A three star hotel off Kirawa Road in Greater Nairobi, far enough out that you will not walk into the centre. What decides it is whether you have a car or a driver, and whether you want a quiet, self-catering base with parking, a garden and a kitchenette rather than a position near the halls and offices.
01What it is
Ulwazi Place Hotel By Trianum is a three star property off Kirawa Road in Greater Nairobi, and the list runs to the practical rather than the decorative. The facilities include free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk with 24 hour security, express check in, a concierge, laundry service and lifts. Rooms have a balcony, a bath or shower, a hairdryer, towels, sheets, toiletries and a safe. Several have a kitchenette with a refrigerator, microwave, oven and toaster, which is more than a three star usually offers. There is a restaurant, a bar, room service, breakfast, breakfast in room and a buffet, plus a garden, family rooms, a cot, a banquet room and a shuttle service. Where the list thins is at the edges: no gym, no pool, no business centre, no airport desk. The kitchenette and the parking are the real offer; the rest is maintenance.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a quiet, self-contained base rather than a place to step out of and into the centre. Ulwazi Place Hotel By Trianum sits 8.75 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so the CBD is not a walk you take on a whim. The trade is space, a kitchen and a car park against proximity. It suits families, longer stays and anyone driving or being driven, and it suits people who want breakfast in the room and a bath at the end of the day. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk to meetings, eat out on foot at night or treat the centre as their doorstep.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 13 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 Biashara Street and City Market, 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 Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten quarters, the closest thing to a centre you can point to. You are outside the grid, in Greater Nairobi, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter you would be travelling to is the market quarter. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. Best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Ulwazi Place Hotel By Trianum if you are driving, staying several nights and would rather have a kitchenette and a car park than a room in the middle of the city. 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 Ulwazi Place Hotel By Trianum?+
It is off Kirawa Road in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. It stands 9.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 117 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a base you reach by car, shuttle or taxi rather than on foot.
What does the hotel actually have in the rooms?+
The listed room features include a balcony, a bath or shower, a WC, a hairdryer, towels, sheets, toiletries, a safe and a TV. Several rooms add a kitchenette with a refrigerator, microwave, oven and toaster, which is unusual at this star rating and useful for longer stays.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
Not on foot. The property is 8.75 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The hotel lists a shuttle service, and there is free car parking if you are driving yourself. Plan the trip into town as a deliberate journey, not a stroll.
What does the guest score of 4.6 out of 5 mean?+
It is a guest score drawn from 228 reviews, so it reflects a settled pattern rather than a handful of opinions. Read it alongside the three star rating and the listed facilities: people are rating a quiet, practical, self-catering property off Kirawa Road, not a city centre hotel.
