Hotel du Lac Reviews

I was visiting my family in the Peace Corp. The accomodations were great, clean rooms but the staff at the hotel were outstanding! Especially the waitors. Everyone was so accomodating and friendly. Food was delicious, loved the pool and outdoor bar/dining area.

Our stay at the Hotel du Lac was pleasant. Rooms are clean and functional, but not noted for their decor. One fellow at the front desk was not terribly friendly, but the other tried to make up for it.
We booked an excursion to the stilt village at Ganvie through the hotel. The boat broke down in the middle of the lake, and we waited at least an hour while the driver tried to fix the motor himself. Then had to drive at half speed the rest of the way. The 3-hour tour ended up being 5 hours.
Cotonou is nothing special, in fact its quite unlikely we will return.

We had a few hitches at the beginning because we forgot our passports at the border so we were refused a stay at the hotel. Were we disappointed? Ofcourse. we left to check into another hotel but one last call to the Manager did the magic. He explained that it was the policy of the Government of Republic of Benin but would make an exception because we came all the way from Nigeria.

In all we had a nice stay at the hotel. Nice, comfortable and neat rooms. Service was good and the meal we had at the poolside in the evening was nice. The breakfast buffet was however disappointing. It almost marred our stay.

In all, we enjoyed ourselves and actually looking forward to going back soon(but ofcourse we won't have breakfast there)