A three star hotel on Utawala Road in Embakasi, east of the centre and close to the airport side of the city. The outdoor pool, gym and garden make it work for families and for anyone who wants a full service address away from the middle of town.
01What it is
Fahari Gardens Hotel is a three star property on Utawala Road in Embakasi, and the list runs long on resort style amenities: outdoor pool, kids pool, fitness center, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, spa and massage, tennis court, table tennis, games room, playground and garden. Rooms come with bath or shower, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer, desk, TV with pay per view, refrigerator, microwave, kitchenette and some with balcony or patio. There is a restaurant, bar, buffet, breakfast in room, twenty four hour front desk and security, free wifi, free parking and a business center with copy and concierge services. The list is thin on what Utawala Road itself offers: this is a residential and industrial edge of Embakasi, not a district where you step out to a choice of restaurants or bars.
Fahari Gardens Hotel is built for people who want the facilities inside the gate rather than the street outside. With an outdoor pool, gym, spa and several eating options, you can fill a day without leaving, which suits families with children, longer stays on business, and anyone breaking a journey who prefers a known quantity to a city centre address. It does not suit a visitor who wants to walk to restaurants, bars or the markets: the centre is 16.45 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 206 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the nearest quarter this site covers is 15.27 km from Muthurwa and the east markets. Use it as a base for the eastern side of Nairobi, not as a base for the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 56 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Fahari Gardens Hotel if you want the pool, the gym and the quiet of Utawala Road rather than a room in the middle of town. 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 Fahari Gardens Hotel?+
It is on Utawala Road in Embakasi, in Greater Nairobi, on the eastern side of the city. That puts it well away from the central business district: it is 16.45 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 206 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a vehicle for anything in town.
What facilities does Fahari Gardens Hotel have?+
The property lists an outdoor pool with a kids pool, a fitness center, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, spa and massage, tennis court, table tennis, games room, playground and garden. There is a restaurant, bar, breakfast, room service, free wifi, free parking, a business center and a twenty four hour front desk with security.
How do I get into central Nairobi from the hotel?+
The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 15.27 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, and the centre around Kenyatta Avenue is further out on the same side. The property lists car rental, shuttle service and valet parking, and the front desk can arrange a ride. The area around the hotel is a daytime one.
The guest score is 4.1 out of 5 from 1528 reviews. What does that tell me?+
It is a solid score for a three star property with this many reviews, which suggests the facilities and the service generally hold up over a large number of stays. It is an aggregate, not a guarantee, and it covers the whole property rather than any single room type you might book.
