A 3 star conference and family property on Oloitokitok Road, with a chapel, a pool, a garden and parking. It is built for the car and the meeting, so it suits drivers and families and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
01What it is
Methodist Resort is a 3 star property on Oloitokitok Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central quarter. The list is heavy on the machinery of a conference and family stay: banquet and business centre, express check in, concierge, free wifi, free car parking, lounge, restaurant, bar, breakfast and room service. Rooms come with air conditioning, a desk, a safe, a television, a telephone, a bath or shower and a balcony. There is a chapel, a garden, a terrace and a picnic area. Where the list is thin is anything that ties the place to the street outside it.
Methodist Resort works if you are driving, if you want to park without thinking about it, or if you are bringing children and want a playground, a kids pool and family rooms on the same property as your room. Groups and conferences will also find the banquet and business rooms here. It suits drivers, families and meeting-goers, not people who want to step out into the centre. The 3.9 out of 5 from 34 reviews describes a place that does its job without surprising anyone. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, and you get there by car or shuttle, not on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 28 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 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 this one in advance if you are travelling with children or with a car, because the parking and the family rooms are the reasons to be here rather than nearer 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 is the Methodist Resort?+
It is on Oloitokitok Road in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district. It stands 5.25 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 66 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat this as a place you reach by car, shuttle or taxi rather than a base for walking into the centre.
Is there parking at the Methodist Resort?+
Yes, parking is listed and it is free. That is the practical point of staying here rather than in the middle of the centre, where a car is a nuisance. The property also lists a shuttle service, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security.
The Methodist Resort is 3.89 km from Upper Hill. What does that mean for getting around?+
It means you are outside the quarters this site treats as central, so a car, a shuttle or a taxi is the working assumption for anything you want to do in town. It is 3.89 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
It scores 3.9 out of 5 from 34 reviews. What should I make of that?+
It is a solid, unremarkable score from a small number of guests: people are broadly satisfied rather than delighted. It fits the property's shape, a conference and family place with a pool, a garden and free parking, doing ordinary things well. Nothing in the number warns you off.
