About The Founders Inn & Spa Tapestry Collection By Hilton
The Founders Inn and Spa, Tapestry Collection by Hilton is 4-star rated and provides an impressive range of services for the benefit of business and leisure guests.
Rooms at this Virginia Beach hotel incorporate quality decorations and substantial, wooden furniture. A flat screen TV, free WiFi, refrigerator and coffee maker are among the room facilities.
Communal facilities at The Founders Inn and Spa, Tapestry Collection by Hilton include a fitness center and tennis courts; in addition to a swimming pool, concierge, free parking and shuttle service. There are extensive areas for business and social occasions, with the English Garden providing a popular backdrop for weddings. There is wheelchair access and the hotel is pet friendly.
Muffin Pan serves breakfast sandwiches and baked selections. Later, The Swan Terrace restaurant offers a Colonial themed menu with American style dishes served in The Hunt Room.
Mount Trashmore Park is eight miles away and it’s a 15 minute journey to Norfolk city center.
Positive Reviews
positive:
Caring staff.
The hotel is extremely popular with conferences, meetings, social gatherings and weddings; so there are always groups of people streaming in and out. Staff, though, remain unfazed by the pressure and always have the time to sort out queries from individual, non-group, guests.
positive:
Good facilities.
Rooms are fine and well maintained. Facilities include a fridge, but no microwave. There is one though, in the first floor level vending area. Beds are super comfy and better than home! In the public areas, the pool is clean and inviting and the fitness center is equally well maintained. Everything, in fact, seems to be of real quality.
positive:
Memorable dining experiences.
Hotel living just got much better here! The food is extraordinarily good, starting with breakfast and brunch and following through to lunch and dinner choices in the restaurants. Catering staff, as in all areas of the hotel, are superb.
Negative Reviews
negative:
Lunching after the locust eaters!
Wander in for a late lunch and shell shocked staff are trying to recover from the earlier onslaught. Any residue veg has gone cold, hot meats, if any remain, are now warm (*can't be good!) and desserts have deserted completely. Sympathy with the staff of course, but things need to be better than this.
negative:
An appalling night's sleep.
Beds are uncomfortable and need replacing. Doesn't matter if everything else is perfect; if you don't sleep, you won't return!
negative:
Not 'unfounded' criticism of The Founders.
Everything seems to be in separate outbuildings with no lobby focal point and resulting in an 'institutionalised' atmosphere. Furnishings are sparse and not antique - just old and 'naff'. Walls are thin, so there's no sound insulation as such.