Hampton Inn Duluth Canal Park

“We have stayed here before and it's a good price/value”

We stopped here again heading up to the great white North for Thanksgiving. A little spooky, so close to the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. We were able to get up close and personal with a couple ships, some people at the hotel said they said they didn't see any. We were th… more

We stopped here again heading up to the great white North for Thanksgiving. A little spooky, so close to the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. We were able to get up close and personal with a couple ships, some people at the hotel said they said they didn't see any. We were there for the opening of the Bentlyville Christmas Light display and a little shopping. This hotel always seem busy and during this stay they had an announced lobby remodel going on which involved the eating area which, quite frankly, was really nice when we were there in the past. On this visit, they were using a conference room to substitute for the breakfast area. We never really thought the main part of the lobby needed a remodel, it's beautiful. This hotel is very centrally located, great place to catch the ships as they approach from the north. This hotel is moderately priced and accepts dogs. The pool was full of kids and families, way too full for an older couple like us. You will super enjoy walking the lake boardwalk on one side of the hotel and the restaurants and shopping that surround it on the other side. Room was great, the windows open, which is aways a plus for us Minnesota people who are always hot. Having a lake view is a must have, especially if there is rough weather. The hotel is well maintained and clean. They always have a great breakfast, meaning that it's standard Hampton Inn fare, but well presented and rapidly replenished. The only negative was the front desk which seem ambivalent to the guests. We like this place, but would be open to a more boutique property if the view was almost as good, but price/value of this property is very hard to beat.

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“Fall Color home base”

We had a great long weekend in Duluth, and the Hampton Canal Park was a perfect home base. Clean, quiet, good breakfast, and easily accessible to restaurants as well as access to the driving trip up the north shore.

“Great location, though overpriced and showing its 29 years among sleeker competition”

Our stay was Sunday night Nov 23 for the Bentlyville Tour of Lights event. Initially we had reserved a Queen Lakeview, but took advantage of a website offered upgrade to a King 1 Bedroom Suite (although that's not how it was labeled) with a Whirlpool (jetted tub) for an extra $40. The room labels f… more

Our stay was Sunday night Nov 23 for the Bentlyville Tour of Lights event. Initially we had reserved a Queen Lakeview, but took advantage of a website offered upgrade to a King 1 Bedroom Suite (although that's not how it was labeled) with a Whirlpool (jetted tub) for an extra $40. The room labels for the upgrades to bid on did not match the labels of the rooms on the Hilton Canal Park webpage, but Michelle was very helpful in email correspondence in decoding the rooms being offered and the process of bidding on upgrades and the obligations involved. The King Suites are normally $100 more than the Queen Lakeviews for a Sunday. Oddly a Queen Partial View was also offered for bids at $80 more than our Queen Lakeview, although it would have been a downgrade. Construction was going on, which we were warned about on our stay last year. There was the expected smell of paint, commotion, and compromises on amenities because of this. You are paying a premium for the Canal Park location with this property, the event was a fifteen minute walk. Beautiful Lake Superior was about a hundred yards away across a service road, and we pretty much had the shoreline there to ourselves early Monday morning. The third floor room was clean, quiet, and adequately stocked which was expected for the price. They accommodated us with a rollaway bed for my girlfriend's daughter, though not right away. According to Business Travel News this property was built back in 1997 and last renovated 2013. It's definitely showing its age. There were several issues that likely won't be fixed with the current renovation, like dated slow elevators, which according to other reviewers has abruptly dropped with their groups inside. They have electronic checkin with the app, which is a big reason I stay with this chain, but the app didn't control the TV or the heating/cooling control, which their promo material advertises it to. I was told this was not going change with the renovation. The shower door wouldn't close all the way, so you had to be careful about water on the floor. Also when my girlfriend tried the jetted tub the hose leaked and sprayed water everywhere. The tiny laundry room had no washers (hopefully temporary with the renovation). The tiny workout room had just three of pieces of decades old equipment, a stairmaster, bike, and treadmill. It just fit me and her daughter, we had a couple people peek in and then leave while we were in there. The pool was nice. The breakfast, not in the normal dining area because of the construction, was typical generic fare to feed a lot of people cheaply despite TV promos showing a bagel shop bagel and sliced fresh fruit. I've yet to see either of these at any Hilton property. There wasn't much for snacks, you were mainly at the mercy of machines that ripped you off. I was overcharged several dollars for a bottle of Pepsi, which the evening desk person said he couldn't do anything about, but was refunded in cash the next morning by the day desk. When it happened the evening desk person mentioned the machine had outright stolen money from others without even giving drinks. When asked about the free water for 'Silver' membership, the only tangible benefit that level gets you, the evening desk girl pointed to a basket with some tiny bottles of warm Glacier Mint to apparently serve myself. This water perk is clearly just a token thing, but other Hiltons make more of an effort. The Hampton Duluth North gave us a couple of chilled large Aquafina's in a Hilton paper bag. We've stuck with the Hilton umbrella this last couple years after some bad experiences with Wyndham's, although the Hilton options for Duluth are fairly limited. A ten minute Uber ride away is the Hampton & Suites Duluth North/Mall Area, built in 2017, for two thirds the price of this one on any given night. We stayed there for the Haunted Ship event a month earlier, and 20 years newer does make a difference not to mention a more motivated staff. There are also countless other downtown Duluth hotels from competing chains and independents, like the new boutique property Force On Fifth, that likely would offer a comparable or better experience for less money. If you have to have a downtown Duluth Hilton and are willing to spend $200-$400 a night on a room depending on the day of the week, this property will just do.

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“A loud family upstairs, a dog next door, and a surly man at the front desk”

Stayed for a weekend in October 2025. I'd call it average at best, particularly for its very high room rate. The floors and walls were some of the thinnest I've experienced. A family was in the room above us, and it's as if a rhinoceros was staying above us. Every step they took thundered, includ… more

Stayed for a weekend in October 2025. I'd call it average at best, particularly for its very high room rate. The floors and walls were some of the thinnest I've experienced. A family was in the room above us, and it's as if a rhinoceros was staying above us. Every step they took thundered, including in the middle of the night. Next door?--a barking dog, which you could also hear as if it was in the room. Same for when the neighbor watched television. The room itself was clean and appeared to have been recently renovated. The window, however, was broken: we tried to open it to enjoy the lakeside air (as we had paid even more for a lake view room) and it literally fell out of the frame. The breakfast was fine...a standard Hampton Inn breakfast. The breakfast area with the lake view was nice. The staff were a mixed bag. One woman was super friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the man who checked us in, who was stern and unfriendly. His welcome consisted of "credit card and ID?" and "fill out this form." It always mystifies me why people who clearly hate interacting with other people take a job (or get hired) in hospitality. The location was nice. It's in the Canal Park area is Duluth, right on the lake front path, with easy walking access to the touristy stuff in Canal Park and the restaurants and other attractions downtown. Overall? Very average, likely below average given the $300+ room rate.

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