A three star Thika Road hotel with a pool, a garden and meeting rooms, used by business and family stays. Its guest score is moderate, and the centre it names sits close by but shuts early. Choose it for the facilities and parking, not for the nightlife.
01What it is
Scenic View Hotel & Resort lists a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a safe, luggage storage and a concierge, so the arrival and departure basics are covered. It has restaurants and bars, breakfast, a meeting room, dry cleaning and laundry service, and a smoking area. Outside there is a garden, a terrace, a picnic area, a playground and an outdoor pool, which is the part of the list that reads towards families and longer stays. The list is thin where it matters most: no gym, no airport transfer, no business centre beyond the one meeting room.
Scenic View Hotel & Resort is a three star property with a moderate guest score, so read it as a practical base rather than a polished one. The garden, pool and playground give children something to do on site, and free parking and free wifi remove two common costs. Business travellers with one small meeting will find what they need. Anyone who wants to walk out into nightlife will not. The area it names, City Square and KICC, is institutional and empty after office hours, and you go in daylight, when the deck is open.
02The supplier's photographs
0318 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in City Square and KICC
This hotel sits in City Square and KICC, the civic centre of the grid. The streets here are open paving, flags, and the one tower in Nairobi that everybody can name: the state's block, Parliament, the Supreme Court, City Hall, the Kenyatta mausoleum and the 1973 conference centre whose amphitheatre roof and rooftop deck give the best view of the city there is. It is best for the rooftop view and the shortest walk between the civic landmarks. The quarter lies 0.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 7 minutes on foot in a direct line.
After dark it is institutional and empty after office hours. Go in daylight, when the deck is open. If you want somewhere to eat or drink in the evening, this is not it. It suits anyone here for the KICC viewing deck, Parliament or the Supreme Court, and it does not suit anyone who wants company after five.
Read the whole of City Square and KICC05Booking it
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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 Scenic View Hotel & Resort?+
It is on Thika Road in Nairobi, listed within the City Square and KICC area. That district is 0.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat the location as handy for that centre by day.
What facilities does the hotel list?+
The list covers a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a safe, luggage storage, a concierge, restaurants and bars, breakfast, a meeting room, laundry and dry cleaning, an outdoor pool, a garden, a terrace, a picnic area, a playground and a smoking area.
What is the area around it like?+
Open paving, flags, and the one tower in Nairobi that everybody can name. After office hours it is institutional and empty. Go in daylight, when the deck is open, rather than expecting evening activity around City Square and KICC.
What does the guest score mean?+
The hotel scores 3.6 out of 5 from 321 reviews. That is a middling result: not a warning, not a recommendation. It points to a three star property that does the basics and meets expectations without surprising anyone. Weigh it against the facilities you actually want.
