Céline & Lolo
A French kitchen alongside a genuine garden pool
About this hotel
Céline & Lolo's outdoor pool sits inside a proper garden setting, with a sun terrace for guests who want to linger beside the water rather than swim laps. Family rooms come with private bathrooms, air conditioning, a work desk and free WiFi, while the traditional restaurant serves French cuisine, a distinctive choice among Nairobi's largely international dining scene, alongside a bar and lounge for evening drinks. Breakfast runs continental à la carte with warm dishes and fresh pastries, and lunch and dinner menus cater to vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free diets. A 24-hour front desk and concierge cover the practical side, with Kenyatta International Conference Centre and the Nairobi Arboretum both within reach for a day out.
- Year-round outdoor pool
- French restaurant
- Garden and sun terrace
- Concierge service
Our take
This suits guests who want a genuinely different dining experience alongside their pool stay, given the French restaurant is a clear departure from the norm in Nairobi. The garden setting favours a relaxed pace over a business-focused visit, so travellers with a packed meeting schedule might prefer a more centrally located option.
- ✓Book a dinner table at the French restaurant ahead of time, it draws diners beyond just hotel guests.
- ✓Ask about the dietary-specific lunch and dinner menus if travelling with vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free needs.
- ✓Use the garden and sun terrace in the late afternoon before the restaurant's evening service begins.
Why we love it
- French restaurant, a genuine departure from the norm
- Garden setting around the outdoor pool
- Wide dietary options across lunch and dinner
- 24-hour front desk and concierge service
Why guests love itA guest expecting a standard hotel restaurant is caught off guard, pleasantly, by a proper French dinner menu after an afternoon at the garden pool. The sun terrace afterward, with a glass of wine from the bar, turns an otherwise ordinary evening into something closer to a small getaway than a routine Nairobi stay near KICC, right down to the pastries that show up again at breakfast the next morning.