A four star hotel on United Nations Crescent in Gigiri, Greater Nairobi, built around the diplomatic and UN stretch rather than the centre. Decide on one thing: whether you want the city's business district, or a car-based base closer to the agencies.
01What it is
Cozy Stead Hotel Haven House Gigiri lists broadly and evenly. There is a restaurant, a cafe, bars, breakfast, a lounge and a coffee service; an outdoor pool, a fitness centre, a health club, a sauna, a steam room and a Turkish bath; a business centre, a meeting room, free wifi, a concierge, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage and free car parking. Bicycle hire and storage, a garden, a terrace, a picnic area and a fireplace fill out the leisure side, and the property is wheelchair accessible. Two things to note. The list is thin on what keeps a room quiet at night: no room service, no airport transfer, and the shuttle is listed only as a service, with the terms left open. And 'surcharge' among the facilities means some of this is charged on top.
For a guest, Cozy Stead Hotel Haven House Gigiri is a working hotel in the diplomatic quarter: it lists the facilities a business trip or a family stay actually uses, and enough of them that you can stay on the property through a working day. The catch is the setting. This is Greater Nairobi, not the centre, and the transport edge it sits on is not an evening one. It suits someone whose business is at the UN, the embassies or Gigiri itself, and who is content to drive. It does not suit a visitor who wants to walk out into the Central Business District.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 8 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
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 this one if the Gigiri address is the point of the trip, and check the cancellation terms before you pay. 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 Cozy Stead Hotel Haven House Gigiri?+
The hotel is on United Nations Crescent in Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi, close to the UN and diplomatic offices at Gigiri. It is 5.02 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. This is a car-based location, not a walkable CBD one.
What facilities does the hotel have?+
The listed facilities include a restaurant, a cafe, bars, breakfast, a lounge, an outdoor pool, a fitness centre, a health club, a sauna, a steam room, a Turkish bath, a business centre, a meeting room, free wifi, a concierge, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage and free car parking. Some items carry a surcharge.
How far is it from the Nairobi Central Business District?+
It is 5.7 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 72 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street here is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so plan to cross it by car. Treat the CBD as a drive, not a stroll.
How do I check availability and book?+
Availability and room types are shown through the booking link on this page at app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so check the terms for your dates as you go through. Booking through that link is also what triggers the CO2 removal and the credit back.
