A three star apartment property in Westlands, on the new concrete ridge where Greater Nairobi was built for the car and the conference room. It lists kitchens and a pool, so it works for a stay where you cook and drive. It does not work if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Orchid Residency by Kaisa is a three star apartment property, and the apartment is the point: units come with a kitchen or kitchenette, a refrigerator, a microwave, a sink, a lounge and a sofa bed, so a longer stay can run on its own cooking and its own washing. The listing also covers the working basics, free wifi, internet access, a 24 hour front desk, express check in, housekeeping, laundry service, an iron and board, a safe and non smoking rooms. There is a restaurant, a bar or snack cafe, a pool bar and an indoor pool, plus free car parking and a garage. The list is thin on nothing much beyond that: no gym, no spa, no airport meet and greet, no business centre named.
What that adds up to is a self contained base rather than a hotel you use as a lobby. At Orchid Residency by Kaisa you arrive, park, and settle into a flat with a balcony, a TV, towels, toiletries and slippers, and you do not need to leave the building for dinner. The car parking and garage are the tell. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suit yourself to that and the property works, especially for a family or a longer stay. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 5 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 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 Orchid Residency by Kaisa if you want an apartment with parking and a kitchen, and book it as early as your dates are fixed, because apartment units are the first to go in this part of Greater Nairobi. 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 Orchid Residency by Kaisa?+
It sits in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi, at 14.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 186 minutes on foot in a direct line. That places it well away from the central business district, so plan on driving or taking a ride for anything in town.
Can I cook for myself at this property?+
Yes. The apartments list a kitchen or kitchenette, a refrigerator, a microwave and a sink, with a lounge and a sofa bed alongside. A restaurant, a bar, a pool bar and an indoor pool are also listed, so you can eat in the building when you would rather not cook.
What is the area around it like?+
Westlands here is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, with the nearest covered quarter being Upper Hill and Community at 13.93 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and the room types on offer, apartment or otherwise, are confirmed at the point of booking rather than from this page. Use the booking link on this site to see what is open for your dates and to hold a unit.
