HOTEL DU PONT

By Trip Tutorial User from Tupelo,Ms • Good,but....

Overall Rating: 8   Location [8] • Room [8] • Service [8] • Value [6]

It's a lovely building,freshly renovated and comfortable,but the food is a disappointment.Not terrible,just very average,and not cheap either.We were actually a little happier with Mountchanin,a bed-and -breakfast/lodge/conference center just outside of town where we stayed last year.
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By Trip Tutorial User from WISCONSIN • DONT EAT THE FOOD!!!!!

Overall Rating: 2   Location [2] • Room [4] • Service [2]

I HAD A VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS APPOINTMENT IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. I WENT TO THE DUPONT HOTEL TO SEE IF A RESERVATION WAS NECESSARY FOR DINNER. SINCE I HAD THE ENTIRE DAY, I THOUGHT I COULD SEARCH FOR A RESTAURANT FOR THE AFTERNOON OR THE EVENING. I ARRIVED AT 10 AM. I WENT TO THE LARGE DINNING ROOM. I HAD TO WAIT 20 MINUTES TO BE SERVED.....THERE WERE ONLY 2 OTHER PATRON... [more]S THERE. I ORDERED THE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST. THE PASTRIES WERE DEPLOYABLE ..3 VERY SMALL DANISH, 1 CRUSHED CRESSANT....OLD AND MOLDING TASTING. THE JELLIES WERE OUTDATED. I REQUESTED AN HERBAL TEA. THE TEA WAS NOT DRINKABLE. THE TOTAL PRICE WAS ABOUT $15.00. I DO RECOMMENDED THE RESTAUANTS LOCATED IN THE DUPONT HOTEL.
I WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL AFTER WINDOW SHOPPING IN THE AREA. I DECIDED TO TRY THE OPEN RESTAURANT THAT ADJOINS THE LARGE DINNING ROOM. IN THE OPEN RESTAURANT WITH A WHITE PIANO... LUNCH WAS WORSE THAN BREAKFAST. THE SERVICE WAS HORRIBLE. WAITING TIME WAS ONE HOUR. THE SALAD WAS HORRIBLE. THE SERVER WAS RUDE AND VERY SLOW. THE LETTUCE WAS BROWN AND NOT CLEAN, THE COLD CUTS WERE OUT DATED, THE PORTION WAS VERY SMALL.....TOTAL
PRICE.........ABOUT $15.00....PS. WE CHOSE NOT TO EAT DINNER AT THE DUPONT HOTEL. I HOPE YOU DO THE SAME. [less]
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