A three star hotel on Charles Rubia Road in River Road, with a desk that never closes, food and drink on site, and a lift to the upper floors. What decides it is whether you want to be in the middle of the working city, because this quarter is a daytime one.
01What it is
City Space Hotel is a three star property on Charles Rubia Road in River Road, and the facilities it lists are the practical ones: a 24 hour front desk, luggage storage, a reception area, free wifi, a cafe and restaurant, bars, an ATM, a smoking area and wheelchair access, with a shuttle service for getting further out. That is a working set of services rather than a leisure one. What the list does not carry is the part a visitor often asks about first: nothing here mentions a gym, a pool, a garden, a business centre or any view, and no guest score is on file.
For someone staying at City Space Hotel, the sum is a place that handles the mechanics well and leaves the surroundings to do the rest. The 24 hour front desk and the ATM matter in a quarter built on trade and transport; the cafe and restaurant mean you can eat without leaving the building, which is the sensible move here. It suits people in Nairobi for work, for a stage, or for the market side of River Road, and it does not suit anyone wanting quiet, lawns or an evening wander, because this site says plainly of River Road: not after dark, and not with a phone in your hand.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in River Road
These hotels sit in River Road, the eastern grid of the Nairobi CBD, a quarter that runs on matatu stages, hardware, lodgings and cheap kitchens, and the working city at full volume. Food is cooked in front of you and the country arrives in the city here, so the streets ask the most of a visitor. You are 0.68 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 9 minutes on foot in a direct line.
This is the CBD's eastern half, and the half the brochures skip. It is where the matatus stage and where the cheapest good food in the centre is cooked. The site is plain about after dark: not after dark, and not with a phone in your hand. River Road suits anyone wanting nothing tidy and a clear sense of how the city actually runs. It suits no one who wants a quiet evening or an easy walk back.
Read the whole of River Road05Booking it
Book City Space Hotel if you want a River Road base with the desk staffed at any hour, and confirm your dates before you commit to the quarter. 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 City Space Hotel?+
It is on Charles Rubia Road in River Road, Nairobi. It stands 0.68 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 9 minutes on foot in a direct line. That puts it inside the working city, close to the trade and transport that define this quarter.
What does City Space Hotel list for guests?+
A 24 hour front desk, luggage storage, a reception area, free wifi, a cafe, restaurant and bars, an ATM, a smoking area, wheelchair access and a shuttle service. There is no gym, pool or business centre on the list, and no guest score is on file.
Can I walk from River Road into the centre?+
The centre of River Road is 0.08 km from the property, so you are already in it. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue lies within a direct line of under a kilometre. This is a daytime quarter, and the site's advice is not to be out here after dark.
How do I check availability at City Space Hotel?+
Check dates through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking is confirmed there. If you need the desk staffed on arrival, the 24 hour front desk means someone is present whenever you reach Charles Rubia Road.
