A three star hotel on Muhoho Ave in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. The facilities run to the practical: parking, wifi, a restaurant and a spa. The thing that decides it is the location, since the centre is a ride away rather than a stroll.
01What it is
Arova Hotel lists the working basics in full. There is a 24 Hour Front Desk and a reception area, breakfast, coffee, a restaurant, free wifi and free internet access in the lounge, free car parking, laundry and dry cleaning, a shuttle service, sheets and towels, a spa, and wheelchair accessible access. That is a solid, unglamorous set for a three star property, and it covers the things a visitor actually uses on a working stay.
The list is thin on the things that keep you on the property by choice. There is no pool, no gym, no bar named, and nothing here to occupy an evening beyond the restaurant and the spa. Arova Hotel is therefore a place to sleep and work rather than a place to spend a day. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suits anyone here for business in Upper Hill or a conference nearby. Does not suit a visitor who wants the Central Business District on foot, or an evening that starts at the door.
02The supplier's photographs
0315 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Arova Hotel if you want a practical three star base in Greater Nairobi with parking and a desk, and you accept that the centre is a ride rather than a walk. 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 Arova Hotel?+
It sits on Muhoho Ave in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It is 2.33 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so Upper Hill is the quarter to use when you place it.
What does the hotel actually have on site?+
The working set is complete: a 24 Hour Front Desk, breakfast, coffee, a restaurant, free wifi and free internet access in the lounge, free car parking, laundry and dry cleaning, a shuttle service, a spa, sheets and towels, and wheelchair accessible access. What it does not list is a pool, a gym or a bar.
Can I walk into the centre from the hotel?+
It is 3.18 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 40 minutes on foot in a direct line. The site treats the centre as a daytime quarter, with the halls shut in the late afternoon, and the street here is built for the car, so most people take a ride.
How do I check whether a room is free?+
Go through app.impt.io and look at the dates you want. The property holds twelve photos on file, so you can see the rooms and the public areas before you decide. If your dates are open, the booking is confirmed there and then, and the free cancellation terms apply to most rooms.
