A four star hotel on United Nations Crescent, next to a Montessori kindergarten, in the transport and market edge of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The one thing that decides it: you need a car, because the quarter is 5.23 km from Ngara and the Globe and the street after dark is crossed by vehicle.
01What it is
Alpha Queens Home lists the full business set: a business centre, conference hall, reception area, concierge, free wifi and internet access, plus parking, lifts, luggage storage and a safe. Rooms carry a minibar, television, telephone, shower, hairdryer, iron and board, slippers and toiletries, and the hotel runs a restaurant, bars, breakfast, coffee, room service, laundry and dry cleaning. Outside there is a garden, terrace and picnic area with barbeque. The list is thin on detail: no pool, no gym, no spa, and nothing named for children beyond the Montessori kindergarten next door.
What Alpha Queens Home adds up to is a working hotel on the northern edge of Greater Nairobi, close to the United Nations offices and set among a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does. It suits someone with business in that quarter or a car and driver, and it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of the lobby into the Central Business District. The quarter is 5.23 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one.
02The supplier's photographs
0333 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs. Of those ten quarters, Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest, and it is still a separate place: the northern edge of the grid, where the city loosens and the roads north begin. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is the quarter's own measure, not a walk from your door.
Treat the location as the wider city. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge and the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, which makes the quarter best for early markets, and the walk up to the National Museum, if you are already there. Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. You are not.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Alpha Queens Home if your business is on this side of the city and you have a car, and skip it if you want the centre on foot. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where exactly is Alpha Queens Home in Nairobi?+
It sits on United Nations Crescent, next to a Montessori kindergarten, inside Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. The site places it 5.93 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 75 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a base for the northern side of the city and not for the centre.
What facilities does Alpha Queens Home list?+
A business centre, conference hall, free wifi, parking, lifts, concierge, luggage storage, safe, restaurant, bars, breakfast, coffee, room service, laundry and dry cleaning, plus a garden, terrace and picnic area with barbeque. Rooms list a minibar, television, telephone, shower, hairdryer, iron and board, slippers and toiletries.
Can I walk into the Central Business District from this hotel?+
No. The hotel is 5.23 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the street there after dark is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. Plan on a vehicle for every trip into the centre.
How do I check availability and book Alpha Queens Home?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, which handles the booking and shows which rooms can be cancelled free. Book if your business is nearby and you have a car; if you want the centre on foot, this is the wrong side of the city.
