Reens Suites and Apartments
A view-facing spa pool with a rare children's playground
About this hotel
The swimming pool with a view sits within a lush garden here, an unusual pairing with the children's playground nearby that makes this one of the more family-friendly spa-pool properties in Port Harcourt. The restaurant runs an especially wide schedule, brunch, lunch, dinner, high tea and cocktails, across cuisines from African and Chinese to Spanish and European, with halal and vegetarian menus available. A fitness room, lounge, concierge service and 24-hour front desk round out the amenities, and free on-site private parking simplifies arrival after the roughly 22-kilometre drive from Port Harcourt International Airport, with live music some evenings adding to the garden atmosphere. Live music some evenings and a children's playground close to the pool round out a property built for a longer, unhurried family stay.
- Spa pool
- Children's playground
- Garden
- Fitness room
Our take
Travellers staying here will find a rare combination in Port Harcourt: a proper spa pool experience alongside a children's playground, making it one of the few properties in this list genuinely suited to a family with young children. Couples and solo travellers will still enjoy the view-facing pool and wide dining schedule, though guests wanting a five-star wellness floor should look toward Grand Riviera Hotel or Galaxy La Palm Royal Hotel instead.
- ✓Book a garden-facing room if the setting matters, since the lush garden is one of the property's clearer strengths.
- ✓Try the high tea service in the afternoon, an uncommon offering among Port Harcourt's spa-pool hotels.
- ✓Let the children's playground double as downtime while adults linger at the pool with a view.
Why we love it
- A swimming pool with a view set in a lush garden
- A children's playground, rare among spa-pool hotels
- An unusually wide dining schedule including high tea
- Free on-site private parking
Why guests love itWe booked Reens Suites and Apartments mainly because it was the only spa-pool property in Port Harcourt with a proper playground, and it worked as hoped, our children had somewhere to burn off energy while we took turns at the pool with a view. The garden setting made the property feel calmer than the more corporate hotels we'd looked at first. High tea one afternoon was a nice touch. It's not a five-star resort, but it delivered.