A three star apartment style address on a ridge in Upper Hill and Community, with a spa, a gym, a restaurant and parking. It suits anyone whose Nairobi days are meetings on the ridge and who will take a car after dark. It does not suit anyone wanting the centre on foot.
01What it is
Nabo Residences & Spa lists dry cleaning and laundry service, a gymnasium, internet access, a lounge, parking, one or more restaurants and a spa. That is the useful shape of the place: a small working hotel with a car park and a kitchen, an exercise room for the morning and a spa for the evening. The list is thin on the ordinary things. There is no airport transfer, no shuttle, no meeting room of its own, and nothing said about air conditioning or a business centre. At three stars, read the list as honest rather than complete, and ask before you assume anything beyond it.
What that adds up to at Nabo Residences & Spa is a quiet, self contained stay on new concrete built for the car and the conference room. You sleep, you eat, you use the gym or the spa, and you drive to whatever brought you. The position in Upper Hill and Community works for conference days and for anyone whose work is on the ridge itself. It works less well if you want the centre of Nairobi under your own feet, or if you want the street outside to give you an evening. For that crowd this is the wrong property.
02The supplier's photographs
038 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Upper Hill and Community
Upper Hill and Community sits on the western ridge, not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
It 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. That suits people here to work and people who want their evening contained. It does not suit anyone expecting street life outside the door. The streets are built for the car and the conference room, so plan to move by vehicle once the working day ends.
Read the whole of Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Nabo Residences & Spa if your Nairobi days are on the ridge and you want the car parked at the door rather than a street address in the middle of things. 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 Nabo Residences & Spa?+
It is on Ralph Banche Road in Upper Hill and Community, 2.19 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 28 minutes on foot in a direct line. The immediate setting is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room rather than for strolling.
What does the hotel actually have on site?+
The listed facilities are dry cleaning, laundry, a gymnasium, internet access, a lounge, parking, one or more restaurants and a spa. It is a three star property, so treat the list as what is confirmed rather than everything you might expect, and confirm anything you rely on.
Can you walk from the hotel into central Nairobi?+
It is 1.01 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community, so the quarter around it is walkable. The wider centre is a different matter, and after dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Plan on a car for evenings.
What does the guest score mean?+
It holds 4.6 out of 5 from 28 reviews. That is a small sample, so read it as a steady signal from a limited number of stays rather than a settled verdict. It suggests the basics are done well without telling you which room or floor to ask for.
