De Gold Nest Suites Kileleshwa is an apartment-style four-star property on Laikipia Road in Greater Nairobi. The deciding fact is distance: it sits outside the central quarter, so a car or taxi decides your stay. It suits longer, self-catering visits and guests who want quiet; it does not suit anyone set on walking out of a lobby into the centre.
01What it is
De Gold Nest Suites Kileleshwa lists the equipment of a serviced apartment rather than a hotel room. There is a kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster and coffee, plus a washing machine, iron and board, so a stay of several nights can run on its own routine. Bathrooms come with a bath, shower, WC, towels, hairdryer and slippers. Rooms are carpeted, non smoking, and there are family rooms, a lift, and wheelchair access. Outside there is a balcony, patio, terrace and garden. Wifi, internet access and free car parking are listed. Two thin points: the property carries a four star rating with no guest score on file, and the list offers no bar, no restaurant and no gym.
De Gold Nest Suites Kileleshwa works as a self-contained base in Greater Nairobi rather than as a hotel you step out of into the city. You cook, you park, you take the lift back up; you do not walk to dinner. That is the trade. It suits guests with their own transport, families, and anyone staying long enough for a kitchen and a washing machine to matter. It does not suit a first visit built around the centre on foot, and it does not suit anyone who wants a bar or a restaurant downstairs. If your days are in the central quarter, De Gold Nest Suites Kileleshwa is a deliberate choice rather than a convenient one.
02The supplier's photographs
0332 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book De Gold Nest Suites Kileleshwa if a serviced apartment outside the centre matches your trip. 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 De Gold Nest Suites Kileleshwa?+
It is on Laikipia Road, Kaisa Gardens Apartments, in Greater Nairobi. The central quarter is not on the doorstep. It stands 2.56 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so treat it as a base you drive in and out of.
What does the property list in the way of facilities?+
Kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, coffee, washing machine, iron and board, bath, shower, WC, towels, hairdryer, slippers, balcony, patio, terrace, garden, lift, family rooms, wheelchair access, non smoking rooms, free wifi and free car parking. There is no bar, restaurant or gym on the list.
What does getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi involve?+
It is a drive. The property stands 3.18 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 40 minutes on foot in a direct line. Uphill or with bags that direct line is not a plan. Arrange a car or taxi, and note that the central quarter is a daytime one, where the halls shut in the late afternoon.
How do I check availability at De Gold Nest Suites Kileleshwa?+
Use the booking page for this property and enter your dates. Most rooms can be cancelled free, availability and room type are confirmed at the time of booking, and no price is shown on this site. If your dates are fixed, check before you arrange anything else around the trip.
