# Recommend a Rehoboth Beach Hotel (3-star or higher) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 7, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260 "2022-08-07T18:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/1 "2022-08-07T18:34:41Z")
I’m thinking about going to an event on a Wednesday night in Lewes, DE, in early October. I’d stay in Rehoboth Beach – likely Tuesday-Friday, to allow for downtime, taking the Cape May-Lewes ferry one day, etc. I’ve just started researching possible hotels. I know how to use the internet and travel sites, but I’m hoping for personal recommendations from folks who have been there recently. Anecdotes from friends or family are also welcome. 🙂 I prefer higher-end/luxury hotels that are walking distance to the water/boardwalk. I’m not interested in an AirBnB or other rental property. Two hotels I’m currently looking at are **[Hotel Rehoboth](https://www.hotelrehoboth.com/)** and the **[Boardwalk Plaza Hotel](https://boardwalkplaza.com/)**. Has anyone stayed at either of these, or heard either glowing recommendations/horror stories? Any other places I should consider? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/2 "2022-08-08T20:20:29Z")
I guess Dopers don’t vacation in Delaware? ☹ ( 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/3 "2022-08-08T21:10:27Z")
We love the Avenue Inn. We’ve been staying there for the past 12 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/4 "2022-08-08T21:11:22Z")
Ms. P and I stayed at Boardwalk Plaza once, and it was ok but nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/5 "2022-08-08T23:32:07Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I guess Dopers don’t vacation in Delaware? I do, but I don’t stay at nice hotels in Rehoboth. I mostly go to Rehoboth for the bookstore. 🕶 And Grotto Pizza. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/6 "2022-08-09T02:06:47Z")
Magic Eyes, isn’t that the BEST bookstore?? ~~~~ ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/7 "2022-08-09T02:13:20Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I guess Dopers don’t vacation in Delaware? My family stays in a campground along the coastal highway. It doesn’t quite qualify as a 3 star hotel. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/8 "2022-08-09T02:22:51Z")
Not to fight the premise, but if you have any interest in staying in Lewes at all, I’ve always stayed at the [Blue Water House](https://www.lewes-beach.com/) and it’s awesome. Nice room, five minute walk to the bay-side beach, ten minute walk to the “downtown” Lewes area, 20 minute drive to Rehoboth, included breakfast, and complimentary beer and wine every evening. Staying in Lewes is definitely a much more laid-back experience than Rehoboth, but it’s _perfect_ if that’s more your speed. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/9 "2022-08-09T15:48:27Z")
Thanks, all! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260/10 "2022-08-10T02:19:53Z")
Yup, I’d stay in Lewes, it’s such a sweet town, but if Rehoboth is it, I wouldn’t stay anywhere on the Boardwalk, it gets noisy at night and tends to attract partiers.