A three star residence inn on Maroro Avenue in Greater Nairobi, built for the car and the conference room. Free parking and a garden decide it: right for a driver who wants quiet, wrong for anyone hoping to walk into the centre.
01What it is
Msafiri Residence Inn is a three star property on Maroro Avenue off Riara Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District itself. The list of facilities is short and practical: free car parking, a garden, laundry service, coffee, a wheelchair accessible layout and a surcharge line that says extra costs can attach to some services. There is no restaurant named, no pool, no gym and no airport transfer. The photographs on file run to twelve, so expect a plain, low-key presentation rather than a glossy one.
What Msafiri Residence Inn adds up to is a quiet base on a ridge, in a pocket of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. After dark the surrounding streets are safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That suits a business traveller with a vehicle, a delegate attending something nearby or a driver who wants parking included and a garden to sit in. It does not suit anyone planning to spend the day on foot in the centre, and it does not suit a visitor who wants bars and restaurants at the door.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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 Msafiri Residence Inn if you want parking and a garden on the ridge, and check the room you are choosing before you confirm. 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 Msafiri Residence Inn?+
It sits on Maroro Avenue off Riara Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. The site records it as 6.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 83 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers to Upper Hill, at 5.1 km.
What does the property list?+
The facilities on file are free car parking, a garden, laundry service, coffee and a wheelchair accessible layout, plus a surcharge line indicating that extras can cost more. There is no restaurant, pool or gym in the list, so plan meals and workouts elsewhere or bring what you need.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
The street is described as new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Free parking is listed. If you mean to reach the centre, having your own vehicle makes the stay far easier.
How do I check availability at Msafiri Residence Inn?+
Look it up through the booking link on this page, where the rooms currently open and the cancellation terms for each one are shown. The property is a three star residence inn in Greater Nairobi, so confirm the room type that matches how you are travelling before you commit.
