Hotel du Lac is actually well located and it boasts of cordial service. It appears to be a great place to meet the locals cos of its air of friendliness! However, the meal options are so limited and non accommodative of foreign diners. The rooms are about good for the price.

We were booked into this hotel for two nights by our local agent at the last minute, so we did not know what to expect. The hotel, which looks quite modern, is by Lake Nokoue to the east of Cotonou. It has a good sized pool which appeared to be popular both with locals & expats. The hotel also seemed quite popular with pretty young Benin girls & their older, seedy European "partners."
We were first given room 19 which is on the ground floor, under the hotel terrace, looking out, through formidable iron bars, over the lake.The room is large, long & high, but narrow & gloomy. Its walls are beige pebbledash & we found it all rather unwelcoming.The noisy workmen in the corridor outside did not help. I asked at reception, therefore, if I could pay extra to upgrade our room but was told all rooms cost the same. We accepted a no charge move to room 207 in the main block. It was much smaller but had a balcony overlooking the pool & felt much cosier. It would probably be rated as 2* in the UK or USA but was perfectly adequate with effective A/C & an OK shower.(Looking at the hotel website on our return home I see that it does, in fact, have "12 luxurious studios & 4 suites.")
The hotel is Lebanese owned & the restaurant on the terrace overlooking the lake includes some mezze in its menu.On our first night the waiter was friendly & helpful (& I left a decent tip.) The next night we had a different waiter who was surly & slow & brought us completely the wrong order. When our mezze finally arrived he did not bring any plates to eat from & he ignored my request for some. My wife have travelled all over The Lebanon - they use plates!!!

I have been going to the hotel du lac twice a year for the past 5 years. I have taken teams of people with me and the hotel staff have always been very good. The service is very good. the rooms are basic but clean the room boys are trust worthy and up to date have never taken any thing.
The hotel over looks the lake, very close to the main city of cotonou. The trip on the lake to Ganvi is a must ,Joseph the boat man is a delight he gives you a guided tour and will take you into the shop at Ganvi and make sure you get what you want at the right price.
The Hotel is well run and they look after their guests very well.
Penny.

i came to Benin for Business and I had stay for 7 days in Hotel Du Lac , it was nice days and the Manager Mr. Hassan follow up all details, the room services is very friendly, if i come back to Benin i will book again.

Omar Shaaban