and worried for her safety because the security are unable to do their jobs properly and protect vulnerable or at risk people.

Stylish and refined bar, open till late. Full of kind and polite people. Perfect of chatting and having a quiet night out. NOT.

We love this place. It has become our local even though there are places closer. Karaoke is so much fun, staff are all lovely, their pub dog, Winston, is the good boy of all good boys. Pool table is our fav. A great place and will continue to go back.

To be honest its one of these places nobody likes (people say you loose a bit of your spul therebut people keep ending up there after everything else has closed. The outside area is always horribly crowded, the music isnt great- but I have to say I have had some great nights there and keep ending up at the Dolphin and I dont know why.

The Dolphin is not a pub. It is the birthplace of good and evil, a terrifying wasteland of the human spirit. Let me recount my experiences, so that you may learn from that which once befell me:At the door, you dont check in your bag; instead, patrons are asked to abdicate their dignity as sentient beings. This should have been the first sign for me to turn back, but I carried on. The second sign came to me in the form of a G&T with neither gin nor tonic in it: it was, instead, vodka mixed with sprite. I took no heed and carried on. The walls, decorated with faux-Roman mosaics, were covered in stains older than anybody in the room. I sipped my drink and continued to the dancefloor, happily unaware of the scenes of perdition I was about to witness.On the dancefloor things started to take a turn for the bizarre. People didnt so much dance as shake in frenzy, they didnt sing as much as howl and chant. And amidst these primordial screams that transcended any human emotion, in the rift that opens up between what is and what ought to be, a dark Moloch emerged. Taking shape from the valley of ash and dust that lied amongst the forest of stomping feet, It slowly and steadily engulfed the walls and corners of the hall with Its presence.At this point the revellers underwent a strange metamorphosis. Their eyes lost focus and turned an iridescent amber; their loose, flying hair merged with their backs; what was once an otherworldly howl turned into a frenzied cry. Man was mixed with beast, and the behest of their Lord they discarded whatever vestiges of humanity remained with them into the corners of the cloakroom.As the rhythmic beats of The Best of the 90s gave way to the ancient bellow of ox-hide drums, the idolaters called out their God into being. With eyes like bottomless pits of burning coal and an open maw stretching out into eternity, His relief rose to cast a shadow across the whole of the city. The ecstasied crowd, maddened by the mysteries of their rite, rushed to anoint the Idol’s basalt frame with rose-oil and myrrh. Women tore out their hair and men beat their chests, all throwing themselves onto the statue to appease their God. I was beginning to get the Fear, and at that moment the Idol spoke out the following words:"Who thinks they can lay their hands on mine? That you can tie down my tongue with a rope? You think that I will beg you for mercy? That I will speak to you in gentle words?I am king over all that are proud; nothing on earth is my equal."It was at this point, dazed and entranced, that I regained the presence of mind to leave. Only through months of careful penance and meditation was I able to apply for readmission into the human race.Anyway, since The Dolphin is pretty much the only place around here thats open after 1AM, I give it 3 stars. Solid recommend after the Cat and Mutton closes.

Absolutely wonderful service! Lost my phone and all the bar staff made sure to track it down despite the loud noise and other calls on their time! Thank you so much dolphin staff! Yall are amazing! I will be a return customer!

The place is warm and the music is good if you love a cheesy dj set, it gets you dancing all night! Also I lost a few item of clothing one night and I was able to get them back almost a week later! That was really nice. Thank you guys!

DJs very impressive with his karaoke debuts, popular with the birthdays, interesting decor, quite a few re-starts a few lines into the song with the karaoke though, not sure what the technical issues were.

One of my favourite places in London. Only shame that it is absolutely rammed inside! It usually goes on until 4am but I have seen it close at 3am and 2am a few times before, which is vexing.

Great fun karaoke session. Good layout with island bar. Bar staff needed to hear the order a few times though, it was only two drinks.

Great Music, good selection of Rum,Cute Kitty!!Staff were awesome and seats are comfy.Wednesday Arvo/evening was nice and quiet for a quick catch-up after work. 👍

Its past 1 am, most bars have called it a night, but you just need to have one last go at partying for the night. So yes, its Dolphin go-time.The place can get shabby, the people are all over the place, but so are you so you dont care - party on and shout out all those catchy lyrics.Next thing you know its 4 am and its time to UBER home. Night = Success.

You have to go to the Dolphin to experience it. Lyrics-free karaoke, dancing on 90s "tuuunes", ordering massive rounds of anything alcoholic and getting crushed between two sweaty strangers in the garden are all part of the charm of this wild, late night Hackney boozing up staple. Think about carrying a fiver in cash and an ID to get in after 11pm.

After a slightly upsetting moment with one of the customers in The Dolphin on Saturday night I cannot thank the bouncers enough for their swift actions and careful handling of a sensitive situation. They were amazing, an all girl party felt safe and continued their evening thanks to those lovely gentlemen. Im sure this went unnoticed by most people but I wanted to say thank you.

Dont even try to get in if you dont have a passport or your ID card with you (no other official and for entry causes made documents will help, only the ones they can scan - my Citizen Card failed). Plus, a very nervous and rude bouncer. Did not get in, and never going back.

Sticky floors, broken toilet doors, R Kelly on constant repeat, if this isnt the sound of dreams to you, then you probably shouldnt go.The Dolphin, loses and gains its late license constantly, since so many people have lost their belongings here or stolen. I guess lost, since it stays open to 6am and you have to be so drunk to enjoy it!I love this place, and will always recommend it, in the most ironic of ways.

My friends and I were denied entry on the basis of there being "a private party". When I queried other entrants, they were not attending a private party. When I pointed this out to the very muscular bouncer, he hit me in the arm with a closed fist. When I walked away, he and the other bouncers laughed. Quite a serious issue. I will not ever go there again and recommend highly against it. I was not physically aggressive to the bouncer who hit me and there is no justification for him to have become physically aggressive. My upper arm is still achy today.

I could not believe what they charged for drinks in here. They turn off the beers later in the night so I was really forced to have spirits. I ordered two doubles with mixer and my jaw dropped when asked for £21! Two sambuccas also came to 16 for a friend. I dont mind paying this if the venue suits but this is a hole at best