Hampton Inn

Generally I don’t rate chain hotels in CONUS, generally they are what they are.
However, I can say after staying in many Hampton Inns this location is doing it right. Front desk staff was extra friendly, housekeeping was extra friendly and breakfast was fresher than average for Hampton inns. Exercise room was better than usual too, with decent weights.
Clean and squared away. Couldn’t ask for anything more.

I stayed at the hotel for a week for my job. I’m used to the hotel life so I had nothing to complain about, however, Tuesday morning I woke up with some strange bites. I thought I had an allergic reaction to something because my skin is very sensitive. But everyday they seemed to increase. By Thursday night, I finally realized what it was. Bed bugs. I just happened to see one crawling up the wall. I’ve never encountered them before so I wasn’t sure at first, but a close friend of mine is a firefighter and he sees them all the time. I immediately went downstairs to change my room for my last night. The front desk receptionist was very apologetic but the experience was already ruined for me. Beware room 307. I do not want anyone to experience what I did.

I loved this place. The staff was great, the beds comfortable, centrally located, great breakfast. I even got my church on for a second because they have a church that rents out space, Sunday night.
The only reason it’s not 5 stats is because the temperature is hard to control, so I froze the whilst time there.

This is an older location but ultimately where we ended up for the night because we do our best to stay in Hilton-​owned locations and well, this seemed to be the only one in Rehoboth. The hotel is located in a decent spot, along Coastal Highway which will take you to either Rehoboth or Dewey. There are also plenty of food options nearby, including Cracker Barrel down the road and Wawa across the street (okay, maybe these things only matter to me since I’m from NY and we lack Wawa).
The hotel feels a bit dated but it’s still clean with a friendly staff. They did have some trouble checking us in but that seemed to be an issue of the system crashing. They also have an indoor pool, a fitness center, and 2 computers with a printer in the lobby. They also offer free breakfast every morning from 6 to 10.
The rooms are a bit smaller than those of newer locations but they still get the job done. They also provide 6 full-​size towels if you have a double room, which is nice since a lot of hotels think a double room = 1 person (makes no sense, I know). You can’t get to the beach via walking from this location and a shuttle is not provided but if you have a car, you’ll be fine. Breakfast was simple but good since we were going to be eating most of the day, anyway. Overall, not a bad location and you still get the Hilton beds (plus a fridge!).

This hotel isn’t on the beach and there’s no shuttle to get you there, which makes absolutely no sense. I stayed at a hotel in Annapolis and the hotel was further away from the downtown area of Main Street so you couldn’t walk there, so the hotel operated a complimentary van to get you there. That’s really what the Hampton Inn needs to do, but instead we were just rudely mocked when we asked about transportation options. When we were checking in, we asked the front desk what the transportation options were to get to the beach and they laughed at us. It was so rude that the two people at the check-​in desk that you thought would be able to offer some suggestions were the least helpful and were practically mocking us. Now, to put it into perspective, while we drove to the hotel, we had read online that parking at Rehoboth Beach was very difficult and would be even harder, especially with it being a holiday weekend. When we spent most of our first evening sitting in traffic and trying to find a parking spot when it was dark out and most of the daily beachgoers had gone home, we didn’t want to waste our entire beach day circling around trying to find a parking spot like mall shoppers at Christmastime. Without the hotel’s help, we ended up finding a park and ride lot that we could pay to park at with bus service to the beach. Why the hotel doesn’t at least offer shuttle service to the bus station so people could get to the beach is again, beyond me. We also were considering taking the Jolly Trolley, but the hotel front desk made it seem like that was a horrible option. However, from all the people who were riding the Jolly Trolley, they seemed to be enjoying themselves and it seemed like a perfectly acceptable way to get to the beach.
I seriously hope that Hampton Inn provides it front desk staff with retraining in the area of guest relations and providing answers to basic questions such as the best way to get to the beach considering I assume that’s why most people stay at this hotel because it doesn’t have much else going for it!
The hotel is located on a busy road with lots of traffic and the view out our window was of the hotel’s parking lot and the McDonald’s that was next door. While the hotel was lacking in views, it did have a decent complimentary breakfast with different types of cereal, eggs, muffins and assorted pastries and make your own Belgian waffles. The breakfast was the only saving grace for this hotel, but I think if I returned to this area, I would rather pay for my own breakfast and stay closer to the beach and at a hotel that doesn’t have rude front desk staff.

The place was clean overall.
I had to wait and wait to get checked in.
My common complain about Hampton Inn is the light.
How many light does a hotel need pointing at the windows.
Again, the room was lit up all night long.
I can understand in a bad neighborhood, This doesn’t seem like a bad area.

Have stayed here a dozen times and each time is better than the last. Very comfortable beds, free Internet and a terrific breakfast service.

Only one Hotel staff checking guests in… at prime check in time… was not a way to start since I was tired from my long drive and waited a half hour in line to check in. There were only 3 guests ahead of me but one guy took forever. The gal was sweet but that deducted a star from my review.
Hotel was recently rennovated… thank goodness… as I am a hotel snob, (I travel a lot for work). Not sure who picked the lime green colors (star deduction for that) in the room but at least that ugly color is behind the beds so you can forget it is there. The rooms are comfortable, nice TV, clean rooms & bathrooms. Also, very comfortable bed. I would have liked bigger windows in the rooms… really…who designed small windows? (I should have deducted a star for that too).
Overall, a very fine stay… it is the Hampton Inn… not the RITZ !
The breakfast was typical hampton inn breakfast buffet… lots of choices, but unfortunately, there were a bunch of ants crawling around the toaster and bread area. Hopefully this problem will be taken care of after I quietly mentioned it to the waittress. YUCK.

courteous staff, great off-​season deals. location is good, breakfast was superb! definitely worth checking out! ask for the current discount — one might be available. AND SUSHI RIGHT NEXT DOOR!!!

For the most part, they do a lot of things well here, but the things that turned me off were a deal breaker.
I traveled to Delaware for a week’s worth of business in February; while I’m sure Rehoboth Beach has a lot more to offer in the summer, I was not expecting much for this time of the year and Hampton still failed to meet my expectations.
I understand that the hotel was under construction (not sure if second floor was open) but there were some major HVAC issues with the building. When I stepped off the elevator on my floor it was very warm in the hallway, 80+ degrees, but when I reached my room at the end of the hall it was easily 20 – 30 degrees colder. I was on a a trip with 11 colleagues who would all agree that they were unable to satisfactorily control the temperature in their room with their heating/​cooling unit. I would go to bed freezing then wake up sweating. While I was there I contracted the flu, and I’m sure the temperature fluctuations in my room did not help. No matter how high I cranked the heat, it was always cold in the bathroom, as it shared a wall with the cold hallway.
Things that the hotel did have going for it: refrigerators in every room, friendly staff, clean, and a decent gym — though small and few options was very clean stocked with towels, sanitized wipes, and a water cooler. The beds were fairly firm.
Overall breakfast was decent, the cheese omelets tasted like eggs and cheese wiz, but the make-​your-​own waffles were very good.