From the day it opened its doors in 1902, The Stanley has been making history – hosting royal safaris and a long line of living legends. The stature and historical importance of The Stanley was aptly described in a article that appeared in The East African and Rhodesian in 1930 that said, “There is probably no other colony in the British Empire where a hotel has been more intimately associated with communal development and welfare than has The Stanley of Nairobi with the modern history and progress of Kenya. That celebrated establishment has been so long a popular rendezvous of the colonists that it has acquired an individuality entirely of its own”.

Kenya’s first locally brewed beer was served at The Stanley’s long bar in 1923. Ewart Grogan who walked from Cape to Cairo to prove his love for a woman slaked his considerable thirst here. So too did Ernest Hemingway, Denys Finch Hatton and Edward Prince of Wales. At The Stanley, the stars came out at night: Stewart Granger, Ava Gardner, Clark Gable, they all came to The Stanley.

Today, The Stanley’s heritage character is preserved whilst offering modern hotel services and amenities to create Nairobi’s most special hotel experience.