A 3 star stop off Mombasa Road in Greater Nairobi, close to the airport side of the city and far from the centre. Its terrace, parking and shops suit an early market or flight run. It is not the place for a night out, and not for anyone who wants the centre on foot.
01What it is
Johiz Casa Jkia is a 3 star property off Mombasa Road in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities lean practical: free wifi, free car parking, a fitness centre, a terrace, luggage storage, express check in and express check out, plus dry cleaning. There is a coffee point, a microwave, a refrigerator and a TV, so you can keep and heat your own food. An ATM, a supermarket, shops, a barber and beauty salon and a smoking area cover the errands. A playground is listed. A surcharge appears in the list without explanation, so ask what it applies to before you commit. There is no restaurant or bar named, which is the real gap.
What that adds up to is a functional base rather than a place to spend an evening. You get the boring essentials: a bed, a fridge, a microwave, a working connection, parking and somewhere to leave a bag. You get a terrace, which is worth something in the morning. You do not get a kitchen, a bar or anywhere on site to eat a proper meal, so plan around that. Johiz Casa Jkia suits someone with an early start toward Jkia or the market side of the city, travelling by car or matatu. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot, and it does not suit anyone who wants an evening at the hotel.
02The supplier's photographs
0320 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 Johiz Casa Jkia before you commit to it, because the surcharge on the facility list needs explaining and the surroundings close down at night. 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 Johiz Casa Jkia?+
It sits off Mombasa Road in Greater Nairobi, on the airport side of the city rather than in the centre. It is 15.83 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 198 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a car or matatu address, not a walking one.
What does the property actually have?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a fitness centre, a terrace, luggage storage and express check in and check out. Rooms have a microwave, a refrigerator and a TV. An ATM, supermarket, shops, barber and beauty salon are listed on site. There is no restaurant or bar named.
What is the area around it like?+
Busy early and dead later. The street there runs on trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, so mornings only. It is 14.78 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so those markets are a morning trip by vehicle.
How do I check availability for specific dates?+
Look the property up on app.impt.io and enter your dates. Confirmed bookings can be cancelled free, and availability shows per room type. If you need a particular arrival time, or want the surcharge on the facility list explained, ask before you confirm the booking rather than after.
