A three star bed and breakfast off George Padmore, on the new concrete ridge above the centre. What decides it is the car: the street is built for driving and the listed facilities assume you have one, so take it if you are here for a conference and skip it if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Palm Tree Bed And Breakfast lists the working essentials: 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, dry cleaning service, luggage storage, a business center and a meeting room. Multilingual staff and a smoking area are also on the list. What is thin is everything outside work and sleep: one meeting room, a smoking area, and a surcharge noted as a facility in its own right, which tells you to ask before assuming anything is included.
For a short business stay Palm Tree Bed And Breakfast covers the basics without fuss. The 24 hour front desk means a late arrival is not a problem, parking is free, and breakfast is in the building, which matters on a ridge where the nearest alternatives are hotel bars. What it does not offer is a neighbourhood to walk in the evening. This suits someone with a car, a conference, and an early start, and does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 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 Palm Tree Bed And Breakfast if you want a car first base with parking and a late desk rather than a street you can walk at night. 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 Palm Tree Bed And Breakfast?+
It is off George Padmore in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It sits 3.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 49 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.23 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually provide?+
The listed facilities are a 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, a business center, a meeting room, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, multilingual staff and a smoking area. A surcharge is also noted, so check what it covers before you rely on any item.
What is it like around there after dark?+
The site's own line is that it is safe and dull after dark: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Plan to eat and drink at the property or take a car out. There is no evening street life to walk into from the door.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and free cancellation are handled through app.impt.io, where confirmed bookings are made. Because the front desk runs 24 hours, a late arrival can be arranged when you book. Ask about parking and the surcharge at the same time so nothing is left to the morning.
