The working Nairobians are always looking forward to the weekends.
Even those who freelance still consider their weekends to be off days.
Those are their leave days considering how busy Nairobi life can be. Actually, the weekend in Nairobi starts on Friday evening considering how lively and exciting the clubbing lifestyle is in this city.
All popular raving joints are usually fully packed by 10pm Friday night. Let’s start with the bourgee ones where the cool people of Nairobi go to burn money.
Brew Bistro along Ngong Road/ Westlands
I used to love the Brew Bistro in Westlands where I could get a glass of chilled Red Wine at Ksh400, but my friends told me that the Ngong Road one is the best.
Either way, these two joints still remain the most preferred for their security and sophisticated services that they give clients. Drinks are rather expensive in these joints compared to other parts of the city where a glass of red wine goes at Ksh200.
However, it is the quality of service that makes the Brew attractive to many revellers in Nairobi.
In Nairobi CBD clubs like Club Edge or Sky Lounge, a bottle of beer can go for roughly Ksh250. Now think of any uptown joint like K1 clubhouse or 1824 in Langatta and just double the price.
Clubbing is quite an experience in this city and some places like Westlands that are dull during the day come alive at night because of the wide range of clubbing scenes.
You haven’t experienced this city if you haven’t clubbed at night, and more so on a weekend night. That’s how you see how Kenyans dance, drink their tusker and get noisy as they watch teams they had bet on wins and loses.
Movies at the Mall
The mall culture is so developed in this city, over the last decade we have seen investors put up malls in Nairobi that we only used to see in Hollywood movies.
The idea of a mall is to help you to spend all your money in one place. I can’t think of any other reason for creating it. Let’s take a look at how a Nairobian mall looks like; it has a bank, popular food joints, a hypermarket, salons and barbershops, cinemas, boutiques and ATMs.
So basically you can do any activity you want to do within the mall.
However, it is common to find Nairobians catching up with the latest Hollywood flicks at cinemas in malls. A ticket for one goes for Ksh1000 in these cinemas if it is a blockbuster.
These are some of the most popular malls in the city:
- Century Cinemax Garden city mall & Imax
- Two Rivers mall located in Ruaka
- Rosslyn Riviera Mall, Ruaka
The biggest one we have around is Two Rivers which happens to be just next to Riviera. No mall challenges Two Rivers in terms of size.
However, other parts of Nairobi also have decent malls. We have Galleria Mall along Langata Road and Greenspan Mall in Donholm or Gateway Mall along Mombasa Road.
You can watch the current Joker Movie in cinemas located in these malls. Every neighbourhood in Nairobi brags of a mall. That’s why we compare which is the best mall of all time.
Restaurants
Nairobians, like everybody else, like eating. And they consider the weekend as their day to eat out and break the normalcy that is cooking at home.
According to a report published in Capital Business in 2017: “Nairobians were expected to have spent around Ksh 87 billion in restaurants, and this is to rise by around 77 per cent in the next decade”.
That shows how we don’t like eating ugali at home and would instead grab a pizza of Ksh900 at Domino’s, or choose Debonairs for the small one at Ksh350.
Other in-vogue joints for pizza would be:
There is so much to eat in Nairobi over the weekend… What if you are not a pizza fan? Well, like other city dwellers, you may do some fries and two piecer chicken which can cost you around Ksh350 at KFC. You will find one in the central business district, called a streetwise package.
The standard price for a plate of fries is Ksh150 in Nairobi CBD, but it goes higher if you visit high-end restaurants that will roughly charge around Ksh250. Some Nairobians would also think of milkshakes at art cafe or Java which goes for Ksh400 and above. However, not everyone is into pizzas and fries; thus, you can try brunch at K1 Flea Market on Sundays, which goes for around Ksh500.
Out of town
This is another fetish for city dwellers who are tired of the weekly hustles of Nairobi.
It is usual for Nairobians to be going out for a road trip to Naivasha or Nakuru with their friends. This is not costly if you can just carpool with your friends.
Needles to say, there is a lot of wildlife on your way to Nakuru that attracts attention. Thus, you are likely to see guys on social media taking selfies with giraffes and zebras during these road trips.
There is no better escape from Nairobi than a drive away from the city during the weekend. A lot of barbecue spots on your way to Nakuru, Kikopey is a must stop joint for some meat.
Another way Nairobians kill the weekend is by going out of town for fitness boot camps organised by many gyms in the city.
Such an activity would cost you around Ksh2000. You can join other fitness enthusiasts for an experience of Naivasha Hell’s gate. Or you can go to Karura Forest for a Hike or trail biking which apparently costs just around Ksh500.
Learning
Nairobians study for their MBA over the weekend, they like studying part-time. And this seems to be the best opportunity to explore their aptitude for knowledge.
If you are taking online courses at Kenyatta University or Catholic University, this is usually the only time to attend lectures and catch up with classes.
So, as you can see, there is a lot to do for city dwellers. Take your pick;)
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