Kili Homes Simba is a five star apartment building in Kilimani, on Menelik Rd, built around a car and a long stay. It suits people with their own transport and a reason to be in this part of the city. Without a car you will rely on rides for everything beyond the building.
01What it is
Kili Homes Simba lists a broad set of facilities. There is 24 hour front desk and 24H. Security, express check in, free wifi, free car parking and parking, an outdoor pool and swimming pool, a spa, a garden, family rooms and non smoking rooms. Laundry service, housekeeping and cleaning cover longer stays, with an iron and board, room service, a balcony, a smoking area, copy and first aid. The list is thinner on what is not there: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no meeting rooms, no airport transfer, nothing that answers the business of a working day on the ridge.
For someone at Kili Homes Simba, the practical centre is the apartment and the parking space. Families and longer stays get room to spread out, laundry and cleaning, and a pool and spa when the day is done. People here for a Nairobi holiday on foot get a different deal, because Greater Nairobi is car country and this address is on its edge. Kili Homes Simba suits guests with their own vehicle and a reason to be north of the centre, and it does not suit anyone who wants the Central Business District on the doorstep.
02The supplier's photographs
0322 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Kili Homes Simba only once you have decided that Kilimani and a car are part of the plan, because the address and not the room list is what decides this one. 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 Kili Homes Simba in Nairobi?+
It is on Menelik Rd in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi, at Capital Rise Apartments. The site puts it 3 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 4.57 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 58 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the property list for guests?+
The list covers a 24 hour front desk, 24H. Security, express check in, free wifi, free car parking, an outdoor pool and swimming pool, a spa, a garden, family rooms and non smoking rooms. Laundry, housekeeping and cleaning are there, as are an iron and board, a balcony, room service and first aid. There is no restaurant or bar on the list.
What is the area around it like?+
The street reads as new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride needed for anywhere else. Kilimani is not the Central Business District, so treat the apartment as a base rather than a doorstep.
How do I check availability?+
Go to app.impt.io and enter your dates. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and the booking is confirmed through that site. All rooms are five star, with no separate grade to choose between, so the date and the room type are the whole decision.
