Shangri La Residency Nairobi Westlands is a 3 star apartment block on Westlands Road, west of the centre, with kitchens, washing machines, free parking and 24 hour security. It suits longer stays and people with their own transport. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the centre. The distance is the whole decision.
01What it is
Shangri La Residency Nairobi Westlands lists apartments rather than rooms, and the useful part of that is the kitchen: an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster, a kitchenette and a washing machine, with towels, toiletries, slippers and an iron and board supplied. There is a lift, luggage storage, laundry service, express check in, free wifi, a fitness centre, free car parking and a garage, plus smoke detectors, first aid and 24 hour security. Family rooms and wheelchair access are listed, and the units have a balcony, a patio, a terrace and a television. The list is thin on the things a short leisure stay leans on: no restaurant, no room service, no airport desk, no concierge, and the bars and smoking area are the only social space named.
What that adds up to at Shangri La Residency Nairobi Westlands is a self contained stay rather than a serviced one. You cook, you wash, you park, and you come and go through a gate with a guard on it. That is the point of it. The verdict: this suits a family or a group on a longer stay, someone working in the west of the city, or anyone arriving with a car who wants a base rather than an address in the centre. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants the markets, the halls and the streets of the centre within reach on foot, and it does not suit anyone who wants to be fed and looked after without lifting a finger.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 8 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Shangri La Residency Nairobi Westlands if you want a kitchen and a parking space more than you want a lobby, and read the cancellation terms before you commit to 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 is Shangri La Residency Nairobi Westlands?+
It is on 25 Westlands Rd, in Greater Nairobi, west of the centre. That address is 2.66 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 34 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is a different part of the city from the central business district, so plan the two as separate places.
Does the property have kitchens and laundry?+
Yes. The listed facilities include an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster, a kitchenette and a washing machine, with towels and toiletries provided. There is also a laundry service if you would rather not do it yourself. The units are listed as apartments, not single rooms.
How do I get into the centre from there?+
The property is in Greater Nairobi, not the central business district. It is 2.11 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The area around the centre is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Arrange your own transport.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where the rooms are listed and booked. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so check the terms on the specific room before you confirm. If you need parking, a kitchen or a family room, say so when you book rather than on arrival.
