Bidwood Suite Hotel is a 4 star property on Lower Kabete Road in Greater Nairobi, away from the centre and set up for self-contained stays. It suits people with their own transport, time, and a reason to be on this side of the city.
01What it is
Bidwood Suite Hotel lists the full set you would expect from a 4 star property with long-stay fittings: kitchens and kitchenettes with fridge, microwave, oven and toaster, plus balcony, patio and terrace, air conditioning, free wifi, free car parking, an outdoor pool and a salt water pool, a fitness centre, spa, steam room and massage, restaurant, bar and lounge, breakfast and breakfast in room, room service, laundry and dry cleaning, concierge, currency exchange, luggage storage and a 24 hour front desk. The list is thin on nothing much, but two entries are noise. A golf course is not a facility the property runs, and pets allowed sits awkwardly beside housekeeping, spa and steam room.
What that adds up to at Bidwood Suite Hotel is a place built for longer, more independent stays than a single night in the centre. The kitchen, the balcony and the parking matter more than the bar here, because Greater Nairobi is car country and this is not a hotel you walk out of into anything. The distance from the quarter tells the story: the site puts the property 3.75 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits families, longer stays and anyone driving. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 42 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Bidwood Suite Hotel takes a deposit-free route through this site, and the terms below are the ones worth checking before you commit. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where exactly is Bidwood Suite Hotel?+
Bidwood Suite Hotel is on Lower Kabete Road in Greater Nairobi, the wider city outside the central business district. The site measures it as 3.22 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on a car or a shuttle rather than a walk.
What does the hotel list for longer stays?+
Kitchens and kitchenettes with a fridge, microwave, oven and toaster, plus a balcony, patio and terrace, air conditioning, free wifi and free car parking. There is an outdoor pool, a salt water pool, a fitness centre, spa, steam room and massage, and a restaurant, bar and lounge. Breakfast can be taken in the room.
Can you walk into the centre from here?+
Not comfortably. The site puts Bidwood Suite Hotel 3.75 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line. The streets in the centre are a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Use a car, a shuttle or a ride.
What does the guest score mean?+
Bidwood Suite Hotel carries 4.5 out of 5 from 1045 reviews. That is a strong, well-populated score rather than a handful of opinions, so it reflects a settled pattern across many stays. Treat it as a general signal of satisfaction and check the facilities against your own needs.
