Best hotels in Cotonou

Explore Cotonou with 75 stays near iconic landmarks, luxury hotels, and top boutiques for the best shopping and dining

Sofitel Cotonou Marina Hotel & Spa
9.5 (70 reviews)

Sofitel Cotonou Marina Hotel & Spa ★★★★★

📍 Boulevard De La Marina, Cotonou

"Awesome staff christiana and Nafgisayou and the entire team! My family had a wonderful experience amd we look forward to coming back to Sofitel!"

Ibis Cotonou
7.5 (60 reviews)

Ibis Cotonou ★★★

📍 Boulevard De La Marina, 08 Bp 0929, Cotonou

"The room is very old, but it is in the same park as the Novotel next door. You can go to Loft for breakfast, which is much richer, but a little more expensive. There is a gym that can be used together, which is not bad. It is a bit far from the big supermarket."

Novotel Cotonou Orisha
8.9 (67 reviews)

Novotel Cotonou Orisha ★★★★

📍 Boulevard de la Marina, Cotonou

"This is more of a 3+ star hotel, and if it charged 130-150 euro per night, the price-quality ratio would be fine. At 250 euro per night, it seems exaggerated to me even by African standards, yet it was almost full, so they seem to be having good business somehow. On the positive side, the staff is really nice, everyone, once you are there. On the negative side, there is more: 1) I wrote an email to the address in the booking confirmation to book the free airport shuttle, I never received any reply. I received a personalized pre-arrival email asking about any request that I might have, I replied with the airport shuttle, and I didn't get any answer. Obviously, the shuttle wasn't there but some very nice Sofitel staff called the Novotel driver to come. (He did come within 5 minutes.) I must admit this experience framed my stay. 2) The whole place feels claustrophobic with its low ceilings, even in the lobby. Definitely more of the Ibis barrack 'vibe' than a 4-star wibe. The same holds for the rooms. Generic, dull design, let's impress at a low investment. OK, let's be fair, this can be accepted for a 4-star hotel. 3) Banging doors, no soft closing. This was particularly annoying as they seem to be servicing / cleaning vacated rooms on a continuous basis, during the afternoon and even at 8pm. Staff in, bang, staff out, bang. 4) Food was definitely underwhelming, with few appetizing choices at breakfast (no omelette station, and the terrible powder scrambled eggs), and lunch and dinner geared towards the buffet, perhaps because of the weekend. In my á la carte experience, quantity prevailed over quality. This applied especially to the tenderloin and, sadly, the chocolate 'trilogy' which were both huge but nothing to fall in love with."

Hotel Maison Rouge Cotonou
9.6 (6 reviews)

Hotel Maison Rouge Cotonou ★★★★

📍 Boulevard de la Marina, Cotonou

"Words cannot give the experience one have going there. It is to me the best hotel in West Africa. From the Management to the cleaning staff is out of a differentvworld. I refuse to stay anywhere else when I go to Benin. Same with my colleagues. It have a small but excellent restaurant with food like home made and the hotel is my home away from home."

Riviera Hotel Benin
8.7 (5 reviews)

Riviera Hotel Benin ★★★

📍 Rue Dako Donou, Quartier Tokpa Hoho Carré 57, Cotonou

"The setting is very clean and the staff are very welcoming."

Golden Tulip le Diplomate Cotonou
8.2 (72 reviews)

Golden Tulip le Diplomate Cotonou ★★★★

📍 No 90 rue 12.017- Boulevard de la Marina, Cotonou

"It's actually alright, but the prices are ridiculously high. A place like this in China costs around 300-400 yuan, so five times that is outrageous."

Beach Sand Hotel and Resort
8.7 (6 reviews)

Beach Sand Hotel and Resort ★★★

📍 Carré 93 Finangnon, Zone des Ambassades Akpakpa, Cotonou

Azalaï Hôtel Cotonou
7.9 (66 reviews)

Azalaï Hôtel Cotonou ★★★★

📍 Quartier Ganhi, Cotonou

"A short stay, but appreciated with a culinary variety from all horizons. An active staff."

Residence MaryHouse - Free Breakfast and Taxi from Airport
8.8 (40 reviews)

Residence MaryHouse - Free Breakfast and Taxi from Airport ★★★

📍 Rue 12.320, Aïbatin, Cotonou

"I think the place is good. The staffs are really professional. Well dressed, polite and disciplined. They pay attention to details and it's clean. Good place to go have a quiet time and just reminiscent the beauty of life."

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Hotel Bkbg Benin

"The hotel is ill prepared for groups. Running out of basic supplies like Kleenex, shutting the hot water off at night so we have to wait in the morning for it, a sub standard buffet with cold eggs in the morning, and meals promised at a certain time only to be served late are just some of the issues. On the plus side, the place is clean, the pool is well maintained, and the staff is doing its best. Unfortunately, the above issues indicate poor management."

