Dolphin Inn Guesthouse & Apartments

Great location, down the road from Dover beach, supermarket within a 5 minute walk, each walking distance of the gap for plenty of bars and restaurants. The bus stop is up the street also for easy access to most of the island and more beautiful beaches. It felt very safe walking around the neighborhood. We stayed in a self contained apartment it had everything we needed, perhaps a little bit dated, however I do feel thats the style as it has a cabin feel. The small balcony is lovely to sit at in the morning or evening with plenty of wildlife coming by, lots of hummingbirds, lizards, monkeys, parakeets every day. There is a place to dry your wet towel, swimwear and loungers to use too, although we used it more to sit under the parasol after a long day in the sun as its nice and shady. We loved the tortoises in the front garden:) In the room there is a kitchenette with a fridge freezer, microwave 2 ring hob, kettle and coffee machine, this made it easy for us to take a picnic to the beach most days. The shower is lovely and hot and powerful. The towels were refreshed every 3rd day, toilet rolls replaced and room cleaned. There was air conditioning available at an additional cost per day, however we didn't use it as we were out most of the day and it did go cooler at night. Netflix was available free of charge so it was nice for the nights where we were back early. Also wifi is free of charge and is very good strength. The owner iris was on hand and contactable via WhatsApp and although she lives on site, the apartments feel very private. Iris's son Ron collected us from the airport and showed us the shop, the beach etc before taking us the accommodation, he also took us back to the airport for our flight home for a very reasonable fee. I will also add that on our last day, iris kindly allowed us the room till later than expected so we could shower before heading to the airport, this was great for us to enjoy the holiday until the last hour.

There was nothing really to dislike to be honest, but i do like to give a balanced and accurate review. I would say that as there are 4 small apartments/cabins adjoined side by side, you can hear the neighbours talking through the walls. On our first evening, due to jetlag we woke at 2:30am and were talking in the room and the neighbours banged on the wall as obviously they could hear us. (We did apologise the next day) There are metal sliding security gates over patio doors which are loud when opened and if the neighbours or ourselves were up early, the noise of the gates opening/closing is loud. That said, you do feel safe when its locked up. It was mostly very quiet at night, we heard the house next door playing loud music a couple of nights however it was the weekend and it wasn't excessive and didn't go on all night. As the back is lined with trees and foliage, the night insects can be loud I had never heard these before and its like a beeping noise every second, (i think it was a type of cricket) although its definitely a noise you get used to and you hear them all over barbados so this is not a negative about the accommodation but just an observation as it did keep me awake on the first night, however I felt the amount of wildlife visiting throughout the day more than made up for the night visitors (we never had any bugs in our room)

From being picked up at the airport to being returned to the airport by Ron. a most enjoyable 14 night stay at the DOLPHIN INN.

LEAVING

Cleanliness, facilities & location. Iris and her son Ron are both delightful people who made us feel very welcome.

Nothing

The location was perfect. It was a short walk to the beach and restaurants. Our host Iris was very accommodating. I will definitely stay here againI really can't think

I really can't think of anything that could have been better.