A three star apartment block on Lantana Road in Westlands, listed with parking, wifi, a pool and a 24 hour desk. The catch is the address: this sits in Greater Nairobi, outside the walking centre, so it suits you if a car or driver is part of the plan and not if you want to step out into the CBD.
01What it is
Delight Mainstay Homes Westlands lists the basics and not much beyond them. The useful entries are free car parking, free wifi, a 24 hour front desk and wheelchair access, with an outdoor pool on the list as well. That is the whole of it: no restaurant, no gym, no airport transfer, no laundry named, and no detail on what the apartments themselves contain. As a three star, treat the list as the honest limit of what is promised here.
What that adds up to depends entirely on how you move. Delight Mainstay Homes Westlands sits in Greater Nairobi, 4.13 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 52 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.51 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Those are straight-line figures, and a direct line is not a route. With a car or a driver, the parking and the desk make this a workable base. Without one, you are relying on rides for every trip into the centre and back. It suits drivers and people who want their own parking; it does not suit anyone set on walking out of the lobby into the business district.
02The supplier's photographs
035 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book this one only once you have settled how you will get into the centre, because the parking and the location are the whole decision here. 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 Delight Mainstay Homes Westlands?+
It is on Lantana Road, at Brickwood Apartments, in Westlands, within Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district. The centre is a ride away rather than a walk out of the door. Plan your transport before you decide, because the address is the main thing that shapes a stay here.
What does the property actually list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, an outdoor pool and wheelchair accessibility, at a three star rating. There is no restaurant, gym or airport transfer on the list, and nothing is said about what the apartments themselves include, so ask before you rely on anything beyond those five items.
How far is it from the centre, and what does that mean day to day?+
It is 4.13 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 52 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.51 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. A direct line is not a walking route, so treat the centre as a ride each way.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability and room types sit on app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates before you commit. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, so a change of plan does not have to cost you the booking. Check the terms on the room you pick.
