A three star property on Olooitoktok Road, in the new concrete end of Greater Nairobi where the city is built around parking and the conference room. The list is practical rather than indulgent: laundry, dry cleaning, lifts, luggage storage, a spa and a smoking area, with the shuttle as the thing that decides whether it works for you.
01What it is
Edmor Valley by Edmor Suites lists the ordinary machinery of a working stay: laundry service and dry cleaning, luggage storage, lifts, and parking with free car parking alongside it. There is a shuttle service, which matters more than usual out here, and the property is wheelchair accessible. It also lists a spa and a smoking area. That is the whole of the list, and it is thin in the places a longer stay would notice: nothing about food, nothing about a gym, nothing about how the shuttle runs or where it goes. A three star property with twelve photos on file, so the pictures show what the list does not.
What Edmor Valley by Edmor Suites adds up to is a place built for arrival by car and departure by car, on a ridge of new concrete where the streets were laid out for the conference room rather than the pavement. The laundry, the parking and the shuttle carry the day; the spa softens the evening. It suits someone in Greater Nairobi on business who wants the vehicle dealt with and does not intend to walk anywhere. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot: this is 4.02 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the evenings are safe and dull, hotel bars and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0310 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Edmor Valley by Edmor Suites if you want the car parked and the laundry handled, and treat the shuttle as the thing to confirm before you commit. 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 Edmor Valley by Edmor Suites?+
It is on Olooitoktok Road in Greater Nairobi, in the newer concrete end of the city rather than the central business district. The address puts it 5.38 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 68 minutes on foot in a direct line, so plan on arriving by car or by the property's shuttle.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
Laundry service and dry cleaning, lifts, luggage storage, parking with free car parking, a shuttle service, a spa, a smoking area and wheelchair access. It is a three star property, so expect the practical list rather than anything resort-like. Food and drink are not on the list, so ask directly before you book.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
You do not walk it. The property sits 4.02 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and it lists a shuttle service rather than anything in walking range. Evenings out here are hotel bars, and then a ride anywhere else.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Look up the property on app.impt.io for current availability across your dates. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so a booking holds its flexibility rather than locking you in. Check the cancellation terms on the specific room you pick, since the free cancellation applies to most but not all of them.
