Henlopen Hotel

Positives
The hotel is locate at the beach. This makes it easy to walk there. You do not need cart to carry stuff etc. Umbrellas are available to rent but in 2025 the cost is now $20!!! 10-15 minutes walk to the boardwalk and also cafes and restaurants. There is a lake close by and it's good for walking dogs or even to go and sit on a nice day. Hotel is quieter as it is towards the end of the beach and not much traffic.

Negatives
There are several.
Parking is horrendous. They do not have enough parking to provide for all hotel guests. If you come back to your room after 10 pm, you will not find parking. Hotel staff would basically tell you to park on the street. This is free at night but you have to remember to re-park somewhere on the morning or start paying fee.
Even if you get parking, the spots are small. If you have any SUV, you will be worried about scratching the car. Several people during our stay complained about parking.
Description on website says "luxury bathroom". There is nothing luxury about it. It is smaller than every hotel bathroom we have had until now. The shower is old and basic. There is barely room to move in the bathroom.
Rooms are dated. Walls are thin and you ca hear people outside pretty clearly. There is almost no table space if you want o make coffee. The coffee maker in our room did not work.
Some service staff were nice, but other were totally disinterested.
The TV does not work most of the time. The channels work sometimes but other times, it says weak signal/no signal.
Overall, very dissatisfied.

Our room was freshly renovated and very clean. It was nice to have both a fridge and microwave. Four stars for the extremely loud AC unit. After one night of it roaring, we just cracked the balcony door with the screen closed. My parents with the oceanfront room did not report problems with a loud AC unit. Staff was very friendly and professional. Based on other reviews, we brought our smaller car and parking was fine--but we were glad to have done so. They'd benefit from some tables in the courtyard and under the lobby level overhang.

The location was great. The rooms could use some renovations. Parking was easy. Service was good for what is offered onsite but that’s not much. Housekeeping doesn’t use vacuums in the rooms (only a broom) so that means the floors are consistently sandy. The A/C unit was very loud. In short, the hotel was fine for a long weekend if you want to be on the beach and you don’t have high expectations.