A 3 star suite block on Kisauni Road in Nairobi West, built for the car. Free parking and free wifi are the reasons to pick it, and the address is the reason not to, unless you have business on this side of town.
01What it is
Nairobi West Suites lists the practical set a 3 star in this part of the city carries: free wifi, free car parking, lifts, luggage storage and wheelchair access, plus dry cleaning, laundry and express check in for people arriving off a flight or out of meetings. There is a smoking area. That is the whole of the list on file, and it is thin on everything else. Nothing is said about a restaurant, a gym, a pool or a shuttle, so plan as though none of those exists. The star rating sets the level, and the facilities confirm it: this is a working address, not a resort.
For a stay, Nairobi West Suites makes sense when the car is the point. You park free, you drop the bags, you sleep, and you drive to wherever the day is. It sits 1.7 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so hospital, insurance and office business on that ridge is the obvious use. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is what the site calls safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suits drivers, self caterers and Upper Hill meetings. Does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
039 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Nairobi West Suites if you want the car parked free and Upper Hill close, and check the map against your own meetings first. 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 West Suites?+
The address is Kisauni Road, Nairobi West, in Greater Nairobi. It stands 2.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 32 minutes on foot in a direct line, so the centre is a walk for the determined and a drive for everyone else. Upper Hill is nearer.
What facilities does Nairobi West Suites actually have?+
Free wifi, free car parking, lifts, luggage storage and wheelchair access, with dry cleaning, laundry and express check in. There is a smoking area. The list on file says nothing about dining, a gym or a pool, so do not count on any of those being there.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from the hotel?+
You can, but it is not the reason to stay here. The property is 1.7 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and farther from the central business district. This side of town is built around the car.
How do I check availability for Nairobi West Suites?+
Look at the room types and dates through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you settle your plans. If you need Upper Hill or the hospital ridge, book early, because this address serves that business.
