Dolphin Inn

The staff is great. The room nice and clean. Close to everything in downtown Carmel. The reasons I am giving it a 3 stars is because the walls are made out of paper, you can hear everything your neighbor is doing and saying. Do not plan to sleep unless you have lots of wine.

Although it says «CLOSED» above, we just stayed there 10 days ago. It met our needs for a girls weekend away. Everything in the village is pricey and many have a 2 night min. Dolphin Inn offered a 1 night option and was reasonably priced for the location. Certainly not a 5 star hotel but, it was clean and only a few blocks over from Ocean Ave. In the morning, we got a soft-​sided cooler filled with fruit, yogurt and pastries delivered to our room. It was very appreciated.

Great location for walking through Carmel. Perfect spot on what seems like «Inn Row.»
Rooms are simple but with every amenity: Keurig coffee maker, hair dryer, clean linens and towels, etc. Free complimentary breakfast delivered at your room doorstep in an adorable cooler. Service/​front desk is very helpful and pleasant.
One and only downfall: no AC/​room temperature control.
Nothing fancy, but perfect for a low maintenance crew.

I’m seriously not one to complain. But this place forgot to mention that there was an extra $ 50 fee for two extra adults (total 4) and charged it later without notice. Then since I’m highly Allergic to feathers I asked for a pillow without then told me that they had nothing and I got a that sucks for you kinda vibe. The beds sucked. The breakfast they leave in a cooler in front of your door was pretty awful.
The only good thing about this place was they did not require you to stay more than one night.

Charming place that’s walking distance to downtown Carmel. The Front Desk & Manager are friendly, helpful and very customer oriented. Enjoyed all the little amenities provided (travel bath items to the Keurig with assorted coffees). Room had a mini frig with a nice flat screen TV and free WiFi. Breakfast in a cooler cute idea. The room and bathroom was clean and the bed was comfy. Liked sleeping on the feather mattress. Enjoyed our stay there.

Very clean and spacious rooms. Walking distance to the center of town, shops and galleries. The staff was very accommodating and breakfast waiting for us outside our door in a cooler was a novel idea. The only disappointment was the thin walls that allowed us to hear everything…

I really enjoyed staying at this hotel. It is walking distance to all the shops and restaurants in Carmel. You will get a discount to most restaurants in the area. They serve organic coffee, fruit and cookies all day available in the lobby. Very clean and I liked that there is a keurig machine in the room. Price is very fair. Highly recommend

Pros:
Decent price, the front desk and manager are very friendly and provided excellent customer service. Room and bathroom was spacious, clean, looked decent, good tv size. Walking distance to everything. The bar right next to the hotel is great as well. Number of parking space was fair.
Cons:
No hair dryer, walls are thin so you could hear the sounds from the outside and next door, complimentary breakfast had very limited poor choices.

We stayed here last weekend for our 32^nd wedding anniversary.
Pros:
Walking distance to tons of shops, restaurants and the ocean. Friendly staff. Room 22 was nice. Fireplace. Large room. Mini frig. Absorbent towels. Good shower. Bed was comfortable (a bit on the soft side). Large flat-​screen TV. Complimentary continental breakfast delivered outside your room in a little cooler every morning. Complimentary bottle of delicious wine. Clean. Large closet with mirrored sliding doors. Free wifi. Complimentary shampoo, conditioner, soap.
Cons:
Furniture is super old. Drawers don’t slide well. Cushions on chairs worn down. No desk for laptop. Window in bathroom leaked cold air. Footsteps on wood stairs and deck are very loud.
Honestly, for the price, we will look elsewhere the next time we are in the Monterey/​Carmel area.

My wife and I went to Carmel for a weekend getaway. We absolutely loved all amenities of Dophin Inn, it is conveniently situated at the heart of Carmel and is merely three blocks from Ocean avenue which is a hub of most of the unique shops and restaurants. Jenny at front desk was very accommodating and she let us checkin before the scheduled time. We also enjoyed in-​room amenities such as Keurig coffeemaker and nice big screen TV. Definitely worth a stay at this little gem…

Stayed for a girl’s weekend was above
our expectations!

I stayed here for New Years eve. This place is quaint, friendly and located in the heart of Carmel. We parked and didn’t have to get into our car again for 36 hours. All the shops, restaurants and beach are within walking distance.
The room was clean and had a fire place and mini fridge which was handy. I love how the hotel supplies tea/​Coffee and cookies throughout your stay (yum). They also supply bottled water and coffee inside the room with real cream (which I appreciate).
A simple breakfast is delivered to your room in the early morning… which you choose the night before (continental). I asked for a late check out and got it easily (12:30).
The only complaint (?) would be the heater didn’t work right so we left the fireplace on all night for heat (which ended up being romantic, so no big deal). I would go back again for sure.

