A three star suite property on Wood Avenue, on the new ridge outside the centre, built for people arriving by car or for a conference. What decides it is the address: you are not walking into the Central Business District from here.
01What it is
Lovella Suites Gold Park lists the working hotel basics and little that is decorative. The 24 hour front desk, express check in and express check out, luggage storage, laundry service, a business center and a concierge cover the practical side, and free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access cover arrival and movement. There is a spa, a playground, a smoking area and a casino on the list as well. Where the list is thin is food and drink: no restaurant, bar or breakfast is named, so you should not assume any is on site.
What this adds up to is a functional three star base for someone whose day is already organised elsewhere, with Lovella Suites Gold Park supplying the desk, the parking and the bed. The spa, casino and playground suggest the property expects a mix of business guests and families arriving by car. It suits conference and business travellers with their own transport, and it does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre or expecting to eat and drink in the building.
02The supplier's photographs
0314 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 well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Lovella Suites Gold Park knowing you will need a shuttle or a car for everything outside the hotel, and check the room type is what you need before you confirm. 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 Lovella Suites Gold Park?+
It is on Wood Avenue in Greater Nairobi, on the new ridge outside the centre, an area built for the car and the conference room. It is 6.84 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 86 minutes on foot in a direct line, so plan on arriving by vehicle rather than on foot.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
A 24 hour front desk, business center, concierge, express check in and check out, free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage, a shuttle service, a spa, a playground, a casino, a smoking area and wheelchair access. No restaurant or bar is listed, so do not count on eating in the building.
How do I get into the Central Business District from here?+
By car or by the listed shuttle service, both of which the property provides, and both of which are the realistic options from this ridge. It is 5.23 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and further again from the centre itself.
How do I check availability at Lovella Suites Gold Park?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where confirmed bookings can be cancelled free on most rooms. The property lists express check in and express check out, so once your booking is confirmed the arrival process is meant to be short. Book only the nights you need.
