Cephars Place is a three star hotel on Ruaka Rd in Greater Nairobi, and the one thing that decides it is your car. Free parking is the whole of the listed offer. If you drive, it works. If you do not, the transport edge out here decides your day, not the hotel.
01What it is
Cephars Place is a three star hotel on Ruaka Rd in Greater Nairobi, and the listed facilities run to exactly one item: free car parking. That is the group worth naming, and it is a real one if you arrive with a vehicle, because parking in this part of the city is the first thing that fails. There is no restaurant, no bar, no pool and no gym on the list. Nine photographs are on file, so you can see the rooms rather than take a description on trust. Where the list is thin, it is thin everywhere except the parking.
What that adds up to is a place built around arrival by car. Cephars Place sits on a road with a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so you cross it by car. It suits a driver who wants a bed, a space to leave the vehicle, and a straight run in. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to dinner or rely on the street outside after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
031 facility 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs. Of those ten quarters, Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest, and it is still a separate place: the northern edge of the grid, where the city loosens and the roads north begin. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is the quarter's own measure, not a walk from your door.
Treat the location as the wider city. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge and the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, which makes the quarter best for early markets, and the walk up to the National Museum, if you are already there. Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. You are not.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Cephars Place through the link below and confirm the parking space with your booking, since that is the facility the property lists. 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 Cephars Place?+
It is on Ruaka Rd in Greater Nairobi, in the northern part of the city rather than the centre. It is 7.13 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 90 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a base you drive from rather than one you walk out of.
What facilities does Cephars Place list?+
Free car parking is the only facility on the list. There is no restaurant, bar, pool or gym recorded for the property, and it carries a three star rating. If parking is not something you need, the listed offer here is very small and you should weigh that.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Ngara and the Globe, at 6.4 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The area after dark is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so plan on crossing it by car.
How do I check availability at Cephars Place?+
Availability is checked through the booking link on this page, where you can see which rooms are open for your dates. Cancellation is free on most rooms, and the booking is confirmed through app.impt.io. Confirm your parking space in the same booking if you are driving.
