A three star highway address on the edge of the central quarter, with free parking, a front desk that never closes and a restaurant on site. The score on file is low, and the facilities list is short on detail. It suits self drivers who want the centre within reach.
01What it is
Hotel Horns is a three star property on the Nakuru Nairobi Highway at Gilgil, with a facilities list that is practical rather than generous. There is a 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi and free car parking, which is the strongest reason to consider it if you arrive with a vehicle. A restaurant covers meals on site, multilingual staff are listed, and there is a smoking area and wheelchair access. The gaps are as plain as the entries: no gym, no pool, no airport transfer, no bar and no laundry are named, and the list says nothing about the state of the rooms themselves.
What that adds up to for a stay at Hotel Horns depends on why you are in Nairobi. The centre of City Square and KICC is 0.39 km from the centre of City Square and KICC, close enough that the daytime quarter is a short step away, while Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue sits 0.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area around City Square and KICC is institutional and empty after office hours, so you go in daylight, when the deck is open. Hotel Horns suits the driver who wants parking, a desk at any hour and a meal downstairs, and who treats the room as a base. It does not suit anyone who wants a hotel with a bar downstairs, a pool, or a social scene in the building, and the single score of 2 out of 5 from 1 review should be weighed rather than ignored. Hotel Horns is one of the properties in the centre that lists free car parking, and the booking terms are the same as the rest of the site.
02The supplier's photographs
038 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in City Square and KICC
This hotel sits in City Square and KICC, the civic centre of the grid. The streets here are open paving, flags, and the one tower in Nairobi that everybody can name: the state's block, Parliament, the Supreme Court, City Hall, the Kenyatta mausoleum and the 1973 conference centre whose amphitheatre roof and rooftop deck give the best view of the city there is. It is best for the rooftop view and the shortest walk between the civic landmarks. The quarter lies 0.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 7 minutes on foot in a direct line.
After dark it is institutional and empty after office hours. Go in daylight, when the deck is open. If you want somewhere to eat or drink in the evening, this is not it. It suits anyone here for the KICC viewing deck, Parliament or the Supreme Court, and it does not suit anyone who wants company after five.
Read the whole of City Square and KICC05Booking it
Hotel Horns is worth holding only once you have read the single review and decided the location works for you, so book it on that basis. 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 Hotel Horns?+
It is listed on the Nakuru Nairobi Highway at Gilgil, within the City Square and KICC area of the centre. The centre of City Square and KICC is 0.39 km from the centre of City Square and KICC, and Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 0.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What facilities does Hotel Horns list?+
The list is short and mostly practical: a 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, a restaurant, multilingual staff, a smoking area and wheelchair access. Nothing is listed for a gym, a pool, a bar, laundry or airport transfer, so plan around that if any of those matters to you.
What is the area around City Square and KICC like?+
It is open paving, flags, and the one tower in Nairobi that everybody can name. After office hours it turns institutional and empty, so treat it as a daytime quarter and go when the deck is open rather than at night. That shape of the day is what decides whether Hotel Horns works for you.
What does the guest score mean?+
The property carries 2 out of 5 from 1 review, which is a single opinion rather than a pattern, and it is low. Read it as a warning that the experience has satisfied at least one visitor poorly, and weigh it against the parking, the front desk hours and the location before you commit.
