A five star Pullman on Kenya Road in Upper Hill, built for business: conference space, a pool, a spa, and a location that is a short walk from the centre of Upper Hill and Community. If you need to be in the CBD day and night, the trade off is the ride and the evening quiet.
01What it is
Pullman Nairobi Upper Hill carries a five star rating and lists the full set of things you would expect from a large international hotel: 24 hour front desk and security, concierge, currency exchange, luggage storage, lifts, free wifi, free car parking, laundry, dry cleaning, room service, and wheelchair accessible rooms. Rooms come with air conditioning, a desk, a safe, a minibar, a refrigerator, a TV, a telephone, a bath and a shower, bathrobes, slippers, toiletries and a hairdryer.
For food and meetings there are restaurants, a bar, breakfast, lunch, buffet, banquet space, special diets, and breakfast in room. Leisure runs to a swimming pool, a lounge, a golf course, mini golf, a tennis court and a bowling alley. That is a lot of list, and two things stand out as vague: internet access is listed as a bare phrase with no detail, and Wi-Fi is a basic service, not a real differentiator. Several facilities, including the bowling alley and golf course, are shared recreational listings rather than things the hotel itself runs. The offer is broad, then, but not deep in any single direction.
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 in Upper Hill and Community
Upper Hill and Community sits on the western ridge, not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
It 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. That suits people here to work and people who want their evening contained. It does not suit anyone expecting street life outside the door. The streets are built for the car and the conference room, so plan to move by vehicle once the working day ends.
Read the whole of Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Pullman Nairobi Upper Hill if you want the five star formula in Upper Hill and do not mind the evening being quiet. 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 Pullman Nairobi Upper Hill?+
It is on Kenya Road in Upper Hill, 0.68 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community. The hotel sits in a quarter of new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. To reach the CBD you are looking at 2.03 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 26 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What facilities does Pullman Nairobi Upper Hill have?+
It lists a pool, a restaurant and bar, banquet space, a lounge, free wifi, free parking, a 24 hour front desk, concierge, currency exchange, room service, laundry, and air conditioned rooms with a desk, safe, minibar, fridge and bath. Breakfast, lunch and buffet are listed, along with special diets.
Is Upper Hill a good base for central Nairobi?+
It is a daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon, and after dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If your days are in offices or conference rooms, that is fine. If you want the centre on foot in the evening, you will be taking a ride.
What does the guest score mean?+
Pullman Nairobi Upper Hill scores 4.7 out of 5 from 257 reviews. That is a consistent, high score across a decent number of recent stays, and it suggests the five star offer and the service hold up in practice rather than only on paper.
