La Maison Royale is a four star hotel off Mogotio Road in Greater Nairobi, with the full spread of facilities: spa, fitness centre, poolside-style leisure, bars, nightclub and karaoke. The deciding question is whether you want a self-contained base with everything on site, or a bed inside the quarter itself.
01What it is
La Maison Royale lists broadly, and the spread is the point: spa, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, massage and yoga for the body; fitness centre, business centre, banquet and conference space for work; restaurant, bar, karaoke, night club and entertainment activities for the evening. Rooms carry air conditioning, bathrobes, slippers, minibar, safe and desk. Free wifi and free parking including garage and valet, shuttle and car rental, twenty four hour front desk and security, currency exchange, laundry and dry cleaning, family rooms with cot and babysitting, and wheelchair access. Where the list is thin: no pool, no airport transfer detail, no specifics on the restaurant or bar beyond the names.
For a guest, La Maison Royale works as a base that does not require you to leave it. Breakfast, room service, lunch, special diets and a bar cover the day; the spa and gym cover the rest. It sits in Greater Nairobi, 2.64 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 33 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.13 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That suits a business or leisure stay where the hotel is the destination. It does not suit anyone who wants the central quarter on the doorstep: this quarter is a daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 46 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. 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. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book La Maison Royale directly if you want the full facility list under one roof and do not mind being outside the central quarter. 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 La Maison Royale?+
It is on 09 Mogotio Road, off Muthithi Road, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it outside the central quarter: 2.64 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 33 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.13 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does La Maison Royale have?+
Spa, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, massage and yoga; fitness centre, business centre and banquet space; restaurant, bar, night club and karaoke. Rooms have air conditioning, minibar, safe, bathrobes and free wifi. There is free parking, a shuttle service and a twenty four hour front desk.
Is La Maison Royale good for families?+
It lists family rooms, a cot, babysitting service and a playground, plus a garden and picnic area. The restaurant covers breakfast, lunch and special diets, and the front desk runs around the clock. It is a workable family base, though it sits in Greater Nairobi rather than inside the central quarter.
How do I check availability at La Maison Royale?+
Availability and room types are checked through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. The property has a twenty four hour front desk and a concierge, and the site lists twelve photos on file so you can see the rooms before deciding.
