A 3 star conference hotel on Sheikh Karume Road with a gym, a spa, karaoke and a night club, and a guest score of 4.1 from 1869 reviews. Book it if you want to work and exercise on site in the middle of the city. Avoid it if you want quiet, or if you plan to walk back late.
01What it is
Hotel Central Park & Conference Centre lists 24 hour security, a 24 hour front desk, lifts, luggage storage and parking with free car parking. Rooms come with a desk, carpet, refrigerator, TV, telephone, safe, fan, shower, WC, towels and toiletries. There is a fitness centre, sauna, steam room, spa, massage and yoga, plus a restaurant, buffet, bars, lounge, karaoke and a night club. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and room service are listed, along with free wifi, laundry, dry cleaning, currency exchange, concierge, car rental, shuttle, family rooms and wheelchair access. It is thin on the small things: no pool, no garden, no quiet outdoor space.
For someone staying here, Hotel Central Park & Conference Centre is a working city hotel with a heavy leisure floor. The gym, spa and sauna make it useful on a long stay, and the desk in the room makes it usable for work. The night club and karaoke mean noise is part of the building. The guest score of 4.1 from 1869 reviews suggests most people get what they expect from a 3 star property. It suits business travellers, conference groups and anyone who wants the centre on foot. It does not suit light sleepers, families wanting calm, or anyone who intends to walk back after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 25 more on the supplier's own record. 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 this one if you want the centre with your gym and spa in the same building, and ask for a room away from the night club. 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 Hotel Central Park & Conference Centre?+
Sheikh Karume Road, in the Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street quarter of Nairobi's Central Business District. It is 0.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 7 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 0.29 km from the centre of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street.
What does the hotel have on site?+
A restaurant, bars, lounge, karaoke and a night club, plus a fitness centre, sauna, steam room, spa and massage. Rooms have a desk, TV, refrigerator, safe and free wifi. There is no pool and no garden. The facilities list is broad but includes nothing outdoor and nothing quiet.
Can I walk into the centre from the hotel?+
Yes, you can reach Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street on foot. That part of the city has the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers, and a bus every few seconds. It thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark.
What does the 4.1 guest score mean?+
It is an average from 1869 reviews, so it reflects a large number of stays with a small share of complaints. For a 3 star property this is a solid, consistent result. It does not tell you which rooms are quiet, so ask about that when you book.
