Olive Home is a four star apartment property on Hatheru Road, in the new concrete and conference rooms of Greater Nairobi. It counts most for people who want a kitchen, a washing machine and a car park, and who accept that the evenings are quiet and the centre is a ride away.
01What it is
Olive Home is a four star apartment property at Hatheru Road, Olive Gardens, in Greater Nairobi. The facilities list leans domestic rather than hotel: apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster and a washing machine, plus a bath or shower, towels, sheets, slippers and an iron and board. There is air conditioning, a fan, a fireplace, a desk, a TV, free wifi and internet access, free car parking and 24H security with a safe and smoke detector. Breakfast, cleaning and laundry are listed. Where the list is thin: a spa and a swimming pool are named, and so are bars, but the file gives no detail on any of them; family rooms, non smoking rooms and pet friendly stays are listed without further qualification; and the pool is one line on a sheet, which in this part of the city is worth confirming.
For someone staying at Olive Home, this adds up to a self contained flat with the practical machinery of a longer stay: you can cook, wash clothes and park a car on site, and the ridge position makes driving the obvious way to move. It is an apartment property first and a hotel second, which is the right shape for a family, a small group or anyone working in the conference and office buildings nearby who would rather not eat out every night. It suits guests with their own transport and guests who want a balcony, terrace or patio and a kettle's worth of quiet. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of the door into bars, restaurants and street life, or who is coming to Nairobi for the centre itself.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 10 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 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
Booking Olive Home makes most sense if you want an apartment with a kitchen, a washing machine and a parking space, and you accept the quiet evenings on this ridge. 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 Olive Home in Nairobi?+
Olive Home is at Hatheru Road, Olive Gardens, in Greater Nairobi. It is 5.97 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The wider area is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so driving or being driven is the usual way in and out.
Does Olive Home have kitchens and laundry?+
The property lists apartments, a kitchen or kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, along with a washing machine, an iron and board, cleaning and a laundry service. That combination is what makes it work for a longer stay rather than a single night, and for eating in instead of out.
What is around Olive Home after dark?+
The area is described as safe and dull, with hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. There is no street life on the doorstep that this site can point you to, so plan on the hotel bar or on taking a car when you want to eat or drink somewhere else. The centre is 7.36 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 92 minutes on foot in a direct line.
How can I check availability at Olive Home?+
Availability for Olive Home is checked through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. No guest score is held for this property, so decide from the facilities and the location rather than from a rating. If you need a pool, a spa or a bar, ask before you book, because the file gives no detail on them.
