Palacina The Residence & The Suites
A lawn-set pool with a full kitchenette to match
About this hotel
Palacina's swimming pool sits within large, manicured lawns, giving it a genuinely spacious feel that's uncommon among Nairobi's more compact hotel pool decks elsewhere in the city. Guest rooms come with a flat-screen TV, air conditioning and a full kitchenette with a microwave and oven, and every room carries a garden view, a rare guarantee among the city's hotels generally. Private bathrooms with a bath or shower round out the suite, and an on-site restaurant and fitness centre cover the rest of a self-sufficient stay. Four kilometres from the Kenya Parliament Buildings and roughly a 30-minute drive from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, it sits close enough to central Nairobi without losing the lawn-set calm that defines it.
- Lawn-set swimming pool
- Garden-view rooms
- Full kitchenette
- On-site restaurant
Our take
This works well for longer stays where a full kitchenette and guaranteed garden view matter more than proximity to a specific business district in central Nairobi. It's a boutique-scale property rather than a large hotel, so travellers wanting extensive on-site dining or event space should look elsewhere in the city instead.
- ✓Use the full kitchenette for at least a few meals, it's a genuine functioning kitchen rather than a token kettle and microwave.
- ✓Book a longer stay if possible, the manicured lawns and garden views reward a slower pace over a one-night stop.
- ✓Confirm the roughly 30-minute drive time to Jomo Kenyatta International when planning airport transfers.
Why we love it
- Pool set within large, manicured lawns
- Every room guarantees a garden view
- Full kitchenette with microwave and oven
- Four kilometres from the Kenya Parliament Buildings
Why guests love itA longer-stay guest settles into a routine quickly, cooking dinner from the full kitchenette a few nights and using the on-site restaurant the rest, all with the manicured lawns and garden view visible from the room throughout. The pool itself, set well back into the grounds, ends up feeling more like a private garden feature than a standard hotel amenity.