A four star hotel on Milimani Rd in Upper Hill and Community, built around conferences, dining and a spa rather than the street outside. It suits people whose day is already booked inside the building, and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre of Nairobi on foot in the evening.
01What it is
Saggys Suites Hotel & Spa is a four star property on Milimani Rd, and its list of facilities runs long and leans toward work and functions: banquet space, wedding services, a business-ready reception area, concierge and bell boy, a 24 hour front desk and free wifi. For eating and drinking it lists restaurant, cafe, coffee, bar and lounge, plus a supermarket on site. For rest there is a spa, sauna, steam room and outdoor pool. Practical items include free car parking and a shuttle service. Where the list thins is anything beyond the building itself: no gym, no meeting detail, no room-level facts beyond a TV.
What that adds up to at Saggys Suites Hotel & Spa is a self-contained day. You can arrive, park, eat, hold a meeting, use the spa and sleep without leaving the compound, which is exactly what the ridge around Milimani was built for. The trade is the setting. Upper Hill and Community is a daytime quarter of new concrete, safe and dull after dark, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Book this hotel if your trip is conferences, clients or a function on site. Do not book it if you want to walk out to dinner, bars or the city centre in the evening.
02The supplier's photographs
0330 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Upper Hill and Community
Upper Hill and Community sits on the western ridge, 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. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That suits people here to work and people who want their evening contained. It does not suit anyone expecting street life outside the door. The streets are built for the car and the conference room, so plan to move by vehicle once the working day ends.
Read the whole of Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Saggys Suites Hotel & Spa if you want the function space, the spa and the parking all in one compound on Milimani Rd. 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 Saggys Suites Hotel & Spa?+
It stands on Milimani Rd in Upper Hill and Community, Nairobi. That puts it 1.01 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community, on the ridge of new concrete offices and hotels built for cars and conference rooms rather than for pedestrians.
What is around the hotel after dark?+
Very little on foot. Upper Hill and Community goes quiet in the evening: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want restaurants, nightlife or the city centre in the evening, plan on taking a car rather than walking out of the gate.
What facilities does the hotel list?+
Banquet and wedding services, restaurant, cafe, coffee, bar and lounge, spa, sauna, steam room, outdoor pool, free wifi, free car parking, shuttle service, concierge, 24 hour front desk, supermarket, casino, dry cleaning and wheelchair access. It is a four star property and the list is strongest on functions and dining.
How do I check availability?+
Check dates and room types through app.impt.io, the booking page for this property. The hotel runs a 24 hour front desk, so arrival times are not a problem, though the site itself never publishes rates or opening hours.
