A three star property on Ruaka Runda Road in Greater Nairobi, with free parking and free wifi. The one thing that decides it is that you need a car; this is not a quarter you reach on foot from the centre, and not one you cross after dark except by car.
01What it is
High Point Places lists free wifi, free car parking, free bottled water, breakfast in the rate, and coffee. Rooms are non smoking, with a bathroom, shower, fan and towels. There is housekeeping and round the clock room service, dry cleaning, multilingual staff, a garden, a terrace, and a smoking area outside the rooms. The list is thin on what a three star in Greater Nairobi should also make plain: no restaurant beyond breakfast, no bar, no gym, no business centre and no airport transfer. Surcharge is a line item, not a facility, so ask what it attaches to before you commit. Guests arrive by car here, and the parking is the point of the list rather than an afterthought.
What that adds up to for someone staying at High Point Places is a straightforward, workable room, not a destination. The free wifi, the parking, the water and the breakfast cover the basics, and the round the clock room service covers the hours when Ruaka Road is not a place to go looking for food. The absence of a restaurant and a bar is the real gap, because there is nothing on this street to fall back on once the kitchen closes. High Point Places suits someone driving, working nearby, or breaking a journey north of the city, who wants quiet and a parked car more than a lobby. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre, anyone without a car, or anyone who wants Nairobi outside the gate.
02The supplier's photographs
0318 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 High Point Places if you are driving and want the car parked and the room quiet, rather than a base for the centre. 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 High Point Places?+
On Ruaka Runda Road in Greater Nairobi, in the Un Gigiri area. It sits well outside the Central Business District, 7.13 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 90 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street itself is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does.
What does the property actually list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, free bottled water, breakfast, coffee, and round the clock room service. Rooms are non smoking with a bathroom, shower, fan and towels, plus housekeeping and dry cleaning. There is a garden, a terrace, a smoking area, and multilingual staff. What it does not list is a restaurant, a bar or a gym.
How do I get into the centre from there?+
By car. The property is 6.4 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the street is a transport edge rather than an evening one. Cross it by car, and cross it in daylight. This is not a quarter to walk out of at night.
What does the guest score mean?+
It is 4.5 out of 5, from 10 reviews. That is a small sample, so read it as a direction rather than a settled verdict. It is consistent with a clean, quiet, car centred three star where the parking and the wifi do what they promise, and the missing bar and restaurant are the usual complaint.
