"Trophy property, everyone is happy and friendly. Excellent food on property and great restaurants walking distance. Highly recommend."

"Great hotel, nice location, ok experience. What really stuck out was the smell of sewage and signs saying don't go into the water due to high levels of bacteria. Apparently a sewer from Tijuana empties tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the ocean about 8 miles south. The conditions is worsens the farther south you go. It is interesting that on the public beaches near the hotel, there are signs saying the water is too full of bacteria to be safe for swimming. Those signs seem to disappear in front of the Del."

"Returned to this hotel for the first time in 30+ years and was pleased to find that so much of what made it unforgettable is still here: historic charm, amazing oceanfront, walkable town around it. The recent renovation made for a bright, clean, and comfortable room. We loved sitting on the large balcony and enjoying the view of the courtyard. All the negatives you might read are true: room rates are exorbitant, the room is unforgivably small, and the public areas are overrun with people not staying at the hotel. We didn’t care, though. We had a great time."

"The team is friendly, engaging and extremely helpful. They set the bar for hospitality. The hotel and location could not have been more perfect! Thank you to all the staff on the front line and behind the scenes for such a good experience."

"Checked in today before the room was ready and said “No problem! We’ll go to the beach.” The receptionist said we would get a text when the room was ready. What she did not say was that the ocean was closed due to raw sewage! My young child and I walked through the waves and played in the wet sand for an hour before a lifeguard drove by and informed us and a dozen others to stay out. There are no signs, no warnings, no notice from the OCEANFRONT hotel that the ocean is off limits. When we returned to the lobby another receptionist told us the red flags were the sign. I told her red flags on the east coast mean no lifeguard. She said there was an app we could have checked since this is an ongoing problem. I asked how I would know about that, being from 3000 miles away? Completely insane, irresponsible, and unexpected from a supposed luxury hotel. Took a scalding hot shower and will never return."