In Kenya, 'hotel' means a basic restaurant, not a place to sleep. Isiolo has several on the main street serving the standard Kenyan staples: chapati, mandazi, beans, ugali, sukuma wiki (stewed kale), and chai. Prices are low, portions are filling, and the doors open early — which matters if you are joining a matatu heading north at first light. Straightforward food for a town that exists, in part, to keep people moving.