Canalside Inn

Love, love, love staying here! Each riom is cuter than the next! Great location and staff is very accommodating, have recommended this place to many.

Great place which highly recommend.
Nice canal side small inn which stayed at for 5 nights.

My husband and I stayed here over Columbus Day weekend to do an EatingRehoboth tour. BTW: Rehoboth in the off-​season is MUCH less crowded. Still lots of people but nowhere near the summer craziness.
This is a beautiful and quiet B&B. Our room was clean and spacious with two queen beds, a big bathroom (with a tub!) and there was plenty of easy parking. Our room (#2) was also right off the nice deck full of comfy chairs. Though it was a bit too far from the main avenue and beach for us to walk, the location, price and room earned the 3 stars.
The breakfast was a bit disappointing. It was typical continental breakfast fare: coffee in nice big logo mugs, juice, cereal, only non-​fat milk (!), yogurt, muffins and bagels. That is fine. Sadly, the only fruit was fruit cups in the fridge.
Lack of fresh fruit would likely not prevent us from coming back here.

Stayed in October/​2015
Pros…
Situated in a quiet residential area along canal. Nice deck to sit out on outside of room.
Pictures of rooms and building were true to web site, not outdated. Stayed in room #5. Modern and stylish décor, kept up with noticed regular maintenance. Very clean and comfortable.
Breakfast area is very nice and clean.
Cons…
Our initial welcome from staff was basic, not super friendly, true to many other reviews, thats too bad.
It is an inn and the wall and doors are thin, if people want to they can hear you. Overall it was quiet.
We found them thru Travelocity.
We will look to stay again.

The service is awesome and vey dog friendly place. Our room that we had was beautiful and perfect spot in Rehoboth Beach. It is highly recommend to go to this bed and breakfast!

Wonderful stay! I’m so surprised this place has sub par reviews, we loved it. Great location, walking distance to everything. Clean and comfortable rooms! They also have mini fridges in each room, and offer free breakfast and free wifi. If you are headed to the beach they have chairs, umbrellas, and bikes you can borrow, along with a parking pass to park your car which saved us from spending on rentals and meters. Would definitely recommend & stay again!

Tiny inn, tiny tub, tiny pool just 3 to 4 ft tall and the tinier I’ve ever seen maybe for 2 people, old towels, I carried mine, the wifi never work, the signal is so weak never appear on my wifi display., the parking is very small. I think there are better options, next time I will choose better.

Do not do business with Canelside Inn.
We have stayed here 3 years in a row, celebrating our anniversary. The rooms were always nice, updated, and generally comfortable. My problem stems from a billing error they refuse to correct or even work with. For a place I had recommended to many others (four other couples personally have stayed there with our recommendations,) I can no longer say I would give this same recommendation.
Pricey rooms for the middle of winter. Breakfast is non-​existent.

I’m so glad to have discovered the Canalside Inn! It’s exactly what we needed for our babymoon– clean, comfortable, and quiet! Our room was small but I loved it since it had the essentials such as a comfy bed, tv, fridge, and a shared balcony/​corridor with 2 chairs.
A complimentary continental breakfast is provided in the downstairs lounge with standard fare like bagels, muffins, cereal, and oatmeal. This is a great place to hang out in the evenings since they have 2 large televisions, one which has a DVD player. There’s a decent selection of movies to choose from, as well as books and magazines. The microwave and ice machine are also down here.
This was a great place to stay off-​season due to the very reasonable price and cool weather but keep in mind that it’s about a mile from the boardwalk so in the summer you’ll either have to drive in or get hot and tired lugging beach bags and chairs.

