Samurai Suites by Mokawa is a 3 star address on Argwings Kodhek Rd in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. The decision is simple. If your day is meetings in Upper Hill and you move by car, it works. If you want the centre on foot, it does not.
01What it is
Samurai Suites by Mokawa lists the things a working stay leans on: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, sheets and towels, a restaurant, a cafe, bars, and a casino under the same roof, plus a spa and a shuttle service. There is a smoking area, a wheelchair accessible route, and a surcharge line, which is the tell that extras sit outside whatever you have already agreed to pay. The list thins out where you would want detail. No gym, no pool, no room type or bed size, no kitchen or laundry, and no guest score on file.
What that adds up to at Samurai Suites by Mokawa is a car borne, self contained base in Greater Nairobi. You eat, drink and sleep in one building, and you do not go looking for an evening on the street, because after dark there is little beyond hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. The addresses near you are offices and conference rooms rather than restaurants and shops, which is fine when your days are booked and less fine when they are not. It suits people in the city for meetings who will not be on foot after dark. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into the centre of Nairobi.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 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 Samurai Suites by Mokawa if your days are scheduled and your transport is arranged, because the location rewards that and punishes improvisation. 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 Samurai Suites by Mokawa?+
It sits on Argwings Kodhek Rd in Greater Nairobi, 1.77 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 42 minutes on foot in a direct line. The setting is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room.
What does the property list for guests?+
A 24 hour front desk, free wifi, sheets and towels, a restaurant, a cafe, bars, a casino, a spa, a shuttle service, a smoking area, a wheelchair accessible route and a surcharge line. It is a working list rather than a resort one. There is no gym, no pool, and no detail on room types or bed sizes.
What is the area like after dark?+
Safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The streets around Argwings Kodhek Rd are offices and conference rooms, so the evening belongs to the building you are in. Plan on eating and drinking where you sleep, and arrange a car for anything beyond that rather than expecting to walk to it.
How do I check availability at Samurai Suites by Mokawa?+
Go through app.impt.io and pick your dates. The site shows what is open for the nights you want and confirms the room before you commit. If your plans are still moving, check what the free cancellation terms cover for those dates, since that is what decides whether booking early costs you anything.
