A three star block on the Westlands ridge, 7.03 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Free parking, an outdoor pool and a lounge decide most of it. You want a car here, and you want to be going to Westlands or the centre, not walking into it.
01What it is
Lighthomez Westlands Pride lists the standard hotel set: an outdoor pool, a kids pool, a lounge with free internet, a garden, a playground, a basketball court, shops, a spa, a casino, bars, lifts, laundry service, free car parking and a shuttle service, with wheelchair access. The list is long and it is broad. What it is thin on is the things a visitor actually asks about first. Three star is the honest label. The pools and the casino are the two entries that would pull most people here, and both sit inside a property built for groups.
The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Lighthomez Westlands Pride matches that. You get grounds, parking, a spa and a pool, and you get nothing to walk out to. It suits conference visitors, families with a car, and anyone whose evenings are already arranged elsewhere and who will take a ride to them. It does not suit a visitor who wants the centre on foot or the street outside to be the evening.
02The supplier's photographs
0320 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one if you are arriving by car or shuttle and want the grounds and the pool to be the point of the stay, and note that it sits outside the centre. 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 Lighthomez Westlands Pride?+
It stands on Waiyaki Way at Westlands Pride, on the ridge in Greater Nairobi. It is 7.77 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 98 minutes on foot in a direct line, so it is not a base for walking into the centre.
What does the property actually have on site?+
An outdoor pool and a kids pool, a lounge with free internet, a garden and playground, a basketball court, a spa, a casino, bars, shops, lifts, laundry service, free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. It is a three star property with a broad facility list.
What is it like to stay out here without a car?+
Awkward. The quarter is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Plan on the shuttle, parking of your own, or paid rides for everything.
How do I check whether a room is free?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates before you commit. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you settle your transport plans.
