Clemsa House Karen is a three star property on Hillcrest Court in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge built for the car and the conference room. The outdoor pool, free parking and free wifi set the tone. The distance from the centre is what decides whether it suits you.
01What it is
Clemsa House Karen lists the practical things a driver or a working visitor asks for first: free car parking, free wifi, a 24 hour front desk and luggage storage. It adds a garden, a terrace, a restaurant, laundry and dry cleaning, a smoking area and wheelchair access. The outdoor pool is the one leisure item on the list. The list is thin on detail: no room types, no gym, no airport transfer, nothing beyond the facility names themselves. It holds a three star rating and no guest score is on file.
What that adds up to at Clemsa House Karen is a functional base rather than a place to spend a day. You eat on site, you park on site, you swim if the afternoon allows, and you keep the car for everything else. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. It suits a driver with business in the northern or western suburbs, or a conference attendee who wants quiet. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot, or a night out without a car.
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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Clemsa House Karen if the listed facilities cover what you need and you have your own transport, because the setting rewards a car and the centre is far. 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 is Clemsa House Karen?+
It is on Hillcrest Court in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area, on a ridge of new concrete. The street is built for the car and the conference room. It sits 9.14 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does Clemsa House Karen list?+
The list covers free car parking, free wifi, a 24 hour front desk, luggage storage, laundry and dry cleaning, a restaurant, a garden, a terrace, an outdoor pool, a smoking area and wheelchair access. It is a practical list for a driver or a working visitor.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from Clemsa House Karen?+
Realistically no. It sits 10.95 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 137 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a car or a ride for the centre and for anything after dark, when the area is quiet apart from hotel bars.
How do I check availability at Clemsa House Karen?+
Check availability through app.impt.io, which handles the booking directly. The listing sets out the facilities and star rating so you can see whether the pool, parking and quiet ridge setting fit your trip before you commit.
