Casa Mara Dakar

The cleanliness and quiet environment

The internet was not stable. The breakfast needs to be better.

I stayed at Casa Mara for a week. The property is on a side street, insulating it from traffic noise along major routes through SICAP Amitié 3. Just out the front door are small shops for food, souvenirs and home goods. If available, ask for one of the second floor rooms with private interior courtyard porches which come with a table and two-seater couch. The property is clean, well-staffed, with a courtyard pool, event seating and a lobby living room on the first floor and a full bar and restaurant on the top (third) floor where a wide variety of salads, tapas, bowls, burgers and full entrées are available. The property is a 10-20min walk to Point E and Corniche West/Fann neighborhoods, close to CBAO ATMs and Auchans, and an easy spot for Yango pickups to Almaides, Plateau and the Gorée Island ferry. When I checked in, I was already a day into being sick from a stomach bug. I could not have asked for a better place to recover. The staff were extremely understanding and super helpful. By day 3, the restaurant crew was already joking if I wanted "the usual" of plain white rice and grilled chicken as I put myself back together. 10/10 would go back again. Also: they have Kalao beer! If you want a real Senegal experience, make sure to order one!

The hotel is an oasis in bustling Dakar. The facility is tranquil with a lovely pool in the courtyard which is quite refreshing. The rooftop restaurant serves great meals all day with excellent service and good prices. They also have a full bar available. I would recommend it highly.

The property itself is beautiful and the staff very nice and helpful.

Unfortunately it’s all a bit dated and also not really clean. Dust on many places. The breakfast was not at all in any way enjoyable. We didn’t eat it and left for a restaurant. We tried to make it work but then the breakfast was the end and we left after one night.