A three star hotel on Hendred Road in Greater Nairobi, on new concrete built for the car and the conference room. The free parking and the indoor pool decide it: book here if you are driving and want quiet, not if you plan to walk into the centre.
01What it is
Kilimani View lists free wifi, free car parking, an indoor pool, laundry service, a smoking area, a TV, and a surcharge. The useful ones for a Nairobi stay are the wifi, the parking and the laundry; the pool is indoors and the TV is in the room. There is no restaurant, no bar and no airport transfer on the list, so you are not getting a full service hotel. Treat the surcharge as a sign that some items cost extra, and ask which when you book.
What that adds up to is a quiet, car first base on a ridge in Greater Nairobi. Kilimani View sits 5.61 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 71 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.21 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It suits drivers, conference attendees and anyone who wants a pool and parking without a central address. It does not suit you if you mean to walk to the centre, or if you want restaurants and bars on your doorstep: after dark this street is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The 3.6 out of 5 from 8 reviews fits a plain, working hotel, nothing more.
02The supplier's photographs
037 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 Kilimani View if you are bringing a car and want a quiet ridge address rather than a central 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 Kilimani View?+
It is on Hendred Road in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It is 4.21 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so you are outside the central business district rather than in it.
What does Kilimani View list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, an indoor pool, laundry service, a smoking area, a TV and a surcharge. There is no restaurant, bar or airport transfer on the list, so plan meals elsewhere. The surcharge means some items cost extra, and you should ask which before you book.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
It is 5.61 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 71 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a long walk on a road built for cars, and after dark this street is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Arrange transport instead.
What does the guest score mean?+
Kilimani View scores 3.6 out of 5 from 8 reviews. That is a small sample and a middling result, consistent with a plain three star hotel that does the basics: a room, wifi, parking and a pool. It tells you what to expect, not that the place is outstanding.
