A three star bed and breakfast out in Greater Nairobi, built around a garden, a pool and parking. The deciding fact is the location: this is a place you drive to and drive out from, not one you walk into the centre from.
01What it is
Dreamplace Bed and Breakfast lists a long, ordinary set of things: free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, housekeeping, laundry service, luggage storage, currency exchange, express check in and a safe. Rooms come with a desk, a TV, a bath or shower, towels, toiletries, slippers, a refrigerator, and in some cases a kitchen or kitchenette with a toaster. Outside there is a garden, a terrace, a patio, a picnic area, a lounge, an outdoor pool and a kids pool. It is a 3 star property, so read the list as comfortable and functional rather than polished. Where the list is thin is on the working side: no meeting rooms, no business centre, and no gym. It also allows pets and smoking in a set area, which not every place nearby does.
For someone staying at Dreamplace Bed and Breakfast, that adds up to a self contained base. You get breakfast in the room, room service, a kitchen or kitchenette if you want to feed yourself, and enough outdoor space that the day does not have to be spent indoors. The catches are access and evenings. It sits 6.03 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 76 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street itself is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the advice is to cross it by car. So: right for drivers, families, people with pets and anyone who wants parking and a pool at a plain three star standard. Wrong for anyone hoping to step out of the gate into the centre of Nairobi on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 14 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs. Of those ten quarters, Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest, and it is still a separate place: the northern edge of the grid, where the city loosens and the roads north begin. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is the quarter's own measure, not a walk from your door.
Treat the location as the wider city. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge and the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, which makes the quarter best for early markets, and the walk up to the National Museum, if you are already there. Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. You are not.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Dreamplace Bed and Breakfast if you are arriving with a car and want the garden and pool rather than a central 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 Dreamplace Bed and Breakfast?+
It is at 75 Un Crescent in Greater Nairobi, out past the centre rather than in it. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Ngara and the Globe, 5.37 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on arriving by car.
What does the property actually have?+
Free wifi and free car parking, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security, a garden, terrace and patio, an outdoor pool and a kids pool, plus a lounge and picnic area. Rooms have a desk, TV, towels, toiletries and a refrigerator, with kitchens or kitchenettes in some. There are no meeting rooms or gym, so do not expect them.
Can you walk into central Nairobi from here?+
It is 6.03 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 76 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car.
How do I check availability and what is the cancellation policy?+
Availability is shown live when you search this property on app.impt.io, and you book there rather than by messaging the hotel. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so check the individual room terms on the listing before you confirm. If you are bringing a pet or need a cot, confirm it while booking.
