A 3 star full service hotel on Westlands Road, outside the central business district and the halls that shut in the late afternoon. The deciding fact is distance: you are booking a base in Greater Nairobi, not a room in the quarter itself, so you need a reason to be on this side of town.
01What it is
PrideInn Westlands Luxury Boutique Hotel lists the working parts of a full service hotel: a 24 hour front desk with express check in and concierge, 24H. security with security features and smoke detectors, free wifi throughout, free car parking, a business center with copy facilities, currency exchange, car rental and shuttle service, and laundry, dry cleaning and housekeeping. The rooms carry air conditioning, a fan, a desk, a safe, a refrigerator, a TV, a telephone and a bathroom with shower, WC, bidet, sink, hairdryer, toiletries, towels and slippers, plus non smoking rooms, cots and iron and board. Food runs to restaurant service, buffet, lunch, breakfast in room, room service, coffee, water and special diets. There is a bar, a lounge, a garden, a banquet room, a market, a smoking area and a barber and beauty salon. The list is thin on one thing: it is a 3 star property, so expect the practical version of each item rather than the polished one.
For someone staying at PrideInn Westlands, that list adds up to a hotel that covers the day without you leaving it: eat, work, park, change money, arrange a car. It sits 2.74 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 35 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.2 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is the verdict line. PrideInn Westlands suits anyone whose business is in Westlands or who wants a car, a desk and a quiet room rather than a street address in the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the lobby into the quarter, and it does not suit anyone expecting a 4 or 5 star finish.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 23 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 PrideInn Westlands when your Nairobi days are on the Westlands side and you want the whole service list in one building, and book it direct if you want the cancellation and credit terms below. 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 PrideInn Westlands Luxury Boutique Hotel?+
It is on Westlands Road in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district. The site records it as 2.2 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so treat it as a base on the Westlands side rather than a hotel in the centre.
What does the hotel actually list?+
A 24 hour front desk, security, free wifi, free parking, a business center, currency exchange, car rental and shuttle service, laundry and dry cleaning. Rooms have air conditioning, a safe, a refrigerator, a TV and a full bathroom. There is a restaurant, a bar, a lounge, a garden and a banquet room.
What is it like getting into the centre from there?+
The property is 2.74 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 35 minutes on foot in a direct line. The centre is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Plan the trip back before the evening, or take a car.
What does the guest score mean?+
It carries 4.4 out of 5 from 1706 reviews, which is a strong, well established record rather than a handful of opinions. Read it as a reliable 3 star property: consistent on service and the practical facilities, without the finish of a higher star rating.
