A four star business hotel on Kenya Road in Upper Hill, with the gym, the desks and the quiet a working trip wants. It decides itself on one thing: you are here for an office or a conference, not to walk out at night.
01What it is
Mercure Nairobi Upper Hill lists what a four star corporate address is expected to list. Every room has air conditioning, a desk, a safe, a minibar, a refrigerator, a TV and a telephone, and the bathrooms come with a bath or shower, a hairdryer, toiletries and towels. The building has a restaurant, a bar, a lounge, a terrace, a gymnasium, a business center with copying, a banquet room, currency exchange, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, a concierge, lifts, free wifi, free car parking and a garage, plus a 24 hour front desk with 24 hour security. Where it is thin: the facilities run to utility rather than pleasure, so there is no pool and no garden, and the shuttle service is listed without saying where it goes.
For someone staying at Mercure Nairobi Upper Hill, that list resolves into a practical working hotel: you arrive, you park, you eat, you sleep, and you can hold a meeting without leaving the building. It suits a business trip, a conference, a night before an early flight, and anyone who wants a wheelchair accessible room, non smoking rooms, cots for a child and breakfast brought to the room. It does not suit a holiday built on walking out of the door in the evening, because Upper Hill and Community is a daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon, and after dark it is safe and dull. The listing is all utility and not much life.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 26 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Upper Hill and Community
Upper Hill and Community sits on the western ridge, 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. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
It 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. That suits people here to work and people who want their evening contained. It does not suit anyone expecting street life outside the door. The streets are built for the car and the conference room, so plan to move by vehicle once the working day ends.
Read the whole of Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Mercure Nairobi Upper Hill if your days are scheduled and your evenings are not, and you want the desk and the quiet in the same room. 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 Mercure Nairobi Upper Hill?+
It is on Kenya Road in Upper Hill, in the area called Upper Hill and Community. That puts it 0.72 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community, and 1.98 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 25 minutes on foot in a direct line. Getting into the central business district is a ride, not a stroll.
What does the hotel actually have?+
It has a restaurant, a bar, a lounge, a terrace, a gymnasium, a business center and a banquet room, with a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, free wifi, free car parking and a garage. Rooms list air conditioning, a desk, a safe, a minibar, a refrigerator, a TV, a hairdryer and toiletries.
What is Upper Hill and Community like after dark?+
Safe and dull. Hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. It is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and it empties in the late afternoon. If you want an evening on your feet, you will be taking a car out of the quarter.
What does the 4.6 out of 5 from 422 reviews mean?+
It is a guest score of 4.6 out of 5 from 422 reviews, given to a four star hotel. Read it as a consistent record across a large number of stays rather than as a single opinion. It tells you the basics are handled, not that the place is a resort.
