Editor Pick
The Addy Sea
- May 9, 2006
- Rated 4 of 5 by
rickhowe from Darlington, Maryland
My wife and I spent a glorious 2 days at the Addy Sea in early August, 2004.
We'd always rented houses in Bethany for a week of family reunion (with families from all up and down the East Coast). But this time we only could spend a couple days, so I went online and found the Addy Sea.
It is a beautiful, vintage 1900 home, divided into 12 rooms and one funny little area. A full buffet breakfast is served daily, and tea and cookies (and lemonade) in the afternoon. Each room has a sink in the room, and either a shower or large (Jacuzzi) tub, and of course a toilet. In our room (#4), the toilet was literally in the closet (where comes the name "water closet"). But the larger and more expensive rooms had full bathrooms.
Everything was clean and well-appointed, with real antiques. More than sufficient air-conditioning, but we preferred to open the windows at night to listen to the ocean (which was RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WINDOW). You may pay more, you may pay less, but you'll never find a nicer place to stay on the Delaware Shore than The Addy Sea.
By the way, the funny little area is called the "crew's quarters," contains two double beds, a sink, and a semi-private toilet. You'll need to use the second-floor public bath, just like in old-fashioned B&Bs, but it's about a third of the cost of the standard room.
We're definitely going back again!
And if you're hungry, go just a bit North on the main highway from Bethany and stop at RedFin. Wonderful, wonderful food. My wife had the best soft-shell crabs she's ever eaten, and I had FRIED lobster tails and terrific shrimp dumplings with hot chili oil.
UPDATE: The RedFin has now been re-named the Blue Coast, and although the food is every bit as good as the previous incarnation, they no longer have the fried lobster tails! BooHoo!!!
From journal Rick's Guide to the Delaware Shore - Rehoboth, Dewey & Bethany Beaches