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Bénin Royal Hôtel

4.0 star property

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Interior entrance
Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes
Terrace/patio
Indoor pool, pool umbrellas, sun loungers
Billiards

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

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

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Lot 398 Maro-Military Compound, Vons face borne lab, Cotonou, 640
  • Marche Dantokpa
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Artisanal Center
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Cotonou Central Mosque
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Cotonou (COO-Cadjehoun)
    ‪5 min drive‬

Room options

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Double Room (Privilege) | View from room

Double Room (Privilege)

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Executive Suite, 2 Bedrooms | Private kitchenette | Mini-fridge, coffee/tea maker, electric kettle

Executive Suite, 2 Bedrooms

  • 861 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Romantic Room, Ensuite

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Junior Suite, 1 Bedroom

  • 592 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Superior Double Room, Balcony, Courtyard View

  • 269 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Senior Suite, 2 Bedrooms

  • 753 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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About this property

Bénin Royal Hôtel

4-star Cotonou hotel with 2 restaurants
Along with 2 restaurants, this hotel has a full-service spa and an indoor pool. Free WiFi in public areas is provided, as well as free self parking, a free airport shuttle, and a free manager's reception. Additionally, a 24-hour health club, a bar/lounge, and a poolside bar are onsite.
Bénin Royal Hôtel offers 65 accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. Beds feature premium bedding. LED televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations with deep soaking bathtubs, bathrobes, slippers, and bidets. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. In-room massages and irons/ironing boards can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

An indoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour health club and a sauna.
The onsite spa has 2 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, facials, and body wraps. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a hot tub, and a steam room. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including hydrotherapy. The spa is open daily.
In addition to a full-service spa, Bénin Royal Hôtel features an indoor pool and a 24-hour health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at one of the 3 coffee shops/cafes. The property also has a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.

Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 2691 square feet (250 square meters) include a conference center. This family-friendly hotel also offers a children's pool, a sauna, and a rooftop terrace. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available 24 hours). Onsite secured self parking is complimentary.

Bénin Royal Hôtel has designated areas for smoking.

A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Behanzin - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English, French, German, Spanish, Yoruba

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour free roundtrip airport shuttle
  • Free secured self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: USD 17.98 for adults and USD 15.98 for children
  • 2 restaurants
  • 3 coffee shops/cafes
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Free daily manager's reception
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Behanzin

Things to do

  • 24-hour health club
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Indoor pool
  • Sauna
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini-fridge
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business center
  • Computer station
  • Conference center (2,691 square feet of space)
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Rooftop terrace

Full-service spa

  • 2 treatment rooms
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Couples treatment rooms
  • Deep-tissue massages
  • Facials
  • Hot stone massages
  • Hydrotherapy
  • In-room massages
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily
  • Spa tub
  • Steam room

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 8 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2014
  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
  • Fireplace in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Bidet
  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LED TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Mini-fridge
  • Restaurant dining guides

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Electrical adapters
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 2 PM
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 1 PM
Contactless check-out available

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 at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 5 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 15.25 per day

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 17.98 for adults and USD 15.98 for children
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 15.25 per day

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; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Benin Royal Hotel Cotonou
Benin Royal Hotel
Benin Royal Cotonou
Benin Royal
Bénin Royal Hôtel Cotonou
Bénin Royal Cotonou
Bénin Royal
Bénin Royal Hôtel Hotel
Bénin Royal Hôtel Cotonou
Bénin Royal Hôtel Hotel Cotonou

Bénin Royal Hôtel Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 49 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 49 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 49 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 49 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 49 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Eugenia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Breakfast options not so great.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Lloyd D.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Ludan

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

cressida, New York

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Spa was closed. That was one of the reasons i picked this property. Pool was nice. The surroundings left much to be desired.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2022

4/10 Poor

Ousseynou

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Rooms are clean but staff service is terrible. It took them several hours to deliver my food any time I order
Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

KENNETH

Business traveler
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was clean and the staff were courteous and friendly
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Ashish

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Gregory, Indiana

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Hotel tried to charge me for dinners that i never ordered. They're room billing system is fraught with error.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Samantha

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable hotel, great waitstaff, front desk ok
The hotel was well located in the city center within walking distance to the market + Foundation Zinsou museum. The food + restaurant service was great. Accommodations were lovely with a great rooftop pool. However, unlike all my other hoteIs during my trip I did not have good service at the front desk. The ATM did not work + the front desk would not exchange USD for me even though they had a currency exchange sign. That would have been fine but the woman at the front desk kept giving me attitude about it and brushing me off to come back in the morning. The excuse was they did not have any cash. However, I knew they had plenty of cash (I saw the large envelope of money they used to give other guests change). But they kept saying they had no CFA. Why they didn't just say they didn't want to exchange USD I have no idea. So that was frustrating. Also, the front desk guy got a little nasty and accused me of overstaying when I came down for the airport shuttle. He did not realize I had paid an additional fee that morning to check out late since I had a midnight flight. Only after I showed him my receipt did he realize I had paid extra for a late checkout. He didn't apologize for his accusation or attitude and I thought that was a bit unnecessary. Overall the stay was fine and the rest of the staff was really great. But for a nice hotel I would have liked a bit nicer front desk service.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
This hotel needs to hire someone to deal with an obvious cockroach infestation. I found and disposed of approx. 15 or 20 roaches in my room during my one night stay. There were also roaches in the gym. Needless to say I checked out early, as soon as a room in another hotel became available. The one positive about this hotel is the people who check you in. They were all friendly and professional. This could be a nice, reasonably priced hotel after they deal with the cockroach problem.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Jacobus Marinus

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
The staff needs a lot of training, the restaurant staff was terrible, except for the manager lady, can’t remember her name she’s always there when we ate breakfast. She was amazing, the rest were incompetent and unhelpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Sivalingam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of the good hotels for business
Good hotel recommended. In a quiet area.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

PRANAV

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value for money
Generally good visit. We liked the room with comfy king-sized bed. Friendly staff at breakfast and front desk. Check-in was sluggish but we were happy once we got to our room. Note that the building layout is odd with quite a bit of stairs due to levels on the floors.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Ryan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I can't recommend this hotel. I just got back from a West Africa tour and I stayed in 8 hotels while there. This was the worst. The hotel check-in was much slower than it needed to be. Room was tiny, but I didn't mind the size so much as the look and feel of it. Seemed pretty gross, from the hallways, the elevator and then finally the room. We got dinner at the rooftop restaurant by the pool and service there was very slow (we heard a dish drop and I'm pretty sure it was ours). I had to ask for my drink three times. An hour later it finally came (and it was the wrong drink). Wi-Fi was average for the area. Check out in the morning was smooth. In the US, this would be a one or two star hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Gbose

Beautiful Time Out
We had a great time at Benin Royal. The room was nice n cozy and super neat though I feel the TV was a little too small for such a nice room. The staffs were very friendly and the breakfast was awesome. We were unable to try out other meals cause their menu book is all written in French and we couldn't understand anything written on it. I feel they could have made an English version too. Aside that we enjoyed our time out and almost didn't wanna leave.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

KEnny, SD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is very nice...Staff is very helpful and friendly..we had quite a few children in our group and they worked with us.. Resturant has very good food. Highly recommend hotel...
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Elungile

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic
Amazing
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best Hotel in Benin
The staff were really nice, going out of their way to help. Having toured the whole country I did not encounter anywhere near the same standard. Breakfast was nice although dinner is a little overpriced for its quality. The fact the national football team stays here is telling as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017