Elysian Resort is a 3 star property on Kiambu Road, out on the northern edge of Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre itself. It suits families and anyone with a car, and it is wrong for you if you want to step out of the lobby into the Central Business District.
01What it is
Elysian Resort lists 3 star facilities and a long residential set. There is a fitness centre, a sauna, a steam room, a spa, an outdoor pool with a kids pool and a pool bar, a garden and a terrace, a playground, a chapel and a banquet room. Rooms carry the ordinary things: bathroom with shower, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer, toiletries, desk, safe, refrigerator, TV, telephone, alarm clock. Free wifi runs through the property, and there is free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, security, housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning, a business centre, a concierge and a shuttle service. Meals are covered by breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a buffet, a restaurant, a bar, room service and breakfast in the room. The list is thin on two things: there is no airport transfer named, and the spa, sauna, steam room, pool and playground are the only recreation listed.
Elysian Resort is a resort in name and in layout: gardens, pools, a spa, a playground and a chapel, with the road and the flyover kept outside. That makes it work for families and for anyone who wants a base in Greater Nairobi with parking and self-contained grounds. It does not work if your day is built around the Central Business District. It sits 8.07 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 101 minutes on foot in a direct line, so the centre is a car journey and not a walk. The street out there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it reads as a transport edge rather than an evening one. Cross it by car. Book Elysian Resort if you want space and facilities, and look elsewhere if you want to be on foot in the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 37 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. 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 street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Elysian Resort when the grounds and the pool matter more than the 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 is Elysian Resort?+
It is on Kiambu Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Ngara and the Globe, 7.26 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does Elysian Resort list for families?+
The property lists family rooms, a cot, a babysitting service, a playground, a kids pool and a garden. There is also a chapel, a banquet room and a restaurant with breakfast, lunch and dinner. It does not list a shuttle to the Central Business District by name.
Can I walk from Elysian Resort into the centre?+
No. It is 8.07 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 101 minutes on foot in a direct line. The road out there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one. Go by car.
What does the guest score mean?+
The property carries 4.4 out of 5 from 2506 reviews. That is a strong average across a large number of guests, and it sits well with the 3 star rating. Read it as a well used property with a settled following rather than a small or new one.
