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Casa Mara Guest House

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Exterior
Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Tempur-Pedic beds, individually decorated, desk, blackout curtains
Bar (on property)
Game room

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Map
Sicap Amitie 3, Dakar
  • Cheikh Anta Diop University
    18 min walk
  • Marché Fass
    3 min drive
  • African Remembrance Square
    3 min drive
  • Dakar (DKR-Leopold Sedar Senghor Intl.)
    22 min drive

Room options

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Tempur-Pedic beds, individually decorated, desk, blackout curtains

Superior Single Room

  • 29 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Tempur-Pedic beds, individually decorated, desk, blackout curtains

Standard Double Room

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Triple Room

Superior Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Standard Room

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Dakar

When you stay at Casa Mara Guest House in Dakar, you'll be in the entertainment district, within a 5-minute drive of Cheikh Anta Diop University and Marché Fass. .This guesthouse is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) from African Remembrance Square and 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from HLM Market.
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What's nearby

  • Cheikh Anta Diop University - 18 min walk - 1.6 km
  • African Remembrance Square - 3 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Dakar Grand Mosque - 5 min drive - 4.7 km
  • Sandaga Market - 5 min drive - 5.2 km
  • Place de l'Indépendance - 7 min drive - 6.6 km

Getting around

  • Dakar Station - 7 min drive
  • Blaise Diagne Intl. Airport (DSS) - 54 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Lulu Cafe - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Le Relais Hôtel Restaurant Bar - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪La Piazzola - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Restaurant L'ocean - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Turkish Lamajun - ‬2 min drive

About this property

Casa Mara Guest House

Guesthouse in Dakar with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
Casa Mara Guest House offers 13 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature complimentary toiletries and blackout drapes/curtains. These individually decorated accommodations include desks. Beds feature Tempur-Pedic mattresses. Plasma televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the guesthouse include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 13 air-conditioned rooms featuring plasma televisions. Your room comes with a Tempur-Pedic bed. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries.
Treat yourself with massages, body treatments, and facials. Additional features at this guesthouse include complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.
Grab a bite to eat at the guesthouse's restaurant, which features a bar/lounge, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 8 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired Internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 8 AM–10 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • 24-hour pool access
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Tempur-Pedic bed

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Plasma TV
  • Satellite channels

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Electrical adapters/chargers
  • Individually decorated

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: XOF 1000.00 per person, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

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 cash

We should mention

24-hour pool access
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

Casa Mara Dakar
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Casa Mara Guest House Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 24 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 57 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Isaac

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room, excellence service and food both breakfast and dinner were great.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Eivind

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff and nice place to hang
Staff were all friendly and helpful. The restaurant on the roof is amazing and have a nice selection of Gin in the bar :) the rooms are basic but large.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Riad-like guest house. The room was correct. The staff was extremely helpful, they are caring and service-minded. They supported to find taxis every day of my stay and were ready to help with anything!
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

CATALINA

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Casa Mara
everything was perfect and the hotel is really nice
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff shouted at me in front of many guests and diners as they had no experience with expedia pre paid bookings. I was humilliated - Mr Sidaty was genuinely shouting at me that he was going to frogmarch me to ATM while threatening to block me from leaving the hotel in the morning ('you'll see, you'll be late to the airport'). He later conceded but had refused to attempt to read my receipt or to contact the person in charge of pre laid bookings as it was a Sunday and they don't work Sundays... Upon requesting a glass of wine after this crappy experience, and with no other guests eating at this time, Sidaty disappeared into the office and for 15 minutes proceeded to chat with the guard, insisting all the time he was coming. I had to request 4 times to get served. Final straw was that I twice notified of my early departure and was twice told by Mr. Sidaty that a breakfast pack would be ready to go for me in the morning, which unsurprisingly it wasn't.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Fredrik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant little hotel
Nice hotel with pleasant atmosphere and friendly staff. Tapas restaurant on top with somewhat uneven quality of food. Not much in the surounding area but taxis a plenty
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Doudoubite

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My CasaMara Experience
This hotel was very convenient, and delighted my experience during my stay in Dakar. The staff was very friendly and ready to help with any need that came up. I will definitively recommend the CasaMara hotel to anyone.
Stayed 19 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top-Notch Value!
Incredible service and comfort at a wonderful price. I stayed for 18 days and could not have been happier with this guesthouse - especially with the friendly staff. I'll definitely stay here again on future visits to Dakar.
Stayed 18 nights in Jul 2017

