Benin Marina Hôtel

4.5 star property
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Exterior
Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas
Bar (on property)
Exterior
Room amenity

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Free airport shuttle
  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Gym
  • Breakfast available
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Boulevard de la Marina, Cotonou
  • Fidjrosse Beach
    15 min walk
  • Fondation Zinsou
    2 min drive
  • Mandarine
    8 min walk
  • Cotonou (COO-Cadjehoun)
    14 min walk

Room options

Bungalow

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 Double Beds

Standard Room, City View

  • 25 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Room, Sea View

  • 25 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Presidential Suite

  • 75 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Junior Suite

  • 50 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Economy Room

  • 25 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Cotonou

When you stay at Benin Marina Hôtel in Cotonou, you'll be near the beach, within a 5-minute drive of Fondation Zinsou and Artisanal Center. .This beach hotel is 1 mi (1.7 km) from Fidjrosse Beach and 2.9 mi (4.6 km) from Cotonou Central Mosque.

What's nearby

  • Fidjrosse Beach - 15 min walk
  • Fondation Zinsou - 2 min drive
  • Artisanal Center - 4 min drive
  • Cotonou Cathedral - 5 min drive
  • Grand Marché de Dantokpa - 7 min drive

Getting around

  • Cotonou (COO-Cadjehoun) - 4 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪La Cabane - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Royal Garden - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Code Bar - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Teranga - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Le Livingstone - ‬13 min walk

About this property

Benin Marina Hôtel

Elegant beach hotel and outdoor pool
Benin Marina Hôtel offers 200 accommodations with safes and hair dryers. This Cotonou hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Guests can play rounds at the 9-hole golf course and enjoy other recreation facilities including 3 outdoor tennis courts. An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 200 guestrooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
While the golfer in the family is out on the course, try one of the other recreational amenities offered, such as a casino or a nightclub. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a hair salon.
Satisfy your appetite with international cuisine at Les Tanekas, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 6 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10:30 AM.
Les Tanekas - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Popo - This buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast only.

Languages

English, French

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free 24-hour return airport shuttle

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 6 AM–10:30 AM: EUR 15.00 per person
  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Les Tanekas
  • Popo

Things to do

  • 3 outdoor tennis courts
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Golf course
  • Golf driving range
  • Nightclub
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Corner/local shop
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Fridge

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe
  • Corner/local shop

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tennis lessons
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massages

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • Casino
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Blackout drapes/curtains

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Fridge

More

  • Desk
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 1 PM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport; to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 20 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately EUR 15.00 per person
  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 20 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash

We should mention

Reservations are required for golf tee times; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Benin Marina Hôtel Cotonou
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Benin Marina Hôtel Reviews

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 55 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

5.4/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
DO NOT BOOK HOTEL IS CLOSED
The hotel was closed when we arrived 6/19/2019. They informed us that it has been closed from 6/7/2019. It was 10PM and we didn't know where else to go. Thankfully we had a patient taxi driver who took us to another hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Akshay

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Becky

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad bad
Worst hotel i have ever been, hotel looks nice but the service is terrible, air condition doesn't work loads of mosquitoes in the room, reception staffs are sooo rude...
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Bukola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing stay but I didn’t like the elevator, very slow and unresponsive, it needs to be fixed.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The air conditioning was HOT EVERYWHERE , lifts were not working properly Breakfast was very good
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The stay was rather OK despite the lack of air conditioning (due to the age -37years- of the hotel). The check out was different. I ended up bearing another name and was asked to pay for my stay. I was presented an invoice for 202 000 XOF. The person pretended that "hotels.com" was not paying them and that "hotels.com" would reimburse me afterwards! This has ruined the rather positive opinion I had of the place. I eventually paid only for the room service I used after a rude fight with the hotel personnel.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Yatin

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not good hotel
only good thing about Hotel is very near to airport. But rooms are very bad, Ac is not working, room door is not opening ..every time need to ask reception to open by manual key. Very less option for Veg food. Wifi was not working ....many more problem
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Great outside, not so much rooms
Great pool and conference facilities, but rooms are badly in need of refurbishment.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Kenneth

Poor quality of room
My colleague and I stayed at the Benin Marina and on the outside it looks great, however once in my room, I found an extension lead with a myriad of cabling around it, the extension lead did not work, The wall socket did not work and there was no internet in the room. Eventually they gave me an alternative room, as if doing me a favour. Again there was an extension lead but at least this one worked, however I again had to go to reception to ask why there was no internet. to there credit they did send someone up who got it fixed,,,there had been a problem with the cabling. For a supposed upmarket hotel you would expect them to check the rooms that they are going to put guests into. We ordered a beer at our table in the bar but when the bill came the beer was more than the price on the drinks menu, when we queried this we were told that the prices had gone up several weeks earlier but that they had not amended the drinks menu. Again it was not what one would expect from a hotel of this stature. Overall I was disappointed with the rooms, the service in the bar and the general demeanor of the staff who seem to think that guests are there to keep them in a job.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

armando

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
bad service
place nice but service is not good as expected for a 4 star hotel One day my room keep undone, with wet and dirty bath. I asked lobby for a kick done and replace bath towels when I saw room was as I left it. They told me they will move, but nobody came.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
benin marina
a couple of rooms under renovation, but a good place to stay and very open.

8/10 Good

LAWRENCE Nai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Hui

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Russell

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Food Hotel Cotonou
Hotel was good for Cotonou. Hotel is older but well kept. Good services and pool, view, food, and quiet.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Hotel served my purpose and I would most likely st
Make sure you reserve online ahead of time, big price difference from paying at check-in. Hotel needs some major work, nice location, nice outdoor opportunities to include golf, swimming and tennis. Interior of hotel "dated" and badly in need up upgrade. Rooms were at best satisfactory, get a room with a sea view to allow for a breeze. AC's not working well, has the potential to be a first class wonderful hotel but not there yet. Yes, I would go back again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Good for Cotonou
okay stay good for Cotonou Hotel is older but fairly well kept. Hotel has services and shops.

6/10 Okay

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice hotel, shame about reception staff
Hotel itself was nice enough, but staff reluctant to help at all, including a medical incident, lost property during checkout, or obvious misunderstanding with the bill. Concierge were better than reception

6/10 Okay

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
OKish. Reluctant reception staff. Concierge better
Random and unclear rules on whether breakfast is included

8/10 Good

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient with good pool
Decent hotel at an ok price. Staff were friendly