Entrance hall
You arrive to marble, a brass mirror and the scent of lemongrass. Your butler takes the bags; you take a cold zobo.
- Fresh flowers every morning
- Keyless entry from your phone
Text alternative for the 3D walk through: a cutaway model of the Marlowe suite. As you scroll, the view moves from the entrance hall to the living room, the dining area, the terrace with its plunge pool, the bedroom, the dressing room and the bathroom. Each room is described in the cards below.
The Marlowe, Bodija, Ibadan
A quiet house of suites in the heart of Bodija.
Walk through our signature suite room by room, then reserve the one that suits you.
Living room
Moss velvet, soft lamps and a wall of paintings by Ibadan artists. The sofa is deep enough for a nap after the drive from Lagos.
- 65 inch screen with local and world channels
- Bluetooth speaker and a record player
Dining
A round walnut table for four. Order from the Iroko Room, or have our chef cook amala and ewedu in front of you.
- In room dining 24 hours
- Private chef from ₦120,000 (example rate)
Terrace and plunge pool
Step out to a heated plunge pool, two loungers and a sofa under the umbrella. Evenings here are why people come back.
- Heated plunge pool
- Outdoor sofa and day bed
Bedroom
A king bed dressed in Aba linen, blackout curtains and a bench at the foot. The quietest room in the house.
- Pillow menu
- Blackout curtains and silent air conditioning
Dressing room
Walk in wardrobes on two walls, an island for folding and a full length mirror with good light.
- Steamer and iron
- Same day laundry and pressing
Bathroom
A freestanding bath under a window, double vanity in walnut and a glass rain shower. Shea butter care made for us in Oyo.
- Freestanding bath
- Heated towel rail
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I · The house
Twenty four suites, six residences and one long garden.
The Marlowe sits on a quiet close in Bodija, five minutes from the market and twenty five from the airport. We built it for people who want Ibadan slowly.
24suites
6serviced residences
24hpower, never off
25 minfrom Ibadan airport
- Grid, silent generators and a solar battery bank
- Gated parking with security day and night
- Fibre Wi-Fi in every room and the garden
- Breakfast for two included in every suite
II · Suites
Five ways to stay.
From a garden room for two to the whole top floor. Every suite is drawn here as a plan, so you can see how it lives before you arrive.
III · Residences
Serviced residences for longer stays.
For a posting, a project or a season at home. Studios to two bedrooms, cleaned twice a week, with power, Wi-Fi and security included.
- from ₦2.4m a month
Studio residence
42 m², kitchenette
- from ₦3.6m
One bedroom
64 m², full kitchen
- from ₦5.2m
Two bedrooms
96 m², balcony
IV · The Iroko Room
Dining and drinks.
Breakfast until 10:30, dinner until late. Ofada rice with ayamase, amala with ewedu and gbegiri, grilled croaker, and a continental menu for the days you want it.
- ₦14,500
Ofada rice and ayamase
Our house favourite
- ₦9,800
Amala, ewedu and gbegiri
With goat meat or fish
- ₦28,000
Grilled croaker
Pepper sauce, plantain
V · Ewe Spa and the garden
Slow mornings, long evenings.
A spa named for the leaf, a pool under the mango trees, and a gym that never closes.
Ewe SpaShea butter massage from ₦45,000
Garden pool7am to 9pm, towels by the loungers
GymOpen 24 hours
BreakfastIncluded for two in every suite
Airport pickup₦35,000 each way
ButlerFor the Marlowe suite and Penthouse
Fibre Wi-FiEverywhere, free
PowerThree sources, never off
Our therapists trained in Lagos and Accra. Treatments use shea butter, black soap and oils made by women’s cooperatives in Oyo and Kwara.
Book a treatmentVI · Events
Weddings, owambe and meetings.
A garden lawn for 300, the Oak Hall for 450 and a boardroom for 16, with our own kitchen and power that does not blink.
300on the garden lawn
450in the Oak Hall
16in the boardroom
₦18kcatering per guest, from
What guests say
We came for a wedding and stayed four extra days. The suite felt like a friend’s beautiful house, and the breakfast was the best amala I have eaten outside my mother’s kitchen.Folake, example guest, Lagos
The light never went off once in a week. I worked from the terrace every day.
The concierge sorted a driver to Ife and back in ten minutes on WhatsApp.
Quiet, beautiful and the staff remember your name. Our new Ibadan home.
AI phone line
Call our AI line, answered day and night in Nigerian English
+234 800 000 0202It reserves suites, quotes example rates, books airport pickups and spa times, and passes you to a person on the concierge team whenever you ask.
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VIII · Ibadan and the journal
Ibadan is waiting for you.
Notes from the concierge desk: where to eat, what to see, and how to spend a slow weekend in the city of seven hills.
Reserve
Ready when you are
Reserve online in two minutes, ask the concierge in the chat, or call us. Breakfast for two is always included.