I wish I had read some of the reviews before I stayed here.
I agree with the other low star reviews.
The floor above us seemed to be occupied by a track team practicing sprints with bowling balls glued to their feet.
My room smelled like there was a hidden bowl of posole somewhere.
And to top it off, the receptionist freaked out because she was on the phone, and then my husband and I came in to grab coffee and check out. «Sometimes, I’m BUSY,» she yelled at us while we waited for her to wrap up her call. She looked like her head was about to explode because she needed to do literally two things at the same time. «You checked in with Expedia. You’re prepaid,» she said. That was not how we booked our room, but since she obviously had to solve a complex trigonometry problem for the person on the phone or he would push her grandchildren into a bottomless pit, we just dumped our room keys and left. I’ll never go back and never recommend it.

The location and customer service can’t be beat. The rooms are super clean, the front desk staff (Ginny Dodd) is extremely personable and helpful and the prices seem right. Plus there is a nice local’s pub (Brophy’s) in the same complex.

5 stars because of the location— walking distance to the shopping area, beach, and restaurants. Also, there is a bar right next door, Brophys.
Continental breakfast is provided and delivered to your room. Bathroom was clean, but the interior is definitely outdated. Water pressure for the shower was good. The bed was comfortable, but the mattress was a bit soft (for me at least). Free internet.
For the price that you pay, the Inn was okay. But like I said — 5 stars for the location!

Good experience. Friendly staff. Continental breakfast delivered to your room. They left us a free bottle of wine since we were celebrating our anniversary.
Only complaint was the price for such a dated and modest motel. But it’s the whole town. Very hoity toity.

Clean but smelled like ammonia. Close to everything and we got a free bottle of wine. I would have gave it 4 stars but for the ammonia smell.

Jenny at the desk was very accommodating, helpful and very friendly. We enjoyed the place so much we stayed an extra night. The feather mattress cover was the thickest we had ever seen. If you are a fan of Kuerig coffee k-​cups, you’ll be happy to find a Kuerig coffee maker in the room.
This is a comfortable place, within walking distance of downtown Carmel and a short drive from the 17 Mile Drive and the pier in Monterey.
My only complaint is that parking is tight if the house is full and drivers of large vehicles don’t park within the lines.
A heads up if you’re using a Garmin. There are no street numbers and my Garmin took me 2 blocks past the inn.

Dolphin Inn is walking distance to all of the shops and restaurants in downtown Carmel. The check-​in was easy and courteous, and there is a small, heated pool and parking for guests to utilize. These are the positives.
The less-​than-​positives are that there are no queen beds — only doubles or kings. The double beds in our room had some extra padding on top to make the bed softer, which was nice, but it also made the bed smaller and it moved around, which was not so nice.
Breakfast is delivered to your doorstep between 7:30 and 8:30. We asked for a 7:30 delivery, as we had to leave early and were told it wouldn’t be a problem. At 7:45, as we were about to pull out of the parking lot with no breakfast — as it hadn’t arrived — we see the deliveries begin, but not in our section of the hotel. So, we had to go over and ask for our breakfast, which, after a bit of haggling, we were given and ate in the car.
Overall, our stay was ok, but we might look at other options in the future.

This review is coming pretty late but I use Unilocal a lot more now so I am making up for lost time. :-) With that being said let’s get started.
Last Valentines my husband and I decided to take a romantic trip down to Carmel because we need a vacation! Well little did I know that he surprised me but booking us what I think was their honeymoon suite at this quaint gorgeous little inn in Carmel. For the record I love places like this. I love older style quaint places compared to big chain places. Our room was very nice. It had living room with a fireplace and a bookshelf full of different books on it and TV also. There was a separate bedroom with a cute queen sized bed and a TV in the bedroom as well. One of the perks about this room was the upgraded the spa bathtub in the bathroom. We went to use but were very disappointed to find that it did not work. Apparently when he booked the room that was one of the main reasons he booked it for the spa tub. That was the only bad thing about our room. The shower had good water pressure and it was spacious enough and the hot water did not run out. My other issue was with their continental breakfast in the lobby. For starters, the choices were lacking. A couple of donuts and bagels and even if that was sufficient they were not fresh so we decided to skip it. Most continental breakfasts that I have experienced have been horrible though so I was not expecting much to begin with. I just mentioned this as more an FYI for others. My husband did let the front desk know when we checked out about the issue with the spa tub not working and he was given a partial refund because he had paid more for the room simply because of that and since it did not work he felt he was owed a refund for that. The person at the front gave the refund without argument. All in all I enjoyed my stay here and I would stay here again. It is a cute place in a nice location walking distance from downtown Carmel. Just make sure the repaired the spa in the spa room and if not stay in a different room for less.