Jamia Central Hotel is a 3 star address on Tulman Road, 0.2 km from the centre of Kenyatta Avenue. The deciding question is whether you want the banks, offices and transport of the central business district within walking distance and are willing to trade polish for that position.
01What it is
Jamia Central Hotel lists the full business kit: a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, a business centre, concierge, express check in, currency exchange, car rental, shuttle service and free wifi. There are restaurants, bars, breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus room service, a banquet room, a lounge, a barber and beauty salon, a chapel and an ATM. Rooms come with a desk, safe, refrigerator, TV, telephone, bath or shower, bathrobe, slippers and toiletries, and family rooms, cots, laundry and dry cleaning, babysitting, free parking and a garage are all on the list. The thin patches are the room itself: a fan rather than air conditioning, no gym or pool, and no airport transfer detail beyond a shuttle service.
What that adds up to for someone staying at Jamia Central Hotel is a working address rather than a leisure one. The 3 star rating and the facilities point to a hotel that handles laptops, early starts and late arrivals competently, and the Kenyatta Avenue position means the head offices of most of the country's banks are on your doorstep. It suits people with business in the central business district, delegates at the chapel or banquet rooms, and travellers who value a guarded front desk and parking over a pool. It does not suit anyone who wants a resort, a quiet garden, or an evening out on the avenue itself.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 30 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Kenyatta Avenue
Kenyatta Avenue is the spine of the CBD, the avenue the colonial town laid out wide enough to turn an ox wagon in, now the financial address of Kenya. You get six lanes, jacarandas down the middle, and the head offices of most of the country's banks on either side. It is the CBD at its most orderly: bank halls, airline offices, the old Stanley corner, and the widest pavements in the centre. As a first walk into the city it is the easiest orientation line to hold on to, and it puts you 0.31 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 4 minutes on foot in a direct line. Offices empty by seven and the avenue goes quiet, lit but with little reason to be on it late. A daytime quarter, then: suits anyone wanting a central address for the working day, less so anyone expecting the evening to keep going outside the hotel.
Read the whole of Kenyatta Avenue05Booking it
Book Jamia Central Hotel if your business is in the central business district and you would rather walk to it than sit in traffic. 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 Jamia Central Hotel?+
It is on Tulman Road in Nairobi, in the Kenyatta Avenue area of the central business district. It is 0.2 km from the centre of Kenyatta Avenue, so the banks, offices and main transport of the CBD are close by. The avenue is six lanes with jacarandas down the middle.
What does Jamia Central Hotel have for business travellers?+
The hotel lists a business centre, concierge, express check in, currency exchange, car rental and shuttle service, plus free wifi and free parking. A 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security cover late arrivals. Rooms have a desk, safe, refrigerator, TV and telephone, which is what a working stay needs.
What is it like getting into the centre from Kenyatta Avenue?+
The hotel is 0.35 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 5 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is a daytime quarter: offices empty by seven and the avenue goes quiet. It is lit, but there is little reason to be on it late, so take a ride after dark.
What does the guest score tell me?+
Jamia Central Hotel scores 4.2 out of 5 from 329 reviews. That points to a hotel that generally does what it promises without being exceptional. Read it as a solid, functional central option rather than a luxury one, and weigh it against the 3 star rating and the business-focused facility list.
