A three star conference hotel on Milimani Road, on the ridge above the centre. Free wifi, a 24 hour desk and meeting rooms do the work; the guest score of 4.1 from 1952 reviews backs that up. The deciding factor is your car, or your willingness to take one after dark.
01What it is
Sagret Equatorial Hotel Nairobi is a three star property on Milimani Road in Upper Hill. The list is aimed at people working: 24 Hour Front Desk, Business Center, Concierge, Meeting room, Free Wifi, Free newspaper. Alongside those sit Bars, Dry cleaning service, Laundry Service, Luggage storage, Smoking area and Wheelchair accessible. It is a practical list and a complete one for a working stay, though there is no pool, no gym and no restaurant named here, so food and leisure would come from outside.
What that adds up to for you is a hotel built for the car and the conference room, the same terms the street is built on. Sagret Equatorial Hotel Nairobi suits someone with meetings in Upper Hill or a desk diary that runs on wifi and a printing run to the Business Center. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into the life of the centre. Upper Hill is safe and dull after dark: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0312 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
Sagret Equatorial Hotel Nairobi is the sort of place to book once your dates are fixed, because its value is convenience for the working day rather than a stay you would extend. 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 Sagret Equatorial Hotel Nairobi?+
On Milimani Road in Upper Hill, part of the Upper Hill and Community area. It is 1.01 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community. For the central business district, Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 2.14 km away, which is 27 minutes on foot in a direct line, and most people do that by car.
What does the hotel actually have?+
A 24 Hour Front Desk, Bars, Business Center, Concierge, Dry cleaning service, Free Wifi, Free newspaper, Laundry Service, Luggage storage, Meeting room, Smoking area and Wheelchair accessible, at three stars. There is no pool, gym or restaurant in the list, so treat it as a working base rather than a resort.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from Upper Hill?+
You can, in the sense that the centre is 2.14 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 27 minutes on foot in a direct line. Whether you want to is another matter. Upper Hill is safe and dull after dark, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else, so plan on cars in the evening.
What does the guest score of 4.1 out of 5 mean?+
It is an average drawn from 1952 reviews, so it reflects a large number of stays rather than a handful. Read it as solid rather than exceptional: people get what a three star conference hotel promises, without the extras that would push the score higher.
