Shore House at the Del, Lxr Hotels & Resorts

We found the property to be first class, the staff to be very attentive and the room to meet all of our expectations. We picked a time just after Labor Day to moderate the rate. We reserved a one bedroom, but were upgraded to the two bedroom unit. It was nice to have an extra bathroom. There was a personal learning curve to deal with the high line kitchen appliances. There are no clear instructions...just pushbuttons and pictograms to figure out the oven/broiler. I didn't know the refrigerator dispensed filtered water until a front desk person mentioned it. That's not a criticism...only the acknowledgement that in my real life, the cooktop and oven/broiler is more intuitive and conventional. The entire staff, from Valet attendents who were very efficient, to the housekeep staff, who were helpful, attentive and thorough to the Front Desk staff to the food service people were conscious of making our stay extraordinary. Clearly, this is a luxury property and is priced accordingly, but if that's what you're looking for, you can find it here.

On the positive side….The location is fantastic. It’s right on the beach and the boardwalk. The oceanfront residence was on the ground floor and it was spacious with all the amenities including microwave, coffee maker , washer dryer and fireplace inside and outside . It was spotlessly clean. The pool was a bit overcrowded but the service was excellent (towels, food, drink) and included complementary iced fruit, lip balm, popsicles etc. Check in and check out staff were welcoming and accomodating. We were given a late checkout (complementary) and our stay was wonderful. There were just a couple of negative aspects. The first one was the cost of the valet parking , 75 usd and they were short staffed so you had to wait a bit so i recommend you call the front desk ahead of time to ask for your car…next problem was that there was no room service and all the restaurants closed early so plan ahead if you enjoy eating late .

I wanted to recognize exceptional service from the valet at Shore House. From the minute we drove up, we felt welcomed and treated like royalty and during our time there with trips on the golf cart to dinner, offers to retrieve coffee for us when the little coffee truck was out of creamer, loading and unloading our car, getting the vehicle in a super timely manner every time, and even giving us water before we drove away, Jason, Nick, and Tony are the reason we will come back. Danette was also super friendly! These young men are the first people that clientele see and they are so much fun and so welcoming to the guests. They are professional, and you can see clearly that they enjoy their jobs. They deserve recognition and a raise! They do the most work there. They run vehicles, they load and unload luggage and run it to and retrieve it from rooms, they converse with clients, they run the golf cart to get people places, and, specifically these three, they do it with joy! Honestly, can’t speak highly enough of them. I hope management realizes the kind of workers they are and how lucky they are to have them. Regarding rooms, they are beautiful and a very comfortable stay. Regarding management, we had a rough time when we addressed excessive noise above us and were “explained to” by Michael that noise can come from many things, although it was clearly the people and their kiddos above us after midnight. We got very little sleep for two nights of our stay, which is very sad to me for what we were spending to stay in the three bedroom ocean front. I didn’t feel warmth or a welcoming attitude whatsoever, but rather a cold, too professional and less personal approach. He said he would let the people know the next day, but we had a repeat of the same level of noise the following night until 1am. So request top floor next time-was my takeaway from that experience. He isn’t a bad person, he was enjoyable to talk to after he saw that I was really sad to not be sleeping much. So I wouldn’t want to seem unkind, but I think that could’ve been handled better. The front desk ladies are lovely and were very welcoming and walked us through the room to explain all the amenities. Front desk gentleman told me I could carry my luggage piece by piece because I couldn’t use the luggage cart due to liability. I thought maybe he could call someone to help me being that I was alone with kids. He was not very kind and not helpful. Not exactly the level of service one would expect here. Breakfast was delicious, but not included in cost. Pool staff was amazing! One server from Danville, I didn’t see his name, was a sweetheart! He was so welcoming and so was David. They made pool time lovely! Overall, great place thanks to the wonderful employees!