A 3 star property on Riverside Drive in Greater Nairobi, with an outdoor pool, a garden, a fitness center and free parking, and none of the centre's evening trade on the doorstep. The deciding fact is the gap: it sits 3.52 km from Biashara Street and City Market, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so you sleep away from the halls that shut in the late afternoon.
01What it is
Moonlight Manor by Edmor Suites lists a garden, a terrace, a lounge, lifts, luggage storage and wheelchair accessibility, along with free car parking and parking, an outdoor pool, a fitness center, a spa, dry cleaning, and a shuttle service. The list is broad rather than deep: it covers grounds, water, fitness and a car, but says nothing about dining, air conditioning, room type or internet, and for a 3 star property those absences are what you would want confirmed before choosing it. The shuttle is the one item that speaks to the location, since the property stands in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre.
What that adds up to for a stay at Moonlight Manor by Edmor Suites is a place built around a garden, a pool and a car, not around walkability. It suits someone driving, working to a fixed address in the wider city, or wanting quiet grounds at the end of the day. It does not suit anyone whose trip is the centre itself: the quarter is a daytime one, the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, and Greater Nairobi is not the same thing as the central business district.
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
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Moonlight Manor by Edmor Suites if you want grounds, a pool and free parking outside the centre, and check the room inclusions first, because the facility list leaves dining and internet unstated. 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 Moonlight Manor by Edmor Suites?+
The address is 108 Riverside Dr, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district. It stands 4.14 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 52 minutes on foot in a direct line. Riverside Drive is a car address, so plan on driving or using the shuttle.
How far is it from the central business district?+
The property is 3.52 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is the closest of the covered quarters, not a short stroll. The centre is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them.
What facilities does the property list?+
An outdoor pool, a fitness center, a spa, a garden, a terrace, a lounge, lifts, luggage storage, dry cleaning, a shuttle service, free car parking and wheelchair accessibility. The list does not state dining, internet or room types, so confirm those directly before booking a 3 star room here.
How do I check availability and cancellation terms?+
Check live availability and the cancellation terms on the booking page before you commit, since room types and inclusions are not set out in the property's facility list. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so the flexible option is usually available if your plans around Greater Nairobi may change.
