Hemak Suites is a 3 star block on the fourth floor of Hemak Plaza on Keekorok Road, close to the Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street junction. The lifts, the 24 hour desk and the parking decide it. Suits people in the city for work, not anyone expecting quiet pavements at the door.
01What it is
Hemak Suites is a 3 star property on the fourth floor of Hemak Plaza on Keekorok Road. The list is practical rather than ornamental: a 24 hour front desk, lifts, free wifi, free car parking and luggage storage, which are the things that decide how a city stay runs. It also lists a business centre, a meeting room, a restaurant, a cafe, dry cleaning and wheelchair access. There is a surcharge line on the list and it is not explained, so ask about it when you book. The list is thin on leisure: no pool, no gym, no grounds, nothing to do indoors beyond eat and work.
What that adds up to is a functional, work-first base rather than a place to spend a day. Hemak Suites gives you two lifts, a desk that never closes and a guarded car park, and in this part of Nairobi those matter more than a lobby. It suits someone in the city for meetings, a conference or an overnight between legs, who wants the centre within reach and a car available after dark. It does not suit anyone wanting quiet, a garden, or an evening on foot at the door. You come back here to sleep and work, not to sit.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street
Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street is the busy grid, and it is the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers, and a bus every few seconds. Two parallel streets carrying most of the pedestrian traffic in the country. The National Archives sits at the Moi Avenue end in the old Bank of India building, and the whole stretch is shops at street level with offices stacked above. It is best for street life, errands, and the Archives gallery in the middle of it. The quarter sits 0.27 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 4 minutes on foot in a direct line.
After dark it thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark. That is the trade: you are paying for the heaviest footfall in the country, and the same footfall disappears by evening, leaving pavements you should not cross on foot. It suits anyone who wants the day to happen at street level and is happy to retreat behind a door at night. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on the pavement outside.
Read the whole of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street05Booking it
Book Hemak Suites direct if you want a 3 star desk, lifts and parking close to the Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street junction, and confirm the surcharge item before you commit. 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 Hemak Suites?+
Hemak Suites is on Keekorok Road, on the fourth floor of Hemak Plaza, in Nairobi's central business district. It is 0.3 km from the centre of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street, so the main commuter and shopping axis is within easy reach on foot during the working day.
What does Hemak Suites list for guests?+
The property lists a 24 hour front desk, lifts, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, a restaurant, a cafe, a business centre, a meeting room, dry cleaning and wheelchair access. There is also a surcharge item on the list, so ask what it covers before you confirm.
Is the area around Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street safe at night?+
The pavements there are the loudest and fullest in Kenya by day: hawkers, phone shops, preachers and buses. After dark it thins out fast once the commute ends and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark rather than walking, even for short hops.
What does the guest score mean?+
Hemak Suites has a guest score of 4.4 out of 5 from 324 reviews. Read that as solid, consistent satisfaction rather than perfection, and treat the lower marks in the mix as the ones worth checking against your own priorities before you book.
