A four star hotel on Wood Avenue Road, on the new concrete ridge above the centre, put together for cars and conference rooms. The list is long and ordinary: parking, security, wifi, a pool, a garden, breakfast. What decides it is the ridge. If you are here for a meeting and will move by car, it works. If you want to walk into the centre, it does not.
01What it is
Sandy Collince is a four star property on Wood Avenue Road in Greater Nairobi, and its list is long and conventional. The building covers the practical ends: a 24 hour front desk, 24H security, security features and smoke detectors, lifts, free car parking, free wifi and internet access, air conditioning, non smoking rooms and family rooms. There is a restaurant, a bar side for coffee, breakfast, housekeeping and cleaning, laundry service, dry cleaning, iron and board, and a washing machine. Outside there is a garden, a terrace, a swimming pool and a smoking area. Rooms have balconies, a safe, a kitchen and a TV. The thin parts are the ones that matter at the edge of the centre: no airport transfer, no shuttle, no business centre with a printer, no gym, and no detail on the restaurant beyond its existence.
For a stay at Sandy Collince, the list adds up to a self contained place rather than one that leans on the street around it. You can eat on site, work on the wifi, park the car at no charge, swim, and send out laundry. The garden and terrace give you somewhere to sit that is not a hotel bar. The 24 hour desk and 24H security mean a late arrival is dealt with. The verdict is narrow. Sandy Collince suits someone driving to meetings north of the centre, or a family that wants rooms with a kitchen and a pool. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to Kenyatta Avenue, or to spend evenings on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0330 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 Sandy Collince directly through this page and the cancellation terms apply to your dates. 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 Sandy Collince?+
The address is Wood Avenue Road, in Greater Nairobi. It stands 4.24 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 2.91 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It sits on the ridge, not in the centre.
What does the hotel list for guests?+
The list covers a restaurant, breakfast, a swimming pool, a garden and terrace, free parking, free wifi, air conditioning, family rooms, a kitchen, a balcony and a safe in the room, plus housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning, a 24 hour front desk, 24H security and lifts. It does not list a gym, a shuttle or a business centre.
Can I walk from Sandy Collince into the central business district?+
It is possible but slow. The hotel is 4.24 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street there is built for the car. After dark the area is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else.
How do I check whether a room is free?+
Use the booking form on this page for your dates. It shows what is open at Sandy Collince and lets you book through app.impt.io with free cancellation on most rooms. If your dates are not shown, the desk can be reached through the front desk, which is staffed around the clock.
