A four star on United Nations Ave in Greater Nairobi, with a pool, a gym and a restaurant. What decides it is the car: Gigiri is a diplomatic suburb, 5.77 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 73 minutes on foot in a direct line, and you are not walking that.
01What it is
Gigiri Lion Villas 2 is a four star address on United Nations Ave, and the facilities read like a hotel built for people whose day is already organised for them: 24 hour front desk, concierge, business center, free wifi, lifts, laundry, dry cleaning, luggage storage and free car parking. There is a restaurant, a cafe, a lounge and a bar, an outdoor pool and a fitness center, plus wheelchair access and shuttle service. The list is thin on the details of the room itself, sheets and towels and a surcharge line, and quiet on what sits within reach, which for this address is the point.
What that adds up to for a stay: Gigiri Lion Villas 2 works if your business is up here, at the UN or the embassies, and you want the ordinary machinery of a hotel, food, a desk, a pool, someone at the desk at any hour. It does not work if you came for the centre. You would be crossing the city by car for it, and the street is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does, a transport edge rather than an evening one. Cross it by car. Suits the diplomatic and conference stay. Suits the leisure stay far less.
02The supplier's photographs
0321 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 Gigiri Lion Villas 2 early on the weeks the UN calendar is full, because this is a four star aimed at that traffic. 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 Lion Villas 2?+
On United Nations Ave in Greater Nairobi, the diplomatic and UN quarter. It is 5.06 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. You are not in the centre here, and you should not plan as if you are.
What does the hotel list?+
A 24 hour front desk, concierge, business center, free wifi, lifts, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage and free car parking. Also a restaurant, cafe, lounge and bar, an outdoor pool and a fitness center, with a shuttle service and wheelchair access. Sheets and towels are listed, with a surcharge line.
What is getting into the centre from here like?+
It is a car journey, not a walk. The measured line is 5.77 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 73 minutes on foot in a direct line. This part of the city is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page, which goes to app.impt.io. You will see what is open for your dates and can cancel free on most rooms. The hotel has a 24 hour front desk for anything after booking, and free car parking if you are driving.
