Chiavari Chairs for Hire in Nairobi

Chiavari chair hire in Nairobi: the chairs and what they cost

Six chairs sit in this range, and each price is the hire of one chair for 24 hours, counted from when our crew finishes setting up. The gold Chiavari chairs (KSh 200 per chair) and the white scroll-back Chiavari (KSh 200 per chair) are our adult reception chairs; the black Chiavari (KSh 250 per chair) is the same frame in matt black. For children there is the white kids' Chiavari (KSh 200 per chair) and the gold kids' Chiavari (KSh 300 per chair). The acrylic ghost chair (KSh 600 per chair) is the modern option in the same aisle.

For a guest list, the arithmetic is simple: 100 gold Chiavari chairs come to KSh 20,000, 150 to KSh 30,000, and 100 black ones to KSh 25,000. Add dressed round tables for eight (KSh 1,000 per table) and a 100-guest reception seated at 13 tables comes to KSh 33,000 before transport. A 50% deposit holds the date; the balance is paid before delivery.

Which Chiavari chairs for hire suit your event?

Start with your colours and your light. Gold is the warm, classic choice: it lifts cream, ivory, blush and champagne linen, and it holds its own under a white tent or in a hotel ballroom. Black reads sharp and deliberate on monochrome tables, at evening receptions and corporate dinners, where gold can look too soft. The two are the same shape, so a room can use both.

The white scroll-back Chiavari swaps the ladder back for a fan-shaped back on the same Chiavari legs. It is the lightest-looking chair we hire, which suits garden weddings, christenings and bridal showers. If you want the room to feel modern rather than classic, the ghost chair lets flowers, table settings and lighting do the talking.

Mixing works too. White for the top table and gold for everyone else, for example, marks out the couple or the families without a second style of décor. Each chair is its own item, so a mixed order is one quote.

Wedding chairs for hire in Nairobi

For a wedding, the chair is part of every photograph of the reception, so it is worth choosing early. These chairs need no covers and no sashes to look dressed, which saves a line on the décor budget; if you do want colour on the chairs, chair tie-backs (KSh 50 each) carry the wedding colours through the seating.

At a ruracio or a traditional ceremony, the gold chair sits well with warm colours, greenery and woven textures. For a garden wedding in Karen, Runda or Limuru, the white scroll-back keeps the look light. For an evening reception in a hall, black frames against white linen give the tables a crisp edge. Whatever the setting, tell us whether guests sit for a ceremony first: the crew sets the chairs in rows with an aisle, or straight at the tables.

How many Chiavari chairs and tables do you need?

One chair for every guest who will be seated at the same time, plus seats for the couple or hosts, the elders, the MC and anyone else at a top table. The Chiavari is about 40 cm wide (our listing for the gold chair; Events Wholesale gives 40 cm and BE Furniture Sales 39 cm), which is why eight fit comfortably around one of our 1.5 m round tables. So 80 guests need 10 round tables, 100 guests need 13, and 150 need 19.

If the event is under a tent, size the tent for dinner tables, not for its trade name: a "100-seater" counts people sitting in rows, and fewer fit once round tables and walkways go in. The guest box at the top of this page counts the chairs for your guests, and the Quick Builder sizes the tent, tables and chairs together.

Are Chiavari chairs comfortable, and how strong are they?

The seat is about 45 cm off the floor, the usual dining height: Events Wholesale gives 45 cm and BE Furniture Sales 44 cm. The seat itself is hard, which is why makers such as BE Furniture Sales sell it with a seat pad; we confirm the pads that come with your chairs, and their colour, on the quote.

They are light and strong for their size. BE Furniture Sales weighs its gold chair at 3.85 kg with the pad, and Events Wholesale rates its resin version for a static load of 1,000 lb (about 450 kg) and sells it as a stacking chair. Those are makers' figures, not a measurement of our stock, but they explain why a crew can carry and set out a hall of them quickly.

In a tent, a garden or a hall

They work indoors and outdoors. There is one condition. Outside, they belong under a tent or canopy, because the seat pads must stay dry. On a lawn the crew sets each chair on firm ground; if the garden slopes, say so when you book and the layout is planned around it. On a hard floor they slide into place quickly, which is why they suit halls and hotel function rooms with tight set-up times.

Chiavari, Tiffany or banquet chairs: what is the difference?

Chiavari, Tiffany and Camelot are three names for one chair: the Italian original from the town of Chiavari, and the names many hire companies use for the same slim ladder-back design. If you have searched for "Tiffany chairs Nairobi" or for Chiavari seats, these are the chairs you mean.

Banquet chairs (KSh 200 per chair) are a different, padded chair in our Premium Seating range, alongside French Louis chairs (KSh 800 per chair). Every other design we hire is on the chairs for hire page. If you are unsure which suits your event, send us a picture of the look you want on WhatsApp and we will tell you which of our chairs matches it.

Chiavari chairs near you: delivery across Nairobi and Kiambu

Our yard is on Waiyaki Way in Uthiru, and our crew delivers them across Nairobi and Kiambu: Westlands, Lavington, Kileleshwa, Kilimani, Karen, Runda, Kasarani, Roysambu, South B and C, Syokimau, Ruaka, Kikuyu, Limuru, Kiambu Town, Ruiru, Juja and Thika, and other places we agree when we quote.

Transport is a separate line on your quote, worked out from the distance to your venue and the size of truck the order needs. Our transport estimator shows the price for your area before you ask. Delivery, setting out, taking down and collection are already inside the chair price.

Booking Chiavari chairs: deposit, set-up and the 24-hour hire

Add the chairs to your cart and send it, or message us on WhatsApp with your date, venue and guest count. Your quote lists every item, the transport and the deposit. A 50% deposit holds the date. Until it is paid, a quote or a conversation does not reserve the chairs, so pay it once your date and numbers are firm.

The hire runs for 24 hours from the end of set-up, so a set-up the day before costs you no hire time. Changes are easiest with 48 hours' notice. Ordinary wear is never charged; breakage, burns or permanent stains are charged at a fair repair or replacement cost.

Sources: Events Wholesale, gold resin stacking Chiavari chair, specification, read 2026-10-24; BE Furniture Sales, gold Chiavari chair, specification, read 2026-10-24.