A 3 star block on Moktar Daddah Street, in the market end of the centre. Beds and a business room, no atmosphere to speak of after dark. What decides it for you is whether you want the daytime quarter, because that is all this is: useful in the working hours, empty once it shuts.
01What it is
Capital Inn and Suites is a 3 star property, and the facilities list reads like one: 24 hour front desk, 24H. check in, express check in, concierge, luggage storage, safe, laundry service, business center, meeting room, coach parking and free car parking. There is a restaurant or restaurants, a bar or lounge, a terrace, a smoking area, free internet access in the lounge, an arcade and a market. Pets are not allowed. Where the list thins out is anything beyond the desk: no pool, no gym, nothing written about the rooms themselves.
What Capital Inn and Suites adds up to is a place to work from and sleep in, on a street that is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It sits 0.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line, so the centre is close, but it sits in a daytime quarter where the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It suits people in town for business or the market who want a desk, a meal and an early night. It does not suit anyone wanting a night out, a view or company after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
0320 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Biashara Street and City Market
These hotels sit in Biashara Street and City Market, the market quarter, narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. This is the oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. The quarter sits 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
This is a daytime quarter. The halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan on being elsewhere for the evening and for a ride back. It suits anyone who wants cloth, flowers, market produce and old city fabric on the doorstep, and it does not suit anyone who wants company after dark or a hotel bar to fall into.
Read the whole of Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Booking Capital Inn and Suites is straight enough: you pick a room, you cancel if plans move, and the rest is handled in the app. 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 Capital Inn and Suites?+
It is at Moktar Daddah Street 209 4797, Nairobi, in the market end of the centre. The property sits 0.07 km from the centre of Biashara Street and City Market, so the market and the surrounding streets are on the doorstep, and the business addresses of the centre are a short walk south.
What does the property actually have on site?+
Capital Inn and Suites lists a 24 hour front desk, express check in, concierge, luggage storage, safe, laundry service, a business center, a meeting room, restaurant or restaurants, a bar or lounge, a terrace, free car parking and coach parking. There is no pool or gym on the list.
Is Biashara Street and City Market a good base for the centre?+
For working hours, yes. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. If you want restaurants and bars around you at night, this is the wrong end and you will be crossing the centre for them. If you want the market and an early night, it works.
How do I check availability at Capital Inn and Suites?+
Look it up on app.impt.io, where you can see which rooms are open for your dates. The property has a 24 hour front desk and express check in, so arriving late is workable. If you need a meeting room or parking, say so when you book rather than on the day.
