Orchid Homes sits on Gigiri Court in Greater Nairobi, well outside the central business district and the quarter this site covers. It is a three star property with a pool, a garden and secure parking. The thing that decides it is the car: with one, this works, without one, the centre is a long way off.
01What it is
Orchid Homes lists the ordinary equipment of a serviced three star property and lists it thoroughly: air conditioning, a desk, a TV, a safe, a bath or shower, towels and toiletries, a balcony in some rooms, family rooms, non smoking rooms, and a 24 hour front desk under 24 hour security. Food and drink come from a restaurant, room service, a microwave in the room and special diets on request. Outside there is a garden, an outdoor pool and free car parking, and behind that housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, dry cleaning, iron and board, free wifi, car rental, first aid, a smoking area and smoke detectors. Where the list thins is anything specific: no gym, no business centre, no airport transfer, and no detail on what the restaurant actually serves.
What that adds up to for someone staying at Orchid Homes is a self contained address rather than a city base. You eat on site, you swim on site, you park on site, and you go out by car. The property is 5.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 74 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 5.24 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so this is not a place for someone who wants to step out into the centre. Suit a driver, a family, anyone working in the northern part of the city who wants space and a pool at the end of the day. Do not book Orchid Homes if you plan to walk to the CBD or rely on being in the middle of things.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 2 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs. Of those ten quarters, Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest, and it is still a separate place: the northern edge of the grid, where the city loosens and the roads north begin. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is the quarter's own measure, not a walk from your door.
Treat the location as the wider city. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge and the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, which makes the quarter best for early markets, and the walk up to the National Museum, if you are already there. Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. You are not.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Orchid Homes only once you have settled how you will get around, because the address decides the trip. 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 exactly is Orchid Homes?+
On Gigiri Court in Greater Nairobi, in the northern part of the city rather than the centre. It is 5.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 74 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat it as a car address.
What does Orchid Homes have on site?+
An outdoor pool, a garden, a restaurant, room service, free wifi, free car parking, air conditioning, a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning, family rooms, non smoking rooms, and a microwave in the room.
Can you walk from Orchid Homes into central Nairobi?+
It is possible on paper and poor in practice. The property is 5.24 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The area around it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and you cross it by car.
How do I check availability at Orchid Homes?+
Availability and room types are shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the listing sets out what each room includes, so you can match the room to how many people are travelling before you confirm.
