Westlands bliss haven is a three star hotel with a pool and kitchen rooms on East Church Road in Greater Nairobi, well outside the central quarter. The distance is the deciding fact: it suits you if you have a car or want a kitchen, and it does not if you plan to walk to the business district.
01What it is
Westlands bliss haven lists a lot of the practical furniture of a long stay. The rooms carry a desk, a safe, a fan, a TV, a hairdryer, an iron and board, slippers and toiletries, with a bath or shower, a WC and a bidet, and many come with a balcony, patio or terrace. Several have a kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster. Outside there is a garden and an outdoor pool, plus a restaurant, room service and 24 hour security. Free wifi and free car parking are listed. The list is thinnest on the ordinary hotel business of getting in and out: only a shuttle service is named, and there is no gym, no bar and no breakfast detail.
What that adds up to is a self contained place rather than a base for the centre. Westlands bliss haven is 4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 50 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.39 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The surrounding quarter is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so the hotel is where you spend the evening. It suits drivers, families and anyone staying several nights who wants to cook, and it does not suit a visitor who wants the business district on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 7 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 Westlands bliss haven directly if you want the pool and the kitchen rooms, and confirm which of those your room actually has before you commit. 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 Westlands bliss haven?+
It is on East Church Road in Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district. The address puts it outside the walkable centre, so treat transport as part of your stay. The streets around are busy in the day and quiet after the halls shut in the late afternoon.
What does the hotel list in its rooms?+
Desk, safe, fan, TV, hairdryer, iron and board, slippers and toiletries, with a bath or shower, WC and bidet. Many rooms add a kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, and some have a balcony, patio or terrace. The hotel also lists a garden, an outdoor pool, a restaurant and room service.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
Westlands bliss haven is 4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 50 minutes on foot in a direct line, and it is 3.39 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The hotel lists free car parking and a shuttle service, so ask about both when you book rather than planning to walk.
How do I check availability at Westlands bliss haven?+
Check availability through app.impt.io, which handles the booking for this property. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so if your dates are uncertain that is worth confirming at the time you reserve. The site takes no payment itself and adds nothing to the hotel's own commission.
