Hotel del Coronado

Staying at the Del was a bucket list wish for us. We celebrated my husband's birthday and we had an unforgettable time. Check in and Check out was handled by Joseph. He made us feel completely welcome and assigned us a gorgeous oceanfront balcony room in the the Victorian building. ( It was difficult leaving for sure!) We also enjoyed the historical tour and ghost tour during our stay. Hopefully we'll be back one day to do it all again.

We stayed in a Cabana room for 4 nights. The outside Cabana area was very nice having a firepit, Boardwalk and the sand and beach right out our door. On the other hand, our room was no more than a regular Hilton hotel room with noisy next door cabana tenants' children drifting over into our cabana area. The restaurants were very disappointing, high prices but with the noise of children playing in the open green area in front of the restaurants. We enjoyed the Ocean Club & sitting at the bar with the view very much but not sure we would have not received that perk with our Hilton status without the high price for the room which included the Ocean Club. I know it was off season, but disappointed it was not open in the evening for a meal. The Coronado is a nice hotel and the uncrowded beach area in off season was nice, as well as the umbrella & chairs which came with the cabana price, but overall the price for a Cabana room was not worth the price.

We stayed for a couple of nights in a lovely coastal view villa. The room felt light and airy and had a small kitchen area, seating area, bed with a bath and shower in our well appointed bathroom. Overall we had a great stay and enjoyed the selection of restaurants although we only ate at Nobu but had drinks in a couple of the places. The fitness suite was large with plenty of equipment with peloton bikes which I enjoyed. I would question why one of the members of staff entered our room for turndown even though I had the do not disturb sign on the door. I hadn’t long got out from the shower so that could have been a bit embarrassing. All in all I would recommend and would likely return.

This is my go-to resort to spend my points on. Every employee I've encountered on each one of my stays has given stellar customer service but the reason I am now writing a review is that two employees elevated my experience even more than what I usually experience at the Hotel Del, which are Joseph at the front desk and Wendy Wolf, our beach server. Joseph took great care of my party at check-in and was very warm and welcoming and sharing some neat tidbits about the resort and was very accommodating of my specific requests for our room. Wendy Wolf (pictured) down at the beach made sure we had everything we needed and was very attentive to our party including the kids. She checked on us often and joked around with us and truly elevated our stay from "staycation to avoid the heat" to feeling like we were on an actual vacation. I highly recommend the Del promote these two employees and/or give them raises. For future guests, if you happen to cross paths with these two, be prepared to be wow'd!

Went to check out the hotel and it is fantastic, right on a beautiful beach, well done out, plenty of bars, restaurants and a few underground shops. Right near Orange Avenue so perfect for walking out. My gripe? $80 for two glasses of wine!! plus a tip is $90. Come on 🤦‍♂️