A four star chain hotel on Waiyaki Way in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself, with a pool, a gym and the full service list you would expect at this level. The guest score is strong. The deciding question is whether you want to be in Westlands or in the old centre.
01What it is
Park Inn by Radisson Nairobi Westlands is a four star property on Waiyaki Way. The listed facilities cover the mechanics of a working stay: a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, free wifi, a business centre, a fitness centre and gymnasium, an outdoor pool with a pool bar, a restaurant, bars, a lounge, room service, laundry and dry cleaning, currency exchange, concierge, luggage storage, free car parking and a garage. Rooms list air conditioning, desk, safe, minibar, TV, telephone, bath, shower, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer, iron and board, and non smoking rooms. Accessible rooms are listed, and there is a shuttle service and car rental. The list is thin in two places: it says nothing about what is around the hotel, and it names a golf course without saying where it is or who arranges it.
For someone staying here, Park Inn by Radisson Nairobi Westlands is a full service hotel in Greater Nairobi, not in the old centre. It sits 2.86 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.42 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line. That gap decides the fit. If your business, your meetings or your evenings are in Westlands, the facilities do the work and you never need the centre. If you want the old centre on foot, the halls that shut in the late afternoon and the streets that empty with them, this is the wrong side of town. It suits business travellers, conference and banquet guests, and drivers with their own car. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out into the historic quarter.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 31 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 Park Inn by Radisson Nairobi Westlands if Westlands is where your days are; if the old centre is the point of the trip, book closer in. 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 Park Inn by Radisson Nairobi Westlands?+
On Waiyaki Way in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. It is 2.86 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That places it west of the old centre, in the hotel and office district.
What facilities does the hotel list?+
A 24 hour front desk and security, free wifi, business centre, fitness centre and gymnasium, outdoor pool and pool bar, restaurant, bars, lounge, room service, laundry and dry cleaning, currency exchange, concierge, luggage storage, free parking and a garage, plus air conditioning, safe, minibar, bathrobes and accessible rooms.
How do I get into the centre from the hotel?+
The hotel lists a shuttle service and car rental, which is how most guests cover the distance. On foot the centre is a long haul: 3.42 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat the centre as a trip, not a stroll.
What does the guest score of 4.6 out of 5 mean?+
It is an average from 4969 reviews, so it reflects a large number of stays rather than a handful. At that volume a score of 4.6 out of 5 points to consistent delivery on the basics. It says nothing about which side of the city suits you, which is the real question here.
