Westlands Pride homes is a four star apartment block on East Church Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself. It suits someone staying several days who wants a kitchen, a washing machine and a pool on site, and it does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the business district.
01What it is
Westlands Pride homes lists a full set of apartment facilities: kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board, plus air conditioning, a fan, a desk and a balcony. Bathrooms come with bath, shower, bidet, bathrobe, slippers and toiletries. Outside the room there is an outdoor pool, a kids pool, a jacuzzi, sauna, spa, massage, garden, terrace and picnic area. The list runs long and it is thin in one place: there is no airport transfer detail beyond a shuttle service, no stated parking charge and no figure for anything, so you cannot compare it on cost from this page.
What that adds up to for Westlands Pride homes is a place built for a stay of several days rather than one night. You can cook, wash clothes and work from a desk, and the front desk runs around the clock. It suits families and longer-stay guests who want a self-contained flat in Greater Nairobi and do not mind being outside the centre. It does not suit anyone whose day is built around Biashara Street and City Market, since this is 3.39 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the centre is a daytime quarter whose halls shut in the late afternoon.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 33 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
Booking Westlands Pride homes is worth doing ahead if you want the apartment rather than a standard room, because the kitchen and laundry set is the reason to choose it. 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 Westlands Pride homes?+
It is on East Church Road, Brick Wood Apartment, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 50 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is outside the central business district, so plan on a vehicle rather than a walk to reach the offices and markets.
What facilities does the property actually have?+
The list covers a kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, air conditioning, a balcony, free wifi, free car parking, an outdoor pool, a kids pool, a sauna, a spa, a garden, a restaurant, room service, a business center and a 24 hour front desk. Pets are allowed.
What is it like getting into the centre from here?+
The centre is a daytime quarter. The halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so an evening in the CBD is not the plan. Stay here if your day in town ends early, or if you want the apartment for its own sake rather than as a base for the centre.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Check availability through app.impt.io. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, which matters if your dates in Nairobi are still moving. Confirm the room type before you commit, since the kitchen and laundry set is the main reason to pick this property over a standard hotel room.
