A four star hotel in Muthaiga, north of the centre, with an outdoor pool, a spa and a fitness centre. It suits you if you want a quieter, greener base with parking, and it does not suit you if you plan to walk into the CBD each morning.
01What it is
Pax Manor Muthaiga lists the full machinery of a four star hotel: an outdoor pool with a kids pool and pool bar, a spa with sauna, steam room and jacuzzi, a fitness center with aerobics, a restaurant, bars, banquet space and room service. Rooms carry air conditioning, a desk, a TV, a safe, a refrigerator, a bath or shower, bathrobe, slippers and toiletries, with balcony, patio, terrace and garden, plus free wifi and free car parking. The thin patch is practical rather than cosmetic: no airport transfer detail, no business centre, and no gym classes beyond aerobics, so you are relying on the shuttle service and the front desk for anything you need arranged.
Pax Manor Muthaiga is a resort shaped property sitting in Greater Nairobi rather than in the working centre, and that is the whole decision. You get space, a pool, a spa, a garden, parking and quiet, and you give up the walk to meetings, the quick lunch and the evening that turns into a night out. It suits families, couples and anyone with a car or a driver who wants to come back to something calm, and it suits a business traveller whose day is arranged by other people. It does not suit you if you want the centre on your doorstep, or if you intend to spend your evenings in the CBD.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 22 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, on the edge of the centre in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten quarters, not the one you are sleeping in. Treat it as a base you travel in and out of: anything in the CBD means a crossing by car rather than a walk from your door.
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the grid, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin, and the Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge. The fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, Museum Hill is the next rise beyond, and the street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, to be crossed by car. The quarter itself lies 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Pax Manor Muthaiga for the pool and spa rather than for the address, and confirm your shuttle or car arrangement before you commit. 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 Pax Manor Muthaiga?+
It is at 58 Muthaiga, in Greater Nairobi, north of the centre. It sits 3.6 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 2.8 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the hotel have for guests?+
An outdoor pool with a kids pool and pool bar, a spa with sauna, steam room and jacuzzi, a fitness center with aerobics, a restaurant, bars, banquet space, room service, free wifi and free car parking. Rooms have air conditioning, a desk, a safe and a refrigerator, with balconies, patios and terraces facing the garden.
Can I walk from the hotel into the centre?+
The hotel is in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre, and the street there is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one. Cross it by car, and treat the centre as a place you drive to.
How do I check availability at Pax Manor Muthaiga?+
Check dates on app.impt.io, where the property is listed and most rooms can be cancelled free. The 24 hour front desk handles express check in and shuttle service, so if you need a particular room type or a family room, say so at the time of booking rather than on arrival.
