House of Waine: Hotel in Karen Nairobi

We stayed at the House of Waine for two nights prior to starting our 16 day safari in Kenya and Uganda, and one night just prior to our fligjt back to the States. Our flight landed late evening in Nairobi causing us to arrive at the House very late, but we were greeted by a very cheerful staff and was even offered dinner even though it was very late. The guest rooms were elegantly appointed, comfortable, and quiet. Although breakfast was included in the package, the House also serves lunch and dinner. The food was excellent and the service friendly and professional. The grounds were beautiful, peaceful and private. We would also recommend Langata Link Shops and Love Birds Community Shops for locally made souvenirs (roughly 2 miles from the House). All in all we had an excellent experience and would definitely choose House of Waine again.

We stayed here for two nights before leaving on our safari adventure. This is a nice oasis outside Nairobi, but conveniently located to local attractions and restaurants.||Each of the rooms is unique--large and comfortable. The grounds and pool are very nice. Service was incredibly friendly. Breakfast was included, and was very good quality. We ate out for lunch and dinner, and only later learned that we could have had those meals here as well.||A wonderful property with very friendly and welcoming people.

House of Waine in Nairobi was an amazing place to start off our safari trip! It is really close to the Karen Blixen House and Giraffe Centre. We felt really welcomed by all of the staff, especially Maurice who helped us at meals! The rooms were extremely clean, AC worked really well, and the food was great! They even set up a birthday surprise for my mom - complete with a cake and decorated room. We reached the hotel at almost 11pm, but they still welcomed us with a welcome drink and had the chefs/waiters stay late so we could have dinner. We really appreciate all of the people at House of Waine who made our stay amazing!

The staff and grounds at this resort are amazing. |The rooms are beyond exceptional. Mine had a fire place and a claw foot tub. Others had balconies. |The gardens are peaceful and lush; full of different plants and color.|Food was exceptional. One day I stayed at the hotel and for lunch, they served it in the garden.|Highly recommend this hotel if you need a place to stay in Nairobi.

Lovely place, amazing staff. Loved the attention to detail

We stayed two nights at House of Waine upon arrival to Nairobi to get adjusted to the time change from the US. This was a lovely B&B with a very comfortable room and beautiful grounds. We enjoyed the breakfast which was very filling and delicious. The room was spacious and comfortable. I would definitely recommend this venue for a short stay prior to going on safari.

Really enjoyed our all too short stay here. Please ignore the remarkably stupid negative reviews. This is charming. Beautifully renovated and decorated. Service exceptional. Set in lovely gardens. The kitchen does a great job. Do try the vegetable biryani which is really lovely. Piped jazz adds to the atmosphere of a large colonial home A postscript. We returned to House of Waine after several days on safari. One of our party had become very ill and needed to be hospitalized. The hotel arranged for special meals to be made and delivered to her! Typical of the service at this exemplary establishment

Nice place and generally acceptable service. Breakfast was average. Biggest issue was the lack of any awareness as our final night of the stay, the front desk called our room just before 11pm to ask if we wanted a wake up call. That call served as a wake up call as it woke up our entire family and messed up the kids' sleep routine before heading out to Tanzania early the next morning. Recommend clearly asking them what they need from you as the situational awareness and judgment of management is clearly limited.