A four star hotel off Ngong Road in Greater Nairobi, sitting 2.16 km from Upper Hill and Community, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The facilities list is long and business shaped rather than residential. Whether this is right for you comes down to how much you want the city centre on foot.
01What it is
Ngong Hills Hotel lists a four star spread. There is air conditioning, wifi, a desk, a safe, a TV, a minibar and a refrigerator, so the rooms cover ordinary comfort; some units add a kitchen or kitchenette, a bath and a balcony. Public rooms include a restaurant, a bar, a lounge and a garden. There is a fitness centre and a jacuzzi. A business centre, a banquet room, a concierge and a car rental service are all on the list, plus a shuttle service. The list is thinner on the residential side: nothing describes the neighbourhood around the gate, and there are no details on room sizes or the state of the rooms themselves.
Ngong Hills Hotel sits on a ridge built for the car and the conference room, so it treats a driver and a delegate as the normal visitor. A car park comes free and valet parking exists, which matters because the address is not designed around walking. For a working stay in Greater Nairobi, with the centre reached by shuttle or by car, the place holds up: everything from the buffet to the business centre is on site. It suits someone who wants a formal hotel with the car looked after. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out at night.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 38 more on the supplier's own record. 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Ngong Hills Hotel takes bookings through this site, and the free cancellation terms are the reason to do it here rather than at the desk. 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 Ngong Hills Hotel?+
The address is Ngong Road in Greater Nairobi. It stands 2.16 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and it sits outside the city centre itself rather than inside it.
What facilities does Ngong Hills Hotel have?+
A restaurant, a bar, a lounge, a garden, a fitness centre and a jacuzzi sit alongside a business centre, a banquet room and a car rental service. Rooms carry air conditioning, wifi, a safe and a TV, and some add a kitchenette or a balcony.
Can you walk into the centre from Ngong Hills Hotel?+
You can, but plan for it. The hotel is 3.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 49 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area around the hotel is built for the car, and after dark the bars are hotel bars and you take a ride anywhere else.
What does the guest score mean?+
The property scores 4.3 out of 5 from 2924 reviews, a strong and well populated result. Read it as a hotel that reliably does what a four star business hotel is meant to do, rather than one with a small, intense following.
