Hays Suites is a three star on Wood Ave in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. The one thing that decides it for you is whether you come with a vehicle or a driver, because at night the answer here is a hotel bar and a ride anywhere else.
01What it is
Hays Suites is a three star property on Wood Ave, and it lists the full working kit: free wifi and internet access, air conditioning, a desk, a safe, a refrigerator, coffee, a TV with pay per view, telephone, iron and board, hairdryer, bathrobe and slippers. You get a restaurant, bars, room service, breakfast and breakfast in room, banquet space, a terrace, lifts, laundry service, a 24 hour front desk, wake up service, free car parking and a shuttle service. The list is thin on nothing much, though a pool and a gym are absent.
For someone staying here, Hays Suites reads as a place to sleep and work, not a place to spend a day. You drive in, you park free, you eat in the building, and you take a ride when you want anything else, which matches a street of new concrete built for the car. Book it if you are here for meetings, conferences or a stopover with your own transport. Do not book it if you want to step out of a lobby into the centre of things.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 12 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Hays Suites if you want a quiet, working base on Wood Ave with your own transport. 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 Hays Suites in Nairobi?+
Hays Suites is on Wood Ave in Greater Nairobi. It is 4.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is also 2.75 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
Does Hays Suites have parking and airport transfers?+
Yes. The listed facilities include free car parking, a shuttle service, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security, which is what the address is built around. It suits you if you arrive with a car or a driver rather than on foot.
What is there to do around Hays Suites after dark?+
The area's own line is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Hays Suites lists a restaurant and bars, so the building itself covers the evening. Beyond that you are looking at a car or a taxi to reach anything else.
What does the 4.3 out of 5 guest score mean for Hays Suites?+
It is a score of 4.3 out of 5 from 76 reviews, a solid three star result rather than an exceptional one. It suggests the basics land well for most people who stay, and it should be read alongside the car and conference character of the address.
