Been to The Dolphin a few times - food's great, and the beer's not bad (was Timothy Taylor the last time I was there IIRC and it's a hell of a lot more reliable than the HO) but it seems to be a victim of its own success. And of the children running riot...
I wonder what can realistically be done, about the standard of behaviour of kids in pubs. The mentality from parents in some cases appears to be to treat the whole pub as a play area, where little or no supervision is needed. I guess its up to the bar staff to intervene - but its a fine balance.