Delfins Beach Resort Bonaire, Tapestry Collection by Hilton

We had a great experience at the Delfins property. We spent the last week there. The room had everything you need for a dive vacation, i.e. good size mini fridge / kitchenette. It also had great European styling with room enough. The key point about the resort I would like to make is that the food at all of the restaurants was of excellent quality and value, as good as any place else we went on the island. The drinks were pretty good they could use a large draft beer. Those tiny little 250 cl beers don't really cut it and some of the cocktails were made with pretty unimpressive mix. Specifically pass on the classic margaritas. Staff was great. We loved all the enthusiastic Dutch kids there on internship. Also the dive operation seems to be first class. We had already booked with another provider or we would have used. We did stores gear there and it was VERY convenient!

The resort is clean, modern, and close to the airport. However, we were surprised to find no AC in the living area it was extremely hot and humid, and the small unit in the bedroom didn’t cool the room well. We would not have booked had we known this. We could not relax in the room. I also had 2 rings go missing from the nightstand after housekeeping came. It wasn’t valuable, but I had asked that no one enter our room after that yet housekeeping still did the next day. The staff was not particularly friendly or helpful. The gym wouldn't let me in without a towel from our room so make sure to take one with you or you will have to go back to your room to get one before they will let you enter. For a Hilton brand, I expected better. They apologized for the missing jewelry, but we won’t be returning.

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