The sign over the veranda calls it a little upcountry inn with a tradition. It has stood on Moi Avenue since 1926.
From the station to the veranda.
Opposite the railway station
The inn is on Moi Avenue in the middle of Naivasha town, across the road from the railway station and a couple of hundred metres from Jamaa Supermarket. Nairobi is about 85 km away by road.
Built in 1926
It went up as a stop-over for travellers heading to the farms of the Rift Valley, and is one of the oldest inns in the area. White walls, red tin roofs, a brick chimney and an arched entrance on the street.
A dining room, a bar and a bakery
Thirty seats, Kenyan and Continental cooking: fish, chicken curry, crayfish pasta, steak and chips, pizza, and the beef samosas people come back for. The bakery makes bread, pastries, croissants and cakes.
The long front veranda
A covered veranda runs the length of the building, with wicker chairs and red check cloths. Anyone can stop for tea, a meal or a drink and watch the town go by.
Thirteen rooms.
Round a quiet garden.
Ten doubles and three triples, set around a courtyard garden away from the street. Each has its own shower room, a mosquito net, a fridge, a seating area and satellite TV. Breakfast is included.
See the rooms →
The Double Room
A room for two on the courtyard garden, with its own shower, a mosquito net, a fridge and satellite TV. Breakfast included. Sleeps 2.
The Triple Room
Three beds for a family or friends, with the same shower room, net, fridge and TV. Breakfast included. Sleeps 3.
In the middle of town
On Moi Avenue, across from the railway station, with Jamaa Supermarket a couple of hundred metres away. Lake Naivasha is about ten minutes’ drive.
A hundred years of travellers
Built in 1926 for people on their way to the Rift Valley farms. Visitors from Nairobi once took a gin and tonic on the veranda here while they waited for a carriage to the lakeside estates.
The kitchen is the point
A thirty-seat dining room, a bar, a bakery and take-away, all under one roof. Guests single out the beef samosas, the pancakes and the brewed coffee.
Breakfast to start the day
Rooms come with breakfast — a full cooked breakfast, by guests’ accounts, with tea or proper brewed coffee.
What to order.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner from the kitchen, bread and cakes from the bakery, and a well-stocked bar. Snacks and take-away too — call the inn to order ahead.
A little upcountry inn with a tradition.
“Nice old place seeping in history.”
That is how the sign over the veranda puts it. In 2005 the Irish Times wrote of visitors from Nairobi taking a gin and tonic here while they waited for a horse-drawn carriage to the lakeside estates. Today the veranda is the town’s: tea in the morning, lunch at noon, a drink at dusk.
Read what guests say →“Great cozy place in Naivasha town.”
Notes from Moi Avenue.
A stop on the road to the Rift Valley farms
Chicken in the basket, fish fingers and fresh juice
Opposite the station, ten minutes from the lake
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