My husband took me to this B&B-meets-swanky-inn for our anniversary and I loved it. The outside is quaint and charming and the inside is modern and stylish, but not over the top. There are only 12 rooms or so in the whole space, so it’s very small and intimate. The rooms are a nice size and the bathrooms (although cramped) have modern updates as well. There’s a common room downstairs with several flat screens, a large, long table for communal meals or a card game or something, as well as complimentary breakfast items like oatmeal and muffins and an array of gourmet teas. If you were visiting with a group of friends and needing a place to casually hang out at night, this would suit your needs perfectly.
The only cons to this place are that the walls are a little thin and there are two cats that live on the property (I am both allergic and slightly afraid of cats). While the thinness of the walls wasn’t that big of a deal, I was really not happy with how the cats were able to roam so freely. We only stayed one night, but if it were multiple nights or a night when it was really muggy or hot, that cat dander could have really, really been a problem. Overall though, I really enjoyed my stay at Canalside and would stay there again under the same circumstances (short visit during a cool part of the year).

This place would have been nice. Too bad they started drilling something right beneath our room at 9 in the morning. This annoyance went on all morning. It made it impossible to sleep and now I’ll be walking around all day tired and with a headache. Also they do not give you the wifi password at check in. In fact, the guy barely said 2 words a The book said the password was on the tv in the lobby which it was not.
When we complained about the drilling the guy at the desk didn’t even seem to care. He barely even said anything to us and said that they wouldn’t be drilling the next day.
Also the towel hanging up in the bathroom had a full face of makeup in it. A big black smudge and foundation stain. The toilet back was also stained yellow.

We had a great experience here! Stayed one quick night and was pleasantly surprised by the décor and service. We were walked up to our room and the continental breakfast was a nice surprise too. I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone staying in the Rehoboth Beach area. We will definitely be back.

OFF SEASON review…
Quiet getaway B&B. Very clean, and not far from the main strip. Staff was rarely seen and common areas were very tidy.
Would recommend and stay again.

My husband and I were so excited to stay at Canalside Inn next week! Initially, when we booked the four days we booked them to attend our best friends wedding. They decided the next day that they would marry sooner rather than later so we immediately tried to cancel our reservations. I was told by Canalside that I had purchased the best rate and had no right to a refund. I am active-​duty military so I began working with my leadership to try and get the leave so we wouldn’t be out all of that money. Meanwhile I was told by the Manager at Canalside that the owner Steve would call me to discuss the situation, of which he never did.
Just yesterday, July 20^th, we happened to notice as we were looking at our American Express statement that without contacting us they decided to refund our stay. I immediately contacted them and ended up speaking to Steve the owner. I was shocked at the way he treated me. He told me that he was thumbing through old papers and found some paperwork that said they had canceled our room and realized we hadn’t been credited the money for the room. He said that the note said I had been deployed, of which I never said, and he thought he had better cancel our stay. He canceled it without contacting us at all, without any communication. and could have cared less!
We would have driven there and had no where to stay! He then made no attempt to help us find another place. He did however inform me that they were sold out and there was nothing he could do. He said «Sorry, I don’t know what to tell you.» I asked him at the very least can you find us a comparable place to stay, one in cost and comfort. He said «yes I can, I will call you back in five minutes.» He did call back with a place that cost twice as much and scored 2 stars on both Unilocal and trip advisor… I think not. Our friends who frequent Rehoboth told us the place is a dump.
Needless to say, Steve, you need to take a class on customer service. Not only did we lose our room and you lose our respect but he also lost our friends business as they called and canceled their room as well. All of us assume that he just wanted to make more money by canceling our «Best rate» and reselling at full price. Steve, I hope you are happy that you made a little extra money and in the process lost several future customers. You are the epitome of the lowest of the low.

Arrived at ⁶⁄₇ to a very luke warm greeting by staff at desk. Actually, he barely took the time to make eye contact and greet us. The room was nice enough, all Ikea furnishings, not overly beachy theme. I am a stickler for cleanliness, but not quite OCD. There was ample hair behind the bathroom door and sink base, not to mention under the beds along with several hair bands. The beds and pillows were not comfortable at all, slept little due to the discomfort and the noisy A/​C.
Continental breakfasts vary, but this was lackluster with lots of carbs and little protein, unless you like yogurt. Not great for us gluten and dairy free folks. This was expected though as it what’s usually on a continental breakfast, so we planned on eating out.
The hot tub was nice, but our windows were less than 5 feet from the tub, so we had to draw the blinds (oh and no curtains on the windows!) a little noisy with guest making use of the hot tub, and noise from the TV’s in other rooms.
Not bad overall, service is 1.5 star only!

My husband had a long first week at a new job and I wanted to take him to the beach to just relax and unwind. I found Canalside Inn after some serious searching. I wanted the luxury of a hotel with the convenience of a bed & breakfast. Canalside had both in spades.
We loved the contemporary vibe (why does every other beachside place look like it’s trying to be Key West in the 80’s?), the great owners and beautiful amenities – common living room, communal table kitchen with free breakfast, bikes for rent, hot tub & pool and more. The price was perfect and its only a mile from the beach. Perfect excuse to walk into town with your car secure but just far enough away to keep back from the hustle & bustle of the boardwalk and surrounding neighborhood.
We stayed one night, and after spending a day on the beach decided to stay another, but alas, the place was already full for the rest of weekend. But no worries, we’re coming back! Soon.

This is a really lovely B&B type place. I love the cozy décor that makes you feel at home, the fact that it’s pet friendly, that breakfast is included and that there is a hot tub. The rates are also very reasonable. We’ve been to Rehoboth a few times and this is by far my favorite pet-​friendly place to stay.

Nice location and near beach, they have bikes to use. The room was clean except for tons of dust on top of the mirror and kitchen cabinets, I’m tall.
The a/​c worked very well, pet friendly a big plus. The fridge reeked of fish when you opened it. The continental breakfast is nothing special, something you would find at a 7 – 11. Coffee, cereal and 1 juice type offered with pastries, muffins all prepackaged, no fresh fruit.
We had a Murphy Bed to sleep on and it was horribly uncomfortable. Imagine sleeping 3 nights on your relatives pullout sofa bed, that’s what it was like.
Their website said nothing about a Murphy Bed! When you pay $ 230. a night I expect a comfortable bed, and nice pillows that aren’t foam!

I really like this place.
It’s a great location. It’s basically as close to the main drag and beach as you can be without actually being on it. This equals QUIET. Living in Philadelphia, we just wanted to stay somewhere clean, quiet, and relaxing. Canalside Inn was all of these things.
The owners were helpful and polite to us. They told us about their favorite places to eat and even checked on us in the Living Room to ask if we wanted them to make more coffee.
The rooms are clean and modern, as you can see from the website. It’s not how I’d decorate my home, but thank goodness it’s not that tacky grandma or nautical crap that most Bed & Breakfasts in the area seem to exploit.
They also allow cats, and while other places do allow dogs, I think they may be the only ones that allow cats. Our room was cleaned very well each day, and we actually enjoyed ourselves so much we stayed an extra night.
I could possibly be tempted to stay at one of the couple of ultra fancy hotels for the massages and high-​tea, but the truth is you can stay in this comfy place and avoid all the noise and interaction and just make an appointment for a massage if you want one.
I highly recommend the Canalside Inn, and I’m picky about where I sleep.

Nice, quiet inn about a mile from the center of Rehoboth Avenue, the area’s main shopping & tourist drag. While labeled an «inn», it’s a bit more of a hotel feel and that isn’t so bad. Nicely appointed, very clean rooms. mostly with a white ‘beach’ motif, tastefully decorated. The ‘canal side’ upstairs has a porch with two chairs outside of each room giving you a chance to sit in the quiet late afternoons and look out over the sleepy little waterway. Great stay for gay couples of hetero adults, but not for kids. Please, don’t ruin the atmosphere of this place by bringing children under 18.
The owners are nice guys, a bit quiet but I suppose since they see so many people come and go, they aren’t always eager to form personal rapports with all their guests.
There’s a large living room downstairs, again very nicely decorated and comfortable with two flat screen HD tvs, lots of lounging furniture, books, etc.
A room with a king-​sized bed ran us $ 150 per night. A bit high, even for a beach tourist town in the late summer season. I’ve traveled quite a bit so I think I have a pretty accurate idea of fair hotel/inn/B&B pricing. Still, a nice place, close enough to walk, (or preferably drive or bike) to the beach.