A three-star hotel on Sasumua Road, on the ridge rather than in the centre, with free parking, lifts, a business centre and a restaurant. Whether it suits you comes down to one thing: you are coming by car or for a conference, or you want the Central Business District on foot.
01What it is
Pori City Hotel is a three star property on Sasumua Rd in Greater Nairobi. The list is built around people who arrive by car or travel for meetings: free car parking, free wifi, a business centre, restaurant and cafe, bars, a banquet room, a safe, dry cleaning and laundry service, a 24 hour front desk, concierge, lifts and a smoking area. It is wheelchair accessible. The list is thin on leisure features: there is no pool, no garden, no gym and no spa, so if you want a hotel that fills a day on its own, this one does not.
What that adds up to for Pori City Hotel is a business and conference base rather than a holiday address. You get secure parking, somewhere to work and somewhere to eat without leaving the building, and the lifts mean the upper floors are usable. It suits a delegate, a contractor or a sales visit, and anyone driving in from Greater Nairobi who wants the car parked for the day. It does not suit a first-time visitor who wants to walk out of the lobby into the centre, or anyone who came for the city's nightlife.
02The supplier's photographs
0317 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Pori City Hotel is a straightforward booking if you are coming by car or for a conference, and the free parking is the part worth checking first. 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 Pori City Hotel?+
It is on Sasumua Rd in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 6.49 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 82 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.59 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is not inside the Central Business District.
What does the hotel have on site?+
The listed facilities cover free wifi and free car parking, a restaurant, cafe and bars, a business centre, banquet space, concierge, a 24 hour front desk, dry cleaning and laundry, lifts, a safe, a smoking area and wheelchair access. There is no pool, garden, gym or spa on the list.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The property sits on Sasumua Rd, on the ridge, and the CBD is not on its doorstep. The area is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Plan on driving or taking a car rather than walking in.
What does the guest score mean?+
The guest score is 4.4 out of 5 from 369 reviews. That is a solid score from a decent number of reviews, which tells you most people got what they expected. It is a three star property, so read it as a competent business hotel rather than a luxury one.
