Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi Upper Hill
Indoor, outdoor and jacuzzi water, twelve meeting rooms
About this hotel
Few Nairobi hotels run both indoor and outdoor swimming pools alongside a jacuzzi, which gives Radisson Blu Upper Hill more flexibility than most business hotels its size. Every room comes with a private bathroom and a flat-screen TV, and complimentary WiFi covers the whole property rather than just public areas. The Larder Restaurant runs international cuisine for dinner and covers American, Continental, Halal and Vegetarian breakfast options, while a lobby bar and cigar lounge extend the evening past the pool deck. Twelve meeting rooms and a business centre sit alongside the spa and fitness centre, making this a hotel built as much for conferences as for a wellness break, with Giraffe Center, Karen Blixen Museum and Sheldrick's Wildlife Trust all within 13 kilometres.
- Indoor and outdoor pools
- Jacuzzi and spa centre
- Twelve meeting rooms
- Lobby bar and cigar lounge
Our take
This is a strong pick for business travellers who want a genuine spa wind-down without leaving the hotel after a full day of meetings at KICC, just 4.1 kilometres away. The scale and conference focus mean it can feel less intimate than a boutique property, so guests after a quieter, smaller-scale stay might prefer Pax Manor Muthaiga instead.
- ✓Use the indoor pool in the early morning before conference sessions start, it's quieter than the outdoor pool at that hour.
- ✓Book a jacuzzi slot in advance if your stay overlaps with a busy conference week, demand rises fast midweek.
- ✓Try the Larder Restaurant's Halal or Vegetarian breakfast options if the standard buffet queue is long.
Why we love it
- Both indoor and outdoor swimming pools on one property
- Jacuzzi paired with a full spa centre for real recovery
- Twelve meeting rooms make it a genuine conference base
- Lobby bar and cigar lounge extend evenings past the pool
Why guests love itA business traveller with back-to-back meetings across two days finds the indoor pool open early enough for a swim before the first session, then swaps to the jacuzzi that evening once the conference day wraps up. The lobby bar afterward, cigar lounge included, turns what could have been a purely functional stay into something closer to a proper wind-down before the next day starts again.