A three star hotel on Rimpa Road in Kiserian, out on the greater Nairobi fringe, built around parking and a restaurant rather than the centre. The deciding factor is the car: with one, the location works; without one, it does not.
01What it is
Neptune Winds Hotel lists breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, multilingual staff, a restaurant and a smoking area, and carries a three star rating. That is the whole of it. Breakfast and the restaurant cover eating on site, the parking is free and the wifi is free, and the multilingual staff matter if you are arriving from outside Kenya. Against that, the list is thin: no gym, no pool, no shuttle, no meeting facilities named even though the street is built for the conference room. Twelve photos are on file, few enough that you should look at them before committing.
For someone staying at Neptune Winds Hotel, the package points one way. You get a bed, a meal, a signal and a place to leave the car, in a new concrete building on a ridge where the traffic is other people's problem. You do not get a base for seeing Nairobi. The centre is a long way off and the evenings here are quiet by design. This suits a driver with business in the southern and western fringe, or a group breaking a journey. It does not suit anyone without a car, or anyone who wants the Central Business District on the doorstep.
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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is 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. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Neptune Winds Hotel if you are arriving with a car and want the fringe rather than the centre, and check the photos against the room you are offered. 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 Neptune Winds Hotel?+
It is on Rimpa Rd in Kiserian, Kajiado, listed under Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. It sits 15.05 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 189 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a fringe property reached by road.
What facilities does the hotel list?+
Breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, multilingual staff, a restaurant and a smoking area, with a three star rating. That covers the basics of eating, sleeping and parking. There is no gym or pool on the list, so do not expect resort extras.
Can I stay here without a car?+
It is a poor fit. The property is built around free parking and it sits well outside the centre, 13.18 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Without your own vehicle you are dependent on rides for everything.
What does the guest score of 3.1 out of 5 mean?+
It is an average from 38 reviews, which is a mixed record rather than a strong one. Read it as a signal to check recent comments and the twelve photos on file before you commit, and to treat the star rating and the facility list as the firmer guide.
