Voted Best Hotel in Africa / Staycation in a Rooftop Pool
what is going on everyone welcome to the channel for another little weekend adventure you guys know that we love traveling and discovering new places during our weekends but this weekend we actually are having a little staycation honestly i love our staycations i do love traveling don't get me wrong but our staycations are just kind of more a little more romantic usually that's for sure and this weekend we got invited to a hotel the four point sheraton by the nairobi airport and if it's as great as what we think it should be the perfect little downtown oasis so we looked at this hotel quite a bit online and tracey what are you most excited about for me it's like the rooftop restaurant yeah because from the restaurant you believe you can see planes taking off or you can see nairobi national park something like that one of the two but i think it's pretty cool i'm excited for the pool too yeah that's really nice anyway we're almost there so catch you guys back up there we've been trying to get on the highway probably for about a half hour just sitting just sitting here i think we have like five kilometers left and we're now saying 43 minutes which is better actually something must freed up because like five minutes ago it said an hour so we just arrived at the hotel after being stuck in traffic just a little kind of a lot but first impression very very nice the hotel from the outside looks super nice and this room is probably one of my favorite that we stayed in so far just because it's so modern like i would live in a house that looks like this yeah you don't really like rooms that have like carpet in them i'm okay with having carpet as long as it's like a nice clean carpet um but yeah so far so good we'll talk about like cleaning measures too later on yeah with covid because i highly approve of what they're doing yeah so just like every time we're in a new hotel we'll start with a room tour for you guys but first tracey wants to do something super important eat some chocolate coffee was really close to being number one but chocolate's in front of me so yeah what would you want we gotta try these ones too yeah they're red oh they're mushy i know that's why i'm curious you want me to go first kind of the fruit inside i have no clue what it is but it's good is there something inside no it's like some sort of dough or something really good though as usual let's start with the room tour so we actually have a room with a king size bed and it looks super comfy haven't tested it yet though and as we said earlier too there's no carpet in this room so it does have a different feel it's not as cozy per say but it's more modern and we kind of prefer those types of room because carpet i find sometimes you don't know if it's dirty or not these floors you know that they're clean so this is actually one of my favorite office slash breakfast areas because it uses a space very cleverly you can use it as an office you can use it as where you want to eat if you bring snacks or if you get room service but on the other side of this panel too there's actually your mini bar fridge so it doesn't take out that much space i think it's perfect and over beside the bathroom this is where you have your wardrobe closet area so you have your iron you have a safe slippers again apparently slippers is common in hotels i didn't know that um and my favorite you have two robes and then on to the bathroom again keeping with the modern theming um you have a nice large stand-up shower and you have your mirrors i like this thing i really do like that but they also have the makeup mirror too for eyebrows and closeness it's good and this hotel has one of my favorite hotel room feature ac 18 please yes so because we are so close to the nairobi airport i'm legally not allowed to fly my drone outside but that doesn't mean that we can't have drone footage in this vlog so after sitting in traffic for two hours it made me mad and coffee always cheers me up so we're gonna go get a coffee and then we're gonna tour the rest of the hotel and we'll show you what it's like we don't know either so explore with us okay let's go check out this hotel and get coffee for her not for me so this is actually their cafe and at nighttime it's a bar it's very nice i got an iced cafe mocha on the first floor of this hotel there's the restaurant called the marketplace we're not gonna show it to you guys right now because we're gonna have breakfast there tomorrow so we're actually going up to the fifth floor because that's where there's another restaurant up there for supper tonight swimming pool gym and spa so after all we just decided to come back to the room real quick we went upstairs the gym looks very nice they have like massages and you might try it with some of their spa stuff tomorrow i'm tempted to get a manicure yeah yeah it's it's very nice and the restaurant that we're gonna go tonight looks phenomenal but what looks super super cool is the pool so we're gonna change and we're gonna bring you guys back up there okay let's try the fifth floor once again so if you look to our left it's actually