Deka Hotel is a three star place on Ngara Road, in Ngara and the Globe, a transport edge rather than an evening quarter. What decides it is whether you have a car and whether you want the centre on foot: the address sits 0.93 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line.
01What it is
Deka Hotel lists the useful, unglamorous things: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, laundry and dry cleaning, a restaurant, a cafe, bars, a meeting room and wheelchair access. That is a working hotel's list, and the gaps show. There is no gym, no pool, no airport transfer and nothing said about the rooms themselves beyond the three star rating, so judge it on what is named and nothing more.
For someone driving into Nairobi and wanting a bed, a meal and a desk that never closes, Deka Hotel does the job. For anyone planning to walk into the centre for dinner and back after dark, it does not: this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and you cross it by car. Couples and leisure visitors looking for an evening quarter should look closer in. Drivers, short stays and people with early departures fit it best.
02The supplier's photographs
0312 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
If Deka Hotel matches how you are moving around the city, book it directly and keep the confirmation. 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 Deka Hotel?+
It is on Ngara Road, in the Ngara and the Globe area of Nairobi, 0.36 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, the origin point for the city centre, is 0.93 km away, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the hotel actually have on site?+
A 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a restaurant, a cafe and bars, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, a meeting room and wheelchair access. There is no gym, no pool and no airport transfer, so do not expect resort facilities here.
Can you walk from Deka Hotel into the centre in the evening?+
The area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so plan to cross it by car after dark. Ngara Road has a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does, which makes the daytime walk busy and the night walk unsuitable.
How do I check whether Deka Hotel has a room for my dates?+
Availability is checked through the booking link on this page, which shows what is open for your dates at Deka Hotel. Enter your dates there to see the room types that remain and to confirm the booking before you travel to Ngara Road.
