A four star private room in Syokimau, on the Greater Nairobi edge of the city, with fast wifi, a kitchen and free parking. It suits self-caterers and drivers heading for the airport side. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk to the centre, and the street there is mornings only.
01What it is
KingBed PrivateE FastWifi Tv Ensuite lists the practical things first. There is an ensuite bathroom with a shower, WC and towels, a TV, free wifi and internet access, and non smoking rooms. The kitchen side is stronger than most: a kitchen, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine. Outside there is a garden, and free car parking. Wheelchair access is listed. What is missing is any dining, bar, gym or reception detail, so treat this as a room with self catering, not a full service hotel.
What that adds up to is a private, well equipped room for someone who arrives by car and cooks for themselves. KingBed PrivateE FastWifi Tv Ensuite sits on Chady Road in Syokimau, which is 14.01 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 176 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits drivers, self-caterers and anyone whose business is on the airport side. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants the Central Business District on foot, and the area around it is closed, dark and not a place to be after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
0317 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 this one if you want your own kitchen and parking rather than a lobby, and check the map before you commit because Syokimau is not 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 exactly is KingBed PrivateE FastWifi Tv Ensuite?+
It is on Chady Road in Syokimau, in Greater Nairobi, 12.89 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That puts it well outside the Central Business District, on the airport side of the city.
What does the room actually include?+
An ensuite bathroom with a shower, WC and towels, a TV, free wifi, and non smoking rooms. There is also a kitchen with a microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, a garden and free car parking. No dining, bar or gym is listed.
Can I walk into the Central Business District from here?+
No. It is 14.01 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 176 minutes on foot in a direct line, so plan on a vehicle. The street itself is a market and haulage street, busy before dawn, and it is not a place to be after dark.
How do I check availability and book?+
Use app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date while you sort your transport. The booking is confirmed through the app, and cancellations are handled there rather than by phone.
