A three star hotel in Greater Nairobi, near Abc Place on Waiyaki Way, with an outdoor pool, parking and lifts. It sits clear of the business district, so the thing that decides your stay is whether you have a car. Without one, the centre is awkward.
01What it is
Westlands Heights lists a serviceable set of facilities for a three star hotel: dry cleaning, express check in and express check out, luggage storage, lifts and free car parking. There is an outdoor pool and a kids pool, and a smoking area on the property. The list is thin where it matters most for a stay away from the centre. There is no restaurant, bar or dining listed, and nothing for getting around without your own vehicle. The pools and parking are the concrete advantages given.
For someone staying here, Westlands Heights works best if you are driving and your business is not in the central business district. Free parking and lifts make arrivals easy, and the outdoor pool and kids pool give children something to do. The property sits in Greater Nairobi, so it is not a base for walking the centre. If you want to be in the middle of the business district, this is the wrong side of town. If you want quiet, parking and a pool, and you have a car, the arrangement is coherent.
02The supplier's photographs
039 facilities the supplier lists
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 Heights if you are driving and want a pool and parking outside the centre, and check the cancellation terms 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 Heights?+
The property is in Greater Nairobi, near Abc Place on Waiyaki Way. It is 5.97 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 75 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 5.35 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does Westlands Heights have?+
The hotel lists dry cleaning, express check in and express check out, luggage storage, lifts, free car parking and a smoking area. There is an outdoor pool and a kids pool. No restaurant or bar is listed, and nothing is listed for getting around without a car.
What is getting into the centre like from Greater Nairobi?+
The centre is not on the doorstep. From Westlands Heights you are well outside the business district, and the distance to the nearest quarter is measured in kilometres rather than blocks. A car makes the trip straightforward and parking is free. Relying on walking puts you a long way out.
How do I check availability at Westlands Heights?+
Availability and room types are shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, so you can hold a room while you settle your plans. If you are driving and want a pool outside the centre, check dates before you arrange anything else.