nairobi national park and then on the other side the way that our room shows is actually the airport so we're probably gonna have supper up here tonight and i think you can see like the planes coming and going we'll see just ordered a drink and it's going to be perfect for sitting by the pool and looking at the national park so now we're going back to our room and that pool was great like that area the drinks the live music there's live music guys and it's super cool it reminded me of halifax yeah for sure like very old country on some of them and just i don't know that type of chill yeah music but that pool area was definitely the perfect way to enjoy your afternoon absolutely so we just arrived for supper and they have a tangare gin kind of food pairing thing so we have a gin cocktail coming and our food is cooked with gin and they're supposed to pair together very well super cozy plains in the background i already love it it smells so good in the restaurant because basically they're grilling all the food in the corner of the restaurant on a huge barbecue the live music here guys is so so good it just like brings up like the ambiance like it's really really nice so we just came back from supper we ate way too much but wow it was great like way too much so supper holy yeah 10 out of 10. that was so so good like everything there wasn't like a semi-miss on an appetizer or something like that appetizers drinks main course dessert which i probably shouldn't have had because it was massive and i couldn't finish it all you just wanted to try then ate it all no you ate yours, i couldn't, i got what was it called the two mountains yeah so it was like a tribute to kilimanjaro mount kenya but it was two mountains of chocolate cake it was good though that was amazing but i actually couldn't finish it and those who know me i have a massive sweet tooth to not be able to finish chocolate cake yeah oh it was really good so the appetizer like i had the chicken wings probably one of the best chicken wings i ever had you have the grilled cheese like the cheeses skewer they're on the barbecue and it was super good then you have the shrimp wrap that was amazing phenomenal the seasoning on the shrimps was like and it was with the kashumbari yeah yeah no was in the wrap too oh really yeah yeah so it gave it like a fresh side like with the spice yeah and i had some fried duck with a spicy sauce it was so good with a side of kashumbari also and like plantain fries they look like no they were like potato fries oh okay yeah and then the dessert i had the ginger and date pudding with some caramel and ice cream it was delicious it was like a sticky toffee pudding almost but it like the consistency and stuff reminding you yeah it was and it was warm yeah that was very good too and then the drinks were super good too yeah yeah can't complain i still brought mine bacK and then overall great service uh amazing ambiance with the live music that guy was so so good super good yeah and like there was a lot of songs that we recognized i think i said this before but like old country and just like just really good acoustic songs yeah um it wasn't like too much in your face the volume was great his voice wasn't too loud like it was perfect overall very good highly recommend it and can't wait for breakfast but i need a break because i can't eat right now oh and what i wanted to mention too about covid so when we first came in um even before you get to the door like that hand sanitizer good like everyone's fast and then when you go through security so when you put your bags through like the security the x-ray machine yeah lost words um they actually like spray them down it must be some type of disinfectant or something then you get more hand sanitizer because you've touched other things um and then when you go in to check in like there's hand sanitizer everywhere and like i was just very overall pleased with the way they're handling it um and actually let me show you this too and you're gonna be like that's such a small thing but it's the little things you don't think about so like your coffee your tea your sugar stuff it's all in like a ziploc bag and i think it's a good thing because i did notice when we went to some hotels like it's just lying there which is totally fine they probably put new ones in there but this is just a nice like hey i know you put new ones there exactly yes it's just easier for them to replace at the end of the day right yeah i like it yeah good job safety first so we forgot the computer tonight so i'm on david's phone answering the comments and i'm behind because we were at supper and we didn't want to have our phones out you guys always overwhelm us with your support like it's a good thing don't get me wrong but we're just trying to play catch up but thank you something really cool that i just realized that you can actually connect your phone through bluetooth to the tv you don't get picture but you can actually stream music or anything you want but if you actually bring an hdmi cable and then you can watch your favorite youtubers like like us tracey how's the bed so comfy it's perfect for our food