York Palace is a 3 star hotel on Muthangari Gardens, on the ridge in Greater Nairobi. It is a car and conference address: free parking, free wifi, and a garden, but the centre is out of reach on foot. You pick it for the facilities, not the location.
01What it is
York Palace is a 3 star property on Muthangari Gardens, and its list is short. It names a fitness center, free wifi, free car parking, a garden and a terrace. For a Nairobi business or conference stay, the first three matter most: the parking and the wifi are what you use every day, and the fitness center is what you use when the day ends. The garden and the terrace are open-air space, which is more than many city hotels of this rating offer. Where the list is thin is food and drink: no restaurant, no bar and no room service appear among the facilities, so every meal is a decision you make away from the property.
Set against that, York Palace is honest about what it is. It sits in Greater Nairobi, not in the centre, so the trade is space and a garden for a car or taxi trip each time you want the city. It is 4.73 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 6.03 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 76 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull. York Palace suits a visitor with a car, a conference badge or business in the western suburbs, and a traveller who wants quiet. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of the lobby into the life of the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
035 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book York Palace if the location works for your business and you would rather sleep away from the centre than in 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 is York Palace in Nairobi?+
York Palace is on Muthangari Gardens in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. It is 4.73 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 6.03 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 76 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What facilities does York Palace list?+
It lists a fitness center, free wifi, free car parking, a garden and a terrace. That covers exercise, connectivity and parking your car. It does not list a restaurant, a bar or room service, so plan on eating elsewhere, in the hotels or restaurants along the ridge or in the centre.
How do I get into central Nairobi from York Palace?+
Not on foot, in any practical sense. The measured line to Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 6.03 km and 76 minutes of walking in a direct line, before you account for the route. The property is built around the car, so a taxi or your own vehicle is the workable way in and back.
Is the guest score for York Palace good?+
It holds 4.3 out of 5 from 151 reviews. That is a solid score from a decent number of reviewers, and it points to a property that does what it says without surprising anyone. Read it as consistent rather than exceptional, and check the recent comments for the details that matter to you.
