Advantages: Good location, great staff, nice rooms Disadvantages: Some rooms are small
...experience of staying at the Holiday Inn in Nairobi came on the wings of a panic. I was travelling with my boss, and I had made the BIG MISTAKE of booking us into a convenient, small, and very cheap mission guest house where I frequently stay. It didn't take me too long to figure out that the boss was tired--after two weeks of travel in Africa--and, something really nice better be at the end of this day. So, I quickly slipped out of the meeting and ... ...Location: The Holiday Inn (known locally as The Mayfair) is conveniently located in the Westlands area of Nairobi. It is not very far from the Westlands Shopping Mall and the Sarit Center ... both of which are very nice shopping centers...even by western standards. The buildings are a bit older--but, immaculately maintained--and ramble over a beautiful garden area. Amenities:
The Holiday Inn has TWO swimming pools. Each one is located in a very ...
grape_nehi 29.12.2004
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Advantages: good facilities, lovely grounds, excellent staff, very secure Disadvantages: some rooms a little dated
...As a member of the Holiday Inn club, I have been completely sucked in by points collecting, and always stay in a HI if there's one in town. So I feel I know the chain pretty well, and I also know how much they can vary in standard, not just between countries, but even within towns. The Nairobi Holiday Inn was very different to most. It was converted from an old colonial hotel called the Mayfair Court, and has retained much of that old time character. ... ...need for security, and the Holiday Inn always has a guard in the car park, by the entrances, and patrolling the corridors at night. I booked the HI shuttle service (£10) to meet me in arrivals at the airport and this was very satisfactory. It may seem expensive for Kenya, but after sitting for over a hour in the huge traffic jams, I'm very glad I hadn't used a public bus. The only problem I had during my whole stay was that my return shuttle failed ...
VC81 26.09.2005
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Advantages: A taste of old colonial Disadvantages: Can't think of any
Stayed here on two separate nights on the Kuoni Leopard safari this July but it's used as the start point for a lot of Kuoni tours. Hotel used to be the Mayfair Court (stayed here in 94) and retains a lot of local flavour with pretty gardens, water features and an outdoor canopied breakfast restaurant where much food is cooked fresh to order. This overlooks a decent sized swimming pool but you aren't assaulted by chlorine.
The room the first time ... ...we were in a spacious ground floor room overlooking the garden (where a wedding was taking place) with the most comfortable beds and pillows ever - so comfy that we tucked ourselves under duvets and watched TV from bed (we had been on the road for 14 days)! Big bars of soap in the bathroom.
There is an excellent steak restaurant opening off the lobby - a wide choice of very good meat, a salad buffet, hot chips (Kenya travellers will know that hot ...
tynegal 15.10.2007
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