A three star hotel a short step from the centre of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street, with parking, a front desk that never closes and a night club on site. The pavement outside is the loudest, fullest in Kenya. That decides it: fine if you want the middle of the city, wrong if you want quiet.
01What it is
Comfort 5 Hotel is a three star property on Gaborone Road off Lithuli Avenue, close to the centre of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street. The practical list is the strong part: free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, lifts, luggage storage, a safe and wheelchair access. There is breakfast, dry cleaning, newspapers and a shuttle service. Two entries need saying plainly. The bars and the night club are on site, so ask for a room away from them if you sleep early.
What that adds up to is a hotel that covers the basics well and does not pretend to be more. Comfort 5 Hotel suits someone who wants the centre of Nairobi on foot and a car park at the end of the day, and it suits anyone arriving late, since the desk is always staffed. It does not suit light sleepers or anyone hoping for a quiet residential street.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street
Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street is the busy grid, and it is the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers, and a bus every few seconds. Two parallel streets carrying most of the pedestrian traffic in the country. The National Archives sits at the Moi Avenue end in the old Bank of India building, and the whole stretch is shops at street level with offices stacked above. It is best for street life, errands, and the Archives gallery in the middle of it. The quarter sits 0.27 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 4 minutes on foot in a direct line.
After dark it thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark. That is the trade: you are paying for the heaviest footfall in the country, and the same footfall disappears by evening, leaving pavements you should not cross on foot. It suits anyone who wants the day to happen at street level and is happy to retreat behind a door at night. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on the pavement outside.
Read the whole of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street05Booking it
Book Comfort 5 Hotel if you want the middle of the centre and a car park rather than a quiet address. 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 Comfort 5 Hotel?+
It is on Gaborone Road off Lithuli Avenue, in the part of Nairobi around Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street. That centre is 0.19 km from the centre of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street. The pavements there are the loudest and fullest in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers and buses.
What does the hotel actually list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, lifts, luggage storage, a safe and wheelchair access. There is breakfast, dry cleaning, newspapers and a shuttle service. Bars and a night club are also on site, which matters if you want an early night.
Can I walk into the centre from the hotel?+
Yes. It is 0.43 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 6 minutes on foot in a direct line. After dark that changes: the area thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark.
What does the guest score mean?+
Comfort 5 Hotel scores 3.8 out of 5 from 550 reviews. That is a solid, mixed three star result rather than an outstanding one. Treat it as a dependable base near the centre, not as somewhere guests single out for comfort or quiet.
