A five star all suite property on Church Road in Greater Nairobi, well outside the centre but loaded with facilities. The pool, spa and health club decide this one: book it and you stay on site, and the centre becomes a separate trip.
01What it is
Wasini All Suite Hotel is a five star property on Church Road in Greater Nairobi, and its listed facilities are broad: outdoor pool with kids pool and pool bar, fitness centre, health club, sauna, steam bath, massage and spa, restaurant, bars and lounge, conference and meeting rooms, 24 hour front desk, concierge, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, free parking with valet, free internet in the lounge and wifi, family rooms, non smoking rooms, garden and terrace. The list thins where it matters most for a city stay: there is no mention of an airport transfer arrangement or a gym beyond the fitness centre, and pets are not allowed.
For a Nairobi trip, Wasini All Suite Hotel works as a base you do not leave much. It sits 4.62 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 58 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits someone with business at the hotel itself or a car, and someone who wants a garden, a pool and a spa at the end of the day. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre for dinners or errands, because the centre is a daytime quarter and you will be travelling in.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 4 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
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. 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 best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark 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 Wasini All Suite Hotel if you want the facilities to be the stay rather than a base for walking the centre. 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 Wasini All Suite Hotel?+
It is on Church Road in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district. It sits 4.01 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so treat it as a Greater Nairobi address and plan your trips in rather than assuming you can walk out the door into the centre.
What facilities does the hotel actually list?+
The list covers an outdoor pool, kids pool and pool bar, fitness centre, health club, sauna, steam bath, massage and spa, restaurant and bars, conference and meeting rooms, 24 hour front desk, concierge, laundry, dry cleaning, free parking with valet, free wifi in the lounge, family rooms, non smoking rooms, a garden and a terrace. Pets are not allowed.
What does staying in Greater Nairobi mean for getting into the centre?+
It means the centre is a trip, not a stroll. The hotel is 4.62 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 58 minutes on foot in a direct line. The centre is also a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan evening meals at the hotel.
What does the guest score mean?+
It has a guest score of 4.1 out of 5 from 134 reviews. That puts it in solid territory rather than flawless, and it is worth reading the reviews alongside the five star rating, which describes the facilities rather than the experience of every guest. A score that size is a reasonable signal, not a guarantee.
