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Cafés in Westlands & Parklands

Museum Hill, the Sarit Centre and Waiyaki Way, with roasters and karak in between.

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Westlands is a mixed-use district about 3 km northwest of the CBD, on the western side of the larger Parklands area.1 Offices, hotels, malls and hospitals moved in during the 1990s and early 2000s, when land and office space downtown grew scarce and expensive.1 Parklands, to the east, takes its name from City Park and has a large population of South Asian descent.2

For coffee, Westlands matches the CBD for choice, and two roasters, Connect Coffee Roasters and Sacred Mill Coffee Roasters, are here. Museum Hill, between Westlands and the center, adds a café on the grounds of the National Museum.3

Local tip: Combine the museum and a coffee: Vogue Cafe is on Museum Hill itself, so there is no taxi ride between the Snake Park and a cup.

At a glance

16Cafés listed
1With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
17:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Sigiria Coffee House, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–17:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (13%), specialty (13%), outdoor seating (6%).

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Coffee chains in Westlands & Parklands

Getting to Westlands

Waiyaki Way is the main road through the district, and Mpaka Road and Woodvale Grove hold much of its office stock; the Global Trade Centre rises at the corner of Waiyaki Way and Chiromo Lane.1 The Nairobi Expressway, completed in 2022, runs from Mlolongo past the airport and the CBD and ends at the James Gichuru Road junction on Waiyaki Way.4

Sarit Centre and the Waiyaki Way cafés

The Sarit Centre opened in April 1983 with two tenants and now has 74,000 m² of floor space over six floors, with parking for 4,000 cars.5 Barista and Co is on Level 1, in Phase 3 off Pio Gama Pinto Road. Westgate Shopping Mall is also in Westlands.1

On Waiyaki Way, Cafe Kaya is in Viking House; Cafe Lungo is at 65 Muthithi Road. Farther north, Sigiria Coffee House opens daily from 07:00 to 17:00 and has Wi-Fi. Rjs Coffee Shop, Slush Coffee World, Attibassi Coffee Kenya and Sasini Tea and Coffee are nearby in central Westlands.

Museum Hill and Parklands

The East African Natural History Society founded the National Museum in 1910; it stands on Museum Hill near Uhuru Highway, and the Nairobi Snake Park and a botanic garden with a nature trail share its grounds.3 Vogue Cafe is on Museum Hill, with Wi-Fi, tables inside and out, and card payment.

East of Westlands, Brioche Café Bistro is on Parklands Road and Leaf & Bean Cafe on City Park Crescent. The Aga Khan University Hospital and the Aga Khan Sports Centre are among Parklands' landmarks, and the area is laid out in numbered avenues.2 The British laid Parklands out as a residential area for civil servants, and in the 1940s and 1950s it was among the most congested suburbs around Nairobi.2

Roasters, Spring Valley and karak

Spring Valley Coffee has its Westlands café on Lower Kabete Road in Spring Valley. When the Specialty Coffee Association profiled Kenya's home market, the roaster ran eight cafés across Nairobi with a ninth being built, and it had just opened its first café abroad, in London.6

Karak & Go gives its Westlands address as Manohar Centre on Mpaka Road and runs further branches in Lavington and at T-Mall on Lang'ata Road.7 Connect Coffee Roasters and Sacred Mill Coffee Roasters both roast specialty coffee in the district.

Sources

  1. Westlands, Nairobi, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Parklands, Nairobi, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Nairobi National Museum, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Nairobi Expressway, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. Sarit Centre, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. An Evolving Landscape: How Domestic Consumption Is Slowly Redefining Kenya's Coffee Identity, Specialty Coffee Association (SCA News), accessed October 2026
  7. Karak & Go, Karak & Go, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Westlands & Parklands cafés: questions

How do you get from Nairobi's CBD to Westlands?

Westlands is about 3 km northwest of the CBD, and Waiyaki Way is its main road. The Nairobi Expressway, a toll road completed in 2022, runs from Mlolongo past the airport and the CBD and ends at the James Gichuru Road junction on Waiyaki Way.

Where is the café at the Nairobi National Museum near Westlands?

Vogue Cafe is on Museum Hill, home of the National Museum, which the East African Natural History Society founded in 1910. It has Wi-Fi, indoor and outdoor seating and takes cards. The Nairobi Snake Park and a botanic garden with a nature trail are in the same grounds.

Which coffee roasters have cafés in Westlands, Nairobi?

Connect Coffee Roasters and Sacred Mill Coffee Roasters are both in Westlands. Spring Valley Coffee has a café on Lower Kabete Road in Spring Valley; the roaster ran eight Nairobi cafés, with one more being built, when the Specialty Coffee Association profiled it, and it has opened a café in London.

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