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Nairobi

a working guide to nairobi through design, food, music, art and the people shaping east africa’s creative capital.

the top 21

Useful places, chosen from the growing Dear city record. Each list evolves as local editors add and verify what matters.

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Java House ↗

Coffee house chain founded 1999 by Kevin Ashley and Jon Wagner, headquartered at ABC Place Nairobi, now with 73 East Africa locations serving export-quality Kenyan coffee and meals

Nairobi · food and beverage
02

Pointzero Coffee ↗

Kenyan retail coffee business established 2015 with a mission to increase local consumption of Kenyan-grown coffee through cafes and freshly roasted beans

Nairobi · coffee retail
03

Kesh Kesh Coffee Roastery ↗

Nairobi coffee roastery specializing in freshly roasted beans blending Kenyan and Ethiopian coffee flavors

Nairobi · coffee retail