A three star suite hotel on a new ridge outside the centre, built for people arriving by car and working out of meeting rooms. The deciding question is whether you have a vehicle or a driver, because the centre is far enough that you will not be walking it.
01What it is
Longview Suites lists the equipment of a working hotel rather than a leisure one: a 24 hour front desk, express check in and check out, a concierge, bell boy, luggage storage, safe, laundry and dry cleaning, plus a business centre, computer room, meeting room and banquet space. Free wifi and free internet in the lounge cover the work side. There is a restaurant, cafe, bars and a lounge, a library, garden and terrace, an outdoor pool, fitness centre and spa, a playground and babysitting, free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. The list is thin on upkeep detail: no room count, no bed types, and nothing about how the suites are laid out.
What that adds up to at Longview Suites is a self contained property on a ridge, with the facilities for a conference day and the pool, garden and spa for the hours around it. The address on Magadi Road puts it 11.01 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 138 minutes on foot in a direct line, so the car park and the shuttle matter more here than the street outside. It suits a business traveller with a vehicle, a conference group, or a family needing the playground and babysitting. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 1 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 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 Longview Suites if you want a quiet ridge property with parking, and do not book it expecting the centre at the door. 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 Longview Suites?+
It is at 9118 22 Magadi Road in Greater Nairobi, on what the site describes as new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The nearest of the ten quarters covered here is Upper Hill and Community, at 9.15 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does Longview Suites actually have?+
The listed facilities include a 24 hour front desk, concierge, laundry and dry cleaning, a business centre, computer room, meeting room and banquet space, a restaurant, cafe, bars, a lounge and a library, an outdoor pool, fitness centre and spa, a garden and terrace, a playground, babysitting, free wifi, free car parking and a shuttle service.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
Plan on a vehicle. The property is 11.01 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 138 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the hotel lists a shuttle service alongside free car parking for that reason. After dark the street is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
What does the guest score mean for a three star hotel?+
Longview Suites carries a guest score of 4.3 out of 5 from 230 reviews, which is strong for a three star property and suggests the listed facilities are delivered rather than advertised. Treat it as a working hotel that guests rate well, not as a luxury address.
