A four star hotel on Kabarsiran Avenue, out on the ridge in Greater Nairobi, built around the car and the meeting room. The deciding fact is the setting: it is nowhere near the centre on foot, and you will be riding in for anything outside the property.
01What it is
Céline & Lolo lists the things a working stay runs on: 24H. Security, a concierge, a safe, smoke detectors and a mobile phone network, plus laundry service and room service and towels. For the hours outside work there is a garden, a lounge, bars, a smoking area and a swimming pool. The list stops there. There is a shuttle service, which matters at this address, and nothing in the list about food beyond room service, nothing about a gym, and nothing about what the bars and lounge actually serve.
Taken together, Céline & Lolo reads as a contained four star property: secure, staffed, fed on request, with a pool and garden to fill the dead hours. It suits a conference delegate, a business traveller with a car or a driver, or anyone who wants the building to hold everything and does not mind that the street outside is new concrete built for the car. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out and find the city, or to walk to dinner.
02The supplier's photographs
0314 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Céline & Lolo if your day is at the hotel and your rides are arranged, rather than if you want to walk out into Nairobi. 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 Céline & Lolo?+
It sits at Kabarsiran Avenue 61, in Greater Nairobi, out on the ridge rather than in the centre. The address is 6.18 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 78 minutes on foot in a direct line, so plan on riding rather than walking into town.
What does the hotel have on site?+
The property lists 24H. Security, concierge, safe, smoke detector and mobile phone network, plus laundry, room service, towels, a garden, a lounge, bars, a smoking area and a swimming pool. It also runs a shuttle service, which is useful given the address.
How do you get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
Not on foot, in practice. The road is built for cars and the address is 5.55 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so the realistic options are the hotel shuttle service or a booked ride.
How do you check availability at Céline & Lolo?+
Availability and room types are shown on the booking page at app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and confirm a room that can be cancelled free. It is the same place the booking runs through.
