The Weston Hotel is a four star conference hotel on Langata Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself, with pools, a gym and a spa. The distance from the Central Business District is the thing that decides whether it suits you.
01What it is
The Weston Hotel lists what a four star conference hotel normally does: a business center, banquet and meeting space, restaurant and bar, lounge and terrace. Leisure runs to an outdoor pool with a kids pool, fitness center and gymnasium, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, spa, massage, aerobics and yoga, plus a night club and karaoke. Rooms come air conditioned with bathrobe, slippers, safe, desk and kitchen or kitchenette in some cases. Where the list thins out is on what surrounds the hotel rather than inside it.
For someone staying here, the Weston Hotel is a self-contained place: you eat, meet and exercise on site, and the grounds include a garden. It suits drivers, since parking, valet parking and car rental are listed, and it suits families, with family rooms, cots and babysitting. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the streets of the centre. The hotel sits in Greater Nairobi, and the CBD is a drive, not a stroll.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 49 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book the Weston Hotel if you want the whole stay contained on one property and you are travelling by car. 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 the Weston Hotel?+
It is on Langata Road in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 3.7 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is outside the Central Business District rather than inside it, and the street around it is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room.
What facilities does the Weston Hotel actually list?+
It lists a business center, banquet and meeting rooms, restaurants and bars, an outdoor pool and kids pool, a fitness center and gymnasium, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, spa and massage, a night club and karaoke. Rooms come with air conditioning, safe, desk and bathrobe. Free wifi, free parking and a 24 hour front desk are also listed.
Can I walk into the centre from the hotel?+
No, this is a driving address. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 2.25 km away, and the centre is further out. Getting in means a car or a shuttle. The hotel lists car rental and shuttle service, and the area after dark is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else.
What does the guest score tell me?+
The Weston Hotel scores 4.3 out of 5 from 3461 reviews. That is a solid four star showing over a large number of stays, which suggests the property meets expectations rather than exceeding them. It tells you the listed facilities are reliably delivered, not that the location will suit you if you want to be in the centre.
