A 3 star apartment-style place on Rhapta Road in Westlands, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. Kitchens, laundry and a garden are the draw. The one thing that decides it is the setting: you get space and self-catering, and you accept a road trip to the old centre every time you want it.
01What it is
Casa Misa Westlands lists a full kitchen and a kitchenette, a washing machine, and a bathroom, which is the set that matters if you are staying more than a night or two. There is free wifi and internet access, a TV, non smoking rooms, and outdoor space in the form of a balcony, a terrace and a garden. A jacuzzi is on the list too. Where the list is thin is on the ordinary hotel things: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no room service and no workspace are named, so treat this as self-catering rather than full service.
Casa Misa Westlands puts you in Greater Nairobi, at Rhapta Road, and that is the decision. If you want to cook, wash clothes and have somewhere green and quiet to sit at the end of the day, the facilities line up. If you want to be inside the old centre, this is not that: 3.25 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 49 minutes on foot in a direct line. Suits longer stays, self-caterers and anyone with business in Westlands. Does not suit a short stay built around the daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. 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. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Casa Misa Westlands directly if you want a kitchen and laundry for the length of your stay, and read the cancellation terms before you commit. 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 Casa Misa Westlands?+
On Rhapta Road in Nairobi, in Westlands, which the site treats as Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. It sits 3.25 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so plan on a ride rather than a short walk for the old centre.
Can I cook for myself at Casa Misa Westlands?+
Yes, the listed facilities include a kitchen and a kitchenette, along with a washing machine, a bathroom and a TV. There is no restaurant, bar or room service on the list, so self-catering is the practical approach here rather than eating in the building.
Is Casa Misa Westlands good for a short city break?+
It depends what you want from the trip. The centre is a daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, and this address is 3.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 49 minutes on foot in a direct line. Longer, self-catering stays fit it better.
How do I check availability for Casa Misa Westlands?+
Check dates and room types through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. The property is a 3 star with twelve photos on file and facilities including a garden, terrace, balcony, jacuzzi, free wifi and non smoking rooms.
