A three star guesthouse on Syokimau Airport Road, built around the airport and SGR run rather than the city. The shuttle is the deciding factor: it costs extra, and without it you are out in Greater Nairobi with the centre a long way off.
01What it is
Eshborns House Near Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and SGR with shuttle services at an extra fee lists the ordinary machinery of a stopover: a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, express check in, luggage storage and a wake up service. Rooms come with a bathroom, shower, WC, towels, toiletries, slippers, sheets, an alarm clock, a desk, a TV, a DVD player, a safe and a balcony, in non smoking and family versions with cots and sofa beds. There is a kitchen with a microwave, oven, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, iron and board, free wifi and free car parking. Food is limited to breakfast in room, lunch and a bar, with room service and housekeeping, plus a garden, picnic area, playground, lounge and smoking area. Laundry and dry cleaning, first aid and smoke detectors are covered. The list is long but shallow on hot meals and on the things that make a long stay easy.
For anyone connecting through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or arriving on the SGR, Eshborns House Near Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and SGR with shuttle services at an extra fee does the basic job: a room, a gate with security, parking for a car, and a shuttle you arrange and pay for on top. It is not a city hotel and does not pretend to be. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 13.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 174 minutes on foot in a direct line, and Muthurwa and the east markets, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, is 12.71 km away. Suits early flights, SGR departures and drivers who want their car inside a walled compound. Does not suit anyone whose trip is the Central Business District.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 17 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, 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 Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one only once you have confirmed the shuttle, because the transfer is the thing that makes the address work and it is charged separately. 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 Eshborns House?+
On Syokimau Airport Road in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 13.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 174 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on the shuttle or a car rather than walking into town.
What does the property actually provide?+
A 24 hour front desk and security, free wifi, free car parking, a garden, picnic area and playground, and rooms with a bathroom, shower, towels, toiletries, TV, desk, safe and balcony. There is a kitchen with a microwave, oven, refrigerator and toaster, and a washing machine. Hot meals are limited to lunch and room service breakfast.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The property lists a shuttle service at an extra fee, which is the sensible way to cover the run to the airport, the SGR terminal or the city. Muthurwa and the east markets, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, is 12.71 km away. Do not expect to walk it.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page to see which rooms are open for your dates. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the confirmation comes straight back through app.impt.io. Have your flight or SGR times ready so you can ask about the shuttle at the same time.
