A three star hotel on Moi Avenue, with a desk that never closes and parking on site. It suits you if you want to be inside the busiest part of the city and can plan your evenings around a car. It does not suit light sleepers or anyone hoping to walk out after dark.
01What it is
Topaz Hotel is a three star property on Moi Avenue, with a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security, which matters on a street this loud. It lists a restaurant, bars, room service, a conference room and a meeting room, so both a meal and a work session stay in the building. Wifi, internet access, parking, laundry and newspapers are on the list. The list is thin on leisure: no pool, no gym, no grounds, nothing for a long afternoon. What you get is the practical set.
What that adds up to is a hotel built for the working day in the centre. The Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street area is the loudest, fullest pavements in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers, and a bus every few seconds. Topaz Hotel puts you inside that, with a restaurant and a bar to retreat to, and security that does not clock off. It suits business travellers, conference attendees and anyone whose day is on this street. It does not suit you if you want quiet, or if you plan to walk out late.
02The supplier's photographs
0312 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 direct if you want the cancellation terms and the CO2 offset to sit with the room rather than a third party. 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 Topaz Hotel in Nairobi?+
Topaz Hotel is on Moi Avenue in the Central Business District, in the Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street area. It is 0.15 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 2 minutes on foot in a direct line. That places you inside the busiest part of the centre.
What facilities does Topaz Hotel list?+
The property lists a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, a restaurant, bars, room service, a conference room, a meeting room, wifi, internet access, parking, laundry service and newspapers. It is a three star hotel, so treat these as the working set rather than resort facilities.
Is the area around Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya Street safe at night?+
The street thins out fast after the commute and is better avoided late. Take a car after dark. During the day it is the loudest, fullest pavement in Kenya: hawkers, phone shops, preachers, and a bus every few seconds. The hotel keeps a 24 hour desk and security.
What does the guest score mean for Topaz Hotel?+
Topaz Hotel scores 4.2 out of 5 from 105 reviews. That is a solid rather than faultless record, and consistent with a three star property doing the practical things well. Read it as a working hotel that most people leave satisfied with, not a luxury one.
