A 3 star hotel on Sheikh Karume Rd in River Road, the working quarter that this site tells you to leave before dark. It suits you if you need to be in the middle of the city during the day and you have somewhere else to be at night.
01What it is
Fahari Triple Hotel is a 3 star property, and its listed facilities are the ones you would expect at that level rather than anything more. There is a 24 hour front desk, a concierge, free wifi, free car parking, lifts, luggage storage and a restaurant. Sheets and towels are listed, which tells you how basic the inventory is. There is a smoking area, and the property says it is wheelchair accessible. The list is thin on the things that make a stay comfortable rather than functional: no gym, no pool, no bar, no airport transfer, no laundry, no room service.
What that adds up to is a clean, plain base for the working day. Fahari Triple Hotel puts you on Sheikh Karume Rd, close to the centre of River Road, and the area is the working city at full volume: stages, hardware, lodgings, and food cooked in front of you. That is the draw. The trade off is the evening. This site says plainly of River Road: not after dark, and not with a phone in your hand. So the verdict is narrow. Fahari Triple Hotel suits you if your Nairobi is daytime meetings, a parked car and an early start, and if you are willing to take a ride elsewhere for the night. It does not suit you if you want to walk out of your hotel in the evening, or if the address is meant to be the pleasure of the trip.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in River Road
These hotels sit in River Road, the eastern grid of the Nairobi CBD, a quarter that runs on matatu stages, hardware, lodgings and cheap kitchens, and the working city at full volume. Food is cooked in front of you and the country arrives in the city here, so the streets ask the most of a visitor. You are 0.68 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 9 minutes on foot in a direct line.
This is the CBD's eastern half, and the half the brochures skip. It is where the matatus stage and where the cheapest good food in the centre is cooked. The site is plain about after dark: not after dark, and not with a phone in your hand. River Road suits anyone wanting nothing tidy and a clear sense of how the city actually runs. It suits no one who wants a quiet evening or an easy walk back.
Read the whole of River Road05Booking it
Book Fahari Triple Hotel if you want a plain, working base on Sheikh Karume Rd and you already know you will not be out in River Road after dark. 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 Triple Hotel in Nairobi?+
It is on Sheikh Karume Rd in River Road, the working quarter of the central business district. The property is 0.32 km from the centre of River Road. It is also 0.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 7 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What facilities does the hotel list?+
A 24 hour front desk, a concierge, free wifi, free car parking, lifts, luggage storage, a restaurant, sheets, towels, a smoking area and wheelchair access. It is a 3 star list, so it covers the basics and not much beyond them.
Is River Road a good place to stay in the evening?+
No. This site says of the area, plainly: not after dark, and not with a phone in your hand. It is the working city at full volume during the day, with stages, hardware, lodgings and food cooked in front of you. Plan to be somewhere else at night.
What does the guest score of 4.1 out of 5 mean?+
It is an average from 38 reviews, so treat it as a small sample rather than a settled reputation. It suggests most people who stayed got roughly what they expected from a 3 star property in this location, nothing more.
