A four star homestay out in Nyayo Estate, Embakasi, well east of the centre, with a kitchen and a washing machine. The distance decides it: this suits you if you are settled in for a longer, self catering stay and do not need the Central Business District at your door.
01What it is
Homely Homestays lists air conditioning, free wifi, internet access, a TV and non smoking rooms, so the sleeping and working basics are covered. It also lists a kitchen, a washing machine and free car parking, which is more than most short stay rooms offer, and a jacuzzi, which is the one outright luxury on the sheet. Where the list is thin is the ordinary hotel side: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, no workspace beyond your room.
What that adds up to is a self contained flat rather than a serviced hotel. Homely Homestays suits a family, a couple or a small group who want to cook, wash clothes, park a car and stay a while without a front desk arranging their day. It does not suit anyone whose trip is built around the centre. This is a residential estate in Embakasi, and you feel the distance from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 10.14 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 127 minutes on foot in a direct line. Come here for the space, not for the location.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 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 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 Homely Homestays if you want a self contained base in Embakasi rather than a room in the middle of the city, and check the listing before you commit because the facilities on file give the layout, not the final word on any single unit. 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 Homely Homestays?+
It is at Nyayo Estate Embakasi Court 813 House Number 42, in the Embakasi part of Greater Nairobi. That puts it well east of the Central Business District, in a residential estate rather than the business quarter, so plan on moving between the two by vehicle rather than on foot.
What does the property actually list?+
Air conditioning, free wifi, internet access, a TV, non smoking rooms, a jacuzzi, a kitchen, a washing machine and free car parking. It is a four star listing. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the sheet, so meals are yours to arrange in the kitchen.
How far is it from the city centre and the markets?+
The property is 8.91 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is 10.14 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 127 minutes on foot in a direct line. Both are vehicle journeys in practice.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room details are handled through the booking link on this page. The listed facilities are the guide to what each unit holds, and you can cancel free on most rooms, so check the specific unit before you confirm. There are no rates shown here.
