Wood Avenue Towers is a three star on Wood Avenue Road in Kilimani, on the ridge above the centre. The list of facilities is short, but the guest score is strong and the parking is free. Decide on the location before anything else: this is a district built for the car and the conference room, not for walking into town.
01What it is
Wood Avenue Towers lists two things a visitor would care about: credit cards are accepted and car parking is free. The three star rating sits between a basic guesthouse and a full service hotel, so you get a room and a place to leave a car rather than a gym, a pool or a restaurant you can count on. The list is thin, and the honest reading of that thinness is that this is a bed and a parking space on Wood Avenue Road, off Argwings Kodhek Road in Kilimani. Anyone who needs the hotel to supply the day will find the list too short. Anyone who needs a base with their own car will not.
Wood Avenue Towers works for a working stay on the Kilimani ridge. The address is in Greater Nairobi, and the street itself is described as new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so you should expect to drive or be driven to meetings. The centre is 4.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 55 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits conference visitors and drivers who want free parking and a card machine, and it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out to restaurants and bars. The guest score of 4.5 out of 5 from 5197 reviews is the real signal here.
02The supplier's photographs
032 facilities the supplier lists
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
Wood Avenue Towers is worth booking direct if you want the free parking held for you and a cancellation window that works around a conference schedule. 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 Wood Avenue Towers?+
It is on Wood Avenue Road, off Argwings Kodhek Road, in Kilimani, Nairobi. Kilimani sits on the ridge above the centre, and the address is in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district itself. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 2.85 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the hotel actually provide?+
The listed facilities are credit card acceptance and free car parking, and the property carries a three star rating. There is no pool, gym or restaurant on the list, so do not book expecting the hotel to fill your day. What you get is a room, a card machine and somewhere to leave the car overnight.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
The centre is 4.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 55 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Plan on driving or taking a ride.
What does the guest score of 4.5 out of 5 mean?+
It is the average of 5197 reviews, so it is a large sample rather than a handful of opinions. A 4.5 at three star level usually means the basics are done well and the complaints are minor. It tells you nothing about facilities, which are limited here, so weigh it against the short list before booking.
