A three star hotel on Mfangano Street, a short walk from the busiest pavements in Kenya. It is for people who want to be inside the centre and are willing to put up with the noise of it, and it is not for anyone who wants calm or an evening stroll.
01What it is
Paris Hotel lists the things a short stay in the centre actually needs: a 24 hour front desk, breakfast, a restaurant, bars, sheets and towels, free car parking and a shuttle service. It is a three star property, and there is a wheelchair accessible provision. That is the whole of the list. There is no gym, no pool, no garden and no quiet courtyard, so if you want somewhere to spend an afternoon, this is not it.
What Paris Hotel adds up to is a place to sleep in the middle of the loudest part of the city. It is on Mfangano Street, close enough to Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street that you are already in the noise when you step out. The shuttle and the parking matter here: you can arrive by car or be moved by car. It suits people in town for business, errands or a connection, and people who value a desk over a view. It does not suit light sleepers, families wanting space, or anyone who wants to walk out after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
039 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street
Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street is the busy grid, and it is the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers, and a bus every few seconds. Two parallel streets carrying most of the pedestrian traffic in the country. The National Archives sits at the Moi Avenue end in the old Bank of India building, and the whole stretch is shops at street level with offices stacked above. It is best for street life, errands, and the Archives gallery in the middle of it. The quarter sits 0.27 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 4 minutes on foot in a direct line.
After dark it thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark. That is the trade: you are paying for the heaviest footfall in the country, and the same footfall disappears by evening, leaving pavements you should not cross on foot. It suits anyone who wants the day to happen at street level and is happy to retreat behind a door at night. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on the pavement outside.
Read the whole of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street05Booking it
Book Paris Hotel if you want the centre on foot and a car when the pavements thin out; the free cancellation on most rooms makes it an easy one to hold while you sort the rest of the trip. 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 is Paris Hotel in Nairobi?+
It is on Mfangano Street, in the part of the centre around Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street. It is 0.41 km from the centre of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street, so you are inside the commercial quarter rather than on its edge.
What does Paris Hotel have on site?+
A 24 hour front desk, breakfast, a restaurant, bars, sheets and towels, free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. It is a three star property. The list is practical rather than generous, and there is no leisure facility of any kind.
Is it easy to get into the centre from Paris Hotel?+
You are already in it. The hotel is 0.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The pavements around Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street are the loudest and fullest in Kenya, so walking is easy by day.
What is the area like at night?+
It thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark. The hotel runs a shuttle service and has free car parking, which is the practical answer to the evening rather than walking out from the door.
