A three star suite hotel on the ridge in Greater Nairobi, built around parking, a conference room and a restaurant. If you are in the city for meetings rather than for the centre itself, it works; if you want to walk out of your door into the Central Business District, it does not.
01What it is
Stanjo Karen Suites is a three star property in Greater Nairobi, with the facilities of a working hotel rather than a small guesthouse. The list covers the practical things: air conditioning, free wifi, internet access, a safe, a shower, toiletries, an iron and board, lifts, and wheelchair access. It has a restaurant, breakfast, coffee, room service, a reception area, a garden, a terrace and a smoking area. There are conference halls and a meeting room for people travelling on business. Laundry, dry cleaning, parking and a safe are all listed. The list is thin on leisure: there is no gym, no pool and no spa, so do not come expecting resort facilities.
Stanjo Karen Suites sits in Greater Nairobi, away from the quarter, and the facts are plain about the setting: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. That is the whole of what the property is for. It suits a delegate, a contractor or a family with a vehicle who wants parking, a restaurant and a quiet night, and it suits anyone using the conference halls. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out into the Central Business District, because this is not that. If your days are in the centre, this is a base you drive in and out of, not a place to stay on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0323 facilities the supplier lists
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 of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Stanjo Karen Suites if your reason for being in Nairobi is a meeting on the ridge and you have a car, not if you want the centre at your door. 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 Stanjo Karen Suites?+
It is at City Square, PO Box 75209 00200, Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. It stands 11.34 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 142 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat it as a car address.
What facilities does Stanjo Karen Suites have?+
Air conditioning, free wifi, breakfast, coffee, a restaurant, room service, a garden, a terrace, a safe, a shower, toiletries, an iron and board, lifts, laundry, dry cleaning, parking, conference halls and a meeting room. There is wheelchair access. It has no pool, no gym and no spa.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The property is 9.44 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The area is built for the car. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Plan on a vehicle rather than a walk.
Is Stanjo Karen Suites well rated?+
It scores 4.4 out of 5 from 102 reviews. That suggests the people who stay here, mostly on business or with a car, get what they came for. It is a three star property, so read the score against that, not against a higher grade.
