A three star hotel on Lantana Road in Westlands, with kitchenettes, a pool and free parking. It sits well outside the commercial centre, so it decides itself: good if you want space and quiet in Greater Nairobi, wrong if you want to walk out into the middle of the city.
01What it is
Nairobi Bliss Haven lists the full domestic kit: kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator and coffee, so you can feed yourself rather than eat out every night. Rooms are carpeted and non smoking, with balcony, desk, fan, TV, safe, iron and board, hairdryer and toiletries. Bathrooms have shower, WC and bidet. Downstairs there is a garden, terrace, outdoor pool, kids pool, restaurant, bar, spa, salon and banquet space, with free wifi, 24 hour front desk, 24H. Security, housekeeping, room service, express check in, shuttle service, family rooms and free car parking. The list is thin on nothing much, except that the swimming pool and kids pool are outdoor, and this is Nairobi at 1,795 m, so the water is not the draw on a cold morning.
For a three star property, Nairobi Bliss Haven covers more ground than the rating suggests. The kitchenette and laundry basics suit a family or a longer stay, and the shuttle and parking make it workable if your days are spent across Greater Nairobi rather than in one office. The trade is location: Westlands is not the central business district. The street feel there is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. After dark there, it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. So: right for families, self-caterers and drivers. Wrong for anyone who wants the centre on foot after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 13 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 sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. 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. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Nairobi Bliss Haven directly if you want the Westlands address and the kitchenette, and confirm the room type before you commit. 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 Nairobi Bliss Haven?+
On Lantana Road in Westlands, Greater Nairobi. It is 2.79 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line. Neither is a walk you would repeat daily.
Is it good for families with children?+
Yes, more than most three star hotels. It lists family rooms, high chairs, a kids pool, an outdoor pool, a garden and a kitchenette, so you can prepare food and eat in. Non smoking rooms and 24 hour security are also listed.
Can I park, and is there wifi?+
Free car parking and free wifi are both listed, along with 24 hour front desk, 24H. Security and shuttle service. Parking matters here because the property is in Westlands, and getting into the commercial centre is not a matter of stepping outside.
How do I check availability and cancellation terms?+
Check availability through app.impt.io, which shows the room types the property has loaded. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, but the terms attach to the room you pick, so read them on the booking page before you confirm.
