A four star hotel on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, built for conferences and cars rather than for walking into the centre. It lists the full business and leisure kit, a pool and spa among it. It suits you if you are here on work with a vehicle, and not if you want the Central Business District on foot.
01What it is
Royal Canaan Nairobi Hotel is a four star property on Tigoni Road off Chakka Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The listed facilities are broad and business first: a business centre, banquet space, conference ready bars and restaurants, free wifi, free car parking with garage and valet parking, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security, currency exchange, laundry and dry cleaning, a car rental service and a shuttle service. Rooms carry air conditioning, desk, safe, minibar, bath or shower, bathrobe and slippers, coffee, television and telephone. For downtime there is an outdoor pool, fitness centre, sauna, steam room, massage and spa, plus a barber and beauty salon. Breakfast, lunch, room service and special diets are listed, and there is a terrace. Two thin spots: nothing is said about what the local streets offer on foot, and wheelchair accessible is one line with no detail behind it.
What that adds up to is a hotel that works as a base rather than as a neighbourhood. Royal Canaan Nairobi Hotel gives you the gym, the pool, the spa and the food on site, which matters because the area around it is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. You eat and drink in, and you drive or take a shuttle to whatever you came for. It suits delegates, business travellers with a vehicle and anyone who wants an enclosed working stay, and it does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of the lobby into the life of the city.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 30 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 are not in Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Royal Canaan Nairobi Hotel if you want a self contained work stay on the ridge and you have a car or a shuttle to get around. 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 Royal Canaan Nairobi Hotel?+
It is on Tigoni Road off Chakka Road in Greater Nairobi, 2.43 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That puts it outside the Central Business District, on a ridge where the surrounding streets were laid out for cars and conference traffic.
What does the hotel list for guests?+
The list runs to business and leisure: business centre, banquet and bar, restaurants, free wifi, free parking with valet and garage, 24 hour desk and security, currency exchange, laundry, car rental and shuttle. There is an outdoor pool, fitness centre, sauna, steam room, massage, spa and salon. Rooms have air conditioning, safe, minibar, bathrobe and slippers.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The hotel is 3.79 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 48 minutes on foot in a direct line. Walking is possible in daylight but the area is built for cars, so most people drive, take the listed shuttle or a car rental. After dark, plan on a ride rather than a walk.
What does the guest score mean?+
It holds 4.5 out of 5 from 2840 reviews. That is a large review base and a high average, so the property clearly delivers what its guests expect. Read it as confirmation that the on site facilities and service work as listed, not as a comment on the surrounding streets.
