A four star house on Gigiri Road, north of the centre, with a pool, a garden and parking that most of central Nairobi cannot give you. It suits people with a car, or a reason to be on this side of town; it does not suit anyone wanting the business district on foot.
01What it is
Gigiri Garden Retreat is a four star property on Gigiri Road in Greater Nairobi. Its list is broad: free wifi, free car parking, a kitchen, a washing machine, an iron and board, a safe, a TV, a cot and family rooms for longer stays and for children. Outside there is an outdoor pool, a garden, a terrace, a picnic area and a golf course. Food and service cover lunch, laundry, housekeeping, cleaning, luggage storage and a shuttle. 24H security, a smoke detector and first aid are listed.
The thin part is the shape of the place rather than its contents. Gigiri Garden Retreat reads as a compound with grounds and a kitchen, not as a hotel with a lobby you sit in. The pool, garden, picnic area, golf course and kitchen point the same way: you settle in and stay put, and the property gives you the space to do it. Choose it if you are driving, staying several nights, or have business on this side of Nairobi. Look elsewhere if you want the Central Business District on foot, because you are not in it.
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 are not in Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs. Of those ten quarters, Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest, and it is still a separate place: the northern edge of the grid, where the city loosens and the roads north begin. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is the quarter's own measure, not a walk from your door.
Treat the location as the wider city. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge and the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, which makes the quarter best for early markets, and the walk up to the National Museum, if you are already there. Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. You are not.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this property if the garden, the pool and the parking are the reason you chose it, because those are what you are paying for here. 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 Gigiri Garden Retreat?+
It is on Gigiri Road in Greater Nairobi, which is 5.3 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line. That puts it well north of the Central Business District, so plan on a car or the shuttle rather than a walk into town.
What does the property actually list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a kitchen, a washing machine, an iron and board, a safe, a TV, family rooms and a cot. Outside there is an outdoor pool, a garden, a terrace, a picnic area and a golf course. Lunch, laundry, housekeeping and a shuttle are also listed.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 4.63 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one. Cross it by car.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and free cancellation are handled through app.impt.io, where you can see which rooms can be cancelled free before you commit. The property lists express check in, luggage storage and 24H security, so arrival arrangements are straightforward once a booking is confirmed.
