Reviews of L'Epicurien
Rue 236 288, Cotonou, Benin

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Reviewed: 11 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewThis is quite a little dream place. Amazing environment with all the nature, art work. incredible host as well as staff. Went out of their way to make us as comfortable as possible. If you ever pass through Cotonou, do check out this place
Reviewed: 17 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 4 August 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewA wonderful, flower- filled and charming B&B in a quiet and peaceful location in Cotonou. The owner greeted me so warmly and welcomed me home as a Haitian daughter of Benin. She shared with me that the father of Toussaint L’Ouverture was born in Alladah and that his direct descendant is still a King there. I added a visit to Alladah to my itinerary and it was the highlight of my trip!!!
Reviewed: 29 June 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewThe Area is great and calm. The breakfast was fenomenal. I totally recommend this place.
Reviewed: 18 June 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 19 May 2024 · Stayed in May 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 25 April 2024 · Stayed in April 2024
Verified reviewI loved the coffee at breakfast and the croissants
Reviewed: 23 April 2024 · Stayed in April 2024
Verified reviewNice and comfortable stay. Very close to the city center and easy to get to and back even in peak hours. You got your own set of keys so you could come and go at any time and very safe area as the president residence is a few meters from the location. Close to a good restaurant Maquis la Résidence, walking distance. Staff were great and Madam Bel was always available should there was a need.
Mosquitos ... man those things were everywhere but it's not a fault of the residence. Once I told the staff of the problem they sprayed the room and it was much better. WiFi has a slight problem but was fixed within a few hours.
Reviewed: 22 April 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewThe breakfast and the garden
Nothing
Reviewed: 24 January 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewGorgeous garden, especially since it is being used to exhibit some gorgeous paintings at the moment. The rooms are very clean and comfortable and the staff is incredibly nice and accommodating. Plus the location is excellent. A restaurant nearby that we can recommend is Bangkok Terrasse.
Nothing to note.
Reviewed: 22 January 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewGreat area. Very private and quiet. Air conditioning, wifi and shower all work perfectly. Small room but definitely okay for a solo traveller. This accommodation is in a renovated former family home. Continental breakfast with super coffee and fresh fruit/ juice. I enjoyed the firm bed and the garden terrace for breakfast and evening relaxation. The owner is very friendly and a great source of information for anything you might want to do.
Reviewed: 10 January 2024 · Stayed in December 2023
Verified reviewVery friendly host and lovely guest house with a large garden. It was perfect for me as I could work from there and the internet was very good. The room was small, but clean and everything worked well.
The entire area had a water outage for a couple of hours one evening, which was a bit annoying. But apparently this doesn't happen often.
Reviewed: 15 October 2023 · Stayed in September 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 29 September 2023 · Stayed in September 2023
Verified reviewThe staff is wonderful
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Reviewed: 10 September 2023 · Stayed in September 2023
Verified reviewQuiet clean. Nice owner and staff. Delicious breakfast
Nothing. I have no complaints
Reviewed: 9 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewLocation was great- quiet neighbourhood near shopping mall. Breakfast was also great. Lovely gardens, we enjoyed spending time on the patio at night. The owner, Madam Bel, is a friendly and a delightful host.
My room was rather small.
Reviewed: 31 July 2023 · Stayed in July 2023
Verified reviewBeautiful garden, good meals and staff very helpful
Only the size of the room.
Reviewed: 28 July 2023 · Stayed in July 2023
Verified reviewStaff super friendly. Breakfast great. Within walking distance of the office, some restaurants and stores. Very comfortable bed. A/C and wifi worked well.
Reviewed: 24 July 2023 · Stayed in May 2023
Verified reviewI was given a « room upgrade » as someone else was staying in the room I booked. Very lovely gardens and excellent location close to where I needed to be for work.
I stayed a week, but the room did not get cleaned. No provision of soap or other basic toiletries. The bathroom sink and shower seemed to be clogged and would not drain properly.
Reviewed: 23 July 2023 · Stayed in July 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 21 March 2023 · Stayed in March 2023
Verified reviewVery Nice résidence with à Nice gardien The studio clean , well decoreted with privatif terrasse. Mme Bel was very helpful. I recommande this place 100 %
Very Nice résidence with à Nice gardien The studio clean , well decoreted with privatif terrasse. Mme Bel was very helpful. I recommande this place 100 %
Reviewed: 13 March 2023 · Stayed in March 2023
Verified reviewThe ambience, calmness and setup is second to non
Nothing, may sound too good to be true but everythig was perfect
Reviewed: 31 January 2023 · Stayed in January 2023
Verified reviewGood central location on a quiet street. Welcoming and kind staff. Clean and beautiful rooms
Reviewed: 21 November 2022 · Stayed in November 2022
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