Dolphin Seafood Restaurant

I will start by saying generally speaking we have had decent food and service from the Dolphin in the past, that is the reason for two stars. Yesterday we ordered take out from the website menu the following:

*Crab Combination Salad......................................16.55
Two pan -seared homemade crab cakes with grilled jumbo shrimp and scallops served over garden salad

We asked what was in the salad due to food allergies, mesclun, so we asked if they could change it to iceberg or romaine lettuce, the answer we got was no problem, I'm glad we checked when we picked up our order, both salads were MESCLUN. We also asked for Blue Cheese Dressing, but we received creamy parmesan or ranch.   According to the menu this salad comes with grilled scallops, NONE were included!  Needless to say this was a very disappointing experience!

I go to the Dolphin a lot with local friends - but really can only review the bar appetizers and drinks - as I don't think I've ever had a full meal there.

Those are good! The better part - the appetizers are discounted in the bar.  The best part - the bar/restaurant staff are super friendly.  

Good selection of beers and wines, good full bar.

I don't love oysters, but all my friends like them and love the ones at the Dolphin.

Every Sunday, the Dolphin has Stump Trivia at 8:00 p.m. - but plan accordingly, it gets busy now!

Definitely a good, local place to go!

First time there - new to the neighborhood, and had received a gift card as a housewarming present... so we thought we would try it out.

We waited to be seated in the bar.  Service in the bar was very good.   However you have to pay for your drinks in the bar and cannot add it to your meal bill.  

Server did not tell us about the specials...  After we ordered, we heard him telling other tables about them.   Service was very slow, server apologized several times for the delay in food being ready.

Appetizer - Martha's Vineyard oysters.   Excellent.  

Entrees -
Seafood Diablo.  Pasta was mushy and some of the seafood tasted not right.   It was clear that the dish had been nuked just before being brought to us, because it had been sitting at the pass so long.   My husband loves pasta and seafood.... and of this, he only finished about 1/3 of his entree - it was so bad.  

Seafood Sampler. (an appetizer, I ordered as my entree)   3 oysters, 3 cherrystones, and 3 shrimp.  Cocktail sauce was good.   Seafood arrived on a bed of mostly melted ice, water was standing 3/4" deep.   Shrimp was ok at best, though a tad warm.  The oysters looked not so good, did not try them.  My husband tried the cherrystone and immediately spit it out as it tasted as if it had gone bad.

Server told the manager, who deducted 1/2 of our bill... Which is all and good, however we now have a lot of our gift card left - and little desire to return.