Blossom is a three star hotel on Nyeri Rd, on the ridge beyond the centre, in a part of Greater Nairobi built for the car and the conference room. It lists parking, a shuttle and step free access. Whether it suits you turns on one thing: whether you want the middle of the city or a quiet base outside it.
01What it is
Blossom is a three star hotel on Nyeri Rd in Greater Nairobi, and its list is aimed at people arriving with a vehicle or a schedule. Free car parking and parking are both listed, alongside a shuttle service, lifts, luggage storage, laundry service and express check out. Wheelchair accessible is on the list too, and with lifts that matters if steps are a problem. The thin part is anything beyond the functional: there is no restaurant, no bar and no gym named, and nothing here is sold as a place to spend an evening.
For someone driving in for meetings, that combination works. You park on site, store a bag, send laundry out and leave without a queue at the desk. The address sits on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, which is 3.69 km from Upper Hill and Community, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is a daytime quarter, and the halls shut in the late afternoon, so Blossom suits the driver, the conference delegate and anyone who wants a car outside. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of the lobby into the centre of Nairobi.
02The supplier's photographs
038 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Booking Blossom is best done once you know your dates and whether you need the shuttle, because the practical extras are the reason to choose it. 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 Blossom?+
It is on Nyeri Rd in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built around the car and the conference room. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 4.68 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 59 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community.
What facilities does the hotel actually list?+
Free car parking, parking and a shuttle service, plus lifts, luggage storage, laundry service and express check out. Wheelchair accessible is listed, which together with the lifts is useful if you cannot manage stairs. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list, so plan meals and evenings elsewhere.
What is it like around the hotel after dark?+
Quiet to the point of dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The streets here are new concrete on a ridge, built for cars rather than for walking between venues, so most people drive or take a shuttle to dinner. If you want the centre of Nairobi on foot, this is the wrong base.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Use the booking link on this page to see what is open on your dates and confirm a room. You do not need to telephone the property first. If you need the shuttle or step free access, note that when you book so it is arranged before you arrive.
