A three star guest house on Ngong Road, built for people arriving by car. The parking, the desk that never closes and the meeting room are the reasons to pick it. If you want the centre on foot, look at Upper Hill instead.
01What it is
Leon Villas Guest House lists the practical set: a twenty four hour front desk, express check in, free wifi, free car parking and a safe. There is a restaurant, a bar, coffee, a garden and a terrace, plus laundry service and luggage storage. Meeting room, wedding services and a smoking area cover the working and function side, and the property is wheelchair accessible with multilingual staff and a concierge. The list is thin on leisure: entertainment activities are named and nothing else, so treat the garden and terrace as the whole of the grounds.
What that adds up to is a guest house on a ridge street of new concrete, built for the car and the conference room, with a desk that stays open and a place to leave the car. Leon Villas Guest House suits a driver, a small meeting, a wedding party or anyone whose day is booked and whose evenings are short. It does not suit someone who wants the Central Business District on foot, or a bar scene beyond the hotel's own.
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 Leon Villas Guest House if you are driving in and want the arrangements settled before you arrive. 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 Leon Villas Guest House?+
On Ngong Road in Greater Nairobi, 4.72 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 59 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community. It is a car first address, and you would not walk it.
What facilities does the guest house have?+
A twenty four hour front desk, express check in, free wifi, free car parking and a safe. There is a restaurant, a bar, coffee, a garden, a terrace, a meeting room, laundry service, luggage storage and wedding services. The property is wheelchair accessible and the staff are multilingual.
Can I get to the Central Business District from there?+
It sits 3.03 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and further from the centre itself. The street it stands on is built for cars, so plan on a ride rather than a walk, especially after dark.
How do I check whether Leon Villas Guest House has a room?+
Availability and dates are handled at the booking link for this property. The listing here is for information only, so use the booking page to see what is open for your nights rather than asking the front desk, which is staffed around the clock for arrivals.
