A four star hotel in Westlands, west of the centre, with free parking and a garage. The thing that decides it is your transport: this suits you if you drive or take the shuttle, and does not if you expect to walk into the centre.
01What it is
Raha Suites Westlands is a four star property on Westlands Court, Waiyaki Way, in Westlands. The listed facilities run long on practical things: a 24 hour front desk, express check in, 24 hour security, security features, a safe, smoke detectors, a concierge, luggage storage and currency exchange. Rooms come with a bathroom, shower, WC, towels, toiletries, hairdryer, desk, fan, refrigerator, TV, telephone and free wifi, and the property lists non smoking rooms, family rooms and a smoking area. There is a restaurant, breakfast, coffee, water, room service and special diets, plus housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, dry cleaning, an iron and board and wake up service. For drivers there is free car parking and a garage, and for everything else a lounge, a shuttle service, copy facilities and first aid. The list is thin on leisure: no pool, no gym, no garden or terrace.
For someone staying at Raha Suites Westlands, that adds up to a functional four star base rather than a destination in itself. The parking and garage matter, and so does the shuttle service, because Westlands is not the centre and this site's own line about the quarter applies elsewhere: a daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Raha Suites Westlands suits drivers, families in the family rooms, and anyone with business in Westlands who wants a desk, wifi and a quiet room. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the Central Business District, or who wants a pool or grounds to sit in.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 9 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
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. 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. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Raha Suites Westlands knowing that the parking and shuttle are the point, so confirm both when you reserve. 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 Raha Suites Westlands?+
It is on Westlands Court, Waiyaki Way, on Waiyaki Lane in Westlands, Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi. That places it west of the Central Business District, 3.86 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the hotel list for parking and transport?+
Raha Suites Westlands lists free car parking and a garage, and it also lists a shuttle service. If you are arriving by car, ask about the garage when you book. Westlands itself is not the centre, so the shuttle matters more here than at a hotel on Kenyatta Avenue.
What is in the rooms and what is not?+
Rooms list a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries, plus a desk, fan, refrigerator, TV, telephone, safe, free wifi, iron and board, and a hairdryer. There are family rooms and non smoking rooms. What the hotel does not list is a pool, a gym, or any garden.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and booking for Raha Suites Westlands run through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. Check your dates there, and confirm whether you need parking or the shuttle at the same time, since both are listed but neither is promised automatically with every room.
