A three star Westlands property with a pool, a terrace and parking, filed on this site under Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The single fact that decides it is the location: you are outside the quarter, so the stay works if you have a reason to be in Westlands and does not if you want the halls and offices on foot.
01What it is
Go for an Exciting Safari and Return to Your Wonderful Prideinn Suite is a three star property on East Church Road in Westlands, listed under Greater Nairobi rather than the central quarter. What it actually lists is short and practical: a bathroom, free wifi, parking, an outdoor pool and a terrace, and pets are not allowed. That is the whole of it. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no airport transfer on the list, so anything beyond a bed, a swim and a parked car is an open question you would need to settle with the property directly before you commit.
What that adds up to is a quiet, car dependent stay. The pool and terrace earn their place in the afternoon, and parking matters because Westlands rewards anyone arriving with a vehicle. Against that, Go for an Exciting Safari and Return to Your Wonderful Prideinn Suite sits outside the centre, and the city it belongs to is a daytime quarter whose halls shut in the late afternoon and whose streets empty with them. This suits a driver with business in Westlands or a base for moving around Greater Nairobi. It does not suit anyone who wants the central quarter on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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
Booking this one is worth doing once you have decided Westlands rather than the centre is where you want to be, because the location, not the room list, is the decision. 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 this property in Nairobi?+
It sits on East Church Road in Westlands, and the site files it under Greater Nairobi rather than the central quarter. The address is 4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 50 minutes on foot in a direct line. Westlands is its own district, so plan around that rather than the centre.
What does the property actually list?+
The listed facilities are a bathroom, free wifi, parking, an outdoor pool and a terrace, and pets are not allowed. It is a three star property, so expect the basics done plainly. There is no restaurant or bar on the list, and no airport transfer, so ask the property directly about anything else.
How do I get into the central business district from here?+
You are outside the quarter. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 3.39 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on a vehicle or a ride rather than a walk, and note the centre is a daytime place that empties in the late afternoon.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, and most rooms here can be cancelled free. Because this is a small three star property without a restaurant or bar on the list, confirm anything you need beyond the room and parking before you commit, and ask the property directly about the rest.