2/10 Terrible

Christine, Dakar

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Detained and threatened by the owner and staff
We prepaid via the app but when checking out, a staff member insisted we had not paid, despite my email and credit card evidence to the contrary. He refused to check their email for confirmation of payment. Things escalated when the owner turned up and turned violent, trying to wrestle us out of the car, yelling and then his mates turned up on masse and stopped our car from leaving. It was very frightening. They refused to listen to us or check their email. When the office lady turned up, the owner agreed to check his email, to discover we were right all along and tried to apologise and we were released. The hotel itself was lovely but this experience was so frightening, I cannot give them any more than the minimum one star. The incident should have happened and could easily been resolved.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a great time. Really loved this hotel. A breath of relief.

8/10 Good

Mankidi Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
convenient
it was a very good stay

8/10 Good

JAMES, Buffalo, NY USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very Nice!
Not the best for location, but everything else was great.

6/10 Okay

Vicky, Oakland, ca

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Three days in Casablanca
Hotel was basic. Not much food for free breakfast. Our toilet did not work had to go entire day and overnight with no toilet. Had to go down to lobby each time. Fixed it the next day. Hotel is two blocks from tram.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Low cost guest house
The key feature was the low cost and the location which I wanted. Some staff messed-up the records of bills because they deal in cash. The guest house / hotel owner was very positive and helpful. The rooms are neat. The pool is smaller than it looks in the website. Complimentary breakfast has a simple menu but is good. Food (for meals) is not up to the mark. You may plan to have your meals outside. The guest house is located in a quiet neighborhood and is good for family visits at low cost.

8/10 Good

Aly-Khan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well placed and very well priced hotel
This hotel is close to our office, so I'm writing this from a business user perspective. We work in international development, so we don't have large budgets for 5* hotels - we just need somewhere clean, comfortable, with decent internet and, if possible, also serves food. This hotel was excellent on all those points. The staff also really went the extra mile - I didn't have change to buy something from the convenience store opposite (just a large denomination note) - the staff asked me what I wanted, then went out for an hour, got change from someone, bought it for me, and brought everything up to my room. They also got a better price that I'd been offered. Only consideration: I don't speak great French, but enough to get buy. You'll need to be at least at this level - don't expect them to speak great English. But since Senegal is a French speaking country, this really shouldn't be a surprise.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Doug & Audrey, Davis,California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place for us during our Senegal family trip!
We had 3 initial evenings at the Casa Mara upon arriving in Dakar, and 1 evening prior to our departure from Dakar. Our younger daughter is semester abroad in Dakar and this location was fantastic as it is walking distance to her host family house. The staff at Casa Mara are really friendly, very helpful and made us feel welcomed. The rooms were clean and have an attractive, simplicity of decor. The breakfasts were delicious and the one evening meal we had there was fantastic. The hotel is in a walled compound with a gate and doorbell system, which made us feel as though we were in a private oasis, whether inside or out in a chaise lounge by the pool. Really, a very comfortable setting and we would be happy to return. It was a great experience to have such a pleasant space and to realize that our western expectations of lodging can be softened and yet graciously met in a city such as Dakar.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pràctico, familiar
Friendly hotel with a lovely atmosphere. Surroundings not great, but its just Dakar.

8/10 Good

Mike, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
friendly
The staff treated us almost as part of the family, very welcoming. We were there as a couple, but it is also a very good hotel for families with small children.

8/10 Good

Tenimba

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Bernadette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
J’ai occupé une jolie chambre mais sans fenêtre. La porte d’entrée est vitrée mais elle donne sur une cour intérieure où les gens prennent le petit déjeuner, travaillent à l’ordinateur ou discutent juste en face de cette porte. Ils peuvent voir ce qui se passe dans la chambre. Il faut donc toujours garder les rideaux fermés. C’est donc une chambre complètement borgne.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

david

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
adresse sympathique
L'équipe d'accueil est très sympathique. Le restaurant est délicieux et l'ambiance parfaite. Certaines chambres très jolies, d'autres humides, mal situées près des bureaux et de la réception. La piscine était en travaux lors de notre passage donc pas utilisable. Bon rapport qualité prix si vous avez l'une des jolies chambres.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Norbert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Kleines, aber ZU KLEINES Frühstückbuffet (Weißbrot, KEINE Croissants, Marmelade, Nutella, Kuchen, O-Saft, guter Kaffee, hart gekochte Eier, Schinkenwurst, Käse, Kartoffeln und Grünsalat). Gutes Internet, OhneTV
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Stanislas

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022