A 3 star tower on Mohammed Yusuf Haji Avenue, 3.12 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue. It suits you if you want your mornings at the markets and your afternoons indoors, and it does not suit anyone who needs the centre in the evening.
01What it is
Baraka Tower Hotel lists the full working set: free wifi, air conditioning, a 24 hour front desk, 24H. Security, lifts, luggage storage, express check in and a concierge. Rooms carry a desk, a TV, a telephone, a safe and a minibar, with a private bathroom, bath, shower, WC, bidet, towels and toiletries. There is a restaurant, a barber and beauty salon, room service, laundry and dry cleaning, a market, banquet space, family rooms and non smoking rooms. Breakfast, coffee and water are listed but not described, and there is no guest score on file, so the star rating and the list are all you have to go on.
What that adds up to for Baraka Tower Hotel is a straightforward business and market hotel on Greater Nairobi ground, with the service layer that keeps a day running: cleaning, housekeeping, iron and board, wake up service, first aid and security features. The location decides it. The street is trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, and after dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only. Book it if you are here to buy, sell or work the markets and will be back before the evening. Do not book it if you want restaurants and company at night, because you will be taking a car out to find them.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 9 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers, on the edge of the centre in the wider city. Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten quarters, not the ground you are sleeping on. Treat that as the arrangement: you are in the wider city, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD. The nearest quarter is 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that figure describes the quarter, not your route from these hotels.
That quarter is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa's market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. The street feel is trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, best done as an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. It is mornings only: closed, dark and not a place to be after dark. From these hotels you go in for that, and back out again, and the rest of your day starts with the trip.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Baraka Tower Hotel for the early market start and treat the evening as somewhere else. 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 Baraka Tower Hotel?+
It is on Mohammed Yusuf Haji Avenue in Greater Nairobi, 3.12 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 39 minutes on foot in a direct line. That puts it away from the middle of the business district, with the markets closer than the centre.
What does the hotel actually provide?+
Free wifi, air conditioning, a 24 hour front desk, 24H. Security, lifts, luggage storage, express check in and a concierge. Rooms have a desk, TV, telephone, safe, minibar, private bathroom, bath, shower, bidet, towels and toiletries. There is a restaurant, salon, room service, laundry, dry cleaning, banquet space and family rooms.
Is the area around the hotel busy at night?+
No. The street runs on trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, and after dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be. Mornings only. Plan the evening somewhere in the centre and use a car both ways.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Availability and room types for Baraka Tower Hotel are shown through the booking link on this page. You can cancel most rooms free, and booking takes a few steps. There is no guest score on file here, so compare the star rating and the facility list before you choose a room.
