A three star hotel on Tom Mboya Street, in the middle of the loudest and fullest pavements in Kenya. It suits anyone who wants hawkers, phone shops and buses at the door and does not need quiet; it does not suit anyone who wants calm, or who would rather not take a car after dark.
01What it is
Space International is a three star hotel on Tom Mboya Street, and its listed facilities are practical rather than generous: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, laundry service and dry cleaning service, a meeting room, a smoking area, a terrace and wheelchair access. A visitor would care about the front desk being manned at any hour, the wifi, and the meeting room if the trip is for work. There is no restaurant on the list, no gym, no pool and no airport transfer, so the list is thin on anything beyond the essentials.
Space International puts you 0.17 km from the centre of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street, which is the middle of the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers, and a bus every few seconds. It is a daytime quarter, the halls shut in the late afternoon, and it thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. That makes Space International a reasonable base for someone who wants to be in the commercial centre on foot during the day and does not mind taking a car after dark. It is not right for anyone who wants quiet, or a hotel bar to sit in, or somewhere to wander in the evening.
02The supplier's photographs
038 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street
Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street is the busy grid, and it is the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers, and a bus every few seconds. Two parallel streets carrying most of the pedestrian traffic in the country. The National Archives sits at the Moi Avenue end in the old Bank of India building, and the whole stretch is shops at street level with offices stacked above. It is best for street life, errands, and the Archives gallery in the middle of it. The quarter sits 0.27 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 4 minutes on foot in a direct line.
After dark it thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark. That is the trade: you are paying for the heaviest footfall in the country, and the same footfall disappears by evening, leaving pavements you should not cross on foot. It suits anyone who wants the day to happen at street level and is happy to retreat behind a door at night. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on the pavement outside.
Read the whole of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street05Booking it
Book Space International if you want to be on Tom Mboya Street itself and have decided that the noise and the after dark car are an acceptable trade. 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 exactly is Space International?+
Space International is on Tom Mboya Street in Nairobi, 0.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 4 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 0.17 km from the centre of Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street. It sits in the middle of the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya.
What does Space International actually have?+
Space International lists a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, laundry service, dry cleaning service, a meeting room, a smoking area, a terrace and wheelchair access, at three star level. There is no restaurant, gym or pool on the list, so plan meals elsewhere in the centre.
Is Tom Mboya Street quiet in the evening?+
No. The area is the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya during the day and thins out fast after the commute, and it is better avoided late. Take a car after dark rather than walk. That is the main thing to weigh before booking Space International.
How do I check availability at Space International?+
You check availability and book through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking goes through the app rather than the front desk. If you need a specific arrangement, such as wheelchair access or the meeting room, check it at the time you book.
