 The pub is associated with the Tolpuddle Martyrs, some of whom stayed at the hotel on their return from exile in Australia in 1838, when a Mr Morgan was the landlord.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>

It is a no-frills unmodernised pub famous for its cask ale, draught Bass served straight from the barrel.<ref>Football and Real Ale Guide Championship, Richard Stedman, Stedders Guides, 2006, </ref> It is listed in the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)'s "Good Beer Guide"<ref></ref><ref></ref> and the 2008 Good Pub Guide.The sign on the front of the building has always called the pub the 'Dolphin Hotel'.In 2010 the pub was refurbished,<ref></ref> but vandalised in 2014.<ref></ref>

The pub also provided the setting for the BBC's poorly received animated Janner comedy series "Bosom Pals", which was based on some of the characters in Cook's paintings and featured the voices of Dawn French as the lead character Stella, Alison Steadman as her best friend Joan, and Timothy Spall as the Dolphin's real-life landlord Billy Holmes.<ref name=wmnbarbican>Barbican Beryl to come home, "Western Morning News", December 11, 1999</ref><ref>Beryl bursts into TV, BBC online, Entertainment, August 28, 1999</ref> Billy Holmes has been the landlord of the pub since the 1990s when he took it over from his parents.<ref></ref>


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