A four star inn on Waiyaki Way in Greater Nairobi, built for the car and the conference room. The free parking and the 24 hour desk decide it: this suits you if you are driving in for work, and it does not if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Qaribu Inn Boutique Hotel Nairobi is a four star property on Waiyaki Way in Greater Nairobi, with free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, luggage storage, laundry service and a reception area. It lists a restaurant, bars, banquet space and wheelchair accessibility. The list is thin on leisure: there is no pool, no gym, no spa and no airport transfer, and bars and a restaurant are the whole of the evening offer inside the property.
What that adds up to is a working hotel on a ridge outside the centre. Qaribu Inn Boutique Hotel Nairobi gives you the car park, the desk that never closes and the banquet room, and it expects you to arrive by vehicle and to leave by vehicle. It suits business travellers, conference groups and anyone with a reason to be on this side of the city. It does not suit anyone who wants restaurants, shops and the Central Business District within walking distance, and it is not the place for a leisure stay built around the city itself.
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 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 Qaribu Inn Boutique Hotel Nairobi if you are driving in for work and want the parking and the all-night desk settled before you arrive. 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 Qaribu Inn Boutique Hotel Nairobi?+
It is on Waiyaki Way in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge side of the city rather than in the Central Business District. It sits 9.2 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 115 minutes on foot in a direct line. In practice you reach it by car.
What does the hotel list as facilities?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, luggage storage, laundry service and a reception area. It also lists a restaurant, bars, banquet space and wheelchair accessibility. There is no pool, no gym and no spa. The emphasis is on work and parking rather than leisure.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The property is 8.36 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is the closer of the two central areas. The distance is car or taxi territory. It is safe and dull after dark: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
What does the guest score of 4.2 out of 5 mean?+
It is an average across 1649 reviews, so it reflects a settled picture rather than a handful of opinions. Read it as a solid, consistent property rather than an exceptional one. The volume of reviews suggests a hotel that takes a steady flow of guests, largely there for work.
