This is a four star apartment-style address in Nairobi West, pitched at drivers and conference visitors rather than sightseers on foot. What decides your stay is the car: with one you have the centre, the airport run and Upper Hill within reach. Without one, the location works against you.
01What it is
Pit Stop Nairobi is a four star property in Nairobi West, and the list is built around an apartment rather than a hotel room. You get a kitchen, a kitchenette, a microwave, a toaster, a refrigerator and a washing machine, with a cot, an iron and board and a safe for longer stays. There is free wifi and internet access, a lift, non smoking rooms, towels, toiletries and a shower, with laundry service if you would rather not do it yourself. Free parking, a garage and a shuttle service round out the car side. The list is thin on the things a hotel normally supplies: no restaurant or bar is named, no gym, no pool, no lobby lounge.
What that adds up to is a self contained base for someone who wants their own kitchen and their own parking, not a serviced hotel with staff at every turn. Pit Stop Nairobi suits a driver in town for a conference, a family that needs a cot and a washing machine, or anyone passing through toward the airport or the tourist circuit who values a garage over a concierge. It does not suit a visitor who plans to walk to the centre for dinner, or who wants the hotel itself to supply the evening.
02The supplier's photographs
0328 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 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
Book this one early if your dates sit around a conference, because the apartment stock here is limited. 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 Pit Stop Nairobi?+
It sits at West Suites Nairobi West, in the Greater Nairobi area. The address is 2.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 32 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 1.76 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually provide?+
Kitchen and kitchenette equipment, a microwave, toaster, refrigerator and washing machine, plus a cot, safe, iron and board, free wifi, a lift and non smoking rooms. Towels, toiletries and a shower are supplied. Free parking, a garage and a shuttle service are listed. No restaurant, bar or gym appears on the list.
Can I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi without a car?+
The property is in a car oriented pocket on a ridge, and the centre is a walk of the length given above rather than a short stroll. With a car or the shuttle service the centre, Upper Hill and the airport side are all workable. Without either, plan on arranging rides.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search your dates through the booking link on this page. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a place while you settle your plans, and confirmation comes back straight away.
