A three star hotel on Hamza Jogoo Road in Greater Nairobi, on the road out towards the east side of the city. The deciding fact is the street: trucks, handcarts and the whole city's vegetables changing hands at five in the morning, and after dark the same street is shut. It suits a morning start and not much else.
01What it is
Oryx Hotels Limited is a three star property on Hamza Jogoo Road in Greater Nairobi. The list of what it actually provides is short and practical: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking and other parking, a restaurant or restaurants, a cafe, and bars. There is a smoking area and a TV in the room brief. That is the whole of it. No gym, no pool, no conference floor, no airport transfer, nothing about laundry or a business centre. Eight photographs are on file, which is a small set for a hotel of this size, so expect the pictures to show the main rooms and the public front rather than every corner. The free parking is the one facility here that a driver will care about most.
What that adds up to is a plain place to sleep on a working road, and the road is the reason to book or not to book. Oryx Hotels Limited is 5.95 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 75 minutes on foot in a direct line, so nothing about staying here is a stroll into the centre. It is also 4.72 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, which is close enough to make a morning market run the point of a stay. The street itself does its business early: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, and then it is closed, dark and not a place to be after nightfall. Book Oryx Hotels Limited if you want a bed before an early start east of the centre and you are driving. Do not book it if you want the centre on foot or a street with an evening in it.
02The supplier's photographs
0310 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the useful fact it is: you are staying in the wider city, not in the CBD, and anything in the centre means travelling in and out for it. Muthurwa itself is the wholesale edge, where the market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line.
That edge has its own texture: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, so mornings only. Nothing about the quarter makes it a base, and the hotels this page lists are not in it. They are for people who want the wider city and accept the journey in whenever the centre calls.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Oryx Hotels Limited only once you have decided you want to be out on Hamza Jogoo Road rather than in the middle of the city, because the road decides the stay. 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 Oryx Hotels Limited?+
It is on Hamza Jogoo Road in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district rather than in it. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Muthurwa and the east markets, 4.72 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 5.95 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 75 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the hotel actually provide?+
A 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking and other parking, a restaurant or restaurants, a cafe, bars, a smoking area and a TV. It is a three star property, so treat the list as the useful basics and nothing more. There is no pool, gym or transfer service on the list.
What is the area like around the hotel?+
This is a working road, not a strolling one. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am is the daily pattern, and after that the street is closed, dark and not a place to be. Plan your day around daylight there and take a ride elsewhere for the evening.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you book the room directly. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so if your date on Hamza Jogoo Road moves, the booking can usually move with it. The confirmation will state the terms that apply to the room you pick.
