A four star hotel on Rose Avenue in Greater Nairobi, on new concrete built for the car and the conference room. The pool, gym and spa decide it: useful if you want a self contained stay with parking, wrong if you want to walk out into the centre.
01What it is
Woodmere Grand Hotel lists a full leisure and business set: outdoor pool, gymnasium, sauna, spa and jacuzzi, plus a garden, terrace and golf course. Rooms come with balcony, bath, bathrobe, slippers, desk, safe, TV, kitchen or kitchenette with refrigerator, microwave and toaster. There is free wifi, free car parking, lifts, laundry, concierge, shuttle service, family rooms and non smoking rooms. Food runs from breakfast in room and buffet to restaurant and bar. The list is thin on the ordinary: cleaning appears without detail, and first aid is the only health item beyond the spa.
For someone staying at Woodmere Grand Hotel, that adds up to a car first property in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete. The parking, the shuttle and the pool make it work for a conference visit or a family that wants everything on site. It does not work if you plan to walk to the centre: the address is 3.34 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 42 minutes on foot in a direct line. After dark there is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 22 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 Woodmere Grand Hotel if you want the leisure list and the parking more than you want the centre on foot. 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 Woodmere Grand Hotel?+
It is on Rose Avenue in Greater Nairobi, 2.13 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It sits on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room, so you will want a vehicle or the shuttle to get around.
What does the hotel list for leisure?+
An outdoor pool, gymnasium, sauna, spa and jacuzzi, plus a garden, terrace and golf course. There is also bike rental, aerobics, a restaurant, bars and room service. The spa and pool are the real draw if you plan to spend your days on site.
Can you walk into central Nairobi from here?+
It is a long walk. The property is 3.34 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 42 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area is built for cars, so most people take the shuttle or a ride rather than walk the whole way.
What does the guest score mean?+
It holds 4.5 out of 5 from 376 reviews, which is a strong record for a four star hotel. Read it as a sign that the listed facilities, the pool, gym, spa and parking, are delivered as described rather than as a promise of something more.
