Boushel Place is a three star hotel on Daidai Rd in Greater Nairobi's industrial land. It has free parking, free wifi and a desk that never closes. What decides it is the location: daylight arrival by car, no wandering after dark.
01What it is
Boushel Place lists a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, housekeeping, laundry service and dry cleaning. That is the shape of the place: the practical things covered, the front desk permanently staffed, laundry and dry cleaning handled for you, and parking you do not pay for. It is thin on anything else. Nothing is listed for eating or drinking on site, nothing for meetings, and the only charge mentioned is a surcharge without explanation.
For someone staying at Boushel Place, this adds up to a workable base rather than a destination. You get the basics done: a bed, a desk that answers at any hour, your clothes washed or cleaned, your car parked. The trade is the setting, wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, with unlit stretches after dark. It suits a driver here on business who wants the listed essentials without fuss. It does not suit anyone without a car, or anyone who wants the centre within walking distance.
02The supplier's photographs
037 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 The Railway Quarter. They sit just outside the ten quarters this site covers, on the edge of the centre, and The Railway Quarter is only the nearest of the ten. What that means in practice is that you are in the wider city, not in the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The nearest quarter is the southern edge of the centre: wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift, and the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue; the quarter is 0.89 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is best for the museum, and for understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches. Daylight only, and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Booking Boushel Place is straightforward, and the terms below decide whether it works for you. 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 Boushel Place?+
On Daidai Rd in Greater Nairobi. It sits 3.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.72 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here.
What does Boushel Place actually list?+
A 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, housekeeping, laundry service and dry cleaning. The list is thin on leisure: nothing for food or drink on site, nothing for meetings. The only charge mentioned is an unexplained surcharge, so ask what it covers before you confirm.
Can I walk into the centre from Boushel Place?+
You can, in daylight, in a direct line, but you would not want to rely on it. The area is industrial and unlit in stretches, which is daylight only, and a car back. Arrive by car and use the free parking. For the centre, take a car rather than planning on foot.
How do I check availability at Boushel Place?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where most rooms here can be cancelled free. The room types, the dates and the terms are shown there. Nothing on this site carries a rate, so that is the place to look before you decide whether the location works for you.
