Palacina The Residence & The Suites is a five star in the Kilimani area, off Dennis Pritt Road. It is built for people who want space, a kitchen and a pool, and who will take a car into the centre rather than walk it.
01What it is
Palacina The Residence & The Suites is a five star property on Kitale Lane in the Kilimani area, off Dennis Pritt Road. The list is strongest on self contained living: kitchen, kitchenette, dishwasher, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board. Rooms carry air conditioning, a balcony or patio, bath, bidet, bathrobe, slippers, minibar, safe, desk and TV. There are two pools, indoor and outdoor, plus fitness centre, spa, sauna, steam room, massage and aerobics. Food and drink run to restaurant, bar, breakfast, breakfast in room, lunch, room service and special diets. For work and arrival there is a business center, concierge, express check in, 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking and car rental. The list is thin on plain sleeping: family rooms and non smoking rooms are named, but nothing on bed types or how many people a room holds.
What that adds up to is a serviced apartment block with hotel machinery attached. Palacina The Residence & The Suites suits a family or a group staying several days, someone on a long posting, or anyone who wants to cook rather than eat out every night, and it suits a work trip with a car. The pools, gym, sauna and spa give you something to do on site after the day shuts down. It does not suit anyone who came for the street. The quarter is a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 47 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 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 this one if you want apartment space and hotel services in the same building, and plan on using a car rather than your feet. 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 Palacina The Residence & The Suites?+
It is on Kitale Lane in the Kilimani area, off Dennis Pritt Road, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 3.48 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 2.55 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
Can you cook for yourself at this property?+
Yes, that is the point of the place. The listed facilities include a kitchen, kitchenette, dishwasher, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster and washing machine, along with an iron and board. There is also a restaurant on site, breakfast in room, lunch and room service, so you can mix the two.
What is the area around the hotel like?+
The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride needed to go anywhere else. You should treat Palacina as a base that you leave by car rather than a place to wander out of on foot.
How do I check whether a room is available?+
Availability is checked at the point of booking rather than by asking the property directly. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a reservation while you settle your plans. Search the dates you want and the site will show you what is open.
