A 3 star suite address on Muthangari Drive in Greater Nairobi, outside the quarter itself. The deciding fact is the distance: you are not staying in the centre, so a car or the shuttle is how the day works. It suits drivers and anyone who wants parking and quiet.
01What it is
Kika Des Suites Westland Nairobi carries a 3 star rating and lists the practical things first: free wifi, car parking that is also free, a 24 hour front desk, luggage storage and a concierge. There is an outdoor pool, a shuttle service, wheelchair access and parking more generally, with a surcharge noted on the list. The list is thin on the detail that decides a stay: no room types, no dining, no gym, no airport transfer, nothing about what the suites themselves contain. Shuttle service and surcharge are named but not explained, and you will want to ask.
What that adds up to for Kika Des Suites Westland Nairobi is a functional, car dependent stay in Greater Nairobi rather than a central one. You get the desk staffed at any hour, somewhere to leave bags, a pool, and parking without hunting for it, which matters if you are driving. The trade is location: the centre is a trip, not a stroll. This suits drivers, shuttle users and anyone who wants a quiet base with parking. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out into the quarter, or who plans to walk to meetings and back.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Kika Des Suites Westland Nairobi directly against your dates if you know you will have a car or will use the shuttle. 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 Kika Des Suites Westland Nairobi?+
It is on Muthangari Drive in Greater Nairobi, 5.25 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 66 minutes on foot in a direct line. It sits outside the ten quarters this site covers rather than inside them, so plan on a vehicle or the listed shuttle.
What does the property list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, concierge, luggage storage, an outdoor pool and a shuttle service, plus wheelchair access and parking. A surcharge appears on the list without explanation. There is no dining, gym or airport transfer listed, so ask before you rely on any of it.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 4.64 km from Biashara Street and City Market. That is not a walk you want as a routine. The listed shuttle service, a car, or arranging transport through the 24 hour front desk are the practical options, and the desk can help at any hour.
How do I check availability?+
Book through app.impt.io against your dates. Most rooms there can be cancelled free. If you are unsure whether the shuttle reaches where you need to go, or what the surcharge covers, ask the property before confirming, since those details are not set out on the facilities list.
