A listed three star on Kasarani Road, with a pool, a gym, a spa and a shuttle service, and a very long list of facilities. The thing that decides this one is where you need to be: it is not central. Choose it for the northern side of Nairobi and for a hotel that runs on its own grounds.
01What it is
Sportsview Hotel Kasarani is a listed three star on Kasarani Road in Nairobi, and the facility list is long: free wifi and parking, a 24 hour front desk with security, air conditioning, balconies, family rooms, an outdoor pool, a kids pool, a fitness center, aerobics, yoga, a sauna, a steam room, massage and a spa, plus a business center, banquet space, a restaurant, bars, a lounge, karaoke and a night club. It also carries a games room, a playground, a picnic area, a garden and a terrace. The list is thin on what it does not say: no room count, no detail on the shuttle service or where it runs, and no indication of which facilities are open to all guests.
What that adds up to is a hotel built for people who want to stay put. Sportsview Hotel Kasarani suits families, sports groups and business travellers with a reason to be on the northern side of Nairobi, because the grounds carry the day: pool, gym, spa, food, drink, entertainment, and a shuttle service listed for getting out. It suits anyone who does not need to be in the centre, and anyone who would rather have a full facility list than a central address. It does not suit a visitor whose trip is built around the Central Business District, the markets, or any evening in the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 41 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Sportsview Hotel Kasarani only once you have decided the northern side of Nairobi is where your days will be, because a central address it is not. 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 Sportsview Hotel Kasarani?+
It is on Kasarani Road in Nairobi, inside Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. By the measures this site uses, it is 10.2 km from Muthurwa and the east markets. It is a northern Nairobi address, so treat it as a base for that side of the city, not for the Central Business District.
What facilities does the hotel list?+
The list is long. It includes an outdoor pool and a kids pool, a fitness center, aerobics, yoga, a sauna and steam room, massage and a spa, a restaurant, bars, a lounge, karaoke and a night club, plus free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security. There is also a business center, banquet space and family rooms.
How far is it from the centre of Nairobi?+
It is 10.88 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 137 minutes on foot in a direct line. That figure is a direct line, not a route you would walk, and it puts the hotel well outside the centre. Plan on using the listed shuttle service or a vehicle.
What does the guest score of 4.2 out of 5 mean?+
It is the average from 3450 reviews, which is a large enough sample to be worth reading rather than treating as a single verdict. A 4.2 sits in solid territory for a listed three star. Look at what recent reviewers say about the specific facilities you plan to use.
