A four star hotel on Muhoho Ave in Greater Nairobi, set in wide industrial land. It lists parking, a restaurant and a cafe, and a full laundry. The car decides it: with one you are fine, without one this address is a problem after dark.
01What it is
Samra Hotel is a four star property on Muhoho Ave in Greater Nairobi. Its list is practical rather than glamorous. It runs a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking and a separate parking listing, luggage storage, a free newspaper, multilingual staff and wheelchair access. It feeds you: breakfast, a buffet, a restaurant and a cafe. It cleans for you: laundry and dry cleaning. Rooms have a TV. Where the list is thin is everything else. There is no gym, no pool, no bar and no airport transfer named, and no guest score is on file here, so you are judging the facilities and not other people's opinions.
What that adds up to for someone staying at Samra Hotel is a place built around the car and the desk. The street itself is wide industrial land, sheds, the reason any of this is here, and after dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so daylight only and a car back. Samra Hotel suits anyone with their own vehicle who wants parking, wifi, a restaurant on site and a laundry that handles a working week, and it suits wheelchair users who need step free access. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre, or to spend the evening on foot in the neighbourhood.
02The supplier's photographs
0315 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 The Railway Quarter. They sit just outside the ten quarters this site covers, on the edge of the centre, and The Railway Quarter is only the nearest of the ten. What that means in practice is that you are in the wider city, not in the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The nearest quarter is the southern edge of the centre: wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift, and the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue; the quarter is 0.89 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is best for the museum, and for understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches. Daylight only, and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book Samra Hotel direct if you want a four star address in Greater Nairobi and you are arriving with a car. 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 is Samra Hotel?+
It is on Muhoho Ave in Greater Nairobi, 3.31 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 42 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.57 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Neither is a comfortable walk here. Plan on a car or a ride.
What facilities does Samra Hotel list?+
A 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a restaurant, a cafe, breakfast, a buffet, laundry, dry cleaning, luggage storage, a free newspaper, multilingual staff, a TV in the room and wheelchair access. There is no bar, no gym and no pool on the list.
What is the area around Samra Hotel like?+
Wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so treat the neighbourhood as daylight only and take a car back. The property itself is enclosed and has parking and a front desk that never closes.
How do I check availability at Samra Hotel?+
Go to app.impt.io and search the dates you need. The site shows what is open, which rooms can be cancelled free, and lets you confirm the booking there. If your plans are firm, book early, because a four star property with parking in Greater Nairobi fills on working weeks.
