A four star spa hotel on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, built for the car and the conference room. The listed facilities are solid for a quiet, self contained stay. The one thing that decides it is the distance: you are not in the centre and you will not be walking there.
01What it is
Entim Sidai Wellness Sanctuary lists a spa, a restaurant, bars, breakfast and coffee, a garden, a terrace and a picnic area, with free wifi, free car parking, dry cleaning, a reception area and a 24 hour front desk. For a four star property the list is conventional rather than deep: no pool, no gym, no airport transfer, no meeting rooms, even though the street is described as built for the car and the conference room. The spa is the one facility that shapes a stay here.
For someone staying at Entim Sidai Wellness Sanctuary, that adds up to a quiet, enclosed day: treatment, a meal, a drink on the terrace, and the garden when the weather holds. The car park being free tells you how you are expected to arrive and how you are expected to move. It suits a couple, a solo traveller or a small group who want the spa and do not need the centre underfoot. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk to meetings, museums or dinner, because the quarter is 12.32 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one as a destination in its own right, on the dates you want the spa, rather than as a base for the city. 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 Entim Sidai Wellness Sanctuary?+
It is on Rura Drive off Tree Lane, on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, away from the business district. The site puts it 14.05 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 176 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat that as a car journey, not a walk, and plan the ride before you set out.
What does the hotel list for guests?+
A spa, a restaurant, bars, breakfast and coffee, a garden, a terrace and a picnic area. Free wifi, free car parking, dry cleaning, a reception area and a 24 hour front desk are also listed. The spa is the main draw, and the free parking shows the place is set up for drivers.
Can I stay here and walk into the city centre?+
No. This is a car based property on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, and the centre is far enough that walking is not the plan. The quarter is 12.32 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. You will need a ride for anything outside the hotel.
What does the guest score of 4.6 out of 5 mean?+
It is an aggregate from 928 reviews, which is a large enough sample to take at face value, and it puts the property in strong territory against other four star hotels. It says nothing about how far you are from the centre, so weigh the score and the location separately before booking.