coma time for us to go to bed and i have to say this bed is very comfy i think we're gonna sleep just fine yeah and the blanket's not too heavy not too light and there's ac perfect good night guys see you in the morning good morning good morning slept super good yeah super good yeah now i'm super hungry so breakfast let's go see what they have tracey looks so tired always ready for breakfast this tired face needs some coffee before breakfast but yes i'm ready for breakfast let's go so we just arrived at the restaurant so it's just buffet breakfast so we're gonna see what they have so i have to say like the breakfast selection is as big like there's everything from like yes omelettes and smoked salmon sausage to pizza and stir fry like there's a lot of different things it looks and smells delicious and even though it's a self-serve safety first they give you gloves so that's pretty good too as you guys can see that breakfast was really good and i can't believe like the variety oh yeah for being a buffet breakfast it was really good so we just discovered this like lounge seating area it's beautiful like everything's kind of modern i love the wall and look at the lights so nice time to go get my nails done so i just came back from my manicure very nicely done and only two coats too which is really good normally nail polish needs like three coats but it looks great i would definitely recommend using the spa here the price is very good and quality is the exact same and honestly i found it a little bit better like the product actually kind of soaks into your skin really good hand massage yeah prices are great especially if you're here for a layover or something take advantage of the spa and now let's pack up let's go the worst part and we're ready to go so guys another a great weekend getaway little staycation this weekend nothing crazy but still very enjoyable i'm starting to love these staycations yeah for sure so before we tell you guys uh all about prices because i know you guys are very interested about that i have to say like since we arrived very good service very very nice hotel very modern something we don't see a lot in nairobi to be honest no it's extremely modern to be honest and i really like it like it's not just the rooms like we even found like the meeting rooms were modern the uh restaurant was modern especially the pool yeah the pool like that's definitely the highlight of this hotel is the rooftop pool it's like it's kind of like narrow but it's very long there's you can look at the nairobi national park it's it's a very very cool pool it is and then the food super good like the supper we had last night was phenomenal every course was great yeah so we actually tried some other restaurants in nairobi and fell in love with them you guys know like we go in restaurants like quite a bit so we have a lot of other places to compare it to and like it's it's at the top of the list like it was really really good yeah by far top five food yeah so the uh the price for the supper was the equivalent of 11 400 uh kenyon shillings converted prices somewhere there so keep in mind too for that price like we had alcoholic drinks in there as well so that usually adds in usually an extra like 15 20 depending on how expensive they are yeah we had each had a starter main course and dinner dessert which was phenomenal yeah and normally we don't have dessert so to have that in there and still have like the same price point built yeah i was impressed this is pretty good really really good yeah otherwise the room that we're staying at obviously there's different rates uh depending on the room that you get this room is normally a hundred and seventy five dollars us right now it goes for a hundred and thirty one five percent discount actually you get breakfast included so the the breakfast buffet with like everything from like eggs to margarita pizza is actually included with the with the rate so the fact that the breakfast is included we try and always look for that because for one it's a pain to try and find breakfast in the morning usually super expensive so it's a bonus that's included so anyway guys overall super great hotel especially like if you have to fly in or out from the airport like with the traffic right now it's worth it to like take an extra night and have zero stress in the morning eat your nice breakfast at the buffet downstairs and then like go into your flight especially if you're not familiar with nairobi traffic because if we just came in and we're expecting to go to a hotel and come back we would have missed our flight 100 percent like without knowing the way that traffic is and there's construction going on right now so yesterday took us over two hours to drive 36 kilometers two hours so and for like 500 meters we were there for like 45 minutes yeah yeah nairobi traffic is something else but overall great hotel great service great food good spa good spa and we had a great time yeah yeah so anyway guys don't forget to like this video subscribe to the channel as we upload every single saturday and see you guys in the next one good night guys see you in the morning
2020-12-23 05:10
