House of William & Merry is permanently closed but is still recommended in 19 answers by three of the four AI assistants.
Official site
Perplexity cited visitdelaware.com, Delaware's official site, in 27 of 60 sourced answers in the October check (45%), down from 52% in September, ranking 41st of 74 tracked U.S. destinations for official site citations.
Agreement
The AI assistants name the same top pick for 5% of comparable questions about Delaware, below the average of 13% for tracked U.S. destinations.
Generated from this check's dataUpdated Oct 2, 2026
Lead finding
AI recommends Brandywine Zoo in 95% of answers to Delaware's "Best Attractions for Families" questions.
The figure counts every answer to "Best Attractions for Families" questions about Delaware, across the AI assistants and the ways the question was worded. It is the place those answers return to most.
Based on the check of October 2, 2026
How AI sees Delaware
Across the prompts we've tracked, AI most consistently associates Delaware with:
historic charm
Farm-to-Table
fine dining
history
nature
family-friendly
historic
historic sites
local cuisine
upscale dining
indoor activities
Beach towns
beaches
beachfront
Delaware food scene
food
How Delaware benchmarks
Model agreement
Delaware5%
Tracked U.S. destinations13%
Confirmed-open rate
Delaware78%
Tracked U.S. destinations82%
Each metric shows two bars: Delaware's rate and the average it is compared with, so you can see how it compares. See how these scores are calculated.
Where AI might be wrong
House of William & Merry
— Best Fine-Dining Restaurants(+1 more)Closed
Flagged closed by 1 source, still recommended by Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-4o and Perplexity Sonar.
The restaurant announced it was closing, and a news report says it closed over the weekend of July 25–26, 2026. The owners said this was not necessarily the end, but the restaurant is no longer operating at this location as a restaurant.
Blackbird Creek Reserve / Blackbird State Forest13 of 51
rank #1–#10
Best Food Experiences
50 answers
Thrasher's French Fries29 of 50
rank #1–#16
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery22 of 50
rank #3–#14
Grotto Pizza21 of 50
rank #2–#13
Sambo's Tavern21 of 50
rank #1–#12
Capriotti's17 of 50
rank #1–#11
Bardea Food & Drink16 of 50
rank #1–#13
Henlopen City Oyster House16 of 50
rank #2–#11
Helen's Sausage House15 of 50
rank #1–#12
Best Local Experiences
49 answers
Cape Henlopen State Park30 of 49
rank #1–#16
Lewes28 of 49
rank #1–#25
New Castle Historic District26 of 49
rank #1–#15
Sambo's Tavern19 of 49
rank #1–#11
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery17 of 49
rank #1–#17
Trap Pond State Park17 of 49
rank #1–#16
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge16 of 49
rank #3–#13
Hagley Museum & Library15 of 49
rank #2–#27
Best Historical Attractions
46 answers
Hagley Museum & Library43 of 46
rank #1–#11
Fort Delaware State Park37 of 46
rank #2–#14
John Dickinson Plantation37 of 46
rank #3–#15
Zwaanendael Museum28 of 46
rank #4–#13
New Castle Historic District26 of 46
rank #1–#9
Old Swedes Church25 of 46
rank #1–#11
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library23 of 46
rank #2–#16
Nemours Estate22 of 46
rank #3–#14
Best Local or Traditional Restaurants
44 answers
Sambo's Tavern24 of 44
rank #1–#7
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats15 of 44
rank #2–#14
Helen's Sausage House14 of 44
rank #1–#9
Big Fish Grill12 of 44
rank #1–#7
Woody’s Dewey Beach Bar & Grill12 of 44
rank #3–#10
Jessop's Tavern11 of 44
rank #1–#9
Henlopen City Oyster House10 of 44
rank #1–#7
Charcoal Pit9 of 44
rank #1–#9
Best Day Trips
43 answers
Rehoboth Beach28 of 43
rank #1–#13
Lewes14 of 43
rank #2–#9
Winterthur and Longwood Gardens12 of 43
rank #2–#8
Philadelphia11 of 43
rank #1–#6
Brandywine Valley Estates10 of 43
rank #1–#7
Cape Henlopen State Park10 of 43
rank #1–#12
New Castle Historic District10 of 43
rank #2–#6
Baltimore or Annapolis9 of 43
rank #2–#9
Best Boutique Hotels
42 answers
The Bellmoor Inn and Spa34 of 42
rank #1–#7
Hotel du Pont25 of 42
rank #1–#7
Inn at Montchanin Village23 of 42
rank #1–#6
Boardwalk Plaza Hotel21 of 42
rank #1–#5
Canalside Inn16 of 42
rank #3–#7
The Quoin Hotel13 of 42
rank #1–#3
Dogfish Inn9 of 42
rank #2–#5
The Hotel Rodney9 of 42
rank #2–#6
Best Budget Hotels
42 answers
Wilmington25 of 42
rank #1–#9
Rehoboth Beach22 of 42
rank #1–#9
Days Inn Dover15 of 42
rank #3–#10
Sleep Inn14 of 42
rank #1–#9
Red Roof Inn & Suites Newark - University12 of 42
rank #1–#6
Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Dover11 of 42
rank #2–#6
Super 8 by Wyndham Dover9 of 42
rank #2–#6
Extended Stay America Newark8 of 42
rank #4–#12
Best Family Hotels
42 answers
Wilmington29 of 42
rank #4–#16
Boardwalk Plaza Hotel25 of 42
rank #1–#7
Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center24 of 42
rank #1–#7
Rehoboth Beach24 of 42
rank #1–#17
Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Residence Inn22 of 42
rank #1–#5
Hyatt Place Dewey Beach20 of 42
rank #1–#6
Hotel du Pont16 of 42
rank #1–#11
The Bellmoor Inn and Spa15 of 42
rank #1–#6
Best Fine-Dining Restaurants
42 answers
Harry’s Savoy Grill33 of 42
rank #1–#10
Eden19 of 42
rank #1–#9
House of William & Merry16 of 42
rank #1–#8
Le Cavalier at the Green Room16 of 42
rank #1–#5
Bluecoast Seafood Grill & Raw Bar14 of 42
rank #3–#8
Krazy Kat’s13 of 42
rank #3–#9
Espuma12 of 42
rank #4–#7
The Blue Moon12 of 42
rank #4–#8
Best Rainy-Day Attractions
42 answers
Delaware Art Museum39 of 42
rank #1–#9
Christiana Mall30 of 42
rank #4–#14
Delaware Museum of Nature & Science30 of 42
rank #2–#11
Hagley Museum & Library26 of 42
rank #2–#3
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library26 of 42
rank #1–#4
Delaware Children's Museum25 of 42
rank #1–#16
Biggs Museum of American Art21 of 42
rank #3–#9
Tanger Outlets18 of 42
rank #4–#17
Best Restaurants for Couples
42 answers
Eden22 of 42
rank #1–#10
Harry’s Savoy Grill18 of 42
rank #1–#6
The Blue Moon15 of 42
rank #2–#13
Heirloom13 of 42
rank #3–#9
Bluecoast Seafood Grill & Raw Bar12 of 42
rank #1–#7
La Fable12 of 42
rank #1–#6
La Fia12 of 42
rank #2–#7
Le Cavalier at the Green Room12 of 42
rank #1–#9
Best Viewpoints
42 answers
Cape Henlopen State Park34 of 42
rank #1–#8
Brandywine Creek State Park30 of 42
rank #2–#12
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge27 of 42
rank #3–#11
Rehoboth Beach27 of 42
rank #2–#12
Delaware Seashore State Park17 of 42
rank #2–#10
Rockford Tower15 of 42
rank #1–#11
Trap Pond State Park14 of 42
rank #4–#10
Fenwick Island Lighthouse11 of 42
rank #2–#3
Best Winter Experiences
42 answers
Cape Henlopen State Park27 of 42
rank #1–#19
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library25 of 42
rank #1–#17
Delaware Art Museum23 of 42
rank #5–#27
Rehoboth Beach23 of 42
rank #1–#20
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge22 of 42
rank #1–#16
Hagley Museum & Library22 of 42
rank #2–#18
Lewes19 of 42
rank #1–#22
Nemours Estate19 of 42
rank #2–#11
Where Perplexity's answers about Delaware come from
Perplexity cited visitdelaware.com,
Delaware's official tourism site, in
27 of 60 answers about Delaware
in the October check (45%), down from 52% in September.
The web domains Perplexity's live search pulled most while answering tracked travel questions about
Delaware (last 90 days). ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini aren't grounded in our tracking yet.
See the network-wide ranking.