A three star property on Lantana Rd in Greater Nairobi, with a pool, free parking and a front desk that never closes. It is not in the centre itself, so the thing that decides it is whether you have a car or are willing to arrange every trip into town.
01What it is
Homes by Della lists the practical set a driver notices first: free car parking and parking on site, a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, luggage storage, dry cleaning service and wheelchair access. There is an outdoor pool. The list is thin on the things a stay usually fills in: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, no room service. You get the infrastructure and little else, and the 3 star rating matches that. Twelve photos are on file, which is enough to see the rooms and grounds but not enough to judge the whole property.
What that adds up to is a base rather than a destination. Homes by Della sits on Lantana Rd in Greater Nairobi, outside the quarter this site covers, and it is 3.4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line. The pool, the parking and the all hours desk are what you are choosing; the address is what you are accepting. It suits someone with a car or a driver who wants quiet, space to park and a swim at the end of the day, and who treats the centre as somewhere to go rather than somewhere to be. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the middle of things.
02The supplier's photographs
038 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Homes by Della if the pool and the parking matter more to you than the address. 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 Homes by Della?+
It is on Lantana Rd in Greater Nairobi, outside the central quarter this site covers. It is 2.79 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That puts it close to the centre without being in it, so plan on a vehicle for most trips in.
What facilities does Homes by Della have?+
It lists free wifi, free car parking and parking, a 24 hour front desk, luggage storage, dry cleaning service, an outdoor pool and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list, so meals and evenings are things you arrange elsewhere. Treat it as a practical base rather than a full service hotel.
Is Homes by Della in the city centre?+
No. It is in Greater Nairobi, and the nearest quarter this site covers is Biashara Street and City Market. The central business district is a separate trip rather than a walk out of the lobby. If you want to be inside the centre, this is the wrong side of it.
How do I check availability at Homes by Della?+
Availability is checked through the booking link on this page, which goes to app.impt.io. Enter your dates there to see which rooms are open at Homes by Della. The 24 hour front desk at the property can answer questions about the room once you have a confirmed booking.
