A 3 star suites address on Syokimau Airport Road, out in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. It runs on breakfast, parking, wifi and a safe, and the one thing that decides it is whether your reason for being in Nairobi sits near the airport or in the city itself.
01What it is
Blueman Smile Suites JKIA lists a short, functional set: breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, a safe and dry cleaning service. That is the whole of it. The three star rating and the six items together describe a place built for a bed, a shower, a car left standing and a bag held while you move on. There is no restaurant named, no bar, no pool, no gym, no airport shuttle, no meeting room and nothing about how many rooms or what they contain. The list is thin, and thin in the places a longer stay would notice first.
What Blueman Smile Suites JKIA adds up to depends entirely on why you are in Nairobi. If you are passing through and want parking, wifi, a safe and breakfast without going into the centre, the listed set covers the practical part. If you want the Central Business District, this is the wrong side of it: the property sits 14.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 178 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits an airport-side stopover with your own vehicle. It does not suit a city break, a carless visit or anyone planning to walk to the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Blueman Smile Suites JKIA only once you have settled what your trip to Nairobi is for, because the location is the decision and nothing else on the list changes 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 is Blueman Smile Suites JKIA?+
On Syokimau Airport Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. It is 13.04 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on arriving and leaving by car or taxi, not on foot.
What does the property actually provide?+
Breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, a safe and dry cleaning service, under a three star rating. Nothing else is listed: no restaurant, bar, pool or shuttle. Treat it as a bed, a parking space and a bag drop rather than a place to spend a day.
Can I walk from the hotel into central Nairobi?+
No, the distances rule it out. The property is 14.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 178 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the road it sits on is truck and market traffic. Use a car or a taxi for every trip into the centre.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability is shown on app.impt.io, where you book the room. Most rooms here can be cancelled free. Confirm the dates you need before you commit, since the airport-side location is the whole reason to choose this property over one in the centre.