Hotel la Casa Cielo Hotels in Cotonou

Hotel la Casa Cielo

"A lovely hotel in a great location facing the sea. The restaurant is really very good, with a wide selection, and especially Indian and Asian specialties. The food is healthy, plentiful, and beautifully presented. The female staff are lovely and very well-mannered. The Indian owners, however, completely ignore the guests. I had a very small room for 10 days, with access to a corridor, but if you're only using it for sleeping... For meals, there are four different options: the restaurant (closed, especially for breakfast, which is excellent, by the way), the indoor and outdoor lounge on the 4th floor, and the pool. Walks on the beach are within easy reach, and the pool area is fabulous and sunny from morning till night. A true Afro-Caribbean atmosphere is guaranteed. The Wi-Fi is very average, and the TV quality is mediocre. The concierge is exceptionally helpful and kind. In short, with its pros and cons, it offers excellent value for money in Cotonou."

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Sofitel Cotonou Marina Hotel & Spa ★★★★★
"Superb hotel with a beautiful pool and view of the ocean. The rooms are spa units and beautifully designed. Ralph at the pool bar went above and beyond to help us. The hotel  , Mr Isidore Tchiakpe was very helpful too. The breakfast buffet was fantastic with a large selection of fruits salads and pastries in addition to the omelette station. The lobby was beautifully designed."
★★★★★
2026-01-12
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Ibis Cotonou ★★★
"Facilities: Older, good environment"
★★★★★
2024-01-12
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Novotel Cotonou Orisha ★★★★
"Amazing experience all of the staff were extremely welcoming. Luke made sure everything was ready for my party of 14. It’s the only place I’ll stay in Cotonou."
★★★★★
2025-11-17
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Hotel Maison Rouge Cotonou ★★★★
"The staff is the nicest and most helpful of any I've met in years of traveling. They bend over backwards to make everything work smoothly. Even though I had another hotel booked for the second night I decided to lose that booking just to stay another night here Thank you Celine and Elena and others"
★★★★★
2025-06-09
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Riviera Hotel Benin ★★★
"Loved staying at this hotel and it was the staff who made the difference to my stay. They were superb. My special thanks to Ranyath (reception) who bent backwards to help as Iam of limited French Hotel is clean. Wifi good. Towels and some toileteries provided. There is hot water. Fridge ,bottled water provided. Breakfast is said to be continental. Best not to go end of breakfast I managed to see all I wanted using moto- taxis."
★★★★★
2026-05-02
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HFaye_93

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Golden Tulip le Diplomate Cotonou ★★★★
"I stayed at the Novotel next door a few days ago, and then moved to this hotel because the Novotel was fully booked. I thought that the same price and the same star rating should not be much different, but it really fits the saying that there is no harm without comparison. First of all, the room facilities are relatively old, which is nothing. The bathroom is the kind that you need to stand in the bathtub to shower, and there will be a lot of water leaking on the floor after taking a shower. The service is also unsatisfactory. After cleaning on the first day, the cleaning staff said that they would send me floor towels and face towels later, but they were not delivered in the evening. I called to ask for floor towels, and I don’t know if they didn’t understand or what, and they were not delivered. Finally, the breakfast is really worse than the Novotel next door. It is no exaggeration to say that there are only less varieties than the general Novotel, and the fruits are not fresh. In short, if you can stay in Novotel, don’t choose this place. Don’t choose Sofitel later. By the way, I forgot to say that I checked in on the 7th and checked out on the 10th. The Wi-Fi account given is valid only until 23:59 on the 9th night, and I can only use my own data in the morning of the 10th."
★★★★★
2024-07-16
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Azalaï Hôtel Cotonou ★★★★
"Beautiful hotel , very central ,good food, respectful staffs but the lighting was just too poor for me as a content creator aside that i hardly recommend."
★★★★★
2026-04-03
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Residence MaryHouse - Free Breakfast and Taxi from Airport ★★★
"Everything is as described. The staff were professional, helpful and friendly. Would have been even better with more options for breakfast"
★★★★★
2025-10-19
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Nobila Airport Hotel ★★★★
"From the rooftop terrace with a bar not ready for use, when there, one can see the very close by airport, to which the hotel offers a free shuttle, which works well. This was one of the good points. Regarding the room I was first offered a room on the first floor facing the main street. The noise coming from the traffic was so loud, even with closed windows, that I had to ask for a change of room. This time I was given a room on the third floor facing the backside. Here there was no view at all, since the windows consisted of milk glass and if one opened them all one could see was a close by construction site. So from one bad room I went to another bad room. Good in the room though was the size, with enough storage space. The bed had a comfortable mattress, but I didn't like its slippery sheets. Not my taste was the kitschy furniture with all that fake gold on it. In the wardrobe were only three coat hangers. The lighting was weak and one could not read in bed. Bathroom was fine. Staff in general was not especially friendly (no comparison with the Golden Tulip Le Diplomate in Cotonou, where I stayed before). The worst of all was the waitress at dinner, with a very bored expression on her face, who was not able to give any information about the menu, especially she had no idea about all the local specialities on offer. My choice was Dakouin, a Benin fishermen's speciality, which was excellent. Since it was not explained in the menu card and the waitress couldn't tell me what it is all about I had to look it up in the internet before ordering. But what came was one of the best meals I got in Benin, with an excellent fresh fish. I finished it with an 'Ananas flambé'. Breakfast was okay, not overwhelming, but with some cooked items. No good was the coffee, just nescafé powder and some separate hot water. At least this time - in comparison to the dinner - was some very friendly and smiling staff around, all young ladies."
★★★★★
2025-12-15

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