A three star property on Kang Undo Road in Kileleshwa, north west of the centre, in a part of Greater Nairobi built around the car and the conference room. The listed facilities are a safe, a TV and wifi. That short list is what decides it: fine if you have transport arranged, wrong if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Safi Hotels is a three star property on Kang Undo Road in Kileleshwa, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself. The facilities it lists are a safe, a TV and wifi. There is no restaurant, no bar, no pool and no gym on that list, and no airport transfer, so you should treat the list as the whole of what is promised. The safe and the wifi are the two that matter most to a working stay, and the TV covers the evenings. Everything else you need, you arrange yourself.
What that adds up to is a straightforward room in a car oriented part of the city. Safi Hotels sits on a ridge where the surroundings are new concrete, built for the car and the conference room, and the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community at 2.77 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. It suits a traveller with a car, a driver or a conference nearby. It does not suit anyone set on walking out to dinner in the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
033 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 Safi Hotels if you have your transport sorted and want a quiet, car oriented base in Greater Nairobi rather than a central address. 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 Safi Hotels?+
On Kang Undo Road in Kileleshwa, within Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. It stands 3.47 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street itself is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room.
What facilities does Safi Hotels list?+
A safe, a TV and wifi. That is the full list, so plan on no restaurant, no bar, no pool and no gym. The wifi and the safe cover a working stay, and the TV covers the room in the evening. Anything beyond that you arrange for yourself.
Can I walk from Safi Hotels into the centre?+
You can, but it is a long walk and not one to plan an evening around. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, at 2.77 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. A car or a ride is the practical choice, especially after dark, when the area is safe and dull.
What does the guest score tell me?+
It stands at 3.6 out of 5 from 7 reviews. That is a small sample, so treat it as a rough signal rather than a settled verdict. Read it as a middling three star showing: adequate for a car borne stay, without much to lift it above that.
