A 3 star inn on Syokimau Airport Road, out in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. It runs a front desk around the clock, feeds you breakfast, and parks your car free. Book it for a flight or a 5am market run, not for the city in the evening.
01What it is
Jkia Boutique Inn is a 3 star property on Syokimau Airport Road. The list is practical rather than long: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking and a reception area, plus luggage storage and dry cleaning. You can eat and drink on site, with a restaurant, a cafe, a bar and breakfast, and the room list stops at sheets and towels. What the list does not carry matters as much: no gym, no pool, no airport transfer and no workspace, so arrive expecting the basics and nothing dressed up as more.
What that adds up to is a straightforward bed on the airport side of the city. Jkia Boutique Inn suits someone with a flight to meet or business in Greater Nairobi, who wants a desk that never closes, a parked car and breakfast before setting off. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre, and it does not suit anyone who wants an evening out nearby. The street is honest about itself: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, then closed, dark and not a place to be.
02The supplier's photographs
0314 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 Jkia Boutique Inn when your reason for being in Nairobi starts early and happens away from 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 is Jkia Boutique Inn?+
It is on Syokimau Airport Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. That puts it 13.66 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 171 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 12.52 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property list?+
A 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, dry cleaning, a reception area, a restaurant, a cafe, a bar, breakfast, and sheets and towels in the room. There is no pool, no gym and no airport shuttle, so treat it as a place to sleep and leave from.
What is the area like, and what about getting into the centre?+
The street does its business early: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After that it closes, goes dark and is not a place to be. The centre is a long way off, so plan on a vehicle rather than a walk, and treat evenings as finished once the market is.
How do I check whether a room is free?+
Look up Jkia Boutique Inn through app.impt.io and search your dates. Availability, room types and what is left will show there, and free cancellation applies to most rooms. If your dates are fixed around a flight, check before you commit to anything else in the city.
