Golden Fleece Tavern

My favorite Dover spot. Cozy, warm atmosphere without the pretense. Come here every year for a small high school «reunion» with friends and they have no problem with us moving around tables to accommodate our group. The staff is very friendly. Back patio has a new bar as well.
Could use some more draft lines and the bathrooms need new locks — doors look like they’ve been kicked in lol

Went here to relax after an emotional day around 5. The bartender was great, drinks priced well. We sat in the outdoor seating around back and enjoyed the people.

Bartender was by himself and slammed but still made time for us. A good old fashioned bar fight broke out but the service didn’t waiver. Yeah, it’s a dive bar, but the atmosphere and cheap drinks are worth a quick stop.

Best bar in Dover! I was here for 1 night and stopped by. The back Patio is perfect! Great band, very friendly people, mostly locals. And, they immediately welcomed me and were calling me a «local» by end of the night. Met the owner. This place is Great! I’ll be back every time I’m in town.

I enjoyed my short time here. My friend and I got service right away, the price of our mixed drinks were around $ 5.50 each, and the back patio was very charming. I would come back to this place if I wanted to hang out with a small group of friends. It was an overall good vibe. When we went on a Friday evening, there was a lot of people in their late 20s to late 30s.

not a bad little pub, the drink were fairly priced and the bartender got to me quickly even though there was a good crowd. i didn’t stay long but it seemed like a nice vibe and the folks were jamming along to the guy on the guitar, rumor had it that there was a pretty popular karaōke on thursday nights.
nothing bad about this place, but nothing that really popped out.
OH there is also a good sized patio out back to hangout or if you need to light up.

This is truly a great place it’s clean and fun and the bartenders are great! and they are clean also. Not like irish mike’s across the street from them. Irish mike’s has one of the nastyest bartenders in the state of delaware. they call her pebble’s her old stripper name i guess she is old wrinkled, false teeth, tattoos live’s in a trailer, drives a mustang with holes in the roof and her boyfriend is a heroin addict you can’t get any trashyer than that. i dont know about you but i dont want to be served food or drinks from someone that has sex with a junkie, she’s a walking post board for
if you go to the fleece dont cross the street.

Had a great time here. Came by for karaōke based on a tip from the bartender at the green turtle and was not disappointed. f Now, don’t expect fancy cocktails with freshly made simple syrup or fine wines but it like beer and mixed drinks– it’s the place. The drinks are CHEAP as far as DC standards but I don’t know what the average in Dover is– beers were like $ 5 for 2. The bartenders were fun and people were fun. I wish there was a bar like this by my house with fun people who aren’t pretentious. Like me and my friend and I had a drunk conversation about how we should move here after going there. GOOOOOOO.

I don’t get the fascination with The Chive, but I guess every photoblog has their fans. Still, it was odd to walk into the Golden Fleece and see KCCO all over the walls and shirts of patrons. Even on the weekday of my visit the place was somewhat busy for a city that otherwise seems to shut down at 10 PM, and while I’m not usually one to look for something more than a pint of whatever’s on draft, I was cajoled into trying an oatmeal cookie shot. While we all agreed that it did kinda taste like its title was meant to imply, the low ABVs of the liqueurs used to create the concoction wasn’t really doing much for my extreme case of sobriety, so back to beer I went.

Great bands. My favorite bar in dover for sure. It is located really close to other fun bars too so you can walk to Irish mike’s, smithers and others right downtown. The drinks are priced well and there is no cover, which is really cool if you are bar hopping.

This place is lame. Overpriced drinks, a whiney owner, and a bunch of coffee house type people. Ive had more fun in libraries.

Best tavern in Dover. If you want good drinks with good company you can’t go wrong here. I always go here when in town.

While visiting a friend in Delaware, we dropped by the Golden Fleece Tavern to see what that was all about. And oh man, am I glad we did. The atmosphere’s as relaxing and intimate as a good coffeehouse, the live band that was playing (Murray and White) was nice and easy on the ears, and their house special drinks were tasty and hilariously named. I had a Loose Liberal and then a Golden Apple and both were delicious. I even got to meet Diana, one of the owners and a fairly successful entrepreneur around downtown Dover — my friend’s been a regular at some of her businesses so I’d heard a lot about her. And their website’s even funny! I am most definitely coming back next time I’m in the area.