A three star block on Mombasa Road, spread over wide industrial land south east of the centre. The listed self catering kit and the free parking decide it: you want a car here, and you want to be out before dark.
01What it is
Enzi heights is a three star property on Mombasa Road in Greater Nairobi, and the list it publishes is built around a longer stay rather than a night in transit. The facilities name a kitchen and a kitchenette, a washing machine, a balcony, a TV and free wifi, so the assumption is that you are feeding yourself and doing your own laundry. There is free car parking on site as well as parking and internet access, and the rooms are non smoking. A jacuzzi and a swimming pool are also listed. Where the list runs thin is transport: nothing here arranges a car, and nothing suggests the street itself is somewhere you would want to spend an evening.
What that adds up to is a self contained base on an industrial road, useful in daylight and awkward without a vehicle. The washing machine, the kitchen and the parking suit someone posted to this side of the city for a stretch of weeks, or a family moving through Nairobi with their own car. The jacuzzi and the pool do not change the setting, and the setting is the deciding factor. Enzi heights does not suit a first time visitor who wants the centre on foot, and it does not suit anyone planning to come and go after dark, because this part of Greater Nairobi is unlit in stretches and you need a car back.
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 the centre. They sit well outside it, in the inner suburbs, past the ten quarters this site covers. The nearest of those quarters, for orientation only, is The Railway Quarter, on the southern edge of the grid, and that is as close as the connection goes. You are in the wider city here. Anything in the CBD means travelling in and out, so plan the day around that rather than around a short step from your room.
The Railway Quarter itself is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, the museum, and understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift; the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so keep it to daylight and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book Enzi heights if you have your own car and your stay is built around the room rather than the street; check what a kitchen or kitchenette unit actually means for your dates 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 Enzi heights?+
It sits on Mombasa Road in Greater Nairobi. The site measures it at 4.98 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 63 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.11 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Treat both as map distances, not routes.
What is actually in the rooms?+
The published list names a kitchen and a kitchenette, a washing machine, a balcony, a TV and free wifi, with non smoking rooms throughout. Free car parking and parking are listed, plus a jacuzzi and a swimming pool. Linens, toiletries and room service are not listed, so ask before you rely on them.
Can I stay here without a car?+
It is a poor fit without one. The street is wide industrial land with sheds, and it is unlit in stretches after dark, so the sensible pattern is daylight movement and a car back. Nothing in the listed facilities arranges transport, and the centre is not a walk you would want to repeat daily.
How do I check availability and cancellation terms?+
Availability and terms are shown at the point of booking through app.impt.io, and most rooms there can be cancelled free. Because kitchen and kitchenette units are both listed, confirm which type you are getting for your dates, and confirm the washing machine and parking allocation if those decide the stay for you.
