Spent 2 nights at Karen Blixen after being in Cape Town and before heading out to the Mara. Hotel is near the Elephant Orphanage and Giraffe Sanctuary. Kazuri Bead factory is also nearby and well worth the visit. Food in both the restaurant and bar were great. more

I had to be in Nairobi for a week on personal business but did not want to be in the middle of Nairobi as it is noisy and frankly unpleasant. A friend referred me to Karen Blixen Coffee Garden and I must say I am very pleased they did. The grounds are quiet and peaceful in the pleasant suburb of... more

A beautiful upscale option in the Karen area outside of Nairobi. While this is not "the" Karen Blixen house, it is built in the same manner. Rooms are beautiful, meals can be eaten in the beautiful garden, and it's one of the few hotels that has a fitness center. As a tour operator with Adventures Within Reach, I usually recommend... more

We just returned from Kenya after a 2.5 week safari and we stayed 2 nights at the Karen Blixen Cottages at the end of our vacation. These cottages are located in Karen which is a suburb of Nairobi and Karen is a top place to stay. Don't stay in Nairobi with the conjestion and the traffic. Karen is a stunningly... more

Karen Blixen Coffee Garden is a haven in hectic Nairobi, and somewhere which, by the end of my Kenyan visit , I began to consider as home. I returned four times over the space of a couple of weeks, using the Coffee Gardens as my Nairobi base during my safari holiday, and was shown the greatest hospitality directly by the... more

This is the second time I have stayed here. We wanted a quiet haven after a safari. How disappointed we were. There was a wedding going on (as actually there was the first time too), and the noise from the speeches and music blasted through our room. When I complained that this was not acceptable for $420 I was offered... more

I spent time at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden prior to leaving for Safari in Kenya and Tanzania. The property is in a great location in Karen and provides easy access to tourist attractions nearby. The property has lovely and very comfortable accommodations. The cabin I stayed in was awesome. I loved walking the grounds and meeting the turtles and... more

Taking a break after several months of work in Sudan with an emergency humanitarian organisation I heard about and booked a week at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden in July 2007. I found the refuge that I really needed. The gardens are gorgeous and expansive, the cottages charming and comfortable. The staff was courteous and very accommodating to my every... more

Last year we escaped the cold Colorado winter by spending three months in the edenic surroundings of the Karen Blixen Coffeee Garden & Cottages just outside Nairobi. The gardens reminded us of a country estate with a mixture of fabulous indigenous birds as well as some beautiful small bantam chickens who mingled among the huge leopard tortoises. In the mornings